Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-05-12

is an hospital Every family Is devoted 10
the care OF the suffering and the dying"
The N. Y. Tribune obtains The following
interesting narrative from Mr.. Hicks.
Mr.. Thomas Hicks, the artist, was in he
first car, with Miss King, of this city. Thew
occupied seat within four of the rear end Of
tile car, the right hand side, facing The en-.
CINE. Mr.. Hicks describes the scene as fol-
lows The cars were seemingly going al the
usual rate, when, without warningO or intima-
ton OF any kind, he beheId The front part Of
Of the car rushing toward him in fragments
me passengers being tossed in the air like
chatf, dashed up against the top of the car,
anu thrown about in hurricane OF deslrue-
uon 40 an instant he found Miss King gone
lo'ii MS side, and himself crushed under the
PSii"''ly iaiien roof Of the car, and surround
ea Dy q checking atmosphere, in the midst
q snapeiess mass of ruins, dead bodies ON
every hand, and the darkened car filling with
| water. At G TX NH - 10y
He began feeling among the wreck and
| under The water for his COMPANION hut she
was nowhere 20 be found. lie continued The
! search till The water had risen ID his chic i
time which he judged TO have been nhont ten
minutes, when, despairing Of her recovery
| he looked about for mode OF escape Jns,
behind him, at the corner Of the car ~ Ne
held an aperture through which he crawIad
out upon the top. Here he fingered with n
view to renew the search for his companion.
when he was accosted by some one. who
asked him for whom he was looking. He
described the lady dress, when his interloc-
utor informed him, 70 his inexpressibIe as
tonishment and qualification, that she had
| Just gone out upon the track. He ascertain
lnlr fforr IN fbaF e
stove 10 atoms by the conclusion, and THAI
the top Of it was split open lateraily on the
side where he sat, and this occasioned thai
| side Of the roof to fall.
1t also appeared that during the instanra.
neous process Of splitting open the top Of the
car and the fall of The ceiling, Miss King,
without any knowledge or agency other own,
had been projected through the crevice upon the
Top 81 me car And here, without even hav-
ing been wet, out with severe wound in the
lace, she found herself with another car pre-
clpltated upon i, which passed her and tum-
bled over into the river beside the wreck az
the first. Her escape, and the manner Of /,
especially, was miracle"
1t is now supposed that dearly the whole
loss Of life by the disaster al NorwaIk has
been ascertained. II is thought that 2l8 per-
sons entered the cars, but this is only surmise.
The list Of dead, injured and saved reaches
2l3. 1t is possible that two or three more
bodies may be found. A list of the dead.
compiled from The Coroner's minutes, gives
the whole number Of killed at 44-of whom
either SO or 40 had been recognized on Sun
day, and their bodies removed. a ast,.f.
The physicians who have examined Tuck
er, the engineer, express the opinion that he
never will recover.
The following description is given Of bod
les which had not been recognized on Satur-
day. The names of TWO or three of them
may be included in our list given above:
"A man, unknown, about 80 years OF age,
with brown hair and whskers /; had on d
snuff colored coat, black satin vest, brown
linen pants, thin boots and white shirt. Y
a lady about 30 years Of age, black hair
and rather dark complexion !; had on grew
dress, trimmed with narrow black velvet. N
Lady unknown, advanced in years, stout
build and short grey hair; had on black vel
vet bonnet and black merino dress.
A boy about IL years Of age, light COM
plexion and light hair had on black silk
crayat, black broadcloth vest, snuff cOlored
fine checked cashmere pants, thin shoes,
white shirt and socks.
Female child about a. months old.
Young Irish woman, about 20 years OF
age dark hair and hands much frecked on
the back; had on a purple and red birds
eye dress.
An Irish woman, dark hair; between Is
and 30 years OF age, with gold ring mark
ed an. u Had on a green calico dress,
singular pattern, white muslin sleeves, red
hannel under shirt, prunela CATERS, and a
narrow muslin collar
Female child about three years Of age
fair complexion, and hair had on red
dress, green sack, white apron, linen CATERS,
tipped with patent leather, and white wooden
stockings.
NoRwALK, May 8. The wrecks of the
cars ana tender have been removed, but no
more bodies have been found. They arc
rigging derrick for the purpose of raising
the locomotive. ssl7
Messrs. N. b. Goodnow or New York, and
Seth Hayward Of Gardiner, Me-, were among
those who escaped.
Mr.. John Fluent, Of Lancaster, Penn,
| formerly Of WesIbrook, Me.,( was injured !;
his wife is among the dead.
DR.. Benson, Of WaterviIle, Me-, who was
IN the train, escaped injury, and was at the
American House IN Boston, on Saturday.
Among the list Of injured, we notice from
this Stale, John ColbaIh ofRichmond, whose
brother was killed. arm dslocaIed; Peter
Adley, Gardiner, slightly.
Another Railroad Accident.