The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-19

The CANADA RAILROAD DIsAsTER-Addi
fsonaI Particulars rs-The number of persons who
1851 their lives by the accident on the Great Wes
tern Railroad, Is now estimated At 70. There are
some eight or nine yet under the ice The ser.
vices Of the Chief Engineer Of the State of New
York, and ]. G. Keefe, Esq, have been secured 70
report on the state of the bridge, rails &c. The
hocnestertN " Democrat of the 18th, has some
further accounts about the accident from which We
| take extracts:
When st the bridge. . preliminary investigation
was made into the Cause OF the accident 1t sgreed
tna. no blame attaches to the swt,ehmsn Or the euli
nesr ne front axe of the locomotive se ems to
nave broken The engine probably was partly ON
tue rails until half way over ths bridge when It f-l
ron tas rails to the timber framing, distanc. Of
Iany tSinehss The shock thus caused ms to have
seapped tns whole structure. 1t IL sad that the
ginesr (brave fellow y whistlsd ION brakesI and.
Wniie endeavonng to avert catastrophe went do wn
We can positively contradict the report that the
switch was wrong, and that this caused the acci.
Undoubtedly ths axle of the engine must b.vs been
orosen, a. the left wheel left the rail- and mar
sIeepsis No. on the track for some ten yards bs
10 h iescains the s%iteh We have been told by
lnsesd Of attempting to escape at the rst wsrnins
s.eIa nriithe moment when the engine was prec
endeavornR, If posi- to prevent the fatal remit
~ this be true and We see reason to doubt it.
tco much praise cannot be bestowed on the brave
ieIow VINO thus nobly did his duty.
ice day set Gpsrt by our city authorities for rub
nc namnaflon, fasting and prayer. on the mart Of
Inc lnnsoitants of this city, will be Observed by
sehssst cessation from business ON Monday next
~nen panhc worihp will be conducts generally in
our charehes, at Ii A M. Intermerts are exracted
laAs place during the day, and Congregations are
arishaing to meet in the evening at o'clocI for
united prayer In some Of the large churches
great hs was tls excitement at the Ra,iws7 Denot
ana IN the vicinity of the accidt Mt yssterday IT
was Sill more 80 In the city Every one seemed to
wear meianciIoiy expression, and lit tie else was
tsiXod ABOUT Than the great and fearful sacrca of
go many Auman beings within the very limits OF the
CITY. soirow was depicted on every oountennn,s
save taose OF the busy newsboys, who piled tbsir
sVoeetionl In every nook and corner of the cv with
increased zeal Wy "1'ii
fhe excitement In London, Calf Brantford Paris
ana toronto, was most intense yeltsrday The
g.oom may be said to be general throushout ths
who'e Western country. and one universal fe.linr
IT sorrow prevails In Parliament it was arreed re
edJou'n until Tust day, and adjournment OF both
houSes accordingly TOOK place.
1he tdaera! of ssnl. Zimm .rmaa, one of III, VIC
tins took place at Niagara Falls, or Monday alter
noon: A dis .tch ssys;
The Masonic display probably was ths l.rye,t a,
well as the NEST imposing, ever witpe s,ea In th;.
country. Large dsles esations of KNIGHT Tsmn,.,.
and Royal Arch and Master Masons. wsre nras
ent In full Tegaiia from Western New York and fro
Upper and Lower Canada Many of the embeI.
of fariiament, and great number of the moar
promineat men of Cansda, also attended the funeral
1t 10 estimated that nat less than fifteen thou,snS
persons tcok part in the dsmonstra alton.