New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-30

left On the embsnkmert above and very little injury
was ccne 10 these cars those who occupied them.
The four passenger cars which went down the en-
bankuent were literally broken into Fragments and
the woodwork Of one of them was reduced to pieces.
none Of which over four inches wide every pane
having been crushed apart
Here followed q scene which those who beheld it
represent as truly sppsl ingone that would shake the
str ngtst nerves and sicken the stoutest hear The
cries OF the aned huns beings who were buried be-
meath that chaotic wreck ofmsteral almost pals cd the
senses and disabled the Of the few who we're 30
iort7nse a. to be able TO render assistance Those
however. who could extricate themselves and were
not disebed by injuries assisted by the residents in
the vicinity, SGT themselves to work to remove
THAR unfortunate companions from the ruins
~ was some time, though, before their task was
completed, timbers, iron wheels and axles being piled
upon them i'll confused mass; and alas, there were
too many who could not appreciate their labors who
felt lot the heavy weight upon them-they were dead
Those who were got out alive were, almost without
exception, jured in greater or less degreo-and
many were 30 seriously hunt that their lives were de-
~ aired Of and the In ures of every description
and character imaginable. There were broken legs
and arms, half scslped heads and fractured sculs
aud every conceivable kind Of flesh wounds.
Among the xii cd was midale-aged lady who was
travelling in company with daughter Of about ID or
IS years. The body Of the mother was removed from
the spot ON a bier, followed by the stricken child
bedewDg the path she rod with tears Of the intenses
grief
Another lady, who was supposed to be from Pater-
son, had her head severed from the body, and they
were found few feet apart, with the hat still upon
the head and the bbano still uDfastened from alb ,ut
the chin.
A mar who attempted to escape by jumping was
caught between the cars as they went over the en-
babkment, and his body cOmplsteIy cut in two just
a. owe the hips
train was cent down to the scene Of the disaster
from Burlington, ard the dead bodies, together with
tie wounded that had been conve ed 10 residences
in 'he vicinity, taken to the Burlington depot.
Here the dead covered with blankets 10 await the
Coroners investigation and every aid that hum 4nty
could furnish rendered to the injured sufferers
The ladies of the place came with linen to bandsge
broken ond bruised heads and limbs, and to speak
those gentle consultations which woman alone can
utter. The clergymen Of the place, and among them
Bishop DoaDe, were also present, and while
smootted the pillow Of grooming sufferer another,
With hands clasped, would supplcate Heaven in
behalf Of some dying one.
Among the injured who were lying in the depot was
SpaDiard, who was badly injured and great suf-
feIer, but be could not speak English and there
no one present to whom he could make known bis
pains A young lady in town, who had the reputation
Of Being m 4ser OF the Spanish, was sent for and
cane; but the groans and sobs with which the air
was vocal affected both her nerves and memory to
such degree that she could not speak even her
tive tongue much less the Spanish, aud the poor
Spaniard, after all, compelled to make known his
wishes as best he could.
An extra train was sent for from Philadelphia, and
by this, such Of the passengers able,
to this City last night. OF those who arrived, how
ever, there were very few who did not either have
psseIs and patches on their faces and heads their
AIMS in sings in handkercheis. In fact it is believed
that ont of the whole number of passengers there
were not twenty who did not sustain injuries of some
kind.
At the time the train left which arrived in Jersey
City at u O'Clock there were thirteen dead bodies
lying at the Burlington Depot, beside soma twenty
FIVE or thirty wounded ones, many Of whom it was
thought must die. great many of the injured were
taken to private residences which rendered impos-
sbe to ascertain the actual number who had received
Injuries.