, 1876-12-31

ont human lives as TemorseIessly as 1t cufieo
around the stubborn woodwork.
st When the train fell, 11r. Bliss succeeded N
through window, supposing he coulo
pull his wife and children after him. But tney
we're iammed fast, and every effort OF his Was
The car was all 1ammea up ana
the lady and her children were caught Ii tne
ironwork OF the seats. Finding that he couio
not saye them, ....-
il, HE STAYED THERR WITH THEM Ano p.Ao'
Most all the passengers who escaped did sooy
vav Of the windows. There WIS no egress a.
The doors. for the stores we're there one 1aay
War nn1led from window, and almost every
stitch of clothing stripped from her, and "hen
they were taking her out the rescutng party
eonld hear the screams Of women and chloreu
for aid, but could render them no assistance
uThose who came from the wreck said they
could see into the cars and could see the chatfeo
trunks of those who had been literally burned
to death. They described them as wholly IN
recognizable beyond identification, and present.
ing the most ghastly scene they had ever looked
on. Some Of the unfortunates were burned lii
erallv to ashes, and in some cases only ca1dned
bones were left to tell that human beings had
ever been there.
.Of the 1fty-two taken from the wreck, all
were more or less injured, and about forty OF
them dangerously, II not fatally. don't re-
member any names. Twas badly shaken up and
bruised, and think there was only one man
who was Us little hurt as was.
"There vas 6re-engine there, but there was
m hose, think the fire lasted about an hour,
and by that time all the cars we're burned I
don't think any one was taken ont alive after
the fire, lam fearful that all who we're not
saved before the flames got headway, perished
in the general conhagration.
st At the hotel heard some Of tho employees
Of the road say they had always been afraid OF
that bridge. One man said he went over it two
hours before the accident and thought then it
was too light
at should say there we're at the least reck-
oning
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PERsoNs KILLED
outright or burned to death, and this IN spite Of
the fact that some Of the officers claim that
there were only 165 on the train.
"I don't know the name Of human being
among the Killed, except Mr.. Bliss and bis fam
liz, and don't know the names Of any Of the
injured. All along the road coming from the
scene are anxious men fearful that friends or
relatives were On the train and killed or injured.
Perhaps some Of them may yet hear Of eplora-
bl9fosscs, for the rai1road officials admit that
there we're over 100 killed.
THE STORY OF SLEEPER PORTER
Mr.. Jerry Stewart, who also came in last
night, was porter on the New York sleeper
ts tsPalatine."
"Iwas standing BY the statcroom at the front
OF the car when the accident occurred. The first
thing heard was the bell-eord snap, and then
the forward trucks struck on the bridge, and
we're knocked off the car and the car came down
On the bridge. Ny car YVES the first sleeper and
the eighth car from the engine. As she struck
the bridge it broke and she went down through.
The cars forward went down first and the
three sleepers followed together. Ny car
struck Oh top Of the par1or car, and the other
,sleepcrs followed right after. The parlor car
9ell on her side, and my car crashing through 1t,
Killed every one it. There is no trace Of any
one ever coming ont Of that parlor car. The
sleepers behind me fell separately On their
sides. In the parlcr car was man and his
wife and two children, and two more passengers,
the sleeping-car conductor, Harry Wagner, of
Syracuse, and the porter, Charley Kane, Cleve-
land. In my car there we're twenty-five pas
sengers. don't know any Of the names.
sengers, -'Get out the upper windows.' They
all broke for the windows, and all succeeded In
getting out, so fsr as I know. I got out OF
window, and helped out an old gentleman and a
lady with q broken leg then went up the
bank. AS went up the bank looked buck At
!. the train and it WAS then On fire. turned back
after helping the woman With the broken leg
up. When gofback helped out the old gen
tleman. The fire had caught in the rear part oil
| my car, and the
WHOLE TRAIN WAS BURNING BR1sKIT.
| I did not see anybody crawling ont, nor did
| see any one lying around. All that were saved
had been say@ then. As fast as the passengers
| we're taken out they were taken up the bank
| From the time helped the woman out until
! got back must hive been about hve minutes
and In that time the flames had run the whols
length Of the train, and the whole wreck was OF
fire. Ali who we're not saved in fifteen minutel
were never saved at all. The wind blew
fierccly, end there was no hope o
I putting the fire out. It burned for an hour ant
| achalf or two hours, nearer two hours, Ishoult
think
| NO ONE COULD GET NEAR IT
| because of the heat, and the crowd stood arount
On the bluff waiting for the fire to burn out.
III think all the passengers in the coacbe
persisted, for the sleepers fell On them an'
| crushed them. The last sleeper was the Louis
vile car, the "Osseo. There we're four or f1v
people in 1t. saw only one who got out. It va
lady, but I don't know her name. The mex
was the Boston car, the 'City Of Buffalo, sh
carried large load. 7 can't say how many go
out. don't Know how many passengers Their
we're, nor how many were lost but think
large number.
"oneeengine renainea on the bank. TIL
other engine fell and turned completely around
Then came the baggage-cars and the coaches
and the smoker, and the Rarlor and sleepers, al
mixed Id one 1ndescribable mass, except th
three last sleepers, which fell together.
81 saw no one crawling around, nor did hes
any screams. The porter Of the 'osseo Wa
named James Doyle, Of New York, and th
4 porter of the City Of Buffalo was name
Webb. Both we're killed.
II saw nearly all my passengers afterward
up at the station, and one or two were fatal
injured. The rest were badly but don't thin
dangerously hurt-''
ANXIOUS FRIENDS.
4 DURING THE DAY