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ea vtlculaYs 81 the Terrible Railroad
NisastsS In canada SIXTY or Seven

Particulars 81 the Terrible nallroad
ni.estsr tn Caasds-sixty or Seven
BUFFALO, March Is.
The Commercial Advertiser has the fol
lowing particulars Of the railroad catsstro-
phe at Hamilton, from q gentleman who
| left the scene Of disaster this morning;
The accident occurred at the bridge over
the Des Jardnes canal, about two miles
northeast OF Hamilton. The bridgs swings,
and is elevated some sixty feet above the
water The train was local accommoda.
| ton, running between Toronto and Hamil-
ton. 1t left Toronto at 4 p. NJ, and was
/ due at Hamilton al $50. The number of
passengers is variously estimated from 70
to 100, Of whom only fifteen were taken
from the wreck, and of these I've have
since died The water in the canal is
eighteen feet deep, all that were not imme-'
diately 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 and two passenger cars
are complete wreck. One Of the latter
was turned bot ON side upwards, and Is
! about two-thrds submerged.
Parties were still busy this morning e1-
Treating bodies from the wreck,
In an out house adjoining the station
house at Hamilton, about fifty or sixty
corpses-men, women and children--were
laid out. No inquest had yet been held
Most Of thepassengers were from Hamil-
ton, Toronto and the adjoining towns.
Samuel zimmerman, Mr.. Buchanan,
Vice President OF the road, and Capt. Fwo-
key, propeller Commander on Lake On
tario, are among the victims.
Only one lady passenger was saved, and
she 10 considerably cut and bruised.
A German lad in the hind ear seeing the
conductor hastily retreating to the back
door, followed, and with the conductor and
two others were tho only ones who escaped
with triflng injuries.
Mr.. Brydges, Managing Director oil The
road, Dr. Maclim and Mr.. Street of Chip.
pewa, were on the train, but escaped with
| their lives. although considerably injured.
The following is a list OF bodies recog
nized up to this morning; Donald Stuart,
Rev. A. Booker, Erastus W. Green, a little
girl, daughter Of ~. X. Clark, all Of Toron-
to; James Guannsn, Thos Benson, OF Port
Hope, John Sharp, book yender, Grant
VIM. Russell Of the Arm OF Melish, Merrill
T. Russell, Of Brantford; Joseph Bar. OF
Niagara; John c. Henderson, OF Hamilton,
In one Of the Company's bulldogs lay IS
bodies, sixteen men, two women and one
child; OF these only three have been recog
nized, Edward Dufield, Rev Dr. Heisse
and John Motley. The remains of MIR
s. will be taken to his reside nee this after.
noon. He was In the baggage car at the
| time Of the accident
Parties have been busy during the day in
extracting bodies from the wreck. Up to
this evening 81 bodies have been recovered,
and several have been carried away by
their frieeds,
A jury was empanneled this morning,
and Immediately proceeded to view the
various bodies and investigate the cause Of
the disaster. The following bodies have
been Identified; Mrs. Doyle and Thomas
Doyle OF Dumbarton, Jas. Barr and James
Mayer, of Two Rivers; David Michigan,
Gait; Mr.. Kendall, Lockport, N. T.; Mr.
and Mrs. Bros6eld of Suspension Bridge;
Miss Dutiin, Toronto; Jno. Beck. wife and
two children, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell OF Brant-
ford, Mr.. Curtiss. Of Dowlings, back broken
cannot live.
A public mineral of the unfortunate suf.
ferers will take place on Monday
Committees have been formed to wait
on the friends Of the deceased.