, 1870-09-12

>tiil Missing.
Ifa,r tHr N.:e l-e,k naryt, SE;9.
The quiet village of TnE1's Iliyer. s:llich is
on thy railroad belos Lang. Branch, Was
!..or1 ii.s. by aecile.t that resulted III the
.!row..i1 < Of, Al ivsst, eight psrsout. Toms
liyer T. village Of about 2,501 Inhabitants,
r'tuAt'rt upcn lie banks Of the river Of that
Alt, aE0nt @jx niles s,om its mouth. It .l1+ he-
come Of late unite summer rcsnrt and largo
losc] t:as been tui1t there. 1t II also rnu:h
lreqntnsed " tue people Of III reiEhbor-
hcad ftr picnicking purposes. The depot OF
the Southern Now Jer,eJ Nailroad u on the
opposite sido Ct tho rivc., aud is conueeted
1,ridee, aod DC other foot bliase-on ,hc
src.tles. A5oat fifteen feet apart. This struc-
:zre was attached to the dcpot eile of
tho river ty wood or iron p.Is. 1t is
about eisty feet lonS. and tho water bonoa.h
it is at lcart ten feet dssp. Tho bridge III.
never apparently Eeen doubted. Yesterday
morning. at $50 O'Clock, rome five huadred
ulen, women and children. connectctl with this
| Ccnscnar: Methodist Episcopal Church, Q.
| tong E.ancll. started on the cars Tor i picIi:
and c!anl-lske At Tan's River. On their ar
i,rai at the delot they bt;ln 10 aauutor lcis-
| .7rGly 4ctaes the bridge Ill groups.
When tnt few had acslIally got over, and
tine sixty ;rcre upon the tretcher0us s,,p-
,.o1t. the l'ils on Tho depot side sld3enlr
:,,ave way. aul The whole affair, with III living
freight. swung over toward tho villasc. The
'ncEcne.1 end .aus hcnaa,h tho water, while
the oiller remained fast. II both enda
'lAd given why tins slaughter. sonid
II the place ssy for the first time III
:ltr fE'.wts,lge. we're 20 bs,ats near.
The inclined p}asle which the floor ct the bri tEc
made lay At sucl IN ;4Iglo tll:.: about half the
ndangcre1 people were enable! to Chamber up
un The ,i,laEe side. They scrambled mp on
1SYf1a %tft
:reed und terrified mass OF humanity -sonc
.uulipc nut for themselves, w:sLont much To-
sarc fer ctl,err sone pushing d,.n toward
tic watct 70 1ere1le thu less helpless.
III tl,e wsscr, eIutelnG at each other and as
| +Ae fragments OF tl.e lTi.lSe. Some were
even rttier the bridge. Those Of IL" 1,ulti-
tcte who WIRE on the desot side could only
stanl there i'll painful hep'crsntss; those on
the ether side managed to savo NIL In, eigh:
i.e1eons, as far rs known. though it wAa
suspected that sonic wore missing fron,
,he patty WHO came from EatonyGlo q towl
:. milo and = half fEnm Long D.aaeh. Thi )
.urr,;sc 1rose from the fnct ti1Ht iu the con,
noticed Eatonyiiic people weeping, aud hear
one .Ry. "Ol, it NO bat knew where they
: Wtre-"
: Ony eight dead bodies were rscov
i "red, however. and there wers al
& from Tong 1.ra,,cl1. When it was observes
T. that some Of the nutoEtunatee were nnder th;
:. seams OF the bridE-. the people o.
!, Tho villasc side cut it awa will, such tools Z.
!, couid ie p1ecnrcd. and let il tlrer iu the waer
:. Deecelnsing nron it then. they pulled ont, Wit!
:. oyster dretGes, both living sul dead lying be-
:, \ Gcattsi 1t.
" Ar il us'!sl in such csses. there were ssrik
T., ng instances OF leroisn,- Peter How
!. .anG. Il carpenter. Aau already save'
s .n nssiisT; &. ss ass boy e II nan,sa wns:hs
: ::e water. ~ once, blind to all other sights
needless of The alnost rt4in death from lie.
= wistc ciHtctiug hsnls that awaited him il Ii
" hinged an.ia that MAR OF fra'sti, humanity
II .e t!:sheli into the water. The sight Of hs
i, hers. easpin5 for BREATH was uncomfortable
i. " She wEs Ills l.rar!'s drs1sEt-sht wcre HI
): ing VI on her hanl-lsc IlaA been b.t, ycs.cr
= lay lbokuE at 1er wedding GARMENTS, j
!. which she WAS 70 soon to stand NJ, ltoudl
!. lives. and III death cot .:;yilea:' TO: l,o h.i
Z! seizcs| ard was t-ear7n. hcrs1fe!y to the sho-s
!. when Mira. sidney Throckmorton, in her ds
a. >yaitliE +gohy, sized him ty the arm, aua y
n ianrcrtd him that al three sank together
=. although he was An excellont swimmer. Thei
N l.oties were subsequently, recovered
:: Pm ably no: more tlnn quarter OF thos
i ~ho fell into the wAtsT wctc men tho re:
J. we're women. lsoye and girls. Many OF shos
n sfo we're rs-cued had to bo rHbecd au
!. !, u. drowning before they recovered the
n sreath Ore girl Of II, Who was rake
a. m from tho bottom Of the rlv:
3 ~aa 20. rsierest quita dead, hl
n careful treatment tin.!lv resus.i. ,te
IL her. Fert,,us.clv .lert we're two physic; IN
" N tl,c marty. aud o her iu :hc yiil.ge hss,~uv
= ID, In. .re,ie of The ti.,-ter. Indeed. il NJ
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~ mi, = hrlriur land. The sufferers w..ta mus
ivcarri,3 ~ t,,r hnte1s until ahlc To ro 10 Il
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