The New York herald., 1877-10-28
Evidences Of Curious Comming-
ling in a Railroad Gar.
PHOTOGRAPHS. WATCHES AND BIJoU.
Heart Condolences as Seen In
Fragments OF Letters.

frtghtful abyss before reaching tho depot Ever
tho accident there has been scramble the passsn-
ger trains passing the spot to gain view Of The shall
Low, winding river below, where 20 many people
perished and remarks regarding tho matter heard
on every hand Sometimes these careless words
cause renewal OF tho hearaches resulting from tho
oss OF dear friends and rolatyos A my train rolled
oveS tho new bridge the sobs from z
young and beautiful woman In black plainly
told the reason Of hor mourning and
desolation. The husband whom she had boon mated
With 90 short timo was among tho victims OF tho
holocaust and II was impossible TO ,donay oven the
smallest thing belonging 70 him or forming . part OF
bis romans from amid the charred corpses IN tho
freight house, the horrible collection OF bones in
TERED In common grave in the Chestnut Grove Gem
etcry, or among tho pieces OF clothing roIics &c. In
the possession Of the acting Coroner Nearly year
has elapsed since the disaster. ana at the end OF
that period the Coroner expects 70 sell some
OF the relics In his hands, especially those which
no is obliged 70 store In leased At his
pense for the purpose tho county having refused 70
appropriate any money 70 assist him. As tho sum
noodcd s . small one tho county Is TO blanc IN tho
matter. but there Is still greater for consuming
the State which refused absolutely Ashtabua
In settling tho expenses OF the Corones IN
vcstgation-
An xxAxSAroE OF RELICS
n r6mnAnt6
why calamity the Coroners possession led 70 the
discovery OF many articles that have boon
toned by the press somo OF which came into hts
care recently. long aitor all tho city newspaper
had lcft and perhaps almost forgotten tho par
tculars Of tho sad affair The relics that examined
contained In small and good-szed boxes OF pastc
board and wood Some OF these boxes wero numbered,
and there were tags containing figures attached
number OF articles Inquiry was made as to Why they
were not all numbered, and II record was kept IN
book that lay on tho sabe.
SWELL" answered tho Coroner, ~ began 70 write
out . list but found wouldn't work; there woro
loo tow things describable that had not boon claimed
Your correspondent opened u box at random. II was
asmal pastcboard box, bus It's contents varous
and Interesting There was broken pieco OF shell
mixed with bits OF wnat seemed be elegant China
Several round dsneS that had formed part Of
child's paint box attracted attention. There was
pieco OF q dolls hand ana arm; noxt piece Of an
opera glass; which had boen through tho awful dames
sotno meltod metal masonic charm, which had been
severed IN two peccs with tho heat but had been
burned; adys gold finger ring, quise small; . da-
gerreotypo OF young lady, very much discoored; o
pin marked, "supposed TO DO adiamond handed In by
John Burke;' tho works and portion OF case OF
. watch, No. 0G.S44 ocing barely discerniblo; two
brass sleeve buttons, which do not match, &c. Tho
this box. that had also contained set OF valuable
sleeve buttons, which large lctter ssR |"
Thinking tho letter might stand for Diss they we're
ssns 70 Chicago tho relatives Of r. Bilss
but not long before they returned unidon-
ney & 0,e Ss b. 10 All,
recognised Finally MA Bradley, OF Chicago, ap-
pearsd fcv days since, and announced tha. thoy
belonged 70 her, when they were given up for
time.
yxAaxsxr A LETTER.
Near the top OF box OF articles was frag-
mont Of leIter largo fominine hand Tue
date missing aud the opening sentences wore
tho sabtect have hoard Dr. smith preach this morn.
bath day when invited you escort tho church aud
% anS
ssl ooigsd mention Ia this connection that Mr. Kirk
a
70 guard her from tho snaros Of those doa aud dumb
The spistc concludes with "Hoping to hear nom
you sometime, ] am, as usual, yoar loving nioce.
sleeve buttons OF diiIoPcnt Kinds; tnerc II
cocklo shoL, o few brassy coilar buttons, lot OF
piccss of girls necklace; several baby pins which
shino brightly despite what they passed through
melted copper, thimble, several pennes and other
mainly valueless; parts Of Psnhoders, purporng 70
bc silver, and Other shings Of similar nature
All, here some nno envelopes and nicc shoots
OF paper, fastcnoi together II from the effects OF
SNOW, ico or waier. rney arc noariy all OF them
partly burned. On pulling them apart discovered
iat tho envelopes wore addressed 10 nno Sponcerian
"Miss Neno Copeland, South Eastou. Moss - .M,ss
Diana e. Hicks, Brist0i Forry, u !" "Miss Mary IL
Dunbar, Norwich, Conn.. Post Ofice box No. ,63a /"
..M,ss Carrie NJ: Jewo.t Brtdgs~aaer. Mass = N.
There wus writing Of consequence any Of tho
paper, but there WAS what appeared 10 be blood
shossa Nothing vas contained In any of tho
envelopes mentioned above. Another package OF
white envelopes no! charred IN the least uns.amped
open with KNIFE, was also found The writing on
thcm was In u rather rough mans hand. Somo Of
these envelopes ooro tho addresses VI Calvin Wai
corner or Atkinson and Eagle streets, Rochester,
NY. - NV. G. vanalstyne, 40 North State street.
Ssss sho above was q fragment Of burnoa account
book, on which some written aud printed matter
visible The names OF sHomer Foo" and sJA,nos b.
Runnill," and tho date, "Aagust g. 1860, were
shown. and on another part oi ths paper was tho
word 'Springnoh"
Another rasteboard box IN tho Coroncrs possession
con,aiuod dozen burned watcnca On only iew
liable .lmep,.ocs GOULD even t6s uumDor bs
Nearly all were utterly worthless. TOW that could
be described may DO mentioned as iollowsOne silver
watch, kigin movomcnL shell balance, No. ISL 800;
aaies gold watch, patent lever, M 46,9l2; works
SIMPLY, padly moIiod, No lOl 237; gold w4lch stem
wlndsr, No. od,S44; orodo watch, uroIde Watch Com
pany, Boston, honling case. No 1855. In tho
watch box ! found = part oi what had been
A paoKsgo Of photographs rs next eSoinnod. Thcro
are two pictures OF young horse Jockey; Of two
young men, one standing and tho otLor sitting, both
plain fsaturos standing; inans lace, his features
rather large and lower lip pulled somowhat and
wiskers arc seen growing from the extremity OF the
ohm Tue photographs bear the npruts OF artists IN
birmingham, stockton iccs ana Brlsloi, England.
YOUNG LADY's
There arc more pastcboard boxes OF various trink-
OTIS, papers. &c, such have described but Iettor
IN The midst OF aquantity OF articles In wooden box
thai has boon slowed away undor the table attracts
moro atontiou and curiosity. This communication 10
complete and consists OF eight pages oi paper about
the sizo oi cominerciol notc written IN plain and
prctty adies cnirography The pace 0. writing 10 not
given, tho ctter beginning and ending as ioidws:
JusR q. 1875.
DEARrsr GxoRan n-Dont think that In this onu time
have been foRottcn BY your tle tar, Tar from ~
Weck months and year can never ence te Deep tender
hold have scarcely express my sorrow
that your beloved Annie has boon taken, when
III afford lose precious band
VI How little thought follow
Mary Oh! George, darling how iongcd 20 eofnIors you
whom uii head breaking sorrow ffom Mary
grave wanted 10 put close around you and tell
sho has left you that her are
following your onward lonely career My
hand too rod 10 vrito longer though not my heart:
help you, With heart full of
love. faithfully yours, Lulu.