The New York herald., 1864-09-23
Thc Disaster ON the pennsy.vauta Gen.
frnl Railroad.

trnl Railroad.
oUR IEuET soNTowX C.RBgsroNDENCr.
TuoNTso>TowS, Pa. Sept % 1864.
While passing this s.son-thc Of the terrible
disaster OF yesterday noru,ng-I learned few further
particulars 10 relation TO tho affair The freight trso
which on the nan track not running regular
schedule tme but la,e and contrary 10 the rules
Of the road the engineer did not follow the directions
such cases hut seemed TO act onshs responsibility
The laRman was on big way 10 signal danger, when he
perceived the passenger trsin bearing towards the
station and too to afford an opportunity to stop.
ibe road makes an abrnpt ,uru at Ihoursop,owu
This fact greatly increased ,be ex,ent of the acct
dent, for had the track been straight tho obsta-
Gle could have been by the engineer and
probably avoided. There werc baggage and three
passenger cars burned, besides freight wrecked
sm told fourteen bodies were fsgen from, the wreck
Eany were burned beyond the Possibility Of recorntn
The scene presented by the inmates OF the
covering from the 6rst shock of tie catastrophe is
represented as heartrendng In the extreme. Some OF
but those who could not thus eicc, their escape were
LETT at the mercy OF the flames which had been comma
ncased To the cars by the re Of the eugne Tho doors
OF the cars were locked at tho time Of the accident
the brakeman being literally mashed, no keys could be
found TO release the inmates OF the cars
patial list Of the Casualties has been published
fu roll OF the names will be impossible the faes of
those burned viii only be Enown to their friends BY
tnuei absence The burned bodes cannot be zcd
One woman In OF tie los, husband and three
children person OF large irarne IN attempting
cape could not force his body through the window aud
was thus consumed
As the accident known the superintendent
OF the road repaired tc the spot and used every
for the alienation o. the saforngs OF the victims.
The Harrisburg Telegraph contains the following de-
tails
The baggage car caught fire from Tho burning psssen
ger and n the confusion which led the mails aod
the greater portion OF the baggage we're destroyed.
These very important being through mats
Great West il Is OF course impossible TO estimate tho
value q the baggage destroyed but II fair to suppose
The remains OF elk dead bodies were brough, to this
city last eveping These of IN condition
be beyond recoenitiontbe faces and Of all beng
etAireiy consumed superintendent Young at once
ordered the placing OF these remains In the charge
of Br,sbia Boyd, undertaken, by whom they VIII be
Inferred at the expense Of the railroad company.
Before going 10 press last night learned that mall
agent Brookes had expired from tho oects Of ,hc injuries
ne received by this accident fis M st cstimable
man. highly esteemed by those connected with the Post
oce In this oily, and regarded with great respect ~
those no came 10 contact win him on the road We
OF ooprse coroners inquest viii be held on the re-
moins Of the victims BY this fearful accident by which
All of the facts win be developed, and from which the
pubic VIII learn who IL responsible II ID time that
tons. IN order that the employees aud managers OF rail-.
road companies may be taught lcsson, and that
the lives Of the travelling public may bs hereafter rs
garded by ibesc worth preserving by common
care ard ordinary visf,ance.
One OF the painful incidents connected with this trans
sceon presented IN the fsot that the vile Of conductor
husband 70 accompany 10 thor nome Ia Middlstowp
" not for Of course TO describe the potenapcy OF
her sef which followed the Of The crush
m ~ T. d. Ss Ss sns
% proper distance from The ssaon b alleged thes
The accidep might have been avolde1 tbe freight
usn was behind time. when The sssteht Train stspped
~ the station she nssmen had reached The end o his
trer to give the signal whes the co,ssou oecesse1.
The fcnsine ~ ONNAUcScr Muilieso oouoG ca1y be
ooGsssa by shs ke5a and ceet DsaaA fssod saow tss