New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-02
ard was by him Jas. seen in The sleeping car a. tbs
depot, 10 masipg lie is probably the one person Who
perished in the passenger car.

ard was by him Jas. seen in he sleeping car o, ths
depot 10 missipg. lie is probably the one person who
perished in the passenger car.
Another STATEMENT BY A PASSENGER.
yNIRaoRDiSARY SEGLIGEScE or THE RAILROAD COW
PAyY-sUrPREssIos or DISPATCHES.
Fre~ Tie Cie,slaad He-ald Jsa< -
A passenger the train, jusi arrived 10 the city,
Give. us the following account vt the ghffal calamity
liz was in the sleeping car a, toe tune Of the accident
ard vas startled by sensation A. ifthe canvas junp-
ing on the bare ties. Then came crash and plnngs
dowIwsrd into deep abyss.
Tbe car turped over on its side but being the last
car in the train and strongly bui did not break up
badly as the others aid therefore protected rs occu-
peuts from severe lnJun~s
passer GER cars besides the baggage ana ms ear lhe
train was about hall an hoaI bebui auie previous 20
reaching the fatal spot. Ao.ut ~ 0eioeA noadsy
nishi-two hours before the time of the accident-a
tremendous rain fell throug tba' section OF country
flooding the fields sad swelling the streams 10 consider
able bulk. -
The surviving brskesmaG says that the tram wss
run with great caution over al the cuvert' previous
10 reaching the fatal culver bu, ol nearing the at
the speed increased 20 twenty i've or thirty mics
an hour as this culyer was coI sidtred the mos, re-
liable on the road. On reaching the gap, whlcn WsS
ABB ut one hundred feet wide ard about thirty feet
Deep the train fell first the old trestle work, which
crushed b, meath the weight, and then eaped INTO sIe
ehasm. TIE engine fell az the oase oi tne 80.
bank and buried it-ef in the sand The osgsaso
car two second. class cars, and two hrstcisss crs
piled into ore mass and drove each other INTO .he
earth. The sleeping car fell on It's SIDE on Top VI N'
Everv man connec.ed with the train except the
conductor one brakensn, the conductor OF the seep-
,rg ear and his boy, were kille'. -
when the unlniured passengers crawied out tAe
scene /. said TO bave been awful. Scarcely distin-
eusbable in the darkness lay pile OF shattered socd
ard ron and about bunured aud tty dead and dying
persons, part buried in sand and mud, and part wash
in away in the boiling torrent that swept down 70 the
ST. Joseph River, but a few rods distant.
The conductor and brakesmeu set ont to seek succor
at the station of South Bend and Mishwanka, whio
the uniDured passengers buil nres AROUND the spot
and Ca lied off some of their wounded fellows 10 the
II was nearly three hours after the accident before
succor arrived from the nearest town, "nfvn VIZ
three or four miles distant. strong body OF Iaoores
were brought down by the people OF the towns, ana
the work of digging out the dead and wounded COM
merced u..l
Mishawanka; eight or ten were reported taken 10
Sonth Bend Some ten twelve bodies were re
ported 10 have been taken mp about ten mes below,
on the s.. Joseph River About "srs, dozen Oh "'
Some FIVE or six labOrers who were on the tram re-
mort flat about twenty of their fellows are We, msing
II is supposed they remain buried In tne s3no, OF
have been washed out into the ~. joseph h'er:
Very few Of the passengers escaped death or fright
ful injuries.
rapidly, ard at noon on Tuesday was about oreast
high The people living n the neiehborhood say tney
tkey alrdys considered The eulrert too smdlI. Ihe
Coynanv ON the contrary had such confidence in it
that they did net think il nee led special watching.
The extraordinary conduct Of the Railroad Company
in snppressipg dispatches excited considerable COM
ment. Our informsnt endeavorei to send dispatch
Yesterday Tuesday morning to ths city, pu /" osf
not come through until II hours had esaPseu'
LATER PARTICULARS.
From The 1oledo Bode, June 80
Passengers of the unfortunate tram eit the scene Oh
disaster at o'clock last evening" aud arrived here AZ
o'clock this morning. from the othce's aea passen
81
Incidents which we shall give with as much order as
For the information given below we are mach in
debted 10 the Rev. Mr. Fieh, w. E. Caligan, express
messenger and Mr. Babbingtop, the surviving brake.
man. The unfortunate train left Chicago at $3.50 on
Monday evening" and consisted Of five passenger cars,
beside the baggage and express car IL arrived at
South Bend about forty-fve minutes behind tme and
made the fatal leap at about l2l o'clock at night.
The number of lives lost cannot be given, and prob
ably never will be. Mr.. Callgun, who left Mishw
about ten o'clock last night tells US that thirty-hve
dead bodies had been recovered at that time and three
or four of the wounded had died. making about forty
deaths as far as beard from. But fom the strength
of the current and the fact that several bodies had
already found scattered for great distance below
the gorge il reasonable to suppose that others
yet be found there, aud perhaps some yet in the
mass OF ruins and mud in the chasD.
Up TO last evening inquests had been held on thirty
| three bodies
A lady who was carried down by the current anJ
saved by catching hold Of limb says at least dozen
human bodies alive and callag for assis ance,
and s and eless, passed by her in the stream.
The chasm produ ed by the waters was sbolt ono
hundred feet in width and from twenty to thirty feet
deep. The depth Of water az the time of the accident
was about twelve feet. So powerful the current
st the time, that masses Of concrete masonry and
bars of railroad iron carried several rods below
the gorge Something of the suddenness of this pow
erful food may be imagined when state that at
yesterday only twelve hours after the accident
there was very little water passing, and by evening
not enough to prevent man with boots crossing with
dry feet.