The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-04-02

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Another u ihoe accidents which human
forethoazht appars iia,lspsatc 10 the
task u preventing, took place this evening.
pear this city. The train from Toronto,
which Is dge al as, l,sd scarcely touchsJ
the swing bridge oyer the Desjarlin canal
whn Il gave way. and the whot train was
prteipitated into the water, distance 81
forty fri.
Tbe engine tender and baggage car were
all completely buried in tbs wstr. The for.
ward passenger car IN descending was tarDrl
upside down, Ieaving portion Of Il only
above the water. The forward end u thu
last passenger car rested upon either the On.
giDe or baggage cur. and falling back upon
the wall supporting the bridge, remaio'si in
nsarly All upright petition.
| Immediate assistance was lad from the
different shops aud prisons that were IN
gagged on the works All that were in the
last car wtr. taken cat mostly wounded,
and W. are sorry 10 say, too many dsad
A hole was cut in the bottom Of the car.
which lay across the canal and the bodies
taken from II Us rapidly Us possible; but this
could not b. otherwise than . slow operation
when IL is considered how intensely cold the
water 10 nj this season Of the year. and the
depth was sufficient TO hide al engine, ten.
der and baggage car.
Mr. Muir. the traffic superintendent, was
on board, but fortunately was in such po-
sitoa at the time as allowed him 10 jump
on h,rd frma rs tbs car took the leap into
the frightful abyS, where W many Of his
fellow passengers were hastily hurried into
the presence Of their Maker Mr.. John G.
Henderson. Mr.. Bridges brother inlsw, We
are sorry 10 say. was among the killed, Mr..
Barrett. conductor on the train, escaped
without injury. The express messenger,
post Office clerk and conductor (Richar,isoDl
escaped from the boggagv car, when sub
merged y. l!s ste,. !S e!iss.'Hs sss.n .Ee
top.
rfo's he fss,as 'itsss, u iss 18th
Immediately on receiving intelligence of
the catastrophe. two gentlemen from the
Globe Office lett town for Hamlton, AMI just
before going to press the following despatch
came to hand
| When your reporters reached the srne Of
|
god IN hauling out Of the water with y crane
and pulrys. u rction of the bridge, which
lay upon the surface Of the ,ce, with the view
Of reaching the first passenger car. which N
entirely submerged under water, The acc-
obd passenger car thalf broken lay on the
bank Of the base Of the bridge, and il was
from this that all the saved AMI the dead
bodies have hen taken. In the other many
feet below the water, lie buried fifty OF sixty
human beings. who left 'roronto in confidence
Of r,aching their Journey. end
: III. draw bridge was about 70 Or ~ ieet
above the water and the G,ll must have been
tremendous. The locomotive aud tender
have not been s,en al all.
Roads have been cut IN the faec 81 thu
bank, and the passengers and the baggage
Of the train irnm the west, WERE conveyed by
them past the zap. The bridge was on the
man track Of the Great Western. not IN the
Toronto md Hamilton section, ~ was sup
po~sd at first IN Toronto. The whole frame
work III timber between the great stone piers
Is gone, with some portion Of tho swing plat.
iorm. A large pu'n'er of persons came up
by the night l,9,.l from Toronto 10 lcarn the
late IL their lrRnd,. They found ths build
ings containing the huiic@ cl,,-e,l. anal no OPP
portunity Of ldcntifyng them. Il was a.
ccrtainsl. however, that Mr. ,'hss Brown,
late merchant OF ''alt, was among the num-
l~r IT thu killed. The haly Of Mr.. Adam
ferrir junr WIS also found AFTER long
search. Il "a supposed that between hf'y
AMI s'Nty pfrsops were taken from the ~'c-
ond car and that rs many werv IN the first
making altogether hundred passengers
| A not moW than ten " twelve wcrr saved
the ln~s II life must be about ninety
BrtfALo, MaTch l6
The luaeral nj Samuel Zimmerman. which
took place this T. NJ at Niagara Falls
Canada. was prohabl, the largest an,l mo~t
imposing Masonic display ever witnessed in
the country large delegations Of nights
Tcmplars, Royal Arch AMI Master Masons