New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-14
THE GREAT RAILROAD ACCIDENT-FUR
TIER PARTICULARS.
TORONTO, Fnday, Msrch 10 I

TORONTO, Friday March 49, 1871
We learn the following PARTICULARS OF the haufoaa
rodent at Hamilton, from gentleman VINO 'ei' Tue
scere Of disaster this morning The ACCIDENT occurred
on the Great Western Railway at the on'ge over tne
p., J.,dsss Canal wtich s elevated some sixty feet
.hove,he water. The bridge swings, aud 1t is sup
Mod ,bs, the train which passed for the East short
time b.fore had suit the bridge 20 much that the 10
no,ys NJ this train was ObsIucted by the sbu.nents
10 spcb degree that the passenger cara raised
mn md thrown into the Canal The train was the local
accommodation from Toronto to Hamilton, and left
Toronto ct O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The nun
Der Of passengers estimated ct from IS 10 100 Of
whom only Is were taken alive from tae wreck, and
OF The Ne Eve have since died. The water in the Canal
rs l8 feet deep, and nearly all those not immed .tely
killed were drowned. The engine and tender with the
engineer ana fireman were pitched headlong into the
Canal and are buried 20 fee. below the surface The
baggage car ard two passenger completely
shattered and one Of the latter turned bot
tom eide upward and nearly submerged. When
our dormant arrived this morning the parties
still busy in extrca,rg the bodies from the wreck
In outhOuse adjoining the station house al hamlon
about fifty or sixty corpses Of mep women ana coldren
were lying on one floor. No inquiry into tle cause OF
the ACCIDENT had yet been held. Most OF the pasen-
gers we're from Hamilton, Toronto and the adjoining
towns. Samuel Zimmerman Of Niagara Falls, I.sac
Buchanan Of Hamilton, Vi,e President OF the Road,
and Capt Twckey popular commander on Lake o.
tario. IRE among the victims. OILY one OF the lady
pa,,e gers was saved, and she was much cut and
brui l. A Gman lad in the lind car seeing the
lt..'' tor hastily retfestng 10 the back door took
r,im and followed hin, and he, the conductor and
- theirs were the only ones who escaped with tri-
n At. 7 n,rI Ia n
rector of the Railway Dr. Macblem and Mr.. Thomas
G. Street Of ippews, tibet ain, and although
considerably njur.d escaped with their lives. The
following ia list OF the bodies recognized up TO this
noruiog: Donald Stuart the Rev. A. Booker, father
of Mayor Booker, Erastus w. Green, aud little gid
the daughter Of Mr. j. Il. Clarke, all Of Toronto Jas
Gsrbon and Thcs Benson Of Pot Hope; John Sharp
bookbinder; A. Grant, Mr. Russell, Of the firm Of
Mele,f, Merren & Russell Of Be,utford, Joseph Barr
Of Nisgars and John c. Henderson Of Hamilton. In
sne Of the companys buildings lay the bodies Of six
teen men, to- women and one child and Of these but
tree were recognized-Edward Dufield; the Rev.
DR.. HeLse and joan Morley. The remains of Mr..
Zmm rman will be taken to his residence at Niagara
Falls this afternoon. He was in the baggage car at
tie time Of the accident.
SECOND DIsPATcB.
A Jury was impanneled this forenoon, and COM
ri ced nme diately t. view the bodies and investi-
gate the cause of the accident The following addl-
ii nal bod es have been identified Mrs. Doyle and
Thomas Doyle, Dumbarton; Joseph M9jor, Two
River: David Michigan, Gait; Mr.. Kendall, Lock-
polt, n. Y; Mr. and Mrs. Bearfeld, Suspension
Bri6pe; Mrs. Duffin, Toronto; John Beck, wife and
two children; Mis-. Russell, wife OF Mr. Russell. also
dead; Nr Curtis., Of Dowiogs, cannot survive his
injuries; James Rose, Toronto; John Willard, late of
Buck nghan shire, Engl,nd Burnfeld, the engineer
of the train, aud John Knight, fireman. Mr. Barton,
,ep., Of Stratford, Robert Crawford of SaHeet, Mr.
Surdes and Hugh McFloy, London; Timothy and
Patrick Doyle, Dunberton: Joseph Hardness, To-
ronto; Cbas Brown, Gait; Enen and Mary Donnie
and James Forbes, Milton Ralph Wade, COburg;
Chas. Caldwell, Albio0; George Macdonald, and Mr.
McFloy St. Catharines II i. intended to have pub
lie funeral of The unfortunate sufferers on Monday
Committees have been formed to wal. on the friends OF
the deceased Many OF the bodies have already been
removed by the relatives Fftyseven bodies have
been recovered up to tonight.
SUPPOSED CASE OF WIFE POISONING.