Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-13

this position too. it strikes us, with ire
sistible force. On the whole, the foreign
matter app, airing in the Intehigcncer's
columns is, as a general thing, much
more reliable than disquisitions on foreign
affairs appearing in any other American
journal.
The Republic discusses the present atti-
tude of France and England with refer
ence to the Turco- Russian question, and
the probable fate of Turkey.
The Clipper continues its long drawn
battle against the Roman Catholic Church,
an anti Catholic German coming to the
editors assistance on this occasion.
The Boston and Worcester Railroad Disaster.
Yesterday, as we were about going to
press, we received Geographic dispatch
announcing the occurrence of the terrible
disaster which proved so destructive of
life on the Boston and Worcester Railroad.
Since which, we have received the follow
ing particulars:
The accident occurred about 8 o'clock
this (l2th inst.) morning. The train
from Whitinsville, with very large ex-
cursion party of ladies and gentlemen on
board, on its way to Providence, came in
Providence. The crash was fearful. Both
trains were going at full speed. The To-
comotives were completely driven into
each other, and large number of cars
thrown off the track and smashed into
fragments.
The passengers, ladies and gentlemen
and children, were thrown violently out,
some crushed under the wheels, and 9TH
ers literally damned up among the shat
tered ruins. The scene was appalling in
the extreme-the shrieks of the wounded
and dying made the blood run cold. As
far as can be asccrtained, about twenty
men, women, and children were killed
instantly, and some twelve or fifteen so
dreadfully manglcd that no hope IS en-
tertained for their lives. Many others
slightly and some dangerously injured.
Most of the killed and wounded are from
Cxbridge and Whitinsville.
On the Uxbridge train the third pas
senger car leaped over the second, killing
three persons who were escaping from
the windows.
The collision occurred near Pawtucket,
and 1T is now ascertained that twelve
lives are lost, and about twenty-five more
or less injured.
The following are the names of the
killed
Rev. Mr.. Penny, Episcopal Clergyman.
officiating at Grace Church, Providence :;
Mr.. Wood, of Northbridge John r. Per-
kins, fireman, do; Mrs. Plant, wife, and
Peter Plant, son of Geo. Plant, of Whit
insville; A. Charlesworth, do; Thomas
Brown, do; VIM. Fullerbone, do; Mrs.
Caroline Richmond, wife of John Rich
mond: Peter Rogers, Of North UXbridge,
and two others unknown.
WOUNDED. Francis Reed, George
Plant, Hosea Ballou, of Whitinsville; Ed
ward Green, engineer of the up-tfain-
badly several ribs broken: Stewart
Winslow, of Whitinsyille- badly: Daniel
Ganty, do.-slightly; Martin c. Jeffer-
son, brakeman-leg and arm broken;
John Brown, of Whitinsville,-fou ribs
broken; Moses Bolton, badly: Mrs. Glad
ding, wife Of Charles Gladding, of Paw
tucket, slightly; John Marshall, of North
Uxbridge, leg broken; George Bolton, of
hitinsville, leg broken John Crane, do.
badly bruised; Schuyler White, do. and
others-names not ascertained vet.
The accident is attributed to the Tx
bridge train being out of time-and it is
said the Conductor watch was out of
order. The collision was terrible.
On tho Cxhridge train the third pas
senger car leaped over the second and
iilled three persons who were attempting
o escape by the windows.
Mr.. Southwiek, Superintendent of the
Providence and Worcester Road, was in
ured on the head.
One poor boy had his arm torn out
rom the socket.
The dead were horribly mangled. Nine
If them were deposited side by side at
Valley Falls, and presented melancholy
spectacle.
The wounded were taken to Pawtucket
nd Valley Falls on straw.
The spectacle was a most horrid one
he broken cars-the crushed engine-the
lead and dying-is said to have furnished
scene never before witnessed in these
egions.
A Coroner's Jury has been summoned
halA OF L l.