The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-03-16
rkLEGRApHsO NEWS.
REPORTED FOR THE DAILY DISPATCH


Add,tioaai Parttcniars of the Hamilton
Railroad Catastrophe.
TORONTO. March 13.-we learn the following
particulars of the railroad accident at Hamilton
from gentleman who l,fs the scene Of disaster
this morning:
The accident occurred on the Great Western
Railway, At the bridge over the Des Jardin's Ca
nal, which Is elevated some sixty feet above water
The bridge swings, and It is supposed that the
train which passed for the East short time before
had sunk the bridge 30 much that the locomotive
OF the train was obstructed by the abutments to
such degree that the passenger cars were raised
up and thrown into the canal. The train was the
local accommodation from Toronto to Hamilton,
and left Toronto At four o'clock yesterday sfter
noon. The number of passengers was estimated
At from sevsnty.five to one hundred, of whom only
fifteen were taken alive from the wreck, and of
these Ave have since died. The water in the ca-
nal is eighteen feet Deep and nearly all those not
Immediately killed were drowned
The engine and tender, with the engineer and
fireman, were pitched headlong into the canal and
are buried twenty feet below the surface. The
baggage car snd 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
parties were still busy in extricating the bodies
from the wreck. In an clubhouse adjoining the
station house at Hamilton, about fifty or sixty
corpses of men, women and children were lying
one floor No inquiry into the cause of the &C
cident had yet been held.
Most of the passengers were from Hamilton, To
ronto and the adjoining towns. Samuel thinner
man. of Niagara Falls, Isaac Buchanan, of Ham
ilton. Vice President of the road and Captain
Twokey, popular commander on Lake Ontario,
are among the victims. Only one of the lady pas
sengers saved, and she was much cut aud
bruised A German lad in the hind car, seeing
the conductor hastily retreating to the back door,
took alarm and followed him, and be, the conduc
tor and three others were the only ones who
escaped with trifiipg injuries. Mr. c J. Brydgea
the managing director of the railway, DR.. Mack
lain and Thomas c. Street, of Chippewa. were on
the train, and although severely injured, escaped
with their lives.
The following is list Of the bodies recognized
up to this morning:
Donald Stuart, Rev. A. Booker father of MAYOR
Booker Erastus w. Green, and a little girl the
daughter of Mr.. J. K. Clark, all of Toronto
James Cannon and Thomas Benson, CT Port
Hope.
John Sharp, bookbinder, and A Grant.
Mr. Russell. of the firm OF Mellest, Merrell s;
Russell, Of Bradford
Joseph Barr, of Niagara, and JOHN G. Hender.
son, OF Hamilton.
In one of the companys building lay the bodies
OF sixteen men, two women and one child; and OF
those but three were recognized-Edward Dufa
field, Rev. DR.. Heissee and John Morley
The remains of Mr.. Zimmerman will be taken
to his residence at Niagara Falls this afternoon
He was in the baggage at the time Of the acci-
dent.
A jury was empanneled this forenoon, immedi-
ately to view the bodies and investigate the cause
of the accident. The following additional bodies
have been identified:
Mrs. Doyle and Thomas Doyle, Dunbar joseph
Major, of Two Rivers; David Michigan, of Galt;.Mr
Kendall of Lockport, New York; Mr. and Mrs Bear
field OF su'pension Bridge: Mrs. Dufhn of Toronto;
Jrhu Beck, wife nd two children Mrs RUSSELL wife
of samuel Russell. also deed; Mr. Curtiss of Dow.
linas, cannot survive his INJURIES James Ross of 10.
ronto; John Willard, late of Buckns hsmshire Eng
knight, fireman; Mr.. Baroa, Sen of Stratford Ro-
bert Crawford. of ssltfeet; Mr.. Sturdes and iiugh
MeFloy, ofLoDdoD; Timothy and Patrick Doyle of
Dunbarton; Joseph Harkness of Toronto Charles
Brown, CT Gait; Ellen and Mary Donnie, Jas Forbes
of Milton; Ralph Wade of Cobourg; Charles Csld.
well, It Albion George mcdonnell and Mr.. McFloy,
of St. Cathariues
1t is intended to have public funeral of the un.
fortunate sufferers on Monday. Committees have
been formed to wait the friends of the deceased
Many ofthe bodies have already been removed by
the relatives Fifty-seyen bodies have been re-
covered up TO to night
MI Zimmerman. who is reported as among the
killed, Is the wealthy Canadian banker and con-
tractor, who owrs the large tract of land on the
British side Of the Niagara river at the Fails, re-
ported to be worth several millions Within the
past year or two, he bad commenced laying it out
IN parks and for building purposes. His improve.
ments there are prominent feature in the view
from Goat Island, and will readily be remember.
ed by every visitor to the Falls.
Among those reported dead is Thomas Street
Esq, gentleman of great wealth and respecta-
bliity, who resided at Chippewa between the Falls
ana the Vage-his sister, amiable lady, and
MIS- Clark his rnother-inlaw
The name of Thomas C.. Macklin is also men,
toned as among the kiled-probably DR.. Mack.
lin, of Chippewa.
SECOND DISPATCH
TORONTO, March IL Many additional bodies
nave been recovered, making total of 81 The
jury has already commenced an Investigation of
tue causes Of the accident, and arrangements are