The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-17

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IN the guaId house al Fort eiacnou, tor high Seaon.
Whether any s OF persSns guilty, w
little syiesncc thea suspicion for them to bs,
arrested and put in close confinement aud informed that
10 Dc sso' there Is ASs.sna we have
just such aIshority Charles ,he Frss uEed BY which
he lest his hesd We farther understand that Governor
Stevens used most fouA digrac,iui laHuags towards
the prisoners. aad II 80: msgne excuse for
the indecent, up2sntIemaIly act whether they guilty
or innocent.
Terrible Accident on tie Paralna MaiIr0sd.
THIRTY DO poRTa KILLBr~--oyrR ssxrY weUkpEp
From the AspLawaL Coarier, Extsa, May IL
Yesterday morning three trains left this city for PanA
nanSs. sl nsss .ss Sns q the "
baggage train preceded the passengers aud the en-
eine ran OIL the track on obspo bridge, fifteen miles
ra~sge beiDg mpossibs after tais mishs it was de.
termin.d to send toe passengers beck to AsinwL At
engines out and the other engine had take both
trains, consisting Of some twenty cars.
About half mile the other aide of Gatun Fridge. the
second car from the locomotive OF the track from
some cause now nsxpcabe and eight others followed
some were piled top Of others the track
others we're relied of on either side.
These cars were dled almoss entirely with steersge
As possible, after the crash tdngs were sent
to this place and tran for the purpose
of bringing down .he wounded,
Over fifty brought dowr, two OF whom died here
before they &C uld be removed to the hospital.
After these were all cared for well possible, the
train, with additions, returned bring down the
accident.
This train re eturned at four O'Clock this morning. with
few n ore wounded, and most of the passengers.
At the latest advces from the Of this sad affair,
the wreck had not been yet entirely cleared but some
thirty bodies had been taken out
But very few ladies and children were injured.
Among the wounded and killed were number Of the
brakemen Of the trains And learn, that Mr. Dalhou
see Jamaican, the efficient and courteous clerk OF
Messrs. LansbuIg Bro, killed. We do not learn,
yet OF any other resi- tents who killed seriously
wounded.
g s train which IL. was
on the Goth April, bound for California.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
Immediately the arrival Of the steamship George
Law at her pier foot Of Warren street, despatched
Of our reporters board, with view Of obtaining tho
Of the killed and wounded, but 1t found
utter impossbiity to obtain the desired information II
appears that su the George Laws passengers were
board at the tine the accident occurred; and the
steamship In readiness to sail for this port orders
given to allow of the passengers Shore
tha. Of the OF the sufferers could bs procured
from them by cur reporter. The wharf was crowded
with people, many of whom had to the best OF their BE-
lief friends end relatives the i'll ated train but
Information could be given them by the Purser Off
disappointment was manifested in censeq uence but the
explanations Of the officers satisfactorily received
The relatives Of the passengers who were en- route for
California when the accident occurred, will therefore
compelled to wait until the arrival Of the next steamer
the Of the saved killed and wounded b
procured
STATEMENT OF DIR. T. A. NICHOLSON.
Az the Of the disaster kno wn On
board the George Law, Dr. c. NJ. Hitchcock AMI myself
immediately applied for permission tothe captain of the
steamer to ashore for purpose OF attending
wounded who, understood had just bean brought to
the hospital and lying there waiting for medical
attendance There three physicians already there
but they not sufficient for the demands made upon
them. We applied for leave about six O'Clock, but
dol ohnh1v fdsh1a
enabled to leave the steamer till about nine O'Clock We
then proceeded with all haste to the hospital which was
about three quarters Of mile from the wharf, and which
found to consist Ct two buildings, capable of
nods!ing seventy or eighty persons. On arri-
val, offered services Immediately to tho
physicians in attendance, and they were
ther delay TO examine the coBdiion Of the wounded
There altogether fifty three persons-men
and br1ond :. prosUect Of resovery About srss
OF the wounded bad both legs fractured besdas
bepg o,her.is injured while out of the whole number
but one had fractured arm. Nearly all were bruised
about the top of tie head and two of these had
their skulls broken in noticed among many pain
sistng Of members-the father, mother and Eve
cbildren-was H. with the exception chilli
vas fractured understand that these were among the
steersge passengers Is we're nearly all the killed and
wounoed. All The brakemsn on the train killed
They natives OF the Isthmus.
The scene In tae hospital was painful In the extreme
Children crying their parents wives their
ana the agonzsd shrieks of the wounded could
be heard long before reached the hospital
At that time amputatops were performed but there
some that required the operation.
The white Inhabitants Gle sed their doors against ths
wounded and absolute refused to receive them. They
principally hotel keepers. Under these crcum-
stances the wounded crowded into the hospital
which could with difficulty provide accommodations such
as person in their condition required.
The accident occurred about nine miles and halt from
Aspinwal, and the wounded conveyed back In ,
train sent from that city on receipt OF the ntsgenoe
There weIe appears three epgnes attached TO the
trains, and the enaine which behind the last
escaped without damage. 1t WAS this engine which
brought the OF the accident and the engineer who
was greatly excited reported that ct least three hum
ored persons were killed and that the train total
wreck There eight cars, containing between
sixty and seventy PERSONS which were thrown off ths
track and falling into ravine at least thirty feet In
depth, were broken In pieces.
One OF those who were slightly wounded and who
turned with in the George Law said that at the tie
beside him, had his head completely cut off.
We In attendance 1t the hospital from ten O'Clock
at night till four the following rnng, whom
obliged to return to the steamer or the who
in the hospital at the time Of departure about
one-thra we're past Sll hopes Of recovery.
Among those who attended the wounded wers-Dr. Jo-
Stone, of the United States Navy and Rev Mr. Bowss
ali OF whom were with us all night
Az We were leaving the hospital, Ave of the
wounded were brought in, and hour after thiry
cead bodies. As the r.ck had not been cleared MAS
impossible to obtain anything like an estimate Of
number Of killed and wounded. There could not have
precptasea into the ravne as THESE completely
destroyed to be feared that the above does not give
any thing like the total loss of life.
News from new 0ranada.
ADDITIONAL CONCERNING TEE RIOTS Al PANAMA
DEFENCE OF TIE POLICE AND CONTRADICTION OF
THBR STATEMENTS BY THE AMERICAN RESIDENTS
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE RyYwR8N CAP