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

the nutlsted beings oushed ard Tie vrscA, npay Il
vfcm were still sre when tie damss roaehel tAeA
The srf sbs srd czies that rent The cir were s~tL
Two ho.eh. one dwelsse . blaeksukh sAnp, ~
q email .hed within 200 yards OF tbe disaster wcrs
NJ. TO shelter tbe Dying and the wounded. ssa-
bar Of physicians from th, city sod from GerussDsa
w.re esily In at. pdance. Two ergnes from Caestr
nut Hi forced water through o hose 70 the wreck
spd after working for several hours. the arm" 10
n aims btnea'h it were removed NiDeteec ooEhes
were removed TO the blscksn h shop, three OF tts0
suppoesd 70 be females Uoder another shed were
siph, bedies so chsrred as to defy rec, gp,tics.
The bOdy Of Father Sheridan was recovered sad
brought TO the city. An immense crowd wS a.
tacted TO the spot fom the surrounding s4ctsoes of
country Many OF the friends OF the dead and wouadel
walked from the city, ard Others proceeded thither u
ever, description Of vehicle, which were taken sod
made use OF IN bringing the wounded and the decd -
the city.
SIXTH DISPATCH.
VIM. yantsavren the Conductor Of the down trsia
tas committed suicide by taking arsenie. VIM. Lee,
the Eng neSr Of the train hss been arrested M
committed for examination. The train this evening
brought down four bo6ies burned to crisp They
were those of John Dillon two brothers named Royce,
ard one unknown
An the human remains were gathered up and brought
10 the city. 1wenty.seven bodies have not been re-
coeriztd, and they are 30 badly burned Is 10 feared
they never can be.
From Ou, Special Reporters.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July IL, 1856.
VIM. Lee, engineer of the down train. was AZ
rested here this evening. ALFRED +. Hoppel Goa
ouctor Of the excursion TRAM died this evenins's(
bis Injuries. VIM. Vanstavoren, conductor OF ths
dorn train, committed suicide here this evening
BY taking arsebic.
The regulations of the line are, when train y
due and not arrived at the turnout station. where
it passes other train, the train there Is bound 70
wait fifteen minutes for the absent tlaia. In ttn
case the down train old lot remain the prcscrbo1
tine.
In the blacksmith shop, near the scene Of to
accident, are nineteen burned bodies; three Of
the m women, the rest supposed to be mes.
Nesr this, under q shed, are eight other bodies,
burned so as to be unrec"euizable.
Five cars out of ten were burned. About fifty.
seven are dead-thrty -one Of whom were burned
10 ceath. There are one hundred and tosr wouA.-
ded Last train brought in thirty one bodies, tAe
greater portion Of which are burned to crisp sn4
could not be recognized They remain at C"hock.
silk station. About sx Of those at Fort Wasa.
ington will die of their wounds Mr.. Hopple d
not dead. The only person Of note among ths
passengers killed Is Father Sheridan. The rest
of tho killed and wounded we're In humble life.
SECOND DISPATCH.
l1:2OP MA disgrsceful riot has occurred BE-
tween some citizens Of Montgomery County and
the police OF Pbiladelphis, the former contentisg
that the police bad no right to take sway tho deed
before an irquest.
hear Of the following additional wounded:
Julia Steer, 81 years Of age, cut about the hsad
Patrick F. Sherry, 90 years, back and internal 10.
iures Both were takento the Episcopal Hospital
Mary Ann Welch, aged Is. Leg brvken and anna
burned.
From Our Special Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Tbureday, July II, 1853:
The city il conyul.ed with the ssupendocs horn
BILE account of massacre Of innocerts-ore Of the
great. st since Herods time-the macbioesy Of
wrath being that of the North Pepmylvsnis Bail.
roso. TIE Sunday School scholars Of g. Michaels
Church, oil OF the Roman Cstholic persuasion, and
belonging to the Seventh Ward who were making
a pleasure. excursion to Fort Washington, 6fteea'
miles north Of the city, with their seschsrs and
friends, this morning, are the victims. l have
Just copversed with &c <lernan Who was Ia tAs
down express train which ran into the pleasure
train: the conductor Of the former, it 10 reported,
did not ait at certain point to allow the lsttec
train TO pass--the road beng Lew ono, aud there
being but single track. The rules Of the Com.
pany, am told, are explicit: That BODY h COM
p,std of respectable and philanthIOpic otizeps.
But, ss il is reported, the conductor concluded
there was no train to encounter. dashed on st full
speed ran Into the pleasure train, the conclusion
being like the closing of q telescope, each trsia
running into the other and being fully
interlocked. The result was . cO0summa-
tion Of horrors, for not only were there,
i.rocious crusbings OF the children, whose entire
number was 6Oo-but the genius of horror va
crowned BY some Of the cars taking fire and deliv.
eraDce being at the time impossible nineteen Of the
inmates, men, women aud children, were roasteA
slive-charred to sshes. Certainly tho details Of
this accident which have received from On cye-
witness sre the most terrible Of any which bus ever
burning of steamboats, the sufferers oAn end their
agODies by Jumping overheard and being speedily
drowned; but here were psrs0ns, chiefly children,
locked in the prison of despair and in6smed -
death besides being horribly mutilated. Ny in
formant escaped ubhurt and rushing With Otterp
to the nearest house. procured axes TO cut tho cars
80 az to liberate those not yet roasted alive. Ny
Informant Gays that five of fhe cars were destroyeA
utterly. Frcm out the ruins were dragged boci<s
of TIE dead, the dJ ing, the crushed, mutla ed,
burled-in every torm of misery and Aorrer-