Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-02-09

SECOND DIsPATCH.)
NEW YORK, Feb. Z.
The following additional particulars
are furnished by the Western Union
Telegraph Go. The train leaving New
York at eight o'clock last evening met an
oil train on the New Hamburg draw
bridge. The oil train jumped the track
aud broke i'll two. An oil car tipped over
on the passenger train and set it on fire,
and the locomotive, cars and bridge were
all burned up. Three sleeping cars are
among the destroyed. Eighteen persons
| were killed outright and many more are
injured who will not recover. The names
have not yet been obtained
LATER.
POUGHKEEPsIE, Feb Z.
The dispatch sent from here this morn
ing incorrectly stated the cause of the
disaster on the Hudson River railroad.
An oil train was bound South, and when
passing New Hamburger an axle of an oil
car broke and dragged along the ground
till it reached the draw bridge, when
striking the timbers it threw the car off
the track and upon the up track in the
face of the second Pacific express. An at
tempt was made to stop the express which
was then approaching, but there was not
time enough, and it struck the oil car,
fragments of which scattered in every di.
rection and at once ignited, envelopipg
the entire express train in flames. The
express train was composed of locomo-
tive, baggage car, express car and or 6
sleeping cara. The locomotive was at once
hurled into the river, and the engineer
killed and the baggage and express cars
were piled on top of the engine. At the
same time the Chicago sleeping ear was
one sheet of flame, and though desperate
attempts were made to rescue the pas.
sepgers, it ia said that not one got out
| awe Iwo OF the other slaapipz oars
next to it were also wrapped in flames
but the passengers in them all got out
safely and then the bridge took fire. In
less than ten minutes afterward the whole
structure fell, carrying with it the Chi.
cago car, and burying it and its inmates
out of sight under the water and among
the ruins of the locomotive and express
cars. This terrible result settled al
doubts as to the probability of rescuine
Inny one dead or alive, and then there was
nothing to he doae. til daylight. The
names of the killed thus far known are
Simmons the engineer, Peter Vosburgb
conductor of the Chicago car, and brake
man named Bhrine. It is also thought
Rev. DR.. Deems of the Church of tbs
Stranger, New York city, and his wife are
among the dead, as gentleman stated
that they occupied berth in the Chicago
, car. Charles Cossum, the conductor o.
, the train, states that there were sixty-fvt
sleeping car tickets and that ifty-two o.
them have found owners, indicating tina
but thirteen persons are missing. Pas
sengers say, however, that the Chicago
car contained twenty-five or thirty pas
sengers, and that mot one got out alive
All the trains are stopped at the bresl
this morning, and the work of recovering
the dead bodies has commenced. Coroner
Andrus of Poughkeepsie has been notified
aud is waiting for train to convey hin
/ to the spot Upon the ice near the WRECK
} body vas found with the entrsils tori
,, out and the head and legs crushed. L
has not been identified up to this time.
T NEW HAMBURG, Feb. Z, II An.
. Up to this time sixteen bodies have
been recovered, including two children
All the remains will be forwarded t
Pougbkeepsie Immediately. Experienced
, undertakers are in charge of them. Mer
J are busily engaged in drawing away the
half burned rafters and stringers of the
8 Inflated bridge. The ice surrounding
this wall of death is thronged with the
inhabitants of this village, whose dismsy
| and expressions of awe and pity we can
8 not adequately describe. The baggage
? car which has been employed as tenn
5 porary morgue, contains spectacle which
3 is most appalling. A mother found with
her babies in her arms, is CHASTITY sight
Yonder an infant of about fifteen months
3 is stiffened by the frost, and as it lies ex
/. posed in the dead Car, seems to extend it,
: little arms toward its parent. Bodies
, were grappled for since midnight, bu
no corpse was found till 8 o'clock thii
morning.
PARTIAL LIST OF THE MISSING.
.... NEW HAMBURG, Feb. Z.
Sleeping car Conductor Vosburghi
body has been found and list Of his pas
sengers found on him, but it only give
, the surnames, which are as follows: Low
ell, Fowler, Peare, Gary, sorhish, Germa
| nuel, Horcreade, Rosenthal, Forbush-
eleven in all This list tallies with th'
number pronounced missing by Conduc
tor Cossum. He said he had sixty-fv,
sleeping car tickets, and all the holder
have responded but eleven. A former
} Hudson River railroad engineer, named
Edward Bartlett, is among the missing
| He was riding in the baggage car. A.
fast as the bodies are raised to the surfac,
they are placed in the baggage car, wher'
fire is kept going SO as to thaw the cloth
ing in order that search may be made 70,
anything which may lead to identified
ton. One lady was found with bah
in her arms. All those Of the destroyed
, cars were Wagner oars. The Statement
!, that they were Pullman cars is incorrect
Impossible to give the full names O. ye,