, 1869-07-19
The Town fltBuAter,

n AG kOHFn DlHnktef.
From Tie Burlington t{a.ca> Hoteltye .Ttlj 16
through \ bridge tTn miles Mest Of A1bka, on
Wednesday, has furnished US with The fo.:o Wing
three small children, Two gals and ! bo7. la4t
their lives:
which left ostumra for the west ~ 40 on
Wednesday morning waa composed Of [iteen CATS,
NJ Me5 r ;ss
were loaded with lumber, but the nth cat from
the engine had been Chartered TO Russell station
ion. Illinois, to faslor County, il Ills stat:, to
pIuden.lsl reasoua, ptobab!y. 7aaz. H. aiso, with
IN agr fronl. 10 Is yeArs, took passage ID
this car, his Hlfs and two other Children stopping
oger mill the ue1t ttatn- There were from 9!teen
wiiter sare Nr- 6Eangef. oi Burlington, aud Dr.
c coScERs1Hd rHk wRr1Ea
ltoGk the train at UttuInWa It about o'clock,
Designing to 20 to Charlton The rAtu bad been
falling he.ylly for several hours, and VAS STU
com.rg down a. though the clouds nal upset. and
npon the r vast It amount ot water Vhich had fallen
during the previous forty eight hours, and upon
the great damage which the valley load nad 81.
pillow. laid down upon ms sest, and, beInv very
Tea in2aga. s.4ss fssp,snt Tsnla soGa Tsaess ne
y
s Soa1d not g Ill next ae, got Up to g oat !hea
| eadca1oFed 70 satisfy a1ysef shat NY foars
laid down agstn. Once mort got up, with
feeling Of uneasiDess. short tine before The
t7aln Started, thinking would SPEAK to Nt. NIL
Ie7 cohce rn:E0 the possibilities Of danger II run
ming our l,etore daylight Not finding HIN, I
laid doEn again, this uus IN tte determination TO
tsosSa an1aaT al amssa sss .a un
atla, Nj. Miller eamc along and asked 1e II I
wanted to ri Of Telling hin no. ! Immediate
done 90, when / was suddenly aroused, With
a deep sense Of fright: and sclf-prcserya-
tion being the nrst suggestion Of Ieturn'ng eoa-
our car Was all night, ran forward towards the
bridge, anc aectng that Il had fallen nnd two men
in the water STRUGGLING fos dear lfe. Inc SITUATION
cars had gone down. Mr. Miller and the writer
climbed upon nat car loaded with timber, wt!c1
~ nsast 1sH ra'S soe To 81 sue
r1ed out or sight among the trees: but had stood
there but 4 moment when We fell the car g1EtnS
lem for the enbaufueni when smother epan of
the bridge and the seventh car went down
THE hc3kE,
a. It WIS presented TT the Mamenr, c3a oe but
techlE described. 4 tram Of cara standing upon
the track, the first hanging By the rsn orer iatn
the water Where the bridge bad gone down:
growth Of tlnltef on either side Ut The track; q
ireAhet SurR1ug through the bridge and Overflow
i1F the bottom lands TO the depth Of SIX to ten
leet and up to the branches of ialge trees: three
things IN the mighty ru7rut. anu one OF them
containing man and four children; the engineer
a1d crenen struggling In the same funons cur
fent .ens, rafssynS sp e. Hs9ps nc Sei heia Soa
save me,r-and dozen men Standing Eithln h
stones throw looking on. . powef!es, 70
thonen they had been bound hand 1nd foot The
engineer IL In the main current anu seems to stand
only oue chance IN thousand Of ssFlax htnse!f.
Iva fEI I.fuE In
tie bottom land, and Rtan1s Rbo1t one chance IN
ten. The engineer beats the water Wildly n III h:s
arms aud goes down, but Is up again 70 moneaE
The fireman 143 caught the sluQk oil largo tree,
Int cannot hold On, and away be Ruts with the
: current. The engineer goes down again aud up;
tonn the tbiT1 nme ana up, hts & G1eS - esox,9g
time and ne think II u all over with hfm; but
once more his head coraea afose the sQt1a9e, and
he !. carried IN among the trees beJond or view.
ana We witness his STRUGGLES no more The nre-
man has c1ugnt another tree, smsue! ihaa rae
nrst, and hirgtpg bis arms 1ounh It, he cn3s for
!, Is ZONE i tine Sefore ae can comprehend Is as
We urge him to climb the trte. Al LIST ne unAer-
s.acds 1t, ard soon be stands on = bts0ca foot
II he i sttuek With the {oye.luess OF his situation
and calls for sot1s wh.key to masm him gp; AL .,
ns sng TRe e- s, tent ~ Ma3 s,x
crtcs, AID We repeatedly encouraged him 10 hold
: We nil supposed that Mr.. L. and his four chlE-
ins,5 iodsed Against iree and ea7eened upon
ore end with the side Of the car u Abo1t n!H
recied 10 q uovemens Of me caz door. ant pres
gently Nc saw email hand thrust out A few
minutes iater the door wss pEsed up nom re Y
toof bold Of the door and tfted II ur and .oor the
fathef and the little E11! stood upon the Gu, the
former snlune, bis brow and tI5tnR ON n g1ieI
lot The loss o1 his other cnl&d1ea- The f&.1ef and
iittie G1fl iaho1t II years o!d} Fere BOTH hFAke
when The acc1tent cctur'-dt but the cthc1s we're
Aslcer ard not found was heard from shem
after Inc car 6ent dowtl
TEE AEsCrE ..-...
> Immediately tStec tic aec:dent h.r7catd, str.
Mli,er, Nj. GfRDccr md otae1s st2r:ed ios Alola.
tnree miles distant, to procure repe= and ASSIST
nacc. In the meantime those vEo remained con-
st,uctsd rast: but notwithstanding Fas nads
Ct heavy tmherx, to. l3cf CT ropes II NJ 81 a.nPs1
. few minutes utter II was l:1ache,t, 60 sitosg
val The cuIrcat the p.ztr re:r1ued froE' i.bi9
tn about m hour and hAtf, and VITA pieutE Q!
rope and good awur1ney the su7e.ess "sse as
Las: brought asnore. ap-u~r
The accident oeeztrTcd =. o'eiocE "a the taotn-
og.ard |. was between and Nhen N saEere11 a3
III MiiIe,, tic oonlcc.or, -as marked for eoel-
ness anu good tsdgmsns 1oGsn6u. s ,nc iE .rs.a
AEdy H1no, the brakeman, Anderson, o. A3hs;
and many Others unknown - The Ef.ser, feldese.l
srst the Service eeeted II rescutr1 the snreEes,
remaining II The water tor nou1s, often 7nderGr-
euEstances Ct great PERL ,,r,.. IN
II. Ue.r1ott and little gtrl were nos Eae2 N.
,nred, neither the fireman, thoasn al "ese chilled
snroueh non long exposure II the be- Tatsr: Ihe ae
engineer, however, Vas badly tn!0fett e11etE8!3
ard iuterctlly, bat /, IS hoped thai 90etnss. Ea
rpod treatment w1u toon restore nm. Eoth me
eES!reer and fireman reached Burlington tas'
evening.
e~cT It Is understood, hoEtTec. tE1- tae col
paor haYe paid h.u; $500 10 indemnify h!Ea.
fhYee Of hi3 horses Tert rrscued. Zen the
Nriter 1~ft on THURSDAY morning, the bodies ol
| nIs fnrre chtisEes had not been recovered.
In inc afternoon u tfa.a r1tyei nom Bcdl3G'
tnc bringing Superintendent Perkins. Nj. Thick
eep, ard NJ. Chatender, and with sttung Ea1g o.
nen, the work Of raising the euRtne Acrhesson
o2d repairing the bridge Is going fosWald thoase
i Is teoaehs that II VIZ tcq;te sesersl days 70 2Q
the IrIdee In pass1h.E condition. The b&1dge /
No .. 1Ed s1lEs Coal C-ccs,
-eeyera1 ttidges are reporsed to have been car
lied tN1y between No Is md MelEose, nn1 TIT
zcsd Is badly damaged IN various p!.eeA
The engine went down In about IS feet Ct waite!
| The engineer an1 esen1a remember when !
| struck bottom, but have no recollection Of hoV
| they got ont.
CoUE CoR3RK 4 CO.
| SEwsPLF7-E AprEC@761S1 AGESEe.
Ars an111wied reee3ss for TEE T1E
CNr tssss Furs kt@s. o4fas 70 vfesist o4teF'