The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-12-11

TxRNBLE RAlLRokD AccTDEEr IN IKxIANp.
An extra Of the Waterford, ireland, News. Of the
isn uie. contai thslparticulas Of n ssrribls &c.
c'oent on the Waterford and Kilkenny Railrosd !:
II appear that number Of men who were en-
pioycd baIasting the line above the scene Of the
caiamffy, were standing In lurrys, with an engine
attached, awaiting on the side rail the arrival Of
bne mail train from Dublin, 10 proceed to their
work, but on the approach Of the latter which con
sisted OF the engine and tender, followed BY two
gooos wagons, two passenger carriages first and
second class, and three goods trains bringing mn
the rear the engine driver observed that the points
were not reguIated to let bis train on the main line
and seeing collision inevitable, he shouted with
All bis might to the on the stationary train TO
lump on which he did himself, and the collision
Immediately took place.
The working men in the stationary train jump
ed from the hurry, and . high embankment being
at the side they rushed to- all tumbled back again
were caught BY the train and cut to atoms-four
nad their heads cut completely off and one who
was the only victim that showed any signs Of life
after the coilisions had his arms cut off Human
eforts must fail to accurately describe this sp.
pallng picture-brains, blood and entrails Of men,
pieces OF carriages and engines, goods and lug.
gage, are everywhere visible, and all present =
scene too terrible for contemplation. The engine
driver, who fortunately leaped on to tie side of
tne track where the down train should have pass
ed, escaped almost unhurt The engine of the
down train, with tender and goods wagon, were
smashed to atoms-the tender, on our viewing II
being standing on the end. The following are the
names Of the five men who were killed: John
Kennedy, Patrick Murphy, John Hudson, James
Myers and Martin Doyle.
The man Kennedy lay in q ditch bounding one
side of the line, with his skull smashed ip ont of
which might be seen protruding the unfortunate
mans brains another lay lopgitudinally on the
track, with the wheel of the engine through his
back, literally cut in two and having his head com.
pletely severed from his body; while third man
might be seen with both arms off The remaining
two men had also their heads severed from their
bodies, and under the wagons adjacent, could be
seen, strewed about fragments Of the brains Of
the men. AL those killed, were laborers who had
come to Thomastown, and were employed in bal
lasting the line. The unfortunate man, Hudson,
lived for some few minutes after the accident oc.
Cured but expired before the arrival of the cler-
gyman who bad been sent for He left wife and
six children to depiore his untimely fate. This
was his first days employment upon the line aud
be had been only two hours At work Patrick
Murphy also left . wife and three children The
other three men were not married.
The passenger carriages of the down train,
which contained about twenty persons, fortunately
were not mingled with the ruin, but the sudden co..
lison csised the greatest CONSERVATION among the
dashed them about in the greatest con-
fusion, injuring all more or less.