Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-01
The anIe atH.irond ulnn,ity.

The Late Railroad calamity
TERRIBLE SCENTS - h. !limiltnn Spectator
says:
It j. now believe thai not mlre than three or
four bodies remain under the ice, in the De- jar.
dins canal, ii even - many lie ihrr". The men
while graphing fnrsdHy intern thought
That they hud touched or twn bodies which
are believed to be- rntanecd III ihe debris at the
bottom of the caunl. This may possibly he con
lecture. the truth If which can edl, be proved by
the raising of the locomotive md tender.
The body of II man over fifty years Of age, ;
feet Il inches in height. with gay hair. and Il sore
on his right leg, remained unrrcngnized, anu .'a-
buried.
Mr. VIM r. Marshall, Of Wood,t took, relate,
the sensations Nperienced before and after the
accident, and the mainer If his escape from the
ear after it had fallen into the cara:
There were no incidents al striking nature
on the trip from Toronto to- the junction with the
main line near IInmijton When within ii .,at of
the Hamilton station Mr.. Beatty asked me what
time il was. ! hooked at my watch and told him
1t wa- n quar.ert" siA. About ills time The train
began 20 90 slower. Nearly hall a minute after
wards perceived quite a CONSERVATION in the
cars. passengers running to am fire.. apparent
much excited. At til" same TIM telta >tiangc
sensation rs if caused by something impeding
the motion of the ,rnn. 1t wa. not shock, but
something WAS wrong. A. | WAS not aware of
the dangerous character "i the place w re
approaching, | retained my sat and advised 9th
ers Ia do the same. light pause en~urd. NY
sell and those sitting with me remaining still bnt
nn>iousy waiting the result. wbel with one jerk
we were preeipitated into thu yawning abyss be-
low.
While descending retained perfect coz
seriousness and felt were GOING down some
rttvin nj inip Nnt y,ia hpnT IN ih.a
descent. On reaching the bottom thrrn WI, one
general crash, after which | found myself in 10
tai darkness, hcmmnd in every >idr. and
crushed almost to .nflcatioA hy human badir.
and hrok pn seats s. he blood nnsod from my
mouth, aud it seemed if cvcrY breath | drew
would be the last. fhr next few minutes were
the most awful ever Witnessed. o. that II may
never be my lot to experience he Ike again.
Some prayed, others culled upon the saints, aud
seemed wrihing in The deepest agony. can
only lken the place 10 Il shughter-hru,e. The
blood streamed down over INV i1ce ANA clothes
rs if some huge beast had been lain nhoyc me.
In this fearful sitnation were placed 81 Or 80
human beings who few moments before ie.
joired in excellent health and spirits.
We remained IN the position above de,clihcd
for about ten minutes. duriag which time spoke
II several around me. advising them to he pa
tien and wait for help. The top of the car was
then knocked in, giving Us light and air and en-
abling US to breathe moro freely. At This instant
n orowbar or something If the sind fj'rn without
grnzed my temple, and the blow was about Ia he
repeated, when, by sudden effort ! gra.prd the
Instrument and called up"n thu person holding
il To dc,,t or he would Kill me-. immediately
afterwards. n hand from the >iza should ihiuk
il was a woman',) was' placed completely over
my mouth 50 as to nearly sptlocNe me. Wish
great cxertion removed il, aud shortly after
being relieved from the pressure ahov'. sur
credpd in dragging myself from the wreck unl
ranching the eGge Il The cana when | wa ,ais-
ed t. tue top hya cham fastened un(cr MY >hnuI-
ders. Ga arriving there | was carried IL the
switchman's house and received mach Kindness
from the doctors in attrnlincr. anl also from
many of the compny's servants VIII" were anx
iousv aud actively rtn lerng every assistance in
their power t. the unfortunate sufferers.