, 1870-04-25

tho tendoz, and, mounting the fzss CT, leisure
II walked towe.!1s tho rear. OF the car. Tho
brakeman, Eldrd8e, however, remained on The
right siae Of tho ga1ng~ay, nteadJing himself
by the iron hAnir1l
The inc1eaee Of speed was very slow, and !
the epGne waa within kbout two roda OF the |
Wabahh fro engine house, which is = amal |
brick building east Of the l. 8. L II. s. round |
house, used 70 houso tha fire engine oWnei !
N md used bJ al tho companies in caso Of 6rc:
regularly At that instant can never be known,
but "lthout my warning, 80 far a. tho sur
Nyln8 brakeman bus any knowledge, soma
hidden defect, in the ramidcations Of the mon |
ster machine, succumbed 10 the mighty power !
which raged against it, and in twinkle tho !
gmcnts; its managers were dashed upon |
the ground. ono = lfe1esa corpse, tho other |
MORALLY mAugled-and the victorious disaster |
proclaimed liz triumph with voice which |
tIemble, and was heard for miles md miles
distant The brakeman WA also thrown upon
the ground, hut recovering himself walked oc,
and, on e11nin ation, was hAppy to find that
his would probably not rob hun OF his LIE.
The Bcene which the wreck pzesonted to the
rushed forward, hoping to saIe the engineer
And fireman, VIA indeHcrib1ble. The engine
was shApeless nAss OF broken and bent tubes
without Ggn Of the boiler covering them:
the huge amoke-stack wss broken into strips.
lslnE on the right Of the engine, near the end
Of the bul1ding-the massive d1ivtng-wheols
were AlAtte1ed into Fragments, which
feu In every direction; the piston
rods tnd boxes, the shafts, the guards,
And cranks appeared to have been broken Ike
The engineer and brakeman stood, bad literally
disappeared, and no traces OF it saye the bro
ken spGntcts around ita lower fastening vard
TO 10 reen. The bell and stcam-whistle hae
taken their flight The furnace was crushed
out Of shape, but its oontents seemed to burn
| md scores Of broken iucs in half-auothesed
| fiAues. The wreck rested upon the
whoels, which were thrown from tha
track the tender and the first car were also
thrown from the track Besidea the above,
which exhibit to a certain extent the ire
| eistible force Of the explosion, is Also the
marvellous fact that the track for two rails
III length vas torn from its firm fastenings
and broken into Fragments. This shown the
enormous pressure Of steam which tho boiler
eontained At tho time, and also that the zup-
tuIe Of the boiler started on the under eide.
The place where the headlight fell, and also
the first break in the truck, both Indicate that
tho train moFed forward about two rods after
the eIploelon.
The body Of the fireman WEB found on the
left side Of the wreck, his clothes vet from
both The wAter aud steam, and his fsce covered
With blood, u though bleeding from ever
pore. 1t VIE evident that he WAS killed in
stantly. On the night side Of the track, and per
haps twenty feet farther toward tho re.r O.
tho trim from where the fireman fell, th,
; engineer was lying upon his face, sill Gaspint
for life. A pool Of blood, rapidly incrcasinl
, in size around the face, was bubbling n
each gasptng breath Vas made. On e1Anlna
ton it wAs found thst rough chuu!
, of iron h1d bcen hurled into the abdomen Q
| the victim, and that the intestiues were pro
t1uding from the aperture. A deep cavit.
, which would admit the thumb. was found i
: the right temple, and the blood from this Vi
: arms, from the shoulder to tho elbow, wer
: crushed. The teeth and part Of the ja
| wero mashed down the throat, and tho mout
was but ehapeless hole, through which tt
: blood and death ffoth oozed OF
: md bubbled at each spasmodic gas1
b TIE scene that presented vas tesi
r ve1y embodiment Of that vitality and Wig
= which dcfics dcath to tho last, and it seemt
~. tho pale monster had found in him Il
which knew no conqueror. Those who 81
d tho explosion aasert thst the engineer on b
~ himself up and In III his awful agony from b
T. ghastly wounds walked With defiant step
u Tho rlsee where he finally fell This assorti
II seems almost incredible, but ita truth is asck
10 tanned by the distance ffom his body to thaf
he the fireman.
.-o AZ 6lVa NJ IAe OA8AStE1 0CIullCIf puys|cla
- were sent for, and four, DIS. Jones, Nole
et Green, and Daniels were soon On the ap
SO On seeing the nature Of Darker's wounds %
n physician raw that no earthly power could
th rest the approaching fate. After they had I
49, amined md oa,hed his wounds, ftfuI signs
u6 life still fingered for some minutes, when I
by spirit returned to its Maker In the meant
his the doctors eought cut and found the wound
se- brakeman in tho conductors cir, attached
m the train, ready to leave for Lls home in F
~ Wayne, when the train should move on
no shoulder Was slightly hurt and there was
'er cash aronnd one eye, but neither Of them
N | likely to nroye fatal