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demanded $40 for 8 wagon 10 go a mile for q
physician.
The scene, upon the arrival at Master street,
bsggsrs descripdOn-ths fathers and mothers
and relatives oftbs sIeursiOnists having as
semblsd there to the number of 1000. to learn
the result Of the dreadful catastrophe.
An eve witness thus describes the scene
OF the Eve cars nothing was left standing
but the wheels, every Bit Of woodwork was to-
tally destroyed. A number Ofths dead were
lying in a heap so dreadfully burned that you
could not tell whether they were men or wo'
men.
Under the ruins the bodies of some fifteen or
eighteen persons could be ssen. No portion
Of them could be reached but their limbs-here
leg protruded. and there an arm or head
could be discovered The cars could be 'een
burning for distance Of four miles.
Fortunately there was quantity Of ice and
ice.cream on the train this was given to the
wounded it refreshed them greatly.
There are two hoisl5, aud dwelling house,
blacksmith shop, and a small she'd within a
bout 800 yards Of the scene, and to these pla-
ces the wounded we're srst carried Not tree
} is to be seen for considerable distance on any
side, and the glaring sun beat down upon the
dead, the wounded, their rescuers and their
halr-crazed friends, who were hocking to the
scene, all running on foot, in wagons, and ev-
: ery species Of vehicles that could be procured
in the city.
a As most of the victims. or a greater portion
r were IRISH, Of course the demonstration Of grie
l. which met ones helpless ears we're Of the mos
b violent character. They surpassed anything
le within the range of the repOrtOrial experience
r, The bodies of those who were burned beyo
recognition have been gathered together
SO In blacksmith shop near where the acCidcr
occurred we counted ninetesn burned 6odie
lg three of whom were certainly females. Th
q, rest were supposed to be men, but it cannot
/; told with certainty.
e, Under temporary shed lie the bodies
s. eight other human beings so charred as to
IS, utterly unrecognizable.
en- Near where the engines came in CollisiC
m portions of human bodies lie among the smol
es ing timbers, the bent up iron and displac'
up rails.
Several bodies. terribly mutilated. were r
ed covered from under the engine and tender. II
SUI ashes Of a child were found in the cinder-pa
Ill The wounded were placed on seats as col
tal fortabIy as circumstances would permit, a
every attention possible shown By the ply
ter clans, the employees of the road, the police
nd charge of the train, and by the friends OF
the victims.
:, The scene in the cars beggars description
III" horror. Every conceivable kind and deg'
of wound was to be seen, and nothing, So
VI aoonv from the wounded or their affiict
'ne friends and relatives, met ones eyes at eve
turn.
'eu This train Of the wounded was to run do
'"0 quite slowly and carefully. and as it passed
hey long crowds Of persons from the roadsdes
'ur' the windows of dwellings on the line of
ney road gazed mournfully upon the cars and th
monrnful freight.
gh' Shortly before o'clock the train NOV
'nO slowly into the COhocksink Depot. and 1t
lm' Immediately beset by an anxious. earnest, te
ra- full crowd Of men. women aud children, "
pressed eagerly forward TO the doors of
left cars and were kept back with great difficult!
mp The scene at the CohOcksink Depot was {
Of indescribable confusion and. excitement.
on sides the large crowd Of persons gathered
ar The news, there we're many women hurry
ave. from place to place in frantic alarm aud apr
ano hension, screaming in the agony Of their tel
Oe' and enquiriug for their children. Every per
o. who came down the road from the direction
the the accident was surrounded by the mob.
hundreds Of eager voices put many questi
ex respecting the occurrence.
irvs A train arrived At the depot with 42 bot
~ Of on board. The bodies Of the unfortunate c
nse' dren were horribly mangled; and presents
most revolving and hesrt-rending specta
ards In the same train that brought the bodies
hila- the dead, we're many Of the children who
capped uninjured.
lam A shout ofjOy greeted them as they 6
fsion from the cars. and many mother clasped
rs of recovered little one in her arms, and thar
eces, God for their safety. When the ear sta
. To- with the physicians, hundreds OfpsrsOnS cl
,uni- ded into it they would listen to no reasO
two nor ad, ice, being rendered frantic with aE
cked henson and alarm.
'ns0' AN along Columbia avenue are groupe
mass of those whom the calamity will bere