New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-19
KY telegraph. |

OF nervous temperament
E8y TessrephI
pHlLADELPiaA, Friday, July l6, 1886.
The excitement il relation to the catastrophe con-
Times unabated. The Railroad Depot and the streets
are thronsed with people. Coroner Deavan has COM
mereed his duties by viewing the bodies at the houses
OF their relatives but the examination of witnesses
Will not proceed till evening
A number of untouLded reports were In crcula-
ton this morning of accidents on other roads, ndi-
eating the fevensh anxiety that exists among the
community. The Norstown Road was sald W nave
broken down but after investigator, 1t wsS iound
tla the report proceeded from the fact that num-
Der of the wounded had come that route from
Chestnut Hill. A large number OF the unhan aSo
came home that way.
As the list of the wounded puSlished were msinly
those brought down over the North Pennsy wanna
Railroad number is less than actually injured.
which was rot less than q hundred.
The Board Of Directors Of the Road this mornisg
passed resolution Of sympathy with the beresyed,
expressing their determination to relieve the disresses
incident to the calamity for Us WAS IN their power
subscription has been started to contribute to this
object
SECOND DISPATCH.
The following burned bodies have been recognized:
John Sloan, Francis Walls, II. Patrick Fianegsu.
Catharine Kverer, Edw. 7. Gillian, Hugh Traeey.
j. In Dudson, james Gallagher, 3ames hcCort, john
McAbeer John Msyey, and John Brady.
The investigation of the accident was NOT ooaa-
menced this evening by the Coroner of this city, as
the calamity occurred beyond the BOUNDS of the oisy.
having taken place in Montgomery County, ard noSt.
of the bodies were removed to this city before tAea
Coroner OF that county had seen them Ajont nvesd-
CATION by both Coroncrs will probably be commenced
tomorrow
From Our Special Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July l6 1856.
The weather is most oppressive, the, therclom y
trical nights running above 1909 in the street. at
by having the doors and windows ahut during 3 40
5ay and keeping out the sun, the heat il 80 far di-
niDished that existence is tolerable. have nOt
vet been able to discover the absolute d, mesih Of
the cause of the railroad cOnoassi0n and mess cre
of yesterday--with which conductor, whS Their
of the up or the down train, lay the az sful-
onus of holding back and turning QUA An
examination of the conductor of the lown
train against whom public indignation chic fly or
entirely was set, s now out of the quessio a. for
that person, frantic with the result, took nOugh
"arsepc to kill horse, and is dead. Ih eng-
neer Of the down train is in custody. Thee Onduc'
tor of the uptran the excursion one, Is ds ID from
| the wOunds he received
compared to letter S inverted. Ths up per part
| of the curve is hid by an emban knfnt crowned
with trees, so that an engine In the low or curve
| cannot see it. The body of the road ying be-
| tween the curves is not more than two hundred
aid fifty yards; so just imagine the 81 .imuth of
time it takes for two trains to divide hat space
betwe en- them going at full speed LII seems ia-
credible that any conductor whether g. oiDg up or
down. could in his senses run tho Ga adOw of a
risk under such physical provisons, it might be
said, for Wholesale slaughter, unless u e uttermost
care he used. There ought to bs some per-
feet u1derstanding-s0me laws as ubaterable
as those of the Mldes and Perss aDs-relative
to tie course to be pursued wheRe YER the right
line Of railroad is detected trsf a. that an ad-
val cling train cannot be seen In tD 10 to prevent
combustion. But what is yet mel needed are
double tracks, SO that these pioneer sauahterings
cease. The terrible capacities of steam caa
| best be appreciated in refect.n on the wreck
| Of matter shown on the late scene of acton The
heaviest bars of iron, thick as roB pillars capable
| of sustaining large buildings, snapped off as
| though they were straWs. Ibal lunpry fer0cty OF
| the flames, eatIg up The pond erous cars, is evi-
de1ced in the wrecks which a1 ashes, save these
| broken iron bars; and the b& lies when not re-
duced 10 ashts are gbdsIly h2H clmens OF headess,
armless, Dr legless trunks. J imagine these lying
in the sun blazing down at ouI mary heat
The nanner IN which AF .ericans allow them
selves to be slaughtered so as they begin to
travel il one Of the an0uaI les of the age The
despOts of Europe Kill whol esale ard retail when
at war, which may be cons dered so far as history
indicates the normal EI her that the abnormal
condition OF States unls pularly governed. The
wars OF fals country, on the contrary, since
it became a federahI II. are go trivial that
peace here may % affirmed as the rule
and the contrary the very great exceP-
tion. And, under dch bepiqp course, it
would appear TO pea logical result that regard
| fer life, perfectly ~ precedeDted in the battle
charged annals OF EN- pres, wGpd bless our social
| state. But logc, eyerthelt sa seems utterly at
fault. The loss 70 life BY teagel in this country
has no parallel in :! lie world 1T may be safely at
fJmed that thers are more, lives sacrificed in
year an ayerag in any o4s, of the large Statos
Of the Union BY rs way and 81 eamboat travel than
| in all the km0pean Statss combined. fester-
| days TRIBUNE records two 81 ich disasters, with an
| aggregate OF srly 20D yadJ ns Such exhibitions
seem properly the product ot sy.ply OF barbarism
| but of the crudest sayaga- q ard, in conflict with
| the dazzing genius of 1 we, which fills the
heavens of hope with as nefieept play Of the arts,
abbre WAITING toll AID e&gs ndigq bounes is equally
horrible and incorap,eAf nsible
AS was expe 15ed> seveEal cases Of additional
deaths and missad heS ies-- lost where they cannot
be found-are racT ded for yesterdays disaster,
beside more woon1 ed parties. If the deaths be
s"eeu ~ To u' not be matter OF surprise, Tor
| mind.
None oi fae victims save the parish priest arc
notsoies- no% with handles to their nsmeS-none
STUN 10Y oosv airy notices. But still they were hu,