The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-04-04

Sested partly on the first which circum-
stance was the only nieans by which q
single life out OF the y hole way saved. -
We will except however the conductor
l,Ir. Edward. Bartlett. who, with pru-
dent fore,hought. winch looks very much
hike an anticipation Of the event. had
stationed himself upon the steps Of one
OF the passenger cars; aud Jumped the
moment he sa " The locomotive disappear
through the bridge. Asas8 .s3 s.7 $50
According to the statement of Capt.
Alex. Mcbride. Of port Burwell, who
wl.h serious injuries. the passengers ult
started 70 their feet At the moment Of the
cars leaving the track, and had jnst gain
I'd the aisle IN the cen,-ge when the car
went over. Passengers, seats, stow. !,
and everything else that The car contain
ed were thrown with terrible force to the
end, where they lay in inex,ricahie con-
fusion. III" #@ ...t' ~#
Capt, Mcbride was caught among the
ruins in way which secured him from
the reach of water, and detained him
sometime before he could release him
sell. He describes the scene as perfect
ly heart.rendirg; the shouts groans and
frantic efforts of the injured persons en-
deavoring 10 extricate themselves, min
gled with the kissing Of the red-hot
stoves and their contents Of blazing coal
and the gurgling Of the waters as they
rushed IN and closed over the living
mass OF struggling life; while wounded
and helpless persons chung to hun with
an energy that threatened to engulp him
among the general destruction. Break
ing hs way OUT a, the rear end Of the car
with few others they succeeded IN gain
lng the ice, aud from that the main land
aud immediately sorgh, assistance III
Hamilton. Out of two crowded passen.
ger cars but thirteen persons were known
10 have escaped with life, aud but one
solitary person withou, serious injury
The Two cars according to the s,aletnenI
OF Captain McB'ide were as full as they
could hold The nnrnDer could have
been less than one hundred, and j, wa:
estimated by some as high as one hun.
dred and fifteen. Nothing could be
learned from the onduc,or in regard &c
the matter. as he seemed to be in state
bordering on insanity.
The escape Of Mr.. Richardson. a con.
d1c,or was aImos, providential. He wa:
going up ts Toronto on the doomed train
and at the tine of the fatal plunge wa:
inside the second passenger car near the
door. He ins,ncs,vel y cIu,ched the doc,
knob as the tram dashed down, and helC
on firmly until the car was submerged
By desperate effort he succeeded ii
opening the door, and making good hi:
escape with bu, ii,,le injury.
A Mr.. Avery who was somewhere il
neighborhood at the time of the accident
was the frs, render assistance, bl
cutting hole through the car and dra "
ing out some of the inmates. The frs
he GO, hold OF was the corpse of woma,
with a cblld IN her arms. The tran
was a way-,raln, aud mostly filled witt
business men of Toronto aud Hamilton
Very few women were aboard. Mr.
Zimmerman was thrown from the cal il
lis descent, aud was found upon the &c,
near the shore. The ice was tie thickness
vi about ten inches in the camel.
The spec,Ic'e a, the place where tk
bodies were deposited as they were ia
ken out is said 10 have been hear-rend
ung Ia extreme. A large number Q
passengers belong al Hamilton, and thel
friends and relatives ihronged In grea
numbers 10 ascertain their fate.
IL has been said tha, the bridge wa
In miserable condition, and that the fac
was well known 10 the officers OF IA
Company. The CIRCUMSTANCE OF ,b
conductor being In place oil Observable
where he secured 10 himself the oni
chance for escape. would be seen to ar
que marked d,strus, OF the bridge,
no, positive knowledge Of It's unworthi
ness.
The frame and arches remain Will
the floor or track seems all to have give
away nj once dashing the train with II
precious load Of human freight, into tn
awful abyss beneath, making a fall {
SIX y feet.