The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-03-24
THE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILROAD-FURTHER PARTICULARS

me papers contain further particulars Of th
| Hishfiui accident on the Great Western Railroad
near Hamilton, @. w., on Friday evening last
me unfortunate train left Detroit on Friday eve
n'oe' and consisted Of one baggage aud three pas.
se"Rer cars, the last one of which was sleeping
car AT the time OF the accident the train was
'noueht 10 be running ct the rate of thirty miles
an hour The embankment st the fatal snot 4.
some nifty feet high. The entire train nlnnoad
into the cbasm the cars succes,i ve,v ha,a. ,;,.s
upon each other. The sleeping car Was stnnn.a
~nen about half way over the brink, but the for.
ward end was broken iu and one passenger kil,ad
by being run through with piece of broken tim.
oer' letter in the Rochester On. " Democrat
from apassenger on the train, gives the fo,Iov;,.
description OF the catastrophe:
"The engine, which had of coursa ,or
nrsf was at the bottom, aud buried 40 daaniv q,
the soft earth that there was nothing vis;biss 20 -
it except the tops of the driving wheels. Iaa;n..
and on top OF the ruins Of the engine were ~hss
appeared to be the remains of q mail or frs;,ss
car. The nrst passenger car lay with it's forvsrd
end among these ruins. The second passencar
car was driven into and partially through the
hrst. The hind end of this car lay against some
piles, which had supported the embankment -
Next was the sleeping car, which hung on the
edge of the precipice.
"There wore about 20 passengers on the train
10 all, and great many were killed and hurt. I
know OF SIX or seven dead, large number wound
ed' and TWO missng-but can give only few
names Only one person was hurt in the aleen.
ing car. lie was man named Braid lie was
crushed to death instantly. The engineer was
among tbe killed; be was found buried under five
ieet OF earth-nls name was Morgan. One of the
brakemeu on the train was also killed Tbe f,rss
man was taken from the ruins badly scalded and
bruised. Theconductor of the train was NOT sa
vere,y injured The baggageman escaped with a
rev ngnt bruises. Everybody who was unipjured
set to work at once to rescue the wounded. and To
provide for the comfort of the ladies and Children
assisted to remove three men from the first car
who we're very badly hurt: they were pulled ont
OF the WIDOWS with rope-one Of them had q
broken arm and leg, and each of the otbers had
leg broken. All the passengers in this car cot
out at the windows" o.
The passengers in the second car were OBLIGED
to Jump from the rear end to the embankment, a
distance of fifteen feet Among tbem wara ,ava
raj ladies aud children. One pentIeman from
Massachusetts, remained In this car, aiding the
passengers, many of whom were beneath the
stove and seats at the lower end, until ali we're
taken out in safety.
The embankment was yerv soft and avarvh,dv
sank in the mud and sand. One lady named dJones
had with her four small children the vounpast
babe OF only two weeks old. This lady's bus,
Dand was either Killed Or badly hurt. There were
safe. One is Mrs. Hittle, of Detroit. A child
which she had with her is also safe.
terrible storm of wind. accompanied with rain
and snow, was prevailing. and rendered the copdi
tion OF the passengers more uncom Portable than
It would otherwise have been. About Is miputes
after the accident, an engine and tender from
Copetown came along on the way to Hamilton and
it was with great difficulty that the men on them
were made acquainted with the state of things, in
time TO prevent them from running into the sleep.
ing car, and throwing it over on the rest of the
cars as It was, they came within few rods
This engine went back and got freight car into
which the most seriously injured were put and ia.
ken to Copetown.