The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-09

neseed might have thrilled with some sort of
pber The dam at Thomaston over which the
car was carried was built upon the principle of
the sloping face and thus the vehicle was
driven over without being wrecked IN its
descent; though, had IL lot been secured before
the second dam, some two miles below, lad
been passed, both craft and untortunatt
mariners must have been dashed In pieces by
the force of the fall As It was, the roof and
doors of the car we're forced of by the current
a circumstance which, however, contributed
more to the saving of those within than all the
frantic hurrYing to and fro of the intended res
cuers ON shere.
Eight persons were last evening reported dead
OF missing, of whom the bodies of four were
found in the course of the day. Every effort
has been made to recover the bodies of the
missing four, though it unfortunately happened
that at the time OF the accident the recent thun-
der storm had so affected the telegraph wires
that couple of messengers had to be sent off
on foot to convey the intelligence of the affair
to Waterbury, whence about half-past ii o'clock
the next morning Il ain was started OFF to the
rellet OF the sufferers, The President and Bu-
pervisor of the road accompanied the train.
The following are the names of those whose
bodies have been tOuDd:-Iucus skinner, mes
senger of Adams Express; Egbert n. sperry, of
Woolcotville; Patrick Rocher, of WoolcotsVille;
and James Bunbury, of Woolcotyille. The lat
ter two we're trackemen.
Still missing and uuaccOunted for are the fol-
lowing, known to have been in the car at the
time of the falling of the pier:-Johu Lofty,
foreman of the Winstead division of the road; /;
John Canty, of Wnstead; Mr.. Quinn, of Wool
cotvie; and Mr.. Mckee, of WOolcotville. Tue
last three were tracksmen.
The following are the names of the persons
saved:-Lawrence McDermott, baggage master;
John Ives, William Lawler, Patrick Slatterly,
two tracksmen by the name OF O'Donohue, and
two others whose names have not been ascer-
tanned.
Three mail-bags were lost, together with the
baggage of the fifty passengers, some little of
which, badly damaged, has been recovered.
Yesterday morning O coroner's jury was en-
paneled to inquire into the cause OF the deaths
OF the four whose bodies had been recovered
who, after reviewing the evidence, rendered the
following verdict, in some degree Censuring the
company
sworn to inquire into the cause and manner of the
deaths of Luclus Skinner, Esbert Sperry, Patrick
RCcher, and James Bunbury whose deaths
sudden and untimely, and the cause and manner of
which were unknown, having viewed the bodies of
said deceased and considered the evidence given u.s.
90 on our oaths say that the said Lucns skinner,
came to their deaths by accidental drowning caused
Ly the cars OF the Naugauck Railroad being precip-
tated through q bridge which, in the minds OF the
| jurors. was an insufficient structure.
F. J, Whittemore, IoIemRu, A. G. Shelton,
ID. A. Burr clerk, Aaron Thomas
William w. King ]. NJ. Peck
f. M. Foster, Ira N. BeVins,
Robert Alcott, David shelton,
Chauncey Bidwell, John A. Wood.
| A troop of woIkmen employed by the Com
pany were busy all day yesterday dragging the
| river with hooks and other Appliances, but it is
| highly probable that the four remaining bodies
! may have been washed further down the Nau-
! gaLuck into oUtofthe.waY crannies not to be
| explored until the freshet shall have subsidized
! ~. Y. Sunday Herald.