, 1873-05-06

tainted, for tho Angel Of Death hau
boon abroad, and it was difficult to toll what
household ho had omitted to ontor. The aua-
penso was awful. Finally, q few adventurous
spirita clanbored oyor tho wrecked bridge at tho
imminent peril Of their lives, md othors took
boats and rowol to tho scene Of tho catastrophe
Whom tho truth was known, mothers lamontod
their children, tho fatherlesa cried for tholr stay
md support, wiyos for tho strong arm and truc
loart Oh which they had boon accustomed to
loan, and husbands for the love of carly man-
hood, whose beauty ana oomolinesa tho unrnly
Watera wore tlofaciug. And
wrEu THE BODIES WE'RE RECOVERED
who can describe tho sceno? Those who saWtho
woe, tho miesry, tho broken hearts, the vain
appoals to the dead to roturn to life, tho bitter
anguish Of thoHe who, on TINT boautitul Sabbath
day, with tho sim shining so gloriously, the
birds singing 30 sweotly, and all Nature laugh
ing In glaluoas, wore robbed Of all that tnado
lifo worth having, without whom they had no
tlcs;ro to 1.-Two in whom all their affections wero
concentrated, will never ceaBe to remember
what humanity Ia sometimes doomed to SUI
for, What use ia it to say moro? What noed
to describe tho finding OF the bodies, tho eager
! crowds that gathered around aa they wore lnld
out cold and Btitf III their Sunday raimont, tho
| agoniziug shrok that recognition evoked, tno
| soba OF mon, tho swooning Of women, as they
embraced tho lifoloHB formB7 The corpaos wefo
carried tonlerly to tho boata and forried across
tic rlyer, ind tho wounded cared for In hoBplta-
bio houses, every door boing thrown opon Tor the
reception Of tho unfortunate.
| ASSISTANCE RENDERED AND OFFERED. .
Mayor Crawford had been to church, and, re-
turning homo Was about to ait down to dinner,
when boy ran in aud informed him OF what had
happened. IIo wont as fast as ho could to tic
scouo Of disaster, and tolograrhod to various
placoB for assistance. Mr. Cuylor, superln'
tondont of tho Galona Division Of tho North.
wostorn Railroad, immediately toloBraphcd onor
ing all tho resources Of tho road to alleviate tl'
distress Of the autforers. A. dispatch was soo1
after received from Mr.. Kettle, OF Sterng saying
that they were getting up steam, and would b.
III Dixon yory BOON, with medical mid and othe
assistance. Tho traiu soon aftor arrived Will
tho doctors, WHO rondcrel humane Horysco, Nh
with several carloads Of sympathizing resident
: of Btorling. Mr.. Jacobs Of tho Illinois Ccntrl
Road who has had years of experience In cloa'
Ing away wreekB, WAS In Amboy when ho boar
0 tho news uo ordered out q gang Of mon, M
r in forty-tlyo minutes Ind stoam mp, and, with
: full loart mud ready hand, was on his miaslo
/ Of mercy. lIo camo and SAW tho situation
affairs. Ho Aaw that tho people Of Dixon aho11l
I not DO burdoned with any labor othors could rt
J, love tholn of. 80 ho sont his trim bae to A'l
= hoy for derrick md other apparatus u1oa ).
II raising bridges. Tho derrick waa up anu
,s working order at o'clock in tho morning, m
d at $500 Mr., Jacobs antt Ills men woro sitt1
10 round tho blazing fagots waiting II
1t daylight to enable them TO- PROV
% cuto their Aearel, aftor the boeios. J.
II WAS informed that tlfteen Or aixtaon ladies' we