The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-20

Mary Bohan, Nelly Brown, Henry Sturne, Patrick
Bohan, Frank Johnson, - Huntington, James
rick Williams.
The above persons are all probably fatally
wounded. They were all destined for Boston, with
the exception OF Patrick whaley, who was coming
to his friends in this city, The bodies OF those Of
the dead who have been taken from the wreck
arrived here tonight and presented a sad spec
tacle. Box after box was taken from the train and
deposited in the hearses and baggage wagon pro-
vidcd by the railroad company, thence being con-
veyed to the establishment Of Mr.. Gardiner r.
Schwartz. on Dorrance street.
REVOLVING SIGHT.
Mr.. Albert f. Allen, who, by the way, is well
known among aremen as being the inventor OF Q
recently patented prevention for the more direct
communication Of nosemen with their engines
was burned entirely to a crisp. can compare the
appearance OF the headless trunk to nothing less
than great piece OF brittle coke, from which
pieces could be broken easily. Next him, laid in
long wooden box, the corpse Of Mr.. N. F. Fleming.
He was identified by card in his possession,
which gave ocular evidence that he was men,
Der Of the 'St Mary's Sodalty. Thomas Green,
Secretary" but where that society is located
nobody in this locality knows Mr.. Fleming had a
through ticket for Boston. His body was perhaps
better preserved than any OF the rest.
TIE HEAD is GAsHED BADLY
on the top, but the full, dark brown beard appears
to be unstained His eyes are half open. From the
head downward the body is in good condition.
except the left foot and portion below the knee on
that side, which has been burned to black undis-
tnguishable lump On the other side, the right
foot is clean and white Another crumbaing mass
OF charred humanity, unidentified, lies beside Mr.
Fleming and there is pail full of fragments Of
other bodies now to be put into shape for recog-
milton. These remains have been packed carefully
in ice, and win be held to await the order Of the
friends OF the departed.
In relation to the cause Of the accident, although
1 am sensible that an expression OF an opinion in
this respect may be criticized severely, / have ar
rived at the conclusion that
THE SOLE BLAME
rests on the railroad company. The buttresses Of
the bridge were built upon sand .literally,n and
the fresnet which washed away the foundation
lett the bridge in treacherously ticklish
position. To oil appearances 1t was safe,
but beneath the superstructure laid
trap for the capture OF human lives.
The engine and train passed partially across the
bridge, when their weight caused one end to sink,
and there was mixed up mess OF cars and loco
motive, from which it was impossible for anybody
to extricate himself unframed. Even at this hour,
midnight, the streets and hotels are lined with
people. who come to no other conclusion than that
spoken Of in the above paragraph
What the Vice President OF tho Road
Mr.. d. s. Babcock, the Vice President Of the
Stonington line, sent the following to the New
York Associated Press last evening"
SToNINGTON, Conn.,, April 10, 1873.
have just returned from the scene OF the dis
aster. SO far only five passengers and two en-
ployes have been found killed. The cause OF the
accident is very plain The dam, $50 yards above
the bridge. gave way and precipitated o pile Of
lumber against the abutments Of the bridge, which
formed another DAM and the overflow undermined
the abutments. The bridge was only twenty feet
span. The wounded mostly emigrants, have been
sent to the hospital In Providence. The engineer
died at his post with his hand on the throttle
valve. There will be no further interruption to
travel