The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-06
HE g.EEEGGEE VALLEY RAILROAD
ACCIDENT.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
scc;,cs Barring the Disaster.

the following account OF the recent accluenl
OH the Lcish Valley railroad. II says:
At a quarter to SThusday morning train
known as the Buffalo express left PittstOn,
Pa, the destination of most OF the passen-
gers being Philadelphia. The train was COM
posed OF IN engine, baggage van, smoking
CT. n Central railroad and Philadelphia car.
The road over which the train was to pass
is known IL the Lchigh Valley railroad, and
connects with most OF the pennsylvania
roads--indrcctlv with Harrisburg After
making several stoppaScs the train was due
ut Rovkp0!t 1t about nineteen minutes to 10
o'clock. When about midway between Mud
run and Kockport. and slXty-fOur miles from
EaS,ou, ut forty minutes past O'Clock, the
engine made Il Sudden leap, the tore-whecls
lcw round. causing Il horrible whirl, and the
driver and fireman were so severely shaken
that they could scarcely hold Oh to enable
th"m to stop the locomotive. The levers
We're reversed and the steam shut OFF rs
speedily rs possible, and tho tcrroI-strckcn
men were ri once convinced that q fearful ac-
c,lcnt iE;d occurrcG, that the terrible leap Of
their great ioaming iron horse had saved
.irn from TIC horrible fate allotted to many
being drawn by il.
leaning ever the side Of the engine, the
driver saw the half of the train leap from the
crack. and i'll eli instant plunge, as it were,
iIradlonS
DGwS TIE FIlNTY WALL TOWARD TIE RIVER
Below. He saw the central car, which COLI
tanned most OF the passengers, with the end
Of the broken coupling swinging in front OF
il like a runaway horse with the end of a
bride about ts rcck he SAW the earth fly
up il Il thousand directions beneath its pom
tlcrons weight; low. rumbling sound
caught his car, and the carriage with its live
freight went tumbling and crashing over the
lnountain,"as the dcciyity is called. The
next instant lie heard the most appalling
shricks from the inside Of the car, and heads
and arms were thrust out at the windows,
and every tongue seemed to be sending forth
accents Of anguish and dismay. Women and
men and seats, cushions aud debris, were
soon Il horrible heap; but to add to the hor-
rol's Of the situation, lclOrc any assistance
could bc rendered, smoke and flames were
seen emerging from one part of the smash
cd-up vehicle, and it was feared that those
who We're not killed or injured by the fall
and the crushing Of the timbers would be
burned to death, as the stove had set fire to
the car.
The Philadelphia car followed the central
nut VI Nlll llOl IAN 81 OfcI oS W lCSt
Oh the frozen river, the passengers, however,
being fea!tully bruised and wounded, and
exposed to the same fearful catastrophe of
being consumed by the fire, which had taken
hold Of The car from the stove, the flames is
suing forth rs in the other car, and creating
a perfect panic among those who were not
Injured for the moment.
Tic first thing to be done was to rush to
the assistance Of those in the central car.
The engineer, fireman, a conductor, and two
OF three from the smoking-car, clambered
down the cmbanElncnt, and amid the screams
OF the women, the groans of the dying, and
wells of those who were lying beneath the
debris in great agony, barely out Of the jaws
of death, these mon set to work, and IN
about fifteen minutes were able TO sum up
the result OF this appalling accident.
THE DEAD BEING TAKEN OUT.
The first body drawn out from the fore part
Of the car was 4 coloTcd gentleman, whose
features were almost DESTROYED, the face and
forehead being crushed up, and who was
dressed in black coat and striped pants.
Though warm he was quite dead. The feet
Of colorcd woman were next seen extend
ing from beneath d part of the car that was
still burning. In a few seconds the broken
and cIlarred timber was removed and the dead
body of "A tull-@rown person was exposed.
Near this body was that of another colorcd
female, daughter Of the first mentioned,
slightly built and about thirteen years of age.
II was observed that, in addition to the young
girl, the cololcd woman had also
AN ISFAET IN HER ARMS
when she entered the train, and search was
at once instituted for it. Round Oh the Op-
posite side Of the cur from where they were
Standing, and about eight feet off, the little
creature was found with his body curled up
and CRYING out Justify for its dead mother.
with tho exception oftWo or three bruises, oc-
casioncd by its fill and subsequent struggling
on tllc lee. the child had received 10 injuries
of any moment. While several Of the crowd
were engaged with the child
THE DEAD BODIES OF TWO LADIES
were drawn out, both well dressed, and of
respectable birth, but greatly dis
figured about the head and neck by the
severity Of the wounds that had caused their
death.
All were now in state of great excite
ment, and as the five dead bodies were taken
up and stretched side by side on the snow,
each being soon soaking in the blood that
was flowing from the open gashes and horri-
bic bruises, q wild, indescribable picture was
presented. Those who were not hurt were
rushing hither end thither in the
ESDEAyoR TO RESCUE THE WOUNDED
from the perilous positions in which many
of them were placed, and in Il short time
about twenty persons of both sexes, all badly
wounded, were extricated and assisted to the
cars still remaining on the metals attached to
the engine. Nearly all the latter have broken