The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-26

--,,. PARTICULARS OF TEE CALAMITY.
1 TERRIBLE SCENE
rho Cincinnati Commercial gives the de.
a,nr tAc distressing railroad slaughter
",h occurred on the Cincinnati and
D,.oa road on Thursday evening. II
.crriblc calamity occurred yesterday
,,;or on ;hc railroad commonly known
Sr Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton,
which is used in common by several
short distance above Lockland,
q, about a quarter OF o'clock. The
,-trn>> of the early morning was made
'.,,r.rablc by dense fog. An extra
-. train Of thirly-siX cars was obliged
T.n on. and north and south of, the
.s-, above Locl,land station, owing to
hrcakinc Of the engines pilot. The
,.rrrv Immediately sent back man to
., the express train that he knew was
,,gtr- lima combined eastern and
.-,rcru express, made up Of passenger
..-ar> Of the Atlantic and Great West
-~ rs;,vosd, through from New York, and
fine DAYTON and Michigan road from
nr.-pft. connected at Dayton. This train
.n Haaijton a, twenty-scvcn minutes
.,.- s o'clock, and took about twenty
mites to reach this bridge. The flag
ans lights for this train were discovered
good time, and twas promptly halted
THE DEATH TRAP.
Here. then, behind the freight train OF
,.;-,v->ix cars, and within 4 couple of rods
The cabooSc, stood the engine Steed-
man, OF train Of ten carS-two express
-. Mar.aGc, two Atlantic and Great West
EFF Sleeping coaches, two Atlantic and
r,ea. Western passenger coaches, ono
DAYTON and Michigan sleeping coach, and
ur Dayton and Michigan passenger coach
The Dayton and Michigan sleeping car was
,.l .A>t q this second train, and next to it
na, the Dayton and Michigan passenger
coach. All the cars, save the last, We're
vel. filed. la the last car sat four ladies
and two gentlemen. This car was the
tes,a trap, and ali these ladies were soon
-.5,.yli 10 death.
PRECAUTIONS THAT FAILED.
Is soon as this train halted, its conduc-
-, William II. Sitter, gave orders to his
,man, Theodore Cress, to start back
w.l a light: to go as fast as he could
gai as TAR as he could,n and stop the Ham
.,u accommodation and freight mixed,
.l, was following rapidly and would soon
Up with them. Crcss was seen TO start
. K 1T a rapid pace, bearing a red light
.-3 a white light. While be went on his
rand the conductor walked down along
a freight train its entire length Of nearly
300 feet to see what damage the Beckett
ii sustained. He then started back, and
al walked only third Of the distance in
-.t-!rn. when lie realized that something
a.s wrong. Ihyec-quarters of mile away,
(, the darkness and through the fog. was
ming . train Of sixteen cars-two pas
yer and the balance freight-whizzing
song with the speed Of much steam and
,.rro. down grade. He heard the whistle
81 brakes on once, and knew that the flag
mans signal had been noticed. He heard.
tie whistle again, and wondered that it
,pc'd have been repeated. He heard it
r..rl time, saw the dim glitter of
wnly-approaching head light, and knew,
although he could not comprehend why,
hat death and destruction were at hand.
THE CRASH.
Visiting the brakes down, turning its
wheels with reversed motion, doing all
that II could to'avoid its fate, the Frank
.n, an unwilling agent of death, slid along
g..c wet rails, propelled by the momentum
f. is train, and plunged half its length
mo tina. rear 9 sloeper." The crash was
terrible. Instantly nearly all the passen-
..r ears were jammcd into each other, and
#n >tevdman was driven into the cabooSc
. the freight train.
IL TWO OF the cars people were writing
-aicr the tortureS OF torn limbs and
tal.rS: but in that last car Death was re-
Yelling. There were four women and
aaa imprisoned between timbers and
panels, bleeding, gasping, and dying, one
with her cutrails torn out, and another
I'LL her head cut off.
SCENES OF HORROR.
IF this was terrible, that which ensued
WAS horrible. While the bewildered and
r..n,encd passengers in the other cars
we're being released, the steam, scaldng
bot. was parboiling these mangled vic
inns. the smoke was choking them, and
soon there was a whirl Of fire through
heir car, from the engines headlight or
he car stove, the only fire Of the train
nat had not been extinguishod as soon as
-.sible after the accident. The flames
.ept all over this last fatal wreck, wreath
ii themselves around five human beings,
-.e up clothing, skin, flesh, and bone,
while the victims shriciled and screamed
..y mercy, for pity, for aid-and one for
water. One of the ladies got her head
III OF window, and an effort was made
% .escue her, but it was made III vain.
ualy her head and neck could have been
saved from tirc, for her body was locked
N.,<gecn timbcrs, aud could not be drawn
oIr.
The conductor and engineer procured
axes and attempted to cut into the car, but
,l..cd in this. Rapidly the fire swallowed
this car, and strobe through and over
every passenger coach OF the train. Its
progress was unimpcdcd, and its triumph
complete, save that il could find no more
Ives 10 destroy.
!, soon as possible, two physicians, Drs.
Bunker and Miller, came over from Lock
and and attended faithfully to the in
.grcl-uone fatally, fortunately, save the
unhappy victims Of the fire. Dispatches
wcge sent 20 the city, and special car,
earring Drs. Wood, Murphy, and Miller,
aud containing strctchcrS and other neces-
s4sics, was sent 10 the scene Of the wreck.
When the fire had exhausted itself, the
wreck Was cleared away from the track,
and search for the dead was made. A
acad!css trunk and trunk that lacked
limbs We're found, and three others were
.ogI0 less muti!atcd. While the dressing
d, the wounded was in progress, these
g.as,ly remnants of humanity were picked