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ion Of the boiler oil locomotive. Inc cara a
yere filed with the teachers aud children Of c
he St. MichaePs Church Sabbath school, b
,ound on an excursion. The cars were set on
ire, and several lives lost. The accident hap i
,ened near Fort Washington.
Rumor makes the killed from so to 600
70 train has yet arrived from the scene of the .
disaster. II
A dispatch from Germantown says numbers
IF wounded have been brought there in private
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
PHILADELPHIA, July H.
The excursion train contained about eleven
hundred children, with their parents and teach
ers.
1t came in collision with down train on
curve near Fort Washington, while the latter
was going slowly and the former rapidly, en-
deavoring to reach the stopping place. Both
locomotives were crushed, and three Of the
cars of the excursion train rushing together,
caught fire, and were consumed.
Beneath the ruins were a number crushed so
that recognition was impossible.
The scene was Of the most heart-rending
and terrible. The killed are-Daniel Sheridan,
chorister of tie Church, body, not recovered !;
Hugh Campbell, Mary Kelly, James Mcintyre,
John Dogan, Edward Hall, George Rsvers.
James Hickey, William Miuard, Henry Hawes'
Mary McGraw, Catharine McGOuk, Ellen
CLARK, Catharine McGruden, Kate MCGerr, John
Brady, Margaret Mearcy, John Mcclure, James
Harney, Henry Harrison, Engineer of the up
train.
Tn addition to these, II bodies were counted
beneath the ruins Of the cars, mostly consu'
med. Eleven men and women, and two chill
, Idren were consumed in one car The tota
3 killed is 80, and wounded SO.
Latest accounts from the scene of disaste
q report 25 killed and nearly 100 badly wound
D.. ed. There were six hundred persons on th'
q train. Six cars were entirely demolished.
IS We clip the following frUu the Philadelphi
70 Bulletin:
IL Ats O'Clock this morning, special train
3. ten cars left the Master street depot, with III
). schools of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Churc
J lin Kensington. The excursion party consiste
k or between FIVE and six hundred persons, tn
Is great majority ofwhom were children. The
-s intended proceeding to Fort Washington. four
t. teen and half miles from che city. where the
we're to enjoy pic mic.
Owing TO the number of cars and the weigh
4 of the train, there was some delay, and tn
:. Conductor, Mr. Alfred F. HOpple, fading him
self behind time, pushed forward with great ra
a pidity when toward the end of bis trip.
!. The regular passenger train for the city, lei
0 Gwynedd at 6 o'clock, and reached Gam
!. Hill at 6 O'Clock and 10 minutes.
l. When the train was at the station. the cor
D. ductOr inquired if the excursion train hal al
t. rived. A gentleman answered in the nssgatiV
es The conductor said "they ought to be up" an
ss Immediately gave the word "right" The be
Ii. was rung. and the train proceeded down o.
t. slow rate, the engineer constantly sounding u
TO whistle.
This train was moving along when the e.
9. pected train came laundering on around cur
Os at the rate of S5 miles an hour. A collision
,e course ensued with the most appalling cons
er quences.
The collision took place about 100 var
1t. north of Dewey's Lane and l2A from Phil
th delphis.
mt The down train escaped without serious da'
at age, but the sueue presented by the excursi
train was fearful. The three forward cars
70 the train we're crushed completely to piec'
nd and the wreCk-mingling with chat Of the
N, comotiye-tOok fire, and the flames commu
ant Gated to the other cars ofthe hair. The t
De. next cars after the three that were wreck
outright, took FIRE and were entirely conf
sta med.
a The inmates Of the three toward cars VI
The completely mixed up with the wreck. AM
large number Of theln were killed outright
or. There we're probably ffsy persons in each
on the three cars, and the lowest estimate
md heard FIX the number Of killed at fifty, Will
was feared the aggregate would res
the one hundred.
.a,e The crash Of the trains was distinctly he'
,,,;. at the Hotel at Fort Washington. and for
tance of over mile out at Dswey's lane.
,cb The most horrible sight Of all was that Of
burning cars for ina few moments after
,ss collision, the ire spread rapidly through
ONE broken remnants oar"'ng 0"" roasting % az
az. 80 men. women and children. The grosns
A;oh shouts of the wounded. and those held by
ono legs and arms to the burning wreck, were