Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-25

Tue ACCIDENT ON rmE GgfN1 WESTERN Ran.
noADotG Canada NdmeSof Hf hdtd and llonn-
u{ Tho accident the Great W estcrn run'l hap
pcncd between finmboro and pnndns, Canada
The storm hud wasEcd away III" bank, aud the en-
CINE ran into n chasm nearly 20 feet deep, with
the baggage ear and two passenger cars. The
scene is represented rs more horrible than that
Mt Desialns Bridge. a terrific storm PIE
,aillng and the water was washing over tie n"un-
tain. and there great diff nlty IN snccuring
the wounded "r cMrlcating the dead. Tn" cars
were perfect mass Of wreck, anj the locomotive
was completely buried in tie soil. | lie night
freight train passed over the spu, safely hal.
an hour before the accident happened,
! The baggage car fell above and On the locnmu-
tive. the first passenger chr rain nslnnt upon this,
the second passenger car sid uulcr and nIhurn.
ed tho edge # Tho IL ST, and the third running in
IN this, had its corner carried away.
Those killed, a Far MS ascertalucd, are rs fol
lows: Jones Boycr Of Chcag,. H.; Alexander
Braid. Of Hamilton. &. W.; q. Morgan, engine
man; W. Milloo. brakeman. Two names Not rr-
ported. Tho following reported wounded.
some of them seriously Henry Post. of Buinl,,
\. Y; W W. Smith. of kaIamazoo, Mich; f. u.
Adams. wife and children, f. d. Bryant, Of Pon-
tine, Mich; Thos. Packet. ii Livingston c, UNITY.
\. Y; Adam Wilson, Of Hamilton. {. w Hiram
Cook of Cleveland. Ohio; Columbus De>Dcr, III
Detroit Mich. There were oil ers III urcd whose
names are not reported. Several breaks re-
ported on the road. also ON the Toronto line.
The Rochester Democrat, oi March 81, CONTAINS
full particulars Of the fearful accident which Is
noticed above. Mr.. William Cox, of Philadc phia,
passenger on the train,gves the following state
ment
1.-The accident occurred nj cmannkment
on the south side of u mountain between
Copctown, and pundas About twelve rods
of the embankment had been swep, away by
the food to the depth Of about forty feet; was
in the sleeping at the rear end Of the train
The first ntimation received Of danger was
tremendous crash, and in an instant | was
hurled from my berth TO the floor alightng
fortunately, on my feet | ran to the rear dIor of
the and out on the platform, where obtained
a dim view Of the condition Of affairs. The srcp-
ing car still the track, but the truck were
torn and the body Of the ear was about balanced
on the verge of the chasm, the forward end Icing
pitched downward and the rear end elevated about
eight feet from the ground. All the other ears
in the chasm. l got down to the ground and with
some other passengers went forward to see what had
happened. The cars were piledup at the bottom in
q terribly confused state. The engine, which had
Of course gone first. was at the Bottom. and
buried so deeply in the sof earth that there was
nothing visible OF it except the tops of the driving
wheels The tender had passed over the engine
and appeared to be split in two SO that the water
tanks lav each side of it, The baggage ear
had gone completely over the engine and tender
and WINS lying against the opposite bank on its
side and considerably broken up. Against and
On the top Of the ruins of the engine were what
appeared to be the remains OF a mail or freight
car, could not tell which. The first passenger
car lay with its forward end among these ruins
The second passenger driven into and
partially through the first The hind end of this
ear lay against some piles which had supported
the embankment Next was the sleeping car,
which hung on the edge Of the precipice
There were about seventy passengers on the
train in all. and great many were killed and
hurt. know Of six or seven dead n large num-
Der wounded, and two missing-but can give only
few names. Only one person hurt in the
sleeping car"