Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-04

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tails from "A Canadian Paper.
The horrible railroad accident on the
Grand Trunk Road in Canada, is exciting
wide spread interest The accident took
place by the plunging of an smigrant
train into gap made by the turning Of a
bridge. The scene is thus described by
the Montreal Gazette;
The bridge master saw the train coming,
and in addition TO the danger signal al
ready hoisted on the eemsphore, ran on
the track and waved another red light for
the train to atop. 1t still came on, how
ever, aud just Rs the mast of the third ves-
ssl in tow Of the whitehall had cleared the
bridge, the train fell into the gap, caused
by the opening Of the draw bridge, car af
ter car laundering into the river and on
to the deck Of the barge forty feet below.
The locomotive struck the barge just aft
the mast, bounded of and plunged into thu
river, tearing out large piece Of the side
Of the vessel, which careened over, and
sank two or three feet into the bed Of the
river. The tender came next and appear
ed to have cspsiEed upon the locomotive.
1t was followed by the baggage cars, which
fell fiat into the draw, and ere ccmpsrat-
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cars containing the unfortunate pssssa-
gers. Only one Of the lot was fitted with
seats, and, BY some strange ohenoe, was
thrown half across the deck Of the barge,
one Of its ends being partly submerged in
the river. Its inmates were fesrfullY
shaken by the shock, the seats having
been torn out but do not appear 10 have
sustained much serious injury, although
its roof was broken through, its sides and
floor are comparatively free from blood
which bespsttered the greater psrt Of the
others in every direction -Th---sh-Si Uors
za-> I:L--s1zJ PIIed one upon the other,
and 90 mixed up and jumbIed that it
seemed ss if they had been placed under Q
press Of enormous power and crushed into
an unacceptable mass Of splinters and
iron mixed here and there with car wheels
in every position, shreds Of clothing, Iosves
Of bread, bundles and human bodies
bruised, battered and covered with
blood. The woodwork in some of the
CARS was open here and there, and one
could see through them into further sick
ening VistRs Of hands, heads, and feet, |
covered with shattered, splintered wood. |
work and torn clothing. Some Of the
members thus held up by the wreck in
which they we're immovsbly enoased we're |
blue to blsokhess, .betokening the nature Of |
the death Of which the Door sufferers had |
died. Here and there little child could
be distinguished, its little hsxen head |
isbbled with blood, and its body lying in |
he wreck on the water. 30 much for the |
fearful scene. 1 hope never to witness |
such another. II is satisfactory to know, |
however, no long-prolonged suffering tor
Lured the last moments Of these poor for |
signers. Deaths in every case appears to
have hsen instantaneous. A few may
have lived for an hour or SO, but the shock |
experienced in falling from snoh q height |
and the subsequent shocks from the 40. |
stimulation Of the cars in the gap was so |
great that insensibility must have imme- |
1istely ensued. This ia fully established
BY the appearance Of the dead Every
body that l saw was more or less disfg- /
lred, wet or bruised, but through the blood /
on the fece and brow, the calm, placid
aspect assumed by the suddenly killed
,ould be easily distinguished. They we're,
Is whole, very black sbout the eyes, the
,onoussion on the brain having injected
he blood vessels Of the e5e and stained
he cheeks and eyelids all round about
| he bodies were cleared from the wreck
md carried into the upper story Of the
he'd on the wharf below the bridge, the
over part Of which had been Uttered with
ltraw for the wounded. The debris around
hem was covered with shreds Of their
ilothing, pieces of bread, trlnkets, and
ioine, gun stocks, implements of every
description, torn books and papers, tin
ups, boots and shoes, and an innumersble
lumber Of other articles. A great many
f the:deRdlWere evidently asleep or undIes.
ed, as the majority Of them had taken OF
hair boots and coats in the endesVor to
make themselves as comfortable as posi-.
lie. They laid hesped one upon another
Ike sacks, and dressed in the traditional
'lue clothing Of the German people, and,
Is we have already stated, were almost
guishable from the blood and
ruises with which they were covered
Is the second car swung round on its
hahn mass Of eight bodies, as closely
iaeked ss they could well be, became sp-
aren't. The lower tier consisted Of chill
ren and young man, while above them
Ters two girls and boy, and on the top
Z the pile well-built man, Of powerful
rame, who lay on his back, with car !
7heel resting on his throat, completely
his face from view. The prob 1
bilities are that il was 30 shattered by
be wheel as to be unreoognizsbIe. One
his hands lsy by his side end WAS quite
lack with blood. 1t is supposed that
rom twenty to thirty bodies are still in
ae river.