The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-07-30

every bosom swelling and sinking with
grief. When the death of Father Sher.
idan was spoken Of" dying as a priest
should, at the head of his foek-at his
post of duty like a man-prepared, as a
Christian these sounds of grief broke
forth again with equal power. We nov-
er experienced so general and still an
expression OF sorrow in orr Ilte-and
one had to struggle TO withstand the
current.
A number of females were forced to
be taken out of church during the deliv-
erv of he grafton although the heat
was not so intense as it frequently is at
similar gatherings. Some confusion al
so occurred at the arrest of a youthful
piekpooket who was caught exercising
his vocation while in the main aisle of
the building.
THE BURIAL.
Immediately after the conclusion of
the sermon, the corpses were borne to
the adjoining graveyard and there in
TERED. As they were taken to their
last resting place, the crowd through
which the procession had to pass gave
utterance to their feelings in the most
violent lamentations. The vast con-
course of persons, after the obsepuies
were finished, dispersed without any dis
order.
OTHER FUNERALS.
On Saturday morning the funerals of
eight other victims took place, and were
all largely attended.
VISIT TO THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER.
On Friday we visited the scene of the
disaster, and found hat at the place of
collision the road curves very much
like the letter S within a distance of
800 yards, and at the time of the acct
dent the excursion train was emerging
from a cutting below Camp Hill, while
the down train was passing through an
other cutting 1T the other end Of the
curve, and some 200 yards distance be-
tween the two trains, making a coils
ion inevitable at the rate they were 60
ing. The scene which followed the ac-
eident W. have already described, and
we desire not borrow the feelings Of our
readers or the friends of the unfortunate
with q repetition of TIE herrors that en-
sued.
From the few hou ses in the neighbor-
hood the eugeries of those willing to as.
sist were almost prostrated, add all that
could be dene to quench The flames con-
sun ilg the cars was to pass water from
a brook; but this came in such small!
quantities that but little good was affec.
ted, though every effort was made which
could be available. The wounded were
rs yell taken care of by the residents in
the ncighborhood as their means and IA
cilities would allow, and all honor is due
them. On Friday various shrivelled re-
mains were found in the ashes of the
burned cars, all of which were carefully
collected together and buried zeal the
scene of the accident. There are sever
al-ehildren missing, whose bodies are no
doubt entirely consumed.
The track for nearly 200 feet had to
be replaced, in consequence of the sink
ing ofthe slcepers under the rails. The
locomotives and tenders will scarcely be
of any further Use, as they are burned
and broken beyond restoration. a large
number of c~ar-wheels, from which the
wood work had been burned, were lying
around, while pieces Of cast-iron. seat
frames, &C., covered the ground in many
places, nearly all of which are bespatter-
ed with blood.
BY ten O'Clock on Friday the heat of
the sur has forced nearly all the spec
tators to leave the vicinity of the Co
hocksink Depot, and except in the inside,
where I large police force had gathered,
and TIE occasional visit by those who
had lost 8 relative or friend, there was
but little to indicate THAT a fearful trag-
edy had been enacted the day before.
Ehe excitement in the vicinity Of the
depot was very great during the entire
night of Thursday, bat the police force
detailed prevented the entrance of the
throng into the buildings, all of whom
seemed tobe anxious to view the burned
remains of TIE victims of the disaster.
Some of the bodies were recognized dur
ing the night and early on Friday morn
ing, but ct u o'clolk eight u OF
the human form still remained, all of
which were in such a condition that it
was impossible to recognized them.
Walnut collins were procured for these
by the company, and during the after
noon they were removed from the depot
for interfnent.
TIE DEAD.
The total number ofdead and mis-.
sing is about 60. OF the wounded, Ber-
nard Green, Thomas Kelly, a son of
James Dugan, Henry O'Brien and Il.
Donncgha, have died since Friday morn
ing. a portion of the body Of a female
was recovered on Friday morning; it
was taken from beneath a fragment of
sheet iron that had been exposed to in
tense heat.
WOUNDED.
Joseph Edwards, a baggage-master
of the down train, had one leg broken
Mr.. Edwards is now at Fort Washing
ton, but will be brought to the city by
a committee of the Cadwa1lader Greys,
of which corps he was second Sergeant,
having served in the Mexican war. The
Greys have appropriated $500 towards
his relief.
THE INQUEST AT FoRT WASHINGTON.
The Investigation into the circumstan-
ces was carried on Friday by coroner
Jacoby, Of Montgomery county, at Fort
Washington. It had begun the day be-
fore. A number Of witnesses were ex-
amined and the official copy of the run
ming instructions for the excursion train
was put in evidence.
The excursion train. was directed to