Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-24
Particulars of the Recent Railroad Ae.
cldenf IN Kalas.-.A TarrIhla lfInir

cldent In Wales--.A Terrible Affair.
lABefgele lAhgust s1l Correspondence II London
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Certainly anything Ike so awful a rail-
road accident has never occurred in this
country. Persons who witnessed the col
nslon irom the prank state that for con-
siderable time the line for some distance
was as II covered with sheet of fame,
Until an immense quantity of water had
been thrown ON it the fire was not extin-
gpisshed, and when put ont in one spot it
pIose out IN another All this time the
Doehes IN lhe three nrst-class carriages next
tne engine and tender were burning liter
any 10 ashes' IN some cases an inch or
Two OIL dress were all that was found in
heap OIL charred remains 70 show that they
hIe .hose OF lady- IN several cases even
cindeis OF the bones had not been Left.
", wilat were human forms were gat hered up
Ike ,gn 50 much niaek dust
me pody OF tne stoker who lay under
the engine was almost the only one that
PR Rnesenusd tne appearance OF dead man.
me nesh was burned on, but caeined
81, 5h,elstoh' WIN every rlD visible was left
me name, frlnee OF wales Is still to be
seen on the locomotive. which is now
st',nuinH on lts wheeis close 20 the Aber-
geie I s'aVon, ouI 'lle sender made a remen-
uous somefsauls ana went right over the
onslne ana itS luhnel; ~ IS smashed to
Pleces' vi tle carriages IN which the pas
sengers were seated nothing exists to show
Inat they were carriages but the wheels !
ana axlesi what. were the bodies lie in
thousands OF pieces like small tirewood |
that mad been reduced to charcoal
IL - helieyed that twenty-seVen persons
nave been klllsd.
Ihe smoke, pitchy black, rs from tun-
mel, which the petroleum emitted, inter
copied the view OF the carriages in front,
ana II was only after the sides had besn |
burned so that the interior BECAME visible, !
ana the numerous outlines of caleined hui
man torms we're seen IN various attitudes,
that thsawtul truth was realized. The
neat and stencil were oyerpowering. The
lquld nre burned up the grass and hedge
OF the em6ankment, the telegraph poles
and sleepers
The flames increased in intensity for sev-
eral minutes and literally swept the car
rlages driving In one window and out of
the other, and producing heat so intense
that 1t was impossible to approach within
3 considerable distance of the train.
Ihe passengers in the London carriages,
who had escaped with very
slight shock, owing to the
enormous weight and velocity of the en-
3tne having prevented any serious rebound,
allghte q nom their carriages Immediately
alter the collision and We'd with each other
IN endeavoring to render what aid they
could. The country people in the vicinity
and large number OF workmen from
slate quaTrynear the spot, who had been
alarmed by the e0neussion were also soon
gathered on the spot, and number ofpails
being got together line ofmen was form
ed across the intervening sands ndbuckets |
of sea-water were obtained in the hope of {
subdulng the flames. All these efforts ]
proved fruitless, however, and the FIRE con-
hnued to burn with increasing fury until {
every vestige OF the woodwork of the Ches-
ter carriages and one of the Postofice ten
ders was entirely consumed, nothing re-
naming but the iron framework and wheels
the greater portion of which was red-hot
II was a considerable time before the
burnt carriages could be approached, ow-
ing to the intense heat thrown out by the
fused mass of iron and burning embers,
and when search was commenced for the
sufferers little more than charred remains
Of human bodies could be discovered. In
most of the cases the bodies we're headIess,
and in many ii was impossible to discover
the bodies were males or females
Every particle Of clothing was destroyed
on all the sufferers, and for long time
only one body was recognized-that of the
venerable Lord Farnham, whose identity
was established through an inscription
inside gold watch recovered from his re- |.