The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1854-11-03

Painful Particulars Of the accident on he
Great Uosiern Railroad

Great Wesiern Raiiraad.
Through the kindness of w. O. Rupplcs.
we are able To give the particulars of the
most heart rending and terrible railroad dis
oster that ever occurred in America He
says few minutes after 2, p NJ, yesterday,
they left Niagara Falls with the first class
and two second class passenger cars, one
express and one baggage car. After leaving
Hamilton we were detained about midnight
between Hamilton aud London, by freight
engine being on the track. After delay
OF an hour we started and reached London.
nbout SIX hours behind time. About three
miles west of London the cylinder head of
the engine burst, which delayed us two
hours. We backed down to London, took
new engine and started again for Wind
sor About one o'clock and about 10 miles
west of Chatham. on the Baptist Creek
Flats, going about 20 miles an hour. we
feen cars h.ol. WIN g.ave, ..aln OF nj
nigntini In the extreme.
Our locomotive was completely thrown
over TO the right, the express car was
thrown over and crushed the LIST and ID
Glass cars into splinters and making n
wreck OF the third car and driving in the
end Of the fourth. The passengers in the
last car escaped with slight bruises. The
screams and groans of the nangled were
awful.
Every effort was made by the conductor
ana unlnlured passengers to relieve the
sufferers; among the most active were Mr..
i. +. Meaghcr, and Junk the baggage man.
nhi %. A. Brownson. Heaps of the dead
and wounded were found piled together in
Inc runs.
One poor fellow was cut out of the ex-
p'ess car with his limbs hanging out of the
s'ue, ID ieet from the ground.
ohe oil The strangest features in the ac-
cineht Is, That all the gravel cars were de-
n'OI'Shed and piled upon each other. with
Inc lender OF the engine stove in. The
conductor OF the gravel train was on the rear
car, with his signal light and negro boy at
ma side. The conductor saved himself by
Jumping the negro boy was killed.
al The time OF the collision there was
dsnse log, II being almost impossible to see
nPuls' we Know not where the blame of
'liis awful catastrophe belongs, but there IL
goes culpable negligence somewhere. The
conductor OF the gravel train saws he was
o'uercd out by the Superintendent Of the
g'nvel PIT
ihefe was no light on the third car from
Tue rear at the time OF the collision, nor had
we shythlng but pieces Of candles stuck in
'uoes, at any time.
ihe dead are lying around, and being
mostly enigrants their names are not easily
GOT About 80 are killed outright. and
hohy OF 'he wounded mnst die, OF which
There are about 40. There was ono wo-
man buried under mass of ruins and law
lhero over four hours. We were :sg miles
from Detroit and Is from Chatham. Tie
surrounding country for miles is vast
swamp and no aid or physician at hand.
WHICH, with the densencss Of the fog aud
,he lnghfnl screams Of the wounded for
neip ana water rendered II the mos, appal-
ling scene imaginable. 1t was heart slck-
ming, Yet all was done TINT could be dur
ing 'he long i've hours that the miserable
unof'unates lay waiting their turn for as.
sistnnee. There are whole families Killed.