, 1870-08-13
THE VIRGINIA RAILWAY ACCI,
DENT.
Details OF She CALAMITY.

A correspondent Of the New Yo,k Er,rfn,
Adil W1itea from White sulphur Springs, AUG,
7, as follows:
On Saturday evening, the dancing at the ho-
ings, some one WAS on the lookout for tho
etages, many expecting friends Twelve, half
pas1, and one a. m, and not =tsge in sight.
Many have gone to bed In the smoking room.
many Of the gentlemen are patiently waiting
for tLat night, and Wis just going
up to bed, whan : darker ssn1, Have YOU
heard The ne~s, sisf" ( skid No. "Oh!
Sir, there haa been terrible accident two
miles s! below Aia1egh.pg, tselvs persons killed.
office; here found tho gentlemen had 1afr
10 the snokin8-roon 1istening to despatch
just received By the Hessrs- Paytos, to send
all the doctors, mattresses. and whatever else
they could spare for the use o. II q wounded
Mr. Peyton broke the silence. I1o said:
"Gentlemen. this fs Fad catastrophe. but
We must hush up tho matter tonight.
Of the ladies'" Every one made foz tho da-
pot We had not long to wait. when The gIar-
ing flame from the headlight OF an enSlna
mads its appearance. and few minutes after
the train stopped At tie station. Every per-
aon a9 fnthsa ~ 10 rs 9sss, .nu y f.st to ,n
less than 500 people at the station. Evety-
! thing in the shape OF horse and wagon had
| been brought Gown for the use OF the wound
ed. -Four Of the. woundsd we're brought up
on the regular train, tho rest during the uisht
| and on the morning train
The eeene OF the catastrophe Is eight miles
diatsnt from the Springs and two miles from
Al1cghapy Station. Tie acei.!eut occurred
fort. feet from the 'sca,le-wofk that sians
Je1sJs Nun. The car fell over pcrpondicu-
lar embautment los feet deep. 4 person
does not re.lize the Ae1sat until hs goes down
into the sssine below, looking up; it il The
wonder OF all how auv pcrsnn escaped with
h.s Eff. Ihe int pe5son that sppsarsa
Of ri more. He reported the car CON-
r.. te'v 'S:lshed to pieces. and ,nsny Of tho
! rasst HEers jamued IN between the trucks.
Wen immediately descended ia'o tho rarine.
| ard commenced extracting the dead aud
| wounded from tho debris. One mau waa
another between The trsck., aud axes and saws
bad 10 bs used more suaD once to extract per-
sons from their perilous situations.
:, At T. m every one had becu removed from
| the vi eck, and those wounded, who we're ablo
10 t.e moved, were brought up to the Sprinss
| The train was 1unniu: at tie rate OF about
four n1llea su hour. In going u, the road tho
'Eain il generally cut i'll tuo sections; but Oh
this occasiun, for rome unknown REASON e1-
cept that the train was = light one, il vas taken
on ~ one txain. the engine No ~ being in
| front. and the engine W 4. Knpar pusGiuE
behi,,d. Rol ett Arau- now engineer Of No. ri,
rays he blew down brales, which Jim Harris,
Tie engineer OF the H. \. hupcr, bass he did
Of No. 81, knowing tina. his engine was Of tho
higl-presture style and made great deal OF
nn'se. he (,he engineer Of No. 81 ,ehould havo
blown bis whistle louder. AZ tbs en-
| consse, he siackea M, while Kuper's engineer,
not learng. the whistle, pnshed on 1T tho
regular speed. The jam caused hy The two cars
cotnlr s together. caused tho one that WIS., go
lnE fast 10 jump the track, and before tho
hind engine could be sronghsso the speed Of
| OF tie truck. breaking the coupling and tuat-
ing away the platform Of the ladies' ear
! As usual: the railroad compsny hare de-
ntntied Co5oncrH inquest. for nhich rsastn
they kfrt the lodies III Ill old slled, uuwashed
and without coffna. for two days, though
they eaid they Lsd telesrapled to S:aunton for
them. FI' to The time II the closing Of this
letter. three apec'al trims have arrived from
staunten, hnt no eof6ns, and the latt~t repa.t
il that the raifro.d company aEo putting tho
ss enc Il lie n ss 10 mar ia liz
good record Of the road. ne, AZ feItow-crea-
tnrcs, can neser forgive the COMPANY for
their neglect of tie dead.
Nr- Mual. It Hs1timo1e, vas the frAt to
make bis appearance from tho wreck; having
BEEN eauG1:t EeiMtEn two seats he 1uauaGett
10 squeeze through, what he supposed to 10
one Of ,he DOOR, bat which proved to pe M
aperture in the ride OF the csr. Til, next WA
ayo,1nE man whosc na.ne did no: ascertain !;
he wns 20 exhausted when he reached the tor,
tlat he tainted in his SISTERS arms, Panr
girl sEe had teen ,se.slv crazy with grief. fos
brother ugnin. Ms. Jordan. ~ soon Al
pulled tho bell-sope. whioA was dis.
ti,et1s heas,a f.y the engineer; e says the bell
was found be was hulLing on to one Ut tho
| cFoBa Eieccs i'll which the rings ara fasteao1