New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-31

cars piled uper each o'her in shattered fragueE1a
from terea;h which msriads of human beings were
crsw ling. q aimed, oker, sDd reeking With blooc
like PC spiration; the shriess groars nay absolute
BowDgs Of the wretched bei gs thus en- ombed e. 1t
veie 10 destruction mangled forms Of tnea aud 10
rnen huddjed together with broken panas, bars Of
mon. massive Wheel and scattered bagsage-sll CON-
bntd b. Der this fearful scene more terrible t.
lLe imsgins,iop. One Of the pas-engers-Mr George
ped from tho train, and the nert IN
staIt wss buried beneath II ioless, dishgured ms
1bofe persons who to the rescue knew not where
10 begin tie wo,k OF assistance from the urgent calls
which srose on every eide. The unhat and he least
injured wtre craving up tho banks many If them BE-
ing able TO walk TO the hoases in the Dcighb 'Thood
WHERE they prayed for glass Of watertheir suffer
ipgs beicg fesfLy aggravated By thirst. % every
eide could be beard the sobs end wsiDgs OF those 40
had ast fecogrzed dear friend or relative among the
hanged and coDglomera'e mass. WIGS for their
husbands husbands for their wives parents children
ell Joined in swelling this vast aggregate OF agony
and horror.
As soon o. the accident was known, John $. Frick,
one Of The Directors OF the BsrIin ston and Mount
Dolly Railroad, The depot OF which is close to the
scene Of the disaster 20, ready train of cars and
proceeded TO the spot lie noby assisted in extrics;
ing The wounded from the wreck, and took the cush-
ions and coors Of the T. beds Ca which to lay
them. He then started the train down to Burlington
and prepared quarters for them, where they received
such care and attention their injuries required. He
then returned with .hc train and brought down the
dead who were placed 10 collins and taken to tho Ly-
ceum.
While the details Of this horrible catastrophe wore
iear-sck CHING to degree they were ye, character
lied by an amount Of resignation and selfsacrice on
the part Of the vt ms which reflected credit upon hu
mabity Patiently and uncompIainingly did they, in
lbe majority Of instances, bear their suerings. go
said tie heroic M Macay 10 friend who was anr-
iousy eDdeavorirg to relieve his agones, there ere
"otbers who reqnlrc your attentions moro Ian do;
attend 10 them can wait - Nor is this solitary
csse Of uagnapimity; there was many an instance
amor the sufferers which unaffected the liner traits
II mans nature.
It's graft, ing to notice the prompt and efficient
aid administer ed by the citizens Of Darlington Tue
ladies' were foremost in the work Of charity and to
their Efforts is many wounded man and woman ia
debted Tor h'e They were the first to summon their
male relatives to assist in removing the helpless I,
place Of shelter; it was their hands which prepared
the bsudsgc and the cooling draught it was their
VOICES and kind attentions which soothcd the leyerish
pillow OF the wounded and the dying. And among
those Obscure people there many hear; actuated
by as high sense Of Christian charity, aud as true
spirit Of forttude as that which throbs in the bosom
ef even the famed Miss Nightingale. Noble exam
pies were they Of their womanbood-rue, indeed, to
the purposes Of their holy mission.
We might give dozen accounts Of the affair from the
personal narration of passengers whom VIC visited,
but as they do not materially differ ia fact, We do
not make room fcr them.
VIC have also At hand The accounts Of tho Phladcl-
pbia and Newark papers, but we do not ind sny I'M
portant new features in them.