Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-01-15
THE MOSEL DISASTER.
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the Remains-.-The Victims Nlostly Blew n
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Harsh scenes Mt Bremerhav aven...3a II therini
tho Remains---The Victims Nfsstly Blew
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The Bremen correspondent of th.
London Times says: I-p .- .tr
A gentleman who visited the scene o.
the disaster few hours after the even
said IL looked more terrible than q field
Of batkle. Hospital attendants and
policemen, aided by volunteers from all
classes Of the population, had, indeed,
removed those remnants of humanity in
which the vital spark was not wholly ex.
tinct, but what remained was q human
shambles. As in an anatomical dissect-
ing-room, all the individual limbs OF the
Ahuman body might be seen lying about
sepsrately in ghastiy isolation. Here 4
head was stuck on railing, while a
hand was seen pointing at empty space
from window sill. More horrible,
perhaps, than the lacerated limbs whose
outward shape was sufficiently preserved
to admit Of recognition, were the form
less masses Of flesh strewn in every di-
rection, mixed up with arms and feet.
On the fatal spot were boots and shoes,
coats and shawls, and countless splinters
of iron and wood. Where the wagon
stood from which the deadly chest was
thrown yawned hole over six feet
deep and seven feet wide. Horses, ve-
hicle, driver, and porters were literally
blown into atoms, without trace of
them left. On the brink of the opening
which marked the spot where they dis
appeared, an infants shoe was seen,
empty, and asking for the tiny foot
which had tenanted it that morning. A
notebook was there containing the
memoranda of dead man. Later in
the day the most horid indications of
the catastrophe were carefully collected
and carried away to the churchyard, pre-
paratory to removal; but many of the
shivered fragments were thrown too
great distance and had been lodged in
too improbable localities to be found at
the first search.
For two or three days after the event
terrible discoveries were continually
made in houses and courtyards, in
stables and river boats. A man would
go up to the loft to fetch fuel, and find
q leg flung across the GOALS. A woman
feeding poultry in the henhouse was
shocked to behold finger fought for by
the feathery tribe. In the harbor,
bloody trunks rose and fell with the
stream for several days, presenting re-
Voting aspect, and causing the authori-
Ties to have the river dredged. The most
narrowing spectacle was that presented
IN the deadhouse of the churchyard be-
fore the first burial of the remains.
Heads without trunks, trunks without
leads, legs without feet, and arms with
out hands were displayed in hideous
:ows for Identification. Picture for
Yourself woman looking for her hus-
oand among these CORY relics, and the
thought beggars description. For two
fsSs thefFf visits to tss torn
wells were taken of heads and hands.
For two days portions of the cadaverous
lrray were gradually removed by rela-
ives bringing full-sized cofiins for u
Jingle limb, and having it carefully sown
Up in linen before consigning it to its
asst inclosure. Then the grave hid it's
,wn. Meanwhile some thirty persons,
lot wholly killed by the explosion, were
ying in an improvised hospital not far
rom the scene, an unascertained num-
Yer of other sufferers having been re-
eived in private houses. There was
,reat want of lint, linen, and other nee
ssaries at first; but the Bremen people,
liberal and kind-hearted,
oon supplied all requisites. Physicians,
90, arrived from the country, offering
ssistance and helping their colleagues
t the haven in the first ministrations.
sut it soon became apparent that there ,
7as little occasion for doctoring. Only
be milder cases admitted of the SER
ices OF the healing art. If there was
nything calculated to render the effects
+ the catastrophe more appalling, it was
hat the infiction is confined to COM
aratively fcw families. Whole families
aving gone to see their relatives off,
hole families were killed and wounded.
terrible instance is that of Mr. Elmer,
'ho with all his nearest and dearest ac- 7
his eldest son to the boat to
,ish him God speed on his departure Y
or the West Indies. The father, the I
lder and younger son, one son lin law, 7
le brother of another son-in- law, and a
ousin are dead. The mother has had t
er arm broken. One of the daughters |
as lost her right hand; another daugh- {
II is wounded in face, hands, and legs;
third daughter wounded in the arm;
lille the sister of one of the sons -in-law
ad her left foot blown off. That SON. t
Flaw whose brother is dead is terribly s
.cerated in the abdomen. This is the !
orst case, but others might be cited l
ardly less melancholy. The explosion e
as heard for many miles around. It is I
firmed that low, muttering noise !
enetrated to the very environs of Ham
urg.
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