Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-05-07
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MASSACRE.

26th, near CtlcaS'', nctWeeh ai' eiH'
grant train of the Michigan Central
aud the express Of the Southern Mich
igan Road.
The Cause of the colisim was Grim
inul curelessncss. The night was
bright. The two roads cross each
n.cr at right angles. and run for Il
long distance close together. For
half Il mile "both lraius" could not
help seeing each other, or until the
crossing was reached, where the col
Iision occurred. Besides the rules
are strict; conductors and engineers
arc ordered 10 upproach'h the crossings
and with their trains under
full contml, &c.
Tho wreck was most completc.
The Locomotive Of the E1pre@ struck
the sixth car Of tho Emigrant train.
In a moment, locomotive, tender, bag
gage car, and one second class car Of
the former, and three cars Of the lat
ter wele "a heap Of ruins" But the
wreck was nothing. One
sudder to behold met the eye that
nigh,--dea,h with u seal on many a
brow, and brave and beautiful forms
broken aud bruised, filling the air
with sorrowing noaps.
Says the Chicago Tribune:
On the northerly side of,he Contra!
track, "ne first clussrassenger Cur was
thrown upon its side. and groans aud
xies assailed the ears OF those wh"
FASTENED from the rest Of the first
class cars which retained their posi-
ton. Those in this car were aided to
escape from the confusion and from
the danger of suffocati"n, aud i, was
found that none were dangerously i'll.
jured. though several received severe
bruises.
The scene which presented itself
OH the other side Of the Central track
Cannot he fully described, aad tine
viii not ctiace the mcmory IF isa,
terrible and heart rendering spectacle
from the MUD Of the unwilling be.
holder.
We saw a heap Of ruins, from be-
meath which shrieked out upon the
midnight air, cries for help, mingled
in strange discord with the deeper
toned groans of the dying. One by
one those who We're able, crawlcd
out from the rubbish, while the unin-
jured were fully employed in render
lug assistance to those unable to ex-
tricate themselves.
Each moment the scene became, il
possible, more heart rending. Here
sat poor woman, with a broken limb,
and her little daughter stood by her
side weeping and begging for assls-
lance. There lay young German,
dead, his sister by his side. wrineing
her hands, and crying mein bruder,
Inein bruder!" Here u child crying,
. o my fa,her!" there woman wall
ne for the lnss Of her infant. A wo.
man dead, her msngled features lu,
concealed by n cloak, and at
her side only a faithful dog.
Beneath one edge Of the car ap.
peared the bald head and one hand Of
an old man. The leg Of one and the
body of another were also visible be.
meath the car. 4.
Three children, from three to ten
years of age, were taken from the
water, aud placed side by side. AT
no head Of one sat the bereayed
a,her. No one came to claim the
,lher Two.
An infant was picked ont Of the ru-
MS unharned, but no mother could be
ound for it.
Those most dangerously injured
we're conveyed into the unharmed
;ars. and rendered as comfortable as
possible. With some the struggle be-
ween life and death seemed unccr-
ain.
Wien shall this s,opl Hoe shall
hese terrible disasters he checked !
That this may be prevented we all
know; that they should be, We all be-
Iicve; ye, the law does not grapple
with life losing, does no, punish woole-
sale murder by carelessness, as it
should. |, must be made to reach it
aud it will dose. ifthe people demand
it, and demand it they will, after such
terrible slaughter as that on the Chi.
cage Road.
The names Of l6 persons, already
dead, are girenin The Chicago papers.
All cmigrants.
Chinese Emigration.
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