, 1859-06-30

.,.,+ or ehnut twentx feet oyer it. between lot |
- 7a4 ,.,,oct The nioht WIS ver4 dark aud
a.. .-,;, ram. n, os usua, nj about the latter
hnu, contain;ny baggage chr. m enisrant
1.s.s,,~r r,r oor second class cur. and four
r.. c!sss nassenoer rsrs. tie last one Of which
wa n .le..nuu car-ull tolerablv well dlled-
and every berth in tue sleeping car occupied
,r;th m unusual humber Of women and
children. Tie whole train plunged into the
,o-,.+ The harrare. emjerunt and second class
r.r fr,l nearly upon the engine and tender, which
n,err hurled quite out of sight in the sand and
..,,a, ut the stream. now from thrce to six or
o;,,., 6.c. deem. the foremost three of the first
o,ess r,r4 fl. further into the stream. and not On
,o, of cach other. but partiallv On their sldex,
and were entirely crushed. The sleeping car
fell inside of the others, right side up carcen-
iuc little, in three or four feet Of wafer, but
wus comparatively verr little injured-the lamp
in the room not being extnguished. None Of |
thc Messengers in this car were seriously injuT-
ed There was orer a foot Of water in the bot
tom. The passengers from it were got On shore
,orv urt. From the other ears. many got on
tn, of them. and we're assisted to the shore,
Ss,ere honires were built Messengers were
d;.n.tc,ed to South Bend and MisLawaka,
.,ch about t,vo m;ies distant. and many soon
arrived at the scene Of disaster
Asto the cause Of the accident, 70 far Us I
can learn, it was entirely Proridential, and una
xo;dah]c, Esua)l, there WIS little or no water
n,s.;nr througb the cu1yert, Tue rain for many
hours was most profuse. The cutEert was ex-
a,;,.a Il, II o'clock. and it readily passed all
t;,awa,.r Tho tracl.master and his station
,n., wrc ov.r the ,rbo,e line during tile storm,
and III w,. saf. The trarL.n,aster was on the
.n,,;ne m his wav home. md was killed. II
wos nm nd ,,,e If the road that the section men
x,,a4 be m dutv md mass over tue rond during
cvprr s,o,m. and examine all the bridges and
| cu,xe,ts. at any bour Of the ,jay or night aud
tie division superiotcudnnt renewed this order
| within tic last ten or twclyc days. by noon
tbc no # dav aftcr the accident there was 50
| little water in the brook TINT q person could
easily step over it.
As to the number OF passengers OIL the ''A'o'
1t is impossible 10 ascertain WIN accuFaes' us
the conductor was SO much Dfuisea US 10 pe
Obliged to 60 home on the hrs' tEa'h. 1ne nun"
ber Of dead bodies taken out OF the wreck mus
far has been S3,. aud have since o1eo' MAKING
the total 81.
STATEMENT or a. j. fkHh', "a "" 'oAe
4"as IN the s'eep'ns cur VIII nn' ""e' ~, ""e
sister, Ars. paAln' ln'an' uou nutse'
the sleeping car went into Tue 'a''ne IL ~ y,
ed completely round. Ihe hFst kno"leose = nau
Of the disaster, founo "ssel1 IN 'ne "a's' ."''
three 1eet aeep. IL WIS so'1e u''n4e''
tue e"f nis''ut-'Aeo 10 io7.''''
e.s .,.o -, .,;-o s-s+ cor,;ed out the
;.1.n, ~ ~ .ho Inn of tho hank then my wifi.
,n.; H. n,t;, than a str,nve infant. and after
.h,. ;,s a,o.h.r Rr ,bc time / had accom-
,,i.h.,1 4,,;x wont aown tn the water. aud
c,,d ,h,, tho to,r.nt had >ubsidcd-it being
mt ,,oro thu, , foot deen There WINS no pyr-
r;,I,. l., ,no ..esr;,, r,r ,,t,ou.,h il was
80 ,.,ortcd Inst all mr. bacrare au,, all nv
c,,.,,r, .vc,n. what had IN. as did Mrs,
n.,;a ~ ~, ,,rso and Infant
.,,.>.. ~ :, ,x,.,s r,r,x
A., e.o., r.,.,o-t IN Vac nm boa,d the
...;, :, con,,nr ,.;,,, Mis-. Moorc s;.ter.iu-
,.,r .,., or Er,cnort wa4 in tile car next
f,rr,rd IF the s,ec,inr car. md when re wen.
oycr the nrccjpice. tie one car WIS completely
d.nolished--nota niece exceeding fifteen feet in
1.nv,,, cou,d h. found. The first knowledge I
lad after tic fall. found myself up to my mid.
IL. in the water. at that moment, a stick oi
timber or something = else struck me and Invent
uudxr tic wuter. When rose to the surface,
l lvuad mysvlf between the sleeping cir and
another CIR, which must hare passed completely
over me, as Twas on the opposite side Of it from
where went down. / grasped hold Of the cal
and clambcrcd on the top. then discovered
Miss Moore in tic water, with strange infant
, clincinr aroun., her neck This infant was tht
son Of Mrs. uusgins, which she had thrown ou
Of the window previously, 10 sare it, thc1
, assisted Miss Moore to the shore, with tue in
f..t and Z tcrwa1ds an old lady. Lost uy hat
and hal mr. nanta1oons entirely torn Oh from
mr. hodv Mis-, Moore was badly bruised o,
her farc hut nothing serious. Shall 10 10 Scv
York Tomorrow.
.u an,n.o,, s-.-,x.x-
la" from ao"'ee1''' '"'"e "4s w -"
. 'fa'n "oeu u, .ne aes'aea' o,su'4' ,.. ,A M
= ing car vas soo'e"na' o:u'ssu' o1' W. se4
ously. Was asleep III III: oes'" ""s" 'ne =, Ia
= went into Inc eo'se D'a ~, ""' "A.' ~ N. ~.
4 water came 'hso 'Ae eaF' "'en s"t o"' " :. -
car tic water was NOV l'ofe @"a" '".'e - - =.