The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-11-07

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The st. Louis papers Of Friday contain some
additional particulars in regard to the dreadful ac
cident Thursday, at Gasconade river on the Pacific
Railroad.
The Republican says: -:
The information we have derived from gentle
men Is as follows:
They were passengers coming down tho Nilsson
n river, on the steamer Ben Bolt and landed al
Hermann for the purpose of taking the down
ward two o'clock train for this city. just before
the boat landed at the hour of o'clock the excur-
sion train passed by Hermann, and the passengers
both of boat and ears exchanged greetings.
shortly after the landing of the the Ben Bolt, and
just as the downward train was about starting a
locomotive that had accompanied and was pushing
Al the rear of the excursion train, arrived at Her
mann from above, bearing the terrible that as
the excursion cars were passing over the railroad
bridge recently erected at the mouth of the Gas
made river at distance of about eight miles from
erm ,nn the bridge gave ay, and precipitated t6e
front locomotive and ten of me passenger cars OF
the train down into the river.
The height of the bridge above the water was
about thirty feet, and the depth of the water be,
which brought the news to Hermann, together
with one of the passenger cars, became detached
from the train the accident took place, and were
thus saved. About one hundred and fifty of the
passengers it 10 stated got out of the cars before
passing the bridge in order to inspect the structure
and observe the trial of the heavy train upon
the timbers. These, if they were not standing
on the bridge at the time, may have escaped ia-
jury.
The locomotive and tender of the downward
train from Hermann, was Immediately disengaged,
and the passenger cars attached to the engine
which had just come from the scene of the dsas-
ter. The latter went Immediately back to the
bridge while the former on which were Messrs
Bishop and Rumbold, proceeded with all haste to
this city.
The excursion train had on board at least six
hundred persons. While SO much uncertainty
surrounds the catastrophe it is most fearful to con-
template the consequences.
Among the excursionists were MANY of the
leading merchants and railroad men of the city
Judges OF our courts and members of all the pro
fessOns-5esides two companies of our military,
the National Guards and the st. Louis Grays.-
Indeed, we may say, the very flower of our citi.
Zens were on board the train.
AT the time of writing this we have no confirm
atory news. Large numbers of our citizens are
holding consultation at the Planters House and
taking steps for the procuring of more reliable
news preparing to receive the killed and wounded
that may come in on the next train
The Intelgencer gives the following list of the
wounded:
George X. Budd, leg broken; Dr. Post, leg bro
ken; Hudson f. Bridge slightly injured; Mr. Tay-
lOr, firm of Warren q Merritt leg broken; Engi.
neer badly injured; member of National Guards
leg broken Thomas G. Chester, badly hurt Mr..
Littlejohn, badly hurt; Mr.. Layton representative
of Perry county badly hurt Carlos s. Greely.
slightly injured; John Leach slightly injured; L.
Kennett, slightly injured: Heber Livermore, leg
broken; William Edge MCLEAN, of Cape Girar.
deau, leg broken; Mr.. Moore, of ST. Genevieve,
badly wounded by fractures, will die; Mr.. Jecko
firm of Hart s. Jecko; Henry c.. Hart Rufus X
Lewis. NJ. Griswold; Frank Lane, leg broken; Mr.
Hitchcock, badly hurt; John Parker, arm broken:
John G. Richardson, badly hurt; Oliver Quinette
badly hurt; John B. Carson do; Mr. Roberts, pay
master, badly hurt; John NJ. Winner, badly hurt;
Peter Brown, of Jefferson, badly hurt Mr.. Rad
Jos. White, Representative from Ripley, legs bro
ken; f. l.. BilloH, arm broken; Magyar King badly
cut Col ID. III. Armstrong badly cut; G.. d. Sulli-
van, arm broken; DR.. Vanzant, badly hurt Mr.
Hendle Druggist, badly hurt; Capt Cousins, badly
hurt
Doctors Mcdowell and Mcpherson were FORUM
aely among the guests and gave their best skill to
the alienation of the wretched sufferers It WAS
impossible, however for them to apply bandages
aud reset limbs under the circumstances. The
accident occurred where no houses are to be seen
in the wild forest-and during the time heavy
storm of rain, accompanied with lightning and
thunder of the most vivid description, fell without
ntermissi0n.
Couriers were despatched forthwith to Hermann
for another train, and in hour less the wound
ed were in comfortable their way to the
city. 1t was awful spectacle-one that appalled,
the stoutest heart-the dead and dying lying with
out shelter, save that afforded by the hand of
friendship or phanthrophy. exposed to a pitiless
storm, and the wounded groaning from amid the
ruins, and supplcating the of the more for
tunate
Among the killed not mentioned Yesterday are
Judge Lakeland, Il. G. Yosti not Yost as preyi-
Ousy stately of the firm of Shields and Yosti and
Il. c. Jeffrees, member. of the Legislature from
Franklin county.