, 1864-07-03
Efightful Railroad accident.
ETY. LIVES LOST.
& Whole Train p,eoipitated into
the Riche]isu,
15A German Enf=rants on
1Eoaru~


FIRST DISPATCH.
D1lGn STATION, June g.
a serious Incident happened this morning,
about hnlf-past one .. n, to IN cmigrant
train from Quebec. The train stopped Ut st.
HilaIre, about one mile from the bridge across
the Nichelseu River, where there Ia Ewing
bridge. The ewing bridge was opened about
q quarter past one, to let number Of ba.ges,
in tow Of a steamer, pass. The proper sig
nails werc turned before the bridge was
opened, md the red light was burning. The
nan In charge Of the bridge, when he beard
the whistle, waTtd his read hand lamp. TIE
standing orders are that I'LL treius must come
to full stop before seacllibg the bridge
This was dtsreghrded, and the train ran into
the open draw A number OF cmit,rnnts are
killel and Injured, but 1t is Impossible to say
how many at present. i iaryc uodY of men
arc nj work CLEARING away the wreck A. g.
80 and 10 taken out more or ls6s injured.
Depth Of water In draw, ten feet
SECOND DlsPATCH
ST. H1LA1R8, June 29-s.16 .. n.
The train which went over the bridge at
this place this 1nozniog, consisting 81 eleven
vattr. There were s54 culiyrants on board,
all Germans. AT this hour thirty-four bodies
ha1e been recovered, md between thirty and
forty hare been taken ont, moro or less
badly wounded.
The train from Quebec has been delayed in
| During the last three hours the debris has
| been sufficiently cleared away to allow ttle
bridge to be closed, and the Ordinary trai!ic
not 5:f been suic'snt : rcssned 10 iow tnc
| dead to he t4kcn FROM 1t, Oniy two living
were rescued from this car. Their shrieks
| on being taken out were fearful Several ot
tue wounded are In dying state: The depth
about ten feet. The train was preripitatcd
On the stern Of barGe passing nt tue time,
! which lies partly submerged. The couduc.
tor, Thomas Fun, is killed; tn: ase.naa,
Nicholas Fl} M, supposed to ou killed. Vim.
Dirney, the driver, went down with Ills en-
giue, Tut escaped with slight Injury. So fl
aa now appears, dreadful responslpilatJ
rests upon this man for violating the staud
Ing order ~ stop.
THIRD DESPATCH.
BE1.E1L STATION, II o'clock.
The number Of bodies recovered to Till
time is ~, OF whom 4 arr buys, l. girls.
| men and IL women. There are about ~ 50
riouely wounded--sorue Ut them not expect
cd to live. 4 considerable Euiuaer Of del;
bodies are known to be still In the wreck
About nine O'Clock an engiuc and car arrive
; from Mon1real. b.ine' ing coronsr Jones. Mt
J and q large number of worklnen to clea
away the deb1is iu order to get out the dca
!, bodies and recover the vouls Of the eM
- grants. TIC utmost diligence has been excl
!. cisctl, nut much ct retlAins to be doIe- IN
! cars lie mostly pile or fragments, crushc
b together, resting On the barssc which 1yts lol
Il | tunnte]v passing through at tho moment
7. the accident Bad the ca7s fallen into til
n open water, 20 the number Of deaths cause
by being crushed in tho einaahiuy ofthc CIR
must hlvc been added vast nnMbcr
drowned. All tau barges IL tow Of the steam
er Ind passed except two. Those on II
:. barge actually rasainS through the brid.
saw the tFaia coming, Knew what must bal
pen, and jumping Oil the barge behind SAVE
thtir lives. The locomotive lies submerged
the waller out Of sight IAe appelrancc pr
=, eentcd By the wreck it is impossible to d
y SCRIBE The trniu consisted If two or tlr.
se Eccondclass cars, and the Reminder be
a, cars fitted up with benches for tue EN-
grants. The two or thrco last cars, wh'
We arrived at the Ecene Of the accidcn
:. about seven o'clock, remained on the top
r. the pile comparatively unbrokcn ; the re
were Il confused broken heap, some lying
~ their sidcF, Others upside down, broken IN
Z and crashed By these nhoTe them, while
some cases car lay hattcned almost lSe
pancake, between tTo others. The wig:
k.t 1uy coufus.aly scattered here. and the
= through the heap. The leg Of child mig
=. be seen protrlding from under Il plank;
=. another place G mans bead severed from
N bsdy, which appearea like shapeless na y
x, tubular iron structurc-tle cars rruli
along the top OF the tube--is some IS II
Bit b, counting from the level OF the rails
i, the level Of tue water. The Width oYen
4 by The ewing, which is at the western {
When I arrived u bodies had been rect
~ cred. During the forenoon several 9th
= | have been taken ont, but the remaining dl
"A arc chiefly In cur 90 sedge.i In anonsst
- fragments of thr Others that many have !
u YET been reached. As w1lte the body Of
Il old gra, haired man, respectfully. atsired,
taken out: the ltteless haud still grasp
large, long-handlcd china pipe: i quarter
an hour ago Il lad Of fifteen was taken o
apparently life}ess, his head covered "
blood, and presenting mshtlnl specsa'
~ to be not or,y alive, b1e only vrry el!gf
Ao injured. The blood with which HI WIS
cred vas thnt Of his nother, bcside wh
u. corpse be had been lying in the. wreck for
hours. Within the last few minutes :.
bodies Of two innocent babes. Of two or ta
~. years, have been got out Of the wreck i
~ nv borne past to the dead louec. The dead
% lying lu the upper lott OF shed on the ri
ed1 side, about one hundred yards below
;@T ectuo Of the accident. A number Of the NJ
seriously wounded arc. in the 10,
-, 5;e- Far. oi the Eatne building. Already two
~" three hare been transferred from the rccel
=. Gle Tor The wounded to the. ghsstly up
!. chamber set apart for the dead. Other
sln- the wounded ore In a tavern close besi1a
scene Of the accident, aud In the adjsc
esa1 | ehcds and other outbniioiuGs.
81 The Coroner, immediately on arriving,
. the en9inc-trircz {SSm. Birnes, ! arrested
sent him by the delayed train, which I,us
about 10 o'clock. to ~MontreI, there to
m committed to gao]. The bridge Is nc
1,lC0 feet In length, and tht signal that
tl{dec {s opcn can be eeen 125 tcet before
-. entering On the bridge. The signal -bs
III. beside the d1a w-brldge on the western
Of the river, should thus have been, aeeu
the driver at distance Of 1.G25 feet It
a clear night, with no haze to prevent its
~, Ing Visible, Birucy says TINT WHOM he
the signal he reversed sthe engins, but t!
!, competent TO judge say that Re could
s s pulled up the train In one third q the
tance. Moreover, he disrtgaraed the st
used lug order Of the Conpauy-one 81 thslr p
ed regulations requiring every traln to 9
ct to dead stop before going On the bEid
0I, d regulation which is. OF course. Of pecull
essential Importance a. rog.rda occast
trains, such IS this one WAS, Birney has
"a IN the employment of the GFaud Trunl
eight or ten years. Chiefly u: fireman =
only 1ecentls that he has been promote
~. : "a a brother OF Finn, tho deceased cor
F.: > tor: nns driver :of the cxpress train y
. brought us from Quebec. TWAS touc
TO see how the strong fellow was unmar
md wept and >Inpaned IN the excess Q
E"' rticf when, on out arrival at the bfidg'
Tas trst made acquainted vita Lis hrotl
WE IL assistance OF an Intelligent
msn in fhe employment OF Major Camp
m of 81. Hilsise, ! entered into consess
with a number of the survivors. 1 fl