New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-18
POSTSCRIPT.

LATEST FROM THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
From 4fno.hey ReDo,ter
One Of our reporters who has just returned from the
&c. ne of the terrible railroad deaser, gives the follow
irg &C dition,l particulars:
A train which started from tAe scene at 2 p M,
brought down about twenty of the wounded.
TIE body ut Father Sheridan had been recovered
ard brought duwL in this train.
The body Of Mr. Hoppe also brought down
John Hurley, resioina at Cadwalaoer and Odrd
ct who had bis back and hips severely injured
also brUught down.
The BODIES Of those who were onrned beyond recog.
niti0p have been gathered together.
IL a blacksmith shop where the accident Oc-
CURED we counted nineteen turned bodies, three Of
whom were certainly females. The rest were sup
posed to be men, but it not he told with certainty
Under temporary shed lie the bodies of eight other
human beings charred u to be utterly ulrecosnza'
be. ~
Near where the engines came in collision portions OF
human bodits liz among the smoking tmbers, the bent
up ion d di placed rails.
Thoee of the wuundeo who were not brought down
il the clock train are receiving atei ton at the
Fort Warrington Ho,el and another tavern near the
tctne.
A umber f physieians from this city and Germsr.
town were on tue grounc early. Among them were
Dr.. s. Wier Mitchell, IL. Sntn, r. p Bayard and
Caleb Homer.
The train at o'clock consisted of three OF the cars
Of The excursion train, zone OF which was considerably
smashed upl and ,ne other. The wounded were
plhc. on tie seats comfortably as circumstances
would p rnit and every attention possible shown
by the pbyicsDs the employees of the road, the po
lice il charge Of the train, and by the friends oil the
victims.
The scene in the cars beggars description for horror.
Every conceivable kind a'd oegree OF wound was to
be seei and nothing agony from the ,unded or
their afflicted frenos aid relatives met one eyes ut
every turD.
Tie train was run to town quite slowly and care
fully ano a. il passed along crowds Of Persons from
the roadsdts and the windows OF dwellings, on the hne
OF the road gazed mouiIfuly upon the cars ana their
nounful feigtt
erortly b. fore 3 o'clock the train moved slowly
no the Cohotks Depot aud 1t was iuIInedi ttey
bset b. an snxious earnest, fearful crowc of neu,
omen anc children, who pressed eagerly forward to
the coos Of the cars and kept back with great
difficulty.
SOME NOTICE oF SCENE.
The place wbere the accideut occurred is called
Canp Hill Station. II Is IL miles from Philadelphia.
TIE road twice so that, at Say 500 yards the
ayprOs ching locomotives could nor be seen by their
respective engineers,
runnpg along for about 100 $50 ysids. This EN-
bsr ku. IT il about &c feet IN hight.
The track is ngIe and whrr tue locomotives ru- bed
80 fatally together they roee ou end,-tte hre o1xes
nearly tOuch o. the wheels were Knocked oil and they
.uiD, over, and lie side by side IN the same cl
IT ctiop. which early square scrors the .oad.
Thee If the Of the train caught fire
like fash, and III d very few moments Do;hing was
ltft OF them bur the wheels the other IRON woik, and
few charred iimbers and smoderiDg pieces Of the hu-
man traine w
smuh shop and Email she'd within about 800 yards vf
the &C. be- and TO these places the wounded were frt
car,ie. Not Tree Is to be seen for considerable
distance on upy side, and the gar Dg sun beat down
upou dead the wended, their rescuers and their
bhlfcrazed frtbds, who were hOcking 10 the scene
sll rupnne foot in wagons, atd every species OF
vehicle that could oe procured in the city
Ar nas' OF the victims, or greater portion, were
I-sh Of COu the demonstration OF gnet which uet
ones pees ears Of the most violent Character
They eupsssed anything within the rdngc OF the re
pOltor's experience.
THE NUMBER or THE DEAD AND "ousDED-Coh'NG
INTO TowS, &C &C.
OF cOurse as everyfhn is yet ID confusion 1t Il i'm
possible 10 ray bow macy lives have been lost oy tnis
mort terrible calamity The timatcs vary, but from
tur D. rsonsl observation, should place tue number
a. from 4C 10 A. and from so to 20 wounded more OF
less severely.
Even 10 our hurried passage along the cars, we had
time observc the genuine h-roism which is never
wanting at ihtso scehes Of terror. Every womaa who
was rot beke1 Injured, seemed to be attending to
me wounded pen On, or ma. hap, watching cOrp%;
Every man or boy willing to give way-to 40 Gil
/ ccuC 10 ,et We the suffering which peImoated the
whoit Stmo+pbeie
Yet We did not hear cry groan from any ohe'
Every mec to- at least bear suffering al sehcc,
# ihly could do
large nuui er of the victims reside in Kensington,
along ia. Germantown Road, and the adjacent streets,
ard. o. we paseed Gown to the office 1t really seemeo
Is il the whole city was mourninG-tv verywhere we
saw grief :, mpahy sufferng-those SAD evidences OF
be fallen estate Of humanity.
We might spend hours dilaing on the acciden, ana
its %, noes, but time scarcely permits bei "
Dopss Of tre most vivid 'eatnes. The cause OF tno
Osaster has not yet been propounced on, ana we ha'
heard rohi which wOulc authorize NJ pubciy 10 la)
the blame the sbou der Of any person or persons