The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-11-12

IHE RAILROAD ACCIDENT-CoNDTgIo
OF THE WoUNpED.-The wounded in
divtdusl4 aresiloiug pswelbusE could -ts
expapsM. H1r. IsASs; yoanda alb
sevenA but ars not sponsid@ea dRgeA
ous. H6enatoEI Iomsx and'Mr.t Smith aie
still Alive, hntlittle hopesiAra Expressed
of their recovery. Colonel Haigood is
still alive. His head was terribly crush
ed. John R. 'Trapp. mail agent, ire
Gently employed in the post Office had
his leg amputated yesterday. MIR.
Barnes is improving. His face was
badly cut. Further investigation into
the cause of the accident shows that one
wheel of the express car broke thus
throwing the COR off the traok-the
trustle gave way and the other cars fell
through. The trains are running as
usual-passengers being transferred ut
the break. James a. Hoyt, Esq, of
Anderson-who was on board the un-
fortunate aran-gives the following in
formation:
The accident occurred at Cedar Greek
Cedar Creek, at half past O'Clock P. M.
The engine passed over safely, aud when
the weight Of the entire train was upon
the trestle, that struetnra gave way, and
preoipitated the baggage. car. second
class passenger cur and the foremost
passenger coach into .the ,Ghaan. The
second passenger coach, taeeupiaR chiefly
by ladies and their attendanf8, was per-
force thrown into the wreck, and those
in the front part of il we're buried be-
meath the rubbish. 'The sufferers by the
accident we're mostly in the second class
car and the foremost passenger car,
although four or five PERSONS we're in
jured in the ladies' coach.
The engineer had slaCked up to cross
over the bridge, and was just beginning
to increase the rate of speed when the
crash came. But for this fact, the loss
of life and limb would have been fear
fully increased, rs the train had been
running at fifteen miles ON hour, and
wes behind TIME. In less time than it
takes to record it, there was scene of
indescribable suffering and agony. Anx-
ious, inquiripg faces among the fortunate,
and shrieks for help among the wounded,
revealed terrible scene. Those who
escaped injury were at once rescued from
the debris, and the work began of extri-
eating the dead and wounded. The
men were cool and calm in the discharge
of their duty, and the women behaved
nobly. Every assistance was almost
instantly rendered to the sufferers, and
all united in tho utmost exertions to
alleviate the pangs of the MANNED aud
dying.
DR.. 0. B. Mayer, of Newberry, was
the only physician on board, and active
ly engaged his valuable services for the
relief of those most in need. He was
without means, however, as there we're
no remedial appliances at hand, md
there was no dwelling in the imme ediate
neighborhood.
The accident might have occurred at
any time, as the trestle was positively
dangerous, according to the judgment of
we'll Informed persons whose attention
had been previously called to it. The
train conld not have been as heavy as
many freight trains passing almost daily.
About one hundred and twenty persons
were on board the train, and it is mirac-
ulous thatso few were wounded or killed.
None realized the danger until oil was
over, and there never was such fearful
scene perhaps in Which the participants
acted SO deliberately and with such ap-
parent presence Of mind. The chasm
was not over twenty feet deep, nor more
than forty feet wide, and into this space
was ushered a mass of human beings,
covered by the falling timbers and parti-
cles Of the breaking cars.
Messengers were despatched to Co.
lumbia at once, and walked the entire
distance, about twelve miles. A train
went to the relief Of the sufferers, ms
stated yesterday, as soon as it could be
got ready, and at IL o'clock the welcome
sound of the whistle announced the news
to the eager watchers that relief was at
hand.
MAIL COMMUNICATION WITH PARIS
1t may be important for persons in this
country who have friends in France to
remember the announcement about the
mails. In consequence of the risk at
tending their transmission, the French
Post Office Department has decided that
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