The true Democrat., 1854-07-26
The Railroad Massacre near Balti.
 more on the 4th.

The details of this frightful calamity are be- fore us in the Baltimore papers. We quote from the Patriot:
 Three trains, full of ladies and gentlemen, with children, left the city during the day, to participate in the celebration. Returning, one of the trains left Baltimore at o'clock, anoth- CT started at > and third with which the ac- cident occurred, at about 15 minutes later. At minutes past o'clock yesterday after noon, the regular train for York left Calvert station, consisting of four passenger cars and a baggage car-all, with the exception of the last car, were filled with passengers. MT. William Scott was conductor, accompanied by Mir. Hol- lins, and other officers of the road, who were repairing to Riders Grove to assist in the ar- engagements for the safe return of the excursion ists. On arriving at the Relay house. the York train proceeded to lay off on the Green Spring switch, where the instructions were that it should wait until the excursion train or trains had passed The express train from New York, due early in the day, which had been thrown out of time, was waiting at the Relay, and after 1t had passed down towards Baltimore, we waited for one excursion train, of about six teen cars, crowded to excess, which passed down without giving any information to the conduc- tor that two trains were coming, which, unfor- tunately, proved to be the case
 The road being now supposed to be clear, the York train again took the main track and pro- ceed ed on, and had scarcely got fully under way, when about three-quarters of mile from the Relay, and about a mile from Riders, a ter sible crash, accompanied by a rush of steam, brought all who were uninjured to their feet, and on escaping from the wrecked cars, most heartrending scene presented itself, that it were impossible to describe in all its horrors
 The locomotive attached to the excursion train was behind, pushing the cars; that attach ed to the other tain was in front, and literally plowed its way into the cars, loaded with pas- sengers in front.
 About half-a-doZen cars were crushed and shivered to atoms and large number of their unhappy inmates either killed upon the spot or dreadfully injured. The scene is described as narrowing to the last degree Several of those killed and wounded were 50 caught in the wreck of the broken cars, that they could not be re- leased for considerable time
 Axes and crow-bars were brought into requi- sition, and those alive and unhurt made super human efforts for their relief. The cry for wa ter from the sufferers was continual, and several persons were engaged constantly in supplying them. It was not, however, until the locomo- tive attached to the excursion train had been attached to the crippled mass, that the dead and wounded were gotout. A large number of those who escaped walked to town, while others came in whatever vehicles could be obtained.
 The centre of the foremost car was filled with the dead, dying and wounded, all wedged in one mass with the fragments of the car and the seats, so compact that it required half hours time and the use of axes to rescue the wound ed. A number of females and children were taken out from among the dead scarcely injur- ed, whilst through the floor of the car could be seen the protrudng limbs of some who had in- stantly been struck dead.
 Among the dead in the centre of the car, was Mrs. Roberson, a young and beautiful wo- man, and Henry Clay Jeffers the son of Madi- son Jeffers, bright and beautiful boy, the bo- dies of whom were so wedged among the frag- ments of the two cars, which had been run through each other like telescope, that it was impossible to extricate them, without hauling off the fragments of the upper car by the loco motive, which was also necessary to release the large number of unfortunate creatures who still remained wedged between the forward cars, some still alive and others dead. In removing the cars Mrs. Roberson's body was literally torn to pieces but in the effort to recover those in whom life still remained, it became necessary to disregard the dead. ai@@ tosa ,1t
 On the platforms of the wrecked cars the de- struction of life and life and limbs was in- mense, and the cars being so closely wedged to- gether it was utterly impossibld for more than an hour to relieve any of them, although the screams of the sufferers caused the most super human exertions for their succor
 On the platform at the head of the excursion train four men were caught by the forepart of the engine, two of them were instantly killed, and the other two were fast by their hands, suf- fering the most excruciating agony and almost roasted by the smoke pipe of the locomotive. They both tainted from exhaustion before they