New-York tribune., 1870-08-11
THE VIRGINIA RAILWAY ACCIDENT
DETAILS OF THE CALAMITY-AFFECTING Incl
DENTS.
A esnnndent of TLe Ereninl M1L writes

DENTS.
A correspondent of The EUening Mail writes
from White Sulphur Springs. Aug. T. as follows
on Saturday evening the dancing at the hotel ceased
at II o'clock As previous evenings, some one was on
The lookout for the stages, many expecting rehas'
Twelve, halfpast and one a. m aud not stage In sight
Many have gone to bed In the smokingroom, many OF
the gentlemen patiently waiting for their papers.
had given up paper for that night and just going
up 10 bed, when darkey said "IIave you heard the
news, Sirp | said NO" "Oh Sir. there has been a
killed, 30 wounded" went back again to the Office ;
here found the gentlemen had left in the smoking
room listening 10 dispatch just received by the Messr5
Teytons 10 send all the doctors mattresses and whatever
else he could spare for the use of the wounded. For
moment all still, but the voice Of Mr. PcytOn broke
the silence He said Gentlemen, this is indeed sad
catastrophe, but must hush up the matter tonight
and keep IL quiet possible, for the sake of the
ladies'" Every one made for the depot We had not
long to wait when the garing flame from the headlight
Of engine made its appearance and few minutes
after the train stopped at the station Every person
rushed to see hear and In fact to nd out an they could
tOn everything in the shape OF horse and wagon had
been brought down for the Of the wounded -Four Of
the wounded were brought up on tue regular ualh the
rest during the night and on the morning train: .
from the Springs and two miles from Allegheny station
The accident occurred g feet from the trestle that
embankment lO5 feet derp. person does not realize
the hight until he goes down into the ravne below look
with their life. The first person that appeared from the
wreck was Mr. W. A. Moat of Baltimore He reported
the completely smashed to pieces and many OF the
passengers jammed in between the trucks Men imme-
diaey descended into the ravne, and commenced ex-
tracing the dead and wounded from the debris. one
man was found with immense beam across his chest
another between the trucks and and saws had to
be used more than once 10 extract persons from then
perous situations.
At4 a. IN. every had been removed from the wreck
and those wounded who were able To De moved were
The train was running at the rate Of about four miles
hour In going up the road the train Is generally cut
into two sections but this OCCASION for some unknown
reason except that the train was light one, it was
taken or az one train the engine No "a being in 'front.'
the engine W. A. Kuper pushing behind Robert Brau
now engineer Of No 81 he blew down brakes winch
Jim Harris the engineer OF the w A. Kuper says he did
not hear but he says he thinks the engineer OF No 81
and made great deal OF noise, he he engineer of No.
81 should have blown his whistle louder AS the en-
cneer AZ No "a had blown down breaks, OF course he
Stacked M while Kupar's engineer not hearing the
whistle, pushed at the regular speed the consequence
was the car that pushed against the that was going
slow while the other going comparatively as Inc
sudden jar caused by tine two cars coming Ioeethei
caused the one that going fast TO jump the track
and before the hind engine could be brought to tne speed
of the front stopped the car was twisted on t
track breaking the coupling and tearing away the plat
As usual, the railroad company have demanded a
Coroner INQUEST for which they kept the bodies
i'm an old shed unwashed and without collins, for two
days though they said they had teegraphed 10 Stauo
for them Up to the time OF the closing Of this letter.
three special trains have arrived from stanton, but no
collins and the latest report Is that the IalrOad company
are putting the dead in pine boxes. Though we might
overlook this accident being OF the few 10 mar the
good record of the road, we, AZ felOWcreatureS can
never forgive the company for their neglect Of the dead
Mr. Moat Of Baltimore was the first TO make his APP
pearance from the wreck having been caught DetWeeh
to seas ne managed to squeeze through what he sup
posed To be one OF the DOORS but which proved 10 be an
aperture in the side Of the The next was young
man whose did not ascertain; he was so eN-
hausted when he reached the top that he tainted In ms
sisters arms poor girl she had been nearly crazy with
grief for she imagined that she would never see her
brother again. Mr.. Jordan soon AZ he fet the car
iump the track, pulled the belrope, which was dis
tincy heard by the engineer he says the bell IN the
engine rung twice When Mr. Jordan was found he was
holding on TO one OF the pieces in which the rings
are fastened through which the belrope passes MI
Pollard at the time of the accident was seated at the
window -,
As soon as the rolled he found himself closed
I'm bV DOrtOus of the wreck, though dread
fully wounded and thinking an attempt at an escape
was better than being smOthered TO death, he found
piece of wood with which he broke the window that
was above him. and, after several attempts succeeded
in crawling out, where he was found, n few minutes
after more dead than alive. Many were bound III be
tween trucks, entirely covered up and the
ringing sound OF the and rttng OF the saw brought
relief 10 more than person that eventful night
Mr. Mason, well those who rendered service TO the
dead and wounded deserving OF the highest praise