, 1873-01-31

sha-.as seriously injured. He died at o'clock
last night, short time after re-ching his homo.
Tho first intimation his wife had was the bring
ing in of her dying husband. He w+s burned to
death. He was at the forward end Of the smok
jnr-car. sod va. thrown down under the stove,
which still held its poaition, suspended at tho
upper side of the car. The door aow open Tor
was open at the time Of the acciaenD and tho
burning contents OF the stovo, as the writer las
learned it, were poured upon his stomach his
hands and feet were also burned most drcadfu}ly.
Il was supposed ell we're out Of the car, which
was On fire and full Of smoke, when tho grooming
OF q man Was heard. and he WAS dis
covered aud rescued. That no. more
we're killed is almost miracle, III
stead of telescoping, tho cars we're thrown ~,
dicates that the rear platform Of the second pas
senger car was struck by tho front p1atform OF
the next car behind, and the platforms being
new, strong iron work coming close toget1er,
they could not telescope, but were compellean ~ 70
take diagonal COURSE and tho front end Of the
Third s.azted eastward down the bank, making
letter Y, crushing telegraph pole, and contlnu
iuc on through the fence into the nele, cacn
dragging another car with It,, The boaies O. the
cars, externally, arc not much INJURED saouSa l3
raost of them fIew from their trucks and aAd
doug On tue snow The passengers CT the two
forward cars wero compelled to get out either ~
gtepuinc on and going oyer, OF By going under
stove fnll Of fro the stoves al! retaining 1ne1r .
places throughout. suspended from ne 81de t, o.
tLs. heads of the passengers sustaining lhe
hot % ala. Not single stove door fey open
md not stove was broken or displaced. except
the one IN the forward end OF the smoking csT
mentioned above! Tho seato on those cars
mnIished so that il the cars had taken fire from
fLa etoyos. cutting off exit at tho DOORS it would
haze been impossible for many to lave reached
dLe windows Of the upper side, they Icing apove Z,
s1,oye. ono could, il athletic, hare swung him
self III by it, aud hnve escaped and have
@ assisted others but with tire at each end, and
tha cold 50 intense that men could not Mork
wall, many would, though unhrlt' ~ hnTo .i been q
burned .ye IL IL tlSs pfsoaa ssoa 1Dii toass sns:s
th: oarh the leap or slide doyn ~
tha Bank. tho crushing of E telegrapl-pole, the
crushinE through, the fence, aud tue oTel1usnlns e
OF the carr, have held Their places a.o .ns do21
and everything else inside WIS torn up ana
thrown about II wild disorder, ia q marvel, and
will long be remembered by many passenger -
m evidence tina: oven in tue hour Of thfe5tenea :
obstruction thoro is God who can oseline ",so
;ro17 ro1s to the door 1T tho bottom, sna TIC
doore yare fastened by s spring which docs hot
1aad;ly opou: but in : crash like that, no one
would EXPECT them to hold fast "hon nothing
cleo held fast ..--,, 1,o,1o,
through tho root OF 8 car, but there were no
a1oa . there. The cars OF tho Oetroit
l. milwaukee, Railway are eacR proYlooa! =!
with two axes, and two saws fastened n Clasps
the ends OF the cars. Every PassonseI ca 2"Snt nt
+ tn he provided with them, md cars sAoa4d nos
be be hea!ed BY stoves. Almost every railroad dls'
a..or in the winter is rendered ten fold more ter
rlLle than it would otherwise be by hfe from
gtoyes burning the cars, md WITH tnem1 tne pas.
seogers. Soma cars are heGteu "lsnoa' 7los7e
il some caa be, all can be- x,.a
: Tan ar fIftoon rods south OF the place CT yes
tt7iay's disaster, aud so ueaI tho ra1roa4 Ilen'
os-vav. that If the accident hnd occurred there
he cars would have crushed the house an ane
Ei13od his family, rcaidoa a man WHO says thai
he nssscnrer train, which went south about h2ll
An hour before the wrecked trains stopped II
front OF his house and backed up llttie ways
nnd persons got of and went back to q; o4amne n
he he tack. and then went forward with the,'
train bnk no one was left to flag tho no1t train
r ia thought TINT that train broke the r&ll, pn1
!thet in their search for it they did rot 60 ia1
enough back or d1d not notice it.. Both <raahs
,wcre behind time. .fo1, ,,,, ~
The wreck. most Of them went to Gioncoe g
Wae svae no Telegraph there At least thirty me!
desired to uso it yesterday. It raa 1885 thah ::
hours before the disaaler that TWO cltlzens T.
] Glencoe 1the writer being one) applied at 7 tn
oi;ee Of Mr. Bliss, superlntonden; OF Telegraph,
at road in thia ey for ts'fsaph sSaI1o.
M n,1.p ,e"oixod wae tbat tho Company doe
not not Tspt telegraph station there's il it did, i
would order It. Once in ton miles lH nea
enough" r,- 4ho fra
citizen to reach the train nfter the alsaster' ~
st. Clair. the Conductor, says ha asked no qneE
nt, lions T bit won't to work, and was forth NOR
in % helping about the wreck. and in taking care
the unfortunate sufferer who Was burned, ,@thal
any other three persons about the t,f,n; IT, ,oo,
| nswsG =. fischer, E. Fl. Piummer, and Mr
HaineE were among those on the train
110'n'" '"e0 0 Yours, :. ). A. O..