The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-09

whether their wives and children, or parents. or
orotnera. or sisters. were among them. | have
very frequently seen dead men and women Int
never before so frightful an exhibition, The
males were in one large and rude apartment and
the females in another, and both were dark excent
as lighted ftfuily and mperfectly by candles and
lamps, of which the rays could scarcely penetrate
more than arms length from the holder Every
house in the village is hospital Every family is
devoted to the of the suffering and the dying
learn that there was no crying, no apparent
excitement, at the time of the catastrophe. Every
one seemed frghtlully calm; and the utmost pres.
ence of mind and energy were exhibited by the
citizens of the village and others in rescuing the
unfortunate living and dead.
Up to IL O'Clock iast night two additional bodies
had been found, one a male and the other fe
male. They have not up to the present time been
identified. a}sl5sai
Preparations were making this morning to drag
the creek, which ia very deep. for the discovery of
the bodies of the missing. and cannons were fired
at for the purpose of disturbing the waters
locomotive, of which at low water yesterday no
traces could be discovered, was found this morn
ing almost entirely buried in the opposite bank Of
the creek The evidence adduced at the coroner's
inquest, previous to the adjournment last night,
was principally corroborative Of the statements al
ready made with regard to the man at the draw
bridge having hosted the warning signal al least
Is minutes before the arrival of the train, and that
no whistle was heard by any of the surviving pas
sengers. -l lss
The examination of the conductor Of the train
was commenced this morning. The scenes at Nor
walk are heart rending in the extreme Thu
houses in which the bodies of the victims are lai a
out in rows, for Identification, present sickening
spectacle, and even already decomposition ia be-
ginning TO set 10. From these circumstances, it
thought that the coroner will be obliged to con.
tinue his Investigations during Sabbath day.
In addition to the facts already stated by Mr..
Hicks, the artist he adds that the shock was such
as to break off all the seats and the umbrella
racks, and to push forward all who were sitting
in the rear of the At the same time the roof
was spt in two, and the larger part of it fell in,
covering many persons, Including Mr. Hicks
himself, beneath.
The scene under there he described as horrible
in the extreme, persons gasping in death, mutt
lated bodies, hands broken, come who had appa.
rently only been stunned, drowning in uncon.
seriousness of their condition.
One young man had splinter of some two
inches In diameter driven directly through his
temples. Others had their faces go mutilated as to
present no human semblance. At the same time
the water hlled with rubbish of every kind, and
MIR. Hicks received several bruises from the float
ing macs. He hung in the water with one hand
on an iron which fortunately had not broken off
until, after convincing himself that he could not
nnd the body OF bis companion whom he supposed
to be dead. SIS -t..5s4z -
STATEMENT OF MR.. G. A. FULLER, THE BOSTON
as BAGGAGE MASTER.
We started from Canal street with four nassen-
gers and two baggage cars, at O'Clock, and took
on passenger car at Twenty-seventh street; on
our ARRIVAL at Stamford we were time; looked
out oil the car, on our arrival at Norwalk. to see
that every thing was all right, and saw the white
hags flying, which were exhibited to inform the
engineers that the switches were properly placed:
! tnen closed my doors and sat down, and it was
not five minutes afterwards that heard the engi.
neers whistle to put on the brakes; Immediately
looked out ofthe door, and ga that the Ora wbrdge
was open, and at the same time saw Mr. Tucker,
the engineer, jump from the engine to the ground;
could not get the door of the car in which was
In suff1clentiy open to get out, and Immediately
braced myselfto receive the shock; the en- gine the
tender, and part OF the car in which was were
preclpltated into the water, my striking the
abutment of the bridge, and one end of it lodged
there, the other baggage car following went through
my car about half way, and the other two pas
senger pressing behind them and the bao
gage car OH to the lett at the first shock was
stunned, and being thrown against the trunks nv
lace was cut. As soon as ! recovered, crawled
out through the top OF the car and got into the
drawbrldge, and Immediately procured boats to
get the passengers on. of the wreck; we had to use
axes to chop holes in the cars in order to extri-
cate the passengers. we worked for about four
hours: when we got matters into shape. About 8
O'Clock the trains passed as usual over the road
Inc two last cars we're saved in conseq renee of the
brakes being put on at the moment the drawbridge
was open.
cannot say whether the signal was up or down,
for had no time to look. As soon as got out on
the bridge, asked the drawbridge man If the sig.
nal was up. He said no, it was down fifteen min
utes before the train arrived The steamboat
told me that he swear that the red ball was I'M
iwlsh to contradict the report which has appeared
In some OF the newspapers stating that Mr.. Com.
stock told the engineer {rucker) sto go to hell''
IN conversation with me at Stamford the place at
which Is alleged such remark had been made
MORE INCIDENTS
Mr.. Calhoun P. Sanger, of BROOKLYN had
narrow escape, having left the forward car iust
moment before it went over.
a 0trr,io ~hrr
last evening we're going to spend their houey-
moon in Boston, when their happiness was shatter-
cd, and the unfortunate bride with her lew els and
robes stliI on her unfortunately met with watery
grave. There are many incidents of the most
hcart.rending nature, that had we time or space
we could relate, but the following must suffice:
A young gentleman by the name of Robinson
Miss Robinson, Eve had Just espied their names |
from their dead bodies;) he the son and brother
Of the two hap!ess ladies. We told hin the truth;
he was almost crazed,
Mr. Allen Goss and his aged maiden sister, from |
Foughkeepsie, were on board. He was danger
ousy wounded in the head, and che was killed BY
splinters of the broken car
MIR. and Mrs. James Mills of this ctv danger.
ously wounded. returned to town last night and
are under medical treatment
was stated at the place that the engineer,
~ Daniei fucker, had run into the drawbridge at
Stratford last summer, and that he had collision
at Portchester two years ago
clergyman and his wife had just ged seats
with sailor. The sailor killed and the others
escaped. ats
There were PIG passengers upon the train of
cars, as near "a could be nscertained
James Colburn, man about IS years of age |
rom Richmond, Maine, was, together with his
Drotner, IN company with his employer, MIR. Ring,
and his wife, in the second car. His brother was
lnsta ntly killed Colburn broke out OF one of the
windows and helped Mrs Ring out, and then got
out himself; in the fall he had his right shoulder
broken. Mr. Ring also escaped.
1t was first reported that Dr.. Holmes, the poet
and surgeon, was on board but we are glad to
learn that he remained in this city. DIR. Warren
surgeon OF Boston, received eight Commissions, and
remained to attend upon the wounded until late
last evening. when he took the train homeward.
One gentleman named Lozier, among the dead
but bis place of residence not ascertained The
s believed to be from the South several thousand
dollars in Eastern money were found in his pocket
and are now in the possession of Mr.. Thomas
Warner, cashier of the Fairfield County Bank in
The village.
Vhe remains of Mr.. Van Deventer reported in
The list of the dead, were brought to the city last
night, by Mr.. A. W. Goodyear, and kept at the
wenty seventh street depot, wait the arrival of
MS wife and relatives.
PREVENTION OF SUCH ACCIDENTS.
The New York Sun says:
"This is another accident which shows the alb.
.olute necessity of having system of signals for
II awbridges wholly unaffected by a hazy atmo.
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