, 1875-12-04

ovoi' VI tHo HAheB. tho nualenDrAH
OF tho conI1anrasion, and tho al,ssneo Of
ny poser to e1tf4catn th.msolses. no human
a would have l,oon OF any hssia:a,co to thu b,ll.
,,' sole,1F' who, IN al probability. wc.o na!an,ans-
naaIy huhccntotl by tho black and 5ntfd nmokn
at9nnd Gl Tho sapronl!nE flames"
Enough tito collision took place bafoso
oeloct III Hpito Of tlle efforts of largo gang OF
| In nen who woto kopt throwing waller on tho
tracks,. Tho perfect sea Of 1ane vhc!, covered
Tho linn for distance OF somo Az or to vnrds
could not to exstngntslieh until ncnsly o'clock
IN tho eyoning for tile petroleum ad lnwnu
uoan Into tho bA'ass,ng Of tho roAd, and tile
| rA'lo themselves worn red-hot. II vas, tllers-
fore. email occasion for surprtso tia! wllon tim
| liro was at last gotten Under, thu romAiun Of
those vino lost their lives wtro in Sumo cascs
wholly nillfBllngniahablc, at,a IN otl,crH nlmoAe
No. Among tho thilty -throo yiotims OF tho dis
srlcr tIlo body OF no single ono roiaino1
| my traccH. Of Individuality The faccR Ut nlt
Mcrc wholly deslroyeA, aud IN no case wcro
! there found feet n logs. Or ANYTHING at a!l np-
| rroaclng to n porfens hca1 Ten c0tpaes wero
Al those Of femalee, w!,lo tho rex Of ton others
could not bo determined. Tho body of one pas-
fenEor, Lord Farnsiar'. wan identified by tito
croHe Gu bin watch: and, indand. no better owl
ucfice OF tho wcattll and gooi2l position OF tho
| victims Of this accdon! could l,ave boon asked
for Than tho collection Of articles found Oh ,ty
hisc. 1t inclutod da!non'ln u great Hizo and
eihEt'aE br!iancy, rubics, opnla, cnrraItln, gola
| 81 which but tvo or three werc mt gold claims
clasps Of bags. aud vcry mhnv tunlitss OF knys
" these, tho diamonds alunu Ind successfully
resibted tho ntNnao hoat of tho iinlne the vet
| tinRs wcr0 nearly nll destroyed
| OF tho causes Of this sccfdont ltt.1o nned Of eau
lo eald. No human arPlAnceg, no 1nere .nge-
uloua brakes ur Incl enHod stret,st.l OF conatr,c-
ton. could ha'e nycrted IT or waded on lis eoll-
siorsed rri inary by two thugs tic most danger
s'uH aiHl to Moss difficult tu reach Of the many
sources Of danger against which tloao managing
railroads havo 'ltsleou1ngly 10 contend: son,u.
| Wnas do!eesiyo discipline, aggravated BY lltt'o
company WAS specific, That All the wagons ol cv-
cry goods-tran slonld DO out Of tho way mud the
truck cleRr at lenst ten minutes before ha.se,-
gcr.traia wns duo: bus in thsa caso ellunting
| 'saa going actively Oh Wien tho Irish mail was
| Within mile aud A half. A carpless brakeman
| then forgot for onco that be WAS leaving his
wagons standing elosc to tho hoad Of an ineilne
blow In conpling ltstic heavier pcrhapu than
nsual, Buiiiced to Het them 10 motion; and theY
| Anppcned to bo loaded With oil.
Uellttd oil this, however, there 1aH a,1nhropt
| grave and radical teect In tho construction of
| t!io road OF tho arrangement Of it's tid,ngs, in
incline at all. As will hereafter he Hoei,, this
practice Oil thu part Of thDso laying out railroads
las BEEN tho caudo Of frequent disaster, an1
must continue to bo 80 nn long aa it oxirtv
Every engineer knows perfectly vel! 7:hat tho
ings or to labtnhJ permit BhlntiuG. wscro that
| anglo ia exceeded ut tho head OF au incline, III
simply to insure, soon or late. u disaster.
TIE NEw-nAMnUna DISASTER.
a. catastrophe stril.ngiy similar 10 that Mt
AboFgule Defell an o1press train on tho Hudson
Mver ltni'rosd. upon tho night Of the Gta Of
| February, 1871. Tho weather. for n,1n1bcr Of
days preceding the accident had been unusually
cold; and 1t is to tho suffering Of employees Incl
dent to exposure, and tho consequent neglect Ut
precautions on their part, that accideuts arc po-
cullarly due. On this uiEht q frojght-l,ain
vah going south, ali thoso in Charge pf
which woro Hheltoring themselves, during q
stoady run in tho c. cabuose-rar at its rear end. !.
sudd dculv. wacn near . bridge over Wartiusors .
Geek. not far from New Hamburg, tley discoy-
erod that car III the ccntro OF the train was of
tho tFnck. The train ms finally Htoppcd on tho
bridge but, III stopping IT, o:hor cars waro also
large oit-ttnks, finally rested ob!i1uely acroas
the bridge With ono end projecting over tho up
track. Hardly had tl.e disabled t,ain bseu
brought to . standattlt. When. before aigual-
da:saa:or, be nout out, the Pacific cxpless from
Now York, which was li.tlu bol,iud i.a tins,
came rapidly along. AS II approached tho
bulge, its cngiueer saw q red lantern awung,
II was too late to avoid tho collision but what
| onaued had III 1t, 20 far AZ tue engineer
was concoknod, nh element of tho heroic,
which hss companion, tho FIREMAN OF the
engine, afterwards DESCRIBED on tho wit
Mess-staud with q diroctneHs sud eimplic-
ity of language which exceeded all art. Tho
engineers nanlo Taa SiuinsanBt and Eo Wps
!aMtl'arly known amenE bis companions as
Doc" 1lls fireman, Ncholas Taou, also BEN
the rod light swing OIL tho bridge, and called out
to him that The liaw was open, Iu roply, Sim
H.ons told lin to sprioe the patent brake, Which
he did, sud by this timo they wele alongside Of
tho locomotive OK tho disabled train a,,d runung
with somewhat Blackeuod a},oed. Talon hal
now got ont upon tho htcp Of tho lucomo.lyo.
preparatory TO Bpring1ua or. mud. turaiDe, asked
lis companion II be nlno proposed to do tho
Same: "Doc Looked around Al me, but nal
no rop1y, and thea looked aheAa again, watching
tho ice il. tho crcea tho next I kuon hoard
The crash aud san tho iiro and Htuokc.' The
next ssw OF doc" Simmoue, ho was dragged
up days Afterwards from under his locomotive at
the bottom Of tho rivor. But 1t was suod way
10 die, I1o won't out OF tho world aid OF tho
sight OF mon with his luud on the leyor.
making no reply 10 tho suggestion that to
should lcavo his post, but looking aioad and
watching hiu buBiueet."
Dante himsolf could not have imagined a
greater complication Of horrors than thsn ou-.
sued liquid ilro and Holid frost cnmbined to
make tho work OF destruction perfect. Tho
shock OF tue coidhIon bsoha in rleoes tho ol-car.
iBhi4iug ita contonts aud flsnging thoun about Ia
every direction. In All instant, bridge, river,
locomotive. cars, and tho glttie.ing surface of
tho Ice, Here wrapped in shoot Of 1atno ut Tho
same time. tue stFata proved too gront for thd'
trcstlo-woek. Which gave wAT, rrecipitatng tho
locomotive, teudes, baasgses-oaia, mud one pas
Hongcr.car. on to the ioe, through which tAey ill.,
stsMtly crushed and aauk deep out Of sigi,t bo.
meath thu water. OF tho remaining seyqp carB
OF tho rsssen9er-tsain. tHu. betldes several Of
the tro!ght-train, moro destroyed by fire, and
shprtly, a. tho AuppDrts OF tho remaining por-
tious Of tho brldgu burned away, tic aupura.tuo-
taro fell on tho lalt-suomsrEad tra,a sud buried
it FROM yiew.
,Trnnty- one persons Loaf their lires in this
dtsaater, and large number Of others wero In
jurcd; but tho loss OF lifs, II will 10 noticed,
was only two-thirds Of that at Abergelo. Tho
hew-l1atnhurs, catastrophe Also differed from
that ut AbetEele IN that under tta particular cir
cinstances, 1t "as fsr moro preyentAb!e, aud,
tudecd, will, tho appliances since brought into
use. 1t would surely lave been avoided. THO
niods1n tratn-brase had, howbyor, not then bceu
perfected, uo that syon tho hundred rods a.
which sho signal was socn did not afford auf-
hcient space in which To atop the trafp Under
any circumstances, however, It IN dIficn1s to soe
hoI Ia porntto ~.