The New York herald., 1871-02-08
soENg OF THE DISASTER.
A srd bay After n Eear:ul N,yh,

ssrd bay After n Eear.ml Might.
The locomotive stops Ia front OF the New HAM
burg depot where group Of dozen persons are
gathered A quarter o; ruiie below CLEAN many
light. and there occasionally nickers up subdued
nasi,es oi dame. Walking down the frozen and Icy
track, the debris OF broken and smoky cars is OBJ
served, whlc the track Of the runaway car is
plainly visible along the ground and on the tmbers
or ties near by are five pine collins painted black.
The smell OF burning Oil impregnates The air, aud
cIambering round pile OF ropes, twisted iron aud
spiintered wood the reporter looks upon the
cuAsM OF DEATH.
A field OF ice stretching away to the right for
miles, cam and unruffled, and the mountains rising
dnly gray beyond; another ana lesser patch OF ice
10 the left and at your feet abyss 200 feet across
iil cd with
CONFUSED HEAP
OF black ami charred fragments, with broken beams
and with posts standing still upright and firm but
grim burned aud reeking with fetid odor and the
fumes OF oil. THIS mass Is looming here and there
for four five feet above the water, which Is brown
ana filed with fragments OF dlscolored Ice and no
and anon you see fragments OF dress or cloak or q
coat And down beneath all this, under two
fathoms Of water lies sleeping car containing
rHIRTy.THREE CHARRED AND MANGLED BODIES
which last night were brm full OF life aud hope
They were thinking then OF happiness, OF joy ana
love, OF busy dreams-of fresides where there were
anxious fathers, mothers, husbands, wives or chill
dren waiting TO welcome them, and where they
never will be seen again. Some, perhaps were
thinking of a life which had been struggle and a
failure ever, and In which they hardly expected
anything less malevolent than the fate they found
on the margin Of the ice, and on blanks
planted on the debris, sturdy, earnest and
begrnied men, employees OF the railroad
company and villagers are searching with ropes and
hooks for the bodies OF the dead At last when the
light becomes stronger and their number Is In.
creased, body is found. 1t is evidently that of
Jew, once handsome man, but now how horrible to
o0k upon Now that they have found the proper
locality they draw forth another VICTIM ana then.
one after another they raise TO the surface and bear
out upon the ice The body Of
MOTHER AND HER TWO LITTLE CHILDREN.
found clasped in her arms.
Smoke curls from the chimneys OF the vlllare
houses, and many looking from their doors or win
dows observe for the first time that something nm.
usual has occurred Gradually the news spreads
abroad as the tide goes down, and the search is
prosecuted with greater vlgor and SUCCESS, The
train comes in from PoughKeepsie loaded with pas
sengers, who have been waiting above through the
night ana have card many rumors OF the disaster.
disaster. Then trains come from the East and pas.
sengers who learn the fearful story for the first time
look upon the scene with banched cheeks ana an
awed expression While the baggage is being trans.
ferred around the chasm in slelghs running upon
the ice those from different trains gather around
the edge OF the open space, carpet bags In hand,
aud are
EAGER TO LEARN THE PARTICULARS
At noon people come from the country In sleiahs