Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-03-17
LATEST NEWS.


The accident occurred ON the Great Western Rail-
way, at the BRUCE over the Des Jardin's Canal which
is elevated some sixty feet above water The bridge
swings. and it is supposed that the train whith pass
ed Tor the East short time before had sunk the
bridge 81 much that the locomotive ur the train was
obstructed by the abutments TO such II degree that
! the passenger cars raised up and thrown into
| the canal. The train the local accommodation
| from Toronto to Hamilton and left Toronto at four
! O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The number of passcn-
! gers was estimated at from sevcntyhye to one hum
drcd. of whom only fifteen were taken alive from the
| wreck and of these five have since died. The water
in the canal is eighteen feet deep and nearly all those
not Immediately killed were drowned.
The engine and tender with the engineer and fire.
man, were pitched heallone into the canal and are
buried twenty feet below the surface. The baggage
car aud two passenger cars are completely shattered
and one of the latter turned bottom side upwards and
| nearly submerged.
When our informant arrived this morning the par
ties were still busy in eSriratng the bodies from the
wreck. In an clubhouse adjoining the station house
Mt hamilton, about fifty or sixty corpses of men, wo-
men and children We're lying ON one floor No in
curry into the cause of the accident hadVet been held
Most Of the passengers were from lIamltnn's
toronto and the adjoining towns. Samuel Xim-
norman. IF Niagara Fails. Isaac Buchanan of
Hamilton Vice President of the road aud CAP.
tam lwokey. popular commander on Lake On
tail", are among the victims. Only one OF the la
dy passengers saved aud she was much Gu,
ing the conductor hastily retrcatipg to the back
door took alarm end followed him, and he, the CON
dnctor and three others were the only ones who
escaped with trihing injuries. Mr.. c. j. Bridges
the managing director of the railway DR.. Mack.
lain and Thomas c. Street of Chippewa, were on
tn" tram and although severely injured, escaped
with their lives.
The following is list of the bodies recogniz.
ed up to this morning:
Donald Stuart, Rev. \. Booker father of May
or Booker, Erastos ". Green and little girl.
the daughter OF Nj. }. X. Clark, all of Toron-
James Cannon and Thomas Benson, ofPort
Hope.
john Sharp bopkhiuder and A. Grant
Mr. Russell, Of the firm of Mtllest Mcrrell &
Rnsscli of Brantford.
Joseph Barr of Niagara, and John G. IIender-
sou. of Hamilton.
la one of the companys building lay tho bod
les, OF sixteen men, two women and one child;
and of those but three recognzed-E Ed
ward Dufied. Rev. Dr. Heisee and John Nor
ley.
The remains of Mr.. Zimmerman will be taken
to bis residence at Niagara Falls this afternoon.
He WAS in the baggage car at the time of the ac
cident.
= jury was cmpnnnelled this forenoon mmedi-
at"Iy 10 view the bodies aud investigate the cause
1T the accident.
~ u lHtfnufu u hhNt Il l'iD!ic tunprul or the
unfortunate sufferers on Moadav. Committees
have been formed 10 wait on the friends Of the
deceased. Many of the bodies have already been
removed by the relatives. Fifty seven bodies
have been recovered up 10 10 night.
Mr. Zimmerman, who Is reported : among the
killed. is the wealthy Canadian banker and con
tractor, who owns the large tract Of land on the
British side of the Niagara river at the Falls,
ported to be worth several millions. Within the
past year or two, he had commenced laying il
out in parks and for baildlng purposes. His
Improve mpnfs there are a prominent feature in
the view from Goat Island, aud will readily be
remembered by every visitor TO the Falls.
Among those reported dead is Thomas Street.
Esq, gentleman of great wealth and rcsrec,a-
bility who resided at Chippewa. between the
Falls and the viliage-his sister. an amable la
dy. and Mrs.. Clark. his mother in law.
The name Of Thomas c. Macklin is also men.
TONED as among the killeJ-prohabIy DE-. Mack
lin. OF Chippewa
IsECoND DISPATCu.
TORONTO, March l3.-Many additional bodies
have been recovered, making a total of 81. The
Jury has already commenced an investigation of
the causes Of the accident, and arrangements are
being made for public funeral on Monday next.
The BATTLES Of NicaragHn-Turthcrr Particulars
The advic"S from Nicaragua, by the Empire
City at New York, have no room to doubt the
fact that Walker is again ia the ascendancy.
Car,iIIo>, Carlos and Serapqu have fallen into
the hands of his TROOPS. and the steamer j. w.
Scott has beea reclpturea from the Costa Ricans.
The loss al the Americans in these cnga gemcmfs
was killed. and l. wounded; and of the Costa
Rican+ 100 killed mad 25o wounded. The san
Juan rvcr Is open a. fir a. Castillo Rapids, thus
cusuriug -" establishment of communication
between Walker, forces aud those of litus and
L"ctrdge. \ liter from Il. II. Mcdonald, 1t.
to.. Fl Rlh'-, dated Graytnwn, February 18th,
gives II" recount of the operations Of the "ll-
bu,irr-
Febeuary l. the steamer Texas arrived with
25p men, who proceeded up the river, and joined
trlnntl Ander,on's force Of 300 men: the 9th
was spent in cleaning arms; The 9th we ad-
vanccd with the steamer Rescue 10 Codys Point
and took it. dosing two men According to the
cncmy's account, they lost seven killed and
very large number wounded; the same day we
fell back f. our former position, because it was
useless TO attempt any thug the opposite side
ot the river without artillery the next morning
we ran up to point $40 yards below ScrapiQu,
aad landed all In" forces aud artillery, except
one company which we left at Fort Anderson;
then we erected barricadcs and bash houses for
the men, provisions and artillery; next day
beg IN cutting n road and bridging the creeks up
to CoIy's Point: on "Wednesday evening we
started 40 this road to mount our artillery
Cndy's Point which work was completed on
7 nurse! night: the force thus posted was I'M
der the command Of Colonel Titus. the artillery
being under General Bob Wheat, the left resting
on the artillery. the right ranging up the river.
both being protected hu the >hrubhery along the
banks of the river.
o. Friday morning al the break of day. Gene
raj Wheat opened his fire on the font occupied by
the Costa II can forces. At the same time Col.
Frank Anderson crossed the river with 100 men
1. 4 tba nt allaI A w.