The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-02-09


the Dead BOdies-AppearRnce of the Rutns-
The Late Dr. Nancrede.
From the New York papers Of this morning
we take the following additional particulars Of
the Hudson River Railroad disaster:-
wRETCHED INHUMANITY.
Help was tardily sent for and tardiIy arrived,
Superintendent Toucey seems to have tried to
do his duty, but disorganization and 'confu-
sion worse confounded" reigned. All the stories
previously told of the inhumanity displayed are
in part true. This is partly chargeable upon
the railroad laboIers, but more SO upon the
fiends who swarmed like vultures around
the bodies. robbed them, broke open
trunks, rihed them of their contents read
letters found upon the bodies with jeers, aud
INDUCED in various vulgar deviltries. There
was no control exercised over them until Mr..
Charles Bullock, the Cold Spring station agent,
drew his revolver and drove them away. Mr..
II. 6. Eastman, of Poughkeepsie. also rendered
valuable services in enforcing order. These and
other gentlemen deserve credit for their
deeds. They labored up to their knees in the
water and oil, taking out the bodies and caring
for the property.
CONDITION OF THE BODIES.
They state that the roofs of the two first
sleeping-caTs were entirely blown off by the
explosion, and the bodies for the most part were
found floating upon the surface of the water,
face downward, their clothing being saturated
with Kerosene, as was the money, jewery. and
papers found on their persons. All were elegantly
dressed, one lady wearing costly diamond rings,
WaLCu CDdlll, cLC. some OF LQclf limos were
burned to the bone: other parts we re Darboiled.
Their faces were swollen but not distorted. aud
indicated that one or two gasps of sufoca-
tion ended the death agony. The oil had given
a saffron tinge to some parts of the skin, and
the eyelashes and whiskers of the men were in
some cases burnt off close Nearly all retained
their hair But one, lady, had her face de-
strOyed.
APPEARANCE OF THE RUINs-THE NEW BRIDGE.
The appearance of the ruins ia desolate in the
WI Ihn hri1 Ia rlty ~, rIN.N
run train over and all the energies aud SYM
patnes of the railroad company seem given up
to that work, rather than to the task of searching
Tor the lost bodies. Rails and iron-work from the
wreck, warped by the intense heat, car-wheels,
half-consumed trunks and the charred ends OF
timbers are piled in confusion in the CHASTITY
creek. strong odor of kerosene pervades the
air, and the snow-clad ice is moist with the oil.
ThrODgs of country people surround the place,
with countenances overspread with consterna-
tion. And, singular to relate, merry sleighing
parties are made up to visit the dreadful spec
tacle.
DIR. NANCREDE.
Dr. Samuel J. G. Nancrede, who lost his life
by the disaster, was q native of Philadelphia,
son of the late eminent physician, DR.. Joseph
G. Nancrede, and grandson of the old naval
ceived both his classical and Stmedical
education ut the University of Peunsyl-
vania. He took his medical degree in
1851, but having inherited q suficieucy of
Worluiy goous ana oeiDg Oh dencate pnysicai
constitution, he has never practised his pro-
fessiou, though, since his residence in this
city he has acted as medical examiner to one
of our life insurance companies. He was well
known, and much esteemed in the higher
walks of social life in his native city, and
much beloved by a large circle of personal
friends who deeply deplore his untimely
end. He has resided in the city for the
last two or three years, during which time he
has been great sufferer from the gout for the
relief of which most distressing malady he has
made two or three visits to the famous waters
of st. Catharines, Canada, whittier he was bound
in search of health when the destroyer overtoOk
him. He leaves wife and son ten years of age
to whom he was most tenderly attached, and
whose grief at their dreadful loss cannot bt
measured. ft.t.