The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-09-17
Particulars ~ the Recent habfoad ~

cluenh III Mtlps---A Terrible AfhlrIf
t%Abergele august 81 eareponaence Of London
Tines
Cafainly anything like 81 awful astnnl
road accident bas never occurred ia this
country. Persons who Witnessed tie col
lision from the BRINK state that for n ron
sidemble time the line for rsona distance
was vs. ii covered with a sheet. of flame.
Until on Immense quantity Of water had
been thrown on 10 the ere was not exliu-
guislled, aud when put ont in one SPOT il
broke out in another All this time the
bodies in tho three frst-clhss carriapes neyf
the engine and tpnder were burning liter
ally TO ashos. In some cases an inch or
two OF n dress were all that was found in n
heap Of ch0rtcd remains ~ show that tbev
are those Of n lady. In several cases even
cinders of the bones had not been left
what were human forms were gathered nm
like 50 muoh black dust. H ..Hnl1 =.
The body OF The sioler who hay under
the engine, was almost the only one that
presented the appearance Of o dead man.
flesh was burned of. Int n cnlcinpd
skeleton, with, every rib visible was len.
The name, Prince Of Wnles is still to be
seen on the locomotive. which "a now
standing on it's wheels close To the Aber-
gele station but the tender made a tremen-
'N''iN HNliiti nhNliA uill NtII IlLnI over. the
engine and its funnel. IL IL smashed 10
pieces. OF the carriages in which the ms
sengers were seated, nothing exists TO show
that they were carriages but the wheels
and axles; what were the bodies lie In
thousands of pieces like small irewood
that had been reduced to charcoal.
It y believed that t~wenty-seven persons
have been killed.
The smoke, pitchy black, as from a tum-
mel, which the petroleum emitted. inter
copied the view Of the carriages in front.
and It WAS only after the sides had lie N
burned 50 that the interior became visible.
and the humorous outlines of oalcined bu-
man forms were sesps in various attitudes.
That the awful truth WAS realized. The
heat and stencil were o~verpowering. The
liquid FIRE burned up the grass and hedpo
tho e~mbonkment, the telegraph poles
and slccpers.
TIN flames Increased in intensity for sew
eral minutes aud literally swept Che ear.
ringoS driving in one window aud ont of
the other, and producing a heat so intense
that II was impossible to approach within
q considerable distance nf the tain.
The passengers ia the London carriages,
who had escaped with a very
shock. owing TO the
enormous weight and velocity of the on.
cine having prevented any seriousrebound,
from their carriages Immediately
after the collision and We'd with each other
in endeavoring to render what aid they
could. The country people IN the vicinity
and q large number Of workmen from n
slate quarry near the. spot who had been
alarmed by the ooucussion, were also soon
gathered on the spot, aud a number OF pals /
being got together a line oimen was form
ed across the intervening sands andbuckets
of sea-water were obtained in the hope of
subduing the flames. All these Efforts
proved hnitless, however, and the Are CON
timted to burn with increasing fury until
evory vestige of tbs woodwork of the Ches-
ter carriages aud one of the PostoGice ten
ders was entirely consumed, nothing re.
manning 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 aud burning embers,
and when search was commenced for the
suilerers little mora than charrod remains
of human bodies could he discovered In
most of the cases the bodies we're headless,
aud in many it was impossible to discover
whether the bodies were males or females.
Every particle OF clothing was destroyed
on all the sufferers, aud for a long time
only ono body was recognizod-that Of the
venerable Lord Farnhnm, whose identity |
was established through an inscription
inside n gold watch recovered nom bisIre-I
mains. II has since been ascertained that
Lord Farnham was travelling with his wife,
Lady Farnham, aud n valued old retainer
of the family, Miss Stafford. who was in
the same first class carriage with them.