The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-07

Tho Very Latest Particulars
On our arrival At the Norwslk station In tEs half
Soccck train, Largo crowd Of persons cEngre
gated around the house. where tho dead had beeC de-
rosited for recognition On entering tho building tArr
bic was the scene exposed to vew the majority Of the
dead Lay side by side of whom bore the marks Of
violence their heads and faces caussd by the
Of the broken whilo others looked calm and pac
who had died BY sufocaton ~ the water In fact tho
majority Of deaths appeared to hsve been caused BY
drowning. We passed from this into q small room,
and there saw eleven more bodies, who hsd
bess recognised and the friends wers preparing to tas
them away Among this Wholesale slaughter Of human
lives were many gentlemen Of the medical profession who
had the night previous been guests at the complimentary
dinner given by the profession Of New York, and who
were on thsir return home to their families.
We next visited the scene Of tho wreck and notwth.
standing it six hours after the catas
trophe, large number Of persons si looking at
tho spot and many workmsn engaged removing the
wreck where the sad affair occurred The drawbridge
situated at three hundred yards from the sta
on, around About half past ten O'Clock in the
morning, William Hartford lowered the signal and opened
the dIawbridgs to allow the steamboat Pacific
to pass through for New York. Scarcely had tho steam
boat clearedhe bridge and before time allowed for
the bridge master to close the draw again. round
tho express train at full speed, estimated running
thirty miles the hour and in instant the locomotive
bounded of at the end of the bridge, striking against the
abument Of the draw and burying itself the river the
TENDER baggage followed and the top and two of
tho passenger cars, all Of which were submerged in
the water, and the half of one other passen-
ger shattered off with the concussion.
Here the was terrific. The shrieks of the suf
fere-s for assistance ID said BY those who with
in hearing to have been the most heart.rending.
nufo~ a. %hA% ~
dent thereby making the water some twenty ave feet
Deep Had not been for this circumstance tho loss Of
life would have been considerably diminished. Many
citizens Of Norwalk witnessed the approach Of the
train, and some Of them called out to- the
engineer to stop, as they foresaw the danger;
but no heed taken, and from the speed at o :,
oOmotive was then goiss it Vac rhe engineer whose
season to prevent IT, bsholdng the Danger sprang
from the locomotive, followed by of the f1emen,
and the train passed hsadlong into the river Many
incidents occurred at the Of the disaster. gen.
tlernan, after exricating himself saved infant child
who under the of aunt; the aunt 1t seems
drowned. who saved himself by breaking the
window sprang the and called out for an axe
to chop open the to exrcae his wife, Several boat
in the vicinity hastened with their boats and
the means of saving many lives. Mr.. Fluent
ried the night previous and his bride was one of the
unfortunate sufferers Mr.. Larchier Of the dead,
had his person avery Large amount Of money, which
has been sken possession Of by Mr. Warner cashier of
the Plainfeid County Bank, Connecticut.
AL thu watches, jewelry, and other valuabes taken
from the bodies of the deceased in the possession Of
Justice Weed, acting Coroner
During the day and evening the trains Of from
New York and Boston brought large number of
persons to the scene of calamity in search Of their
friends and relatives. Mr. Robbins, Of this city,
knowing that his mother and sister board that
tran arrived at Norwalk BY the FIVE o'clock train and
there found his fears realized by the Of
the death Of both his mother and sister.
The ateness Of the hour being compelled to press
prevents continuation Of the details consequent upon
the calamity.