Southern shield., 1854-11-11

oAAS 'OA' HID lSiC iNf 1it1N oSSiA 1Ao Ierally torn off from the middle of theI thigh and was hanging down, beingI caught between the two cars in falling, |the sole of the boot being uppermost land the sinews, arteries of the limb and shreds of flesh dripping and danglingI Iabout. From the forward window of |the half f-crushed car the neck and Shoul- ders of a muscular man were thrust out, the head having been cut off as if with a guillotine. He looked for theI head but could not find 1t.
 One thing which attracted his notice, was the discoloration of the bodies bu- ried up in the ruins, bearing the ap- pearance of bruises and sufocation.
 Upon the Conductor and others cut ting their way through the foremost first class car into the wreck, and clear ing away the fragments they found some 20 bodies of men, women and children, wedged in together with the fragments of the cars. The slain at the bottom of ditch in front of a bat tery of cannon could not have present. ed a more horrible spectacle. There were two or three layers of these bod ies and ruins, and they were packed and pressed together as if a heavy slab of iron had fallen upon and crushed them. Where was very little blood flowing from any wounds, but the tongues and eyes were forced out from sockets and mouths as though they had been choked. In this car occurred an almost incredible escape. A young man about 23, stoutly built, had been flung Up against the roof of the car (which was forced off at the time, and his left leg and arm were pushed out Iside, but the platform of the next car forward had fallen upon him at the moment and had tightly fastened him. IThe leg and arm were outside of the car, with the rest of the body hanging inside of the car with the face looking Idownwards. The conductor was the first to discover him, and immediately Iexclaimed on finding him alive, that he must be saved. Making their way through the ruins and over the dead bodies, the conductor and the party with him reached the spot where the Ipoor fellow was clinched and riveted between the timbers. He was full of heart and bade them work on and that he could hold out if they could. He must have been some three hours and a half in this position before he was discovered an(found to be alive. Af- ter half an hours work a saw was found and three men, 1T. Edwin 4. Skeele, IOf St. Louis, a man from Vermont, and Alr. Meagher, relieved each other in saving him out This was accom- Iplished in abolt three quarters of an hour, the man suffering intensely the while. Two CT threo times he tainted and dropped his head, but fortunately they were enable to recover him with some brandy whicl Prof. Brownson, of
 Boston, happenedto have with him,
 and which he placed in Mir. Meagher's hands for the use of the suffering. Upon excavating the man, they found
 that the thigh wls badly crashed, as also the arm and the lower part of the stomach. The left side of his face and forehead was also laccrated, but, apparently, no other or mortal injuries had been inflicted. He was brought oat and laid in one of the uniniured cars, which had been, meanwhile, fitted Iup for the reception of the wounded, Iby placing boards on the top of the seat backs, So that when the Surgeons Ireachead the spot, they found nearly Iall the injured lying in two rows on ei- ther side of the cars from end to end. IThe children were placed beneath upon Ithe seats. The havoc among the chil- ldren was dreadful-several of them being killed outright, some in their
 
 mothers arms, whilst those who were alive were, many of them, badly maim- ed. As an instance of this, it may be mentioned that four children had their legs amputated. One beautiful girl about six years old, with black hair and leyes, was found with her right leg bro-
 ken about three inches above the ancle 1.-the little foot being connected to the limb only by the flesh, causing 1t to hang down.
 | Most of the killed and injured were lSecond class passengers who were emi- Igrants. We should say that, except Ithe Bodfsh and Oakes family, there was not an American among the dead. IOf this we could not be positive, as the faces were horribly gashed, besmeared with blood and begrimed with the sand and gravel of the embankment. The entire attention of those on the spot had been bestowed upon the wounded to the necessary neglect of those be- |yond the reach of mortal aid and the endurance of lingering pain. The dead ooUes were taken to Chatham last eve lllhg' where the coroner's jury met this morning to investipate st;II fnrtboc +ho