Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-11-28

her from her horrible and heartrend
ing position, although the strength
of three men, strength almost sun.
eient to pull her body to pieces, was
used. One of the passengers, a Mr..
jackson, of Boston, seeing that moth
ing could be done to relieve the
young lady from the outside, rushed
into the car, and was never again
seen alive. Again the passengers
on the outside attempted to pull her
through the window, but they were
unsuccessful, and the heat and smoke
from the burning car becoming so
intense, they were obliged to retire.
Finding nothing could be done to
extricate her, she poor girl. throwing
up her. arms, shouted, so, God! if
you cannot save me, kill me as quick
ly as possible " In an instant more
she was completely wrapped in
flames, and her prayer was answered.
She was corpse.
BY this time the car was one sheet
of flames, which were soon commu-
nicated 10 the car forward, and it
was quickly consumed. Not being
satisfied with their terrible work, tho
flames sped on, and did not cease till
four more cars, six in all, had been
consumed. There was not 8 single
piece of the wood work, of any of the
cars, twelve inches in length, left I'm
| burned.
As soon as the flames ceased, the
work Of removing the remains from
the debris commenced, 1t was sup
posed at first that eight or ten per
sons had lost their lives, and it was
with no little anxiety that the work
progressed The first body found
was that of Mr., jackson, who hero
| icaliy lost his fife while endeavoring
to save that of fellow being. He
had undoubtedly been smothered by
the smoke, and had fallen in about
the middle of the car. His clothing
had been almost completely burned
off, and his body, charred and black
ened, was burned to crisp. II il
had not been known that it was he
who entered the car to save the life
of one of the Miss Morgans, he would
probably never have been identified,
almost all the flesh having been
burned off of his face.
I The next body discovered was
that of the young lady supposed to
have been Rachel Morgan. Her
lower limbs were, found to be wedg-
ed in between the iron bracings OF
the seats, and several of the bones
were found to be fractured. Her
clothing was gone, and her flesh so
badly blackened and charred as to
make her also totally unrecogniza
BILE. Near Rachel were found the
bodies of her three sisters, Sallie,
Hannah and Mary. Their bodies
had been terribly mangled, and it is
supposed, as we have already stated,
that they were almost instantly kill
ed. The bodies were all badly
burned, and not a vestage of their
clothing remained.
Eg- The Boston Transcript, in
speaking of Gen. Grants position
says: The truth is that Gen. Gran
is rather ahead of Congress thar
tagging behind it, and there is moth
ing in his opinions or his intentions
which need alarm any Radical Re
publican.
g- The Indianapolis corresdonden
of the New York World writes as fol
lows: "Governor Morton's health i
worse now than it has been since th
: first attack which necessitated Euro
pean trip. About ten days since hi:
: Excellency was induced to try the vir
tues of the artesian baths at TerrC
Haute He caught cold in taking hi:
! first bath, Immediately returned home
and has been confined to his room evel
= since. He leaves for Washington Mon
, day night, but will have to go on a bee
t unless his health improves between now
r and then. His Excellency declare,
that if, after his arrival at Washington
his health does not improve within ;
fortnight, he will leave at once for the
, Hot Springs of Arkansas, no matter
what the emergency. A friend who
: visited him in his room at the Bate:
House yesterday found him quite sick
and very respondent. 1t is probable
: that crisis in his disease is imminent
and that he may never live to witness
another summer sunset. His affected
leg presents some singular features
He can feel when any thing touches it,
but knife plunged through ii would
give him no pain. With paralytic
symptoms are complicated those oi
dropsy."
REBEL SENAToR-Our friend ol
the Ohio State Joural favors Allen
G. Thurman for the United States
Senate for the reason that he is a
Columbus man, not, as we infer, that