The New York herald., 1877-10-06


been dragged y considerable distance was tho bsuy
recovered, sad tnsn strange to say, 1t but little
| mansed
| The rest Of the train bands escaped unhar.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
PH0SIxvILLE, Oct 8. 1871.
The conductor OF the trsln Charles Gouding was In
| oi the and had two ribs broken. Not
withstandpg his painful INJURIES ~ soon ~ hs could
extrioats himself from debris he hall
mile TO the house oi David Evans to give the alarm
and secure help When he reached the door he stag
gersd and fell from weakness, gaspng out cry for
| assistance He refused to delay TO have MS
wounds drsssed and after the had been carried
10 the and engine hastily despatched
with physlcians 10 help the wounded and dying.
Mr.. Goulding, with sesacrIncing devotion that
Is rare, insisted gong back to the OF The
wreck. where he vas unt,ring In hts exsrtions Tho
other hands also. thoss who were not killed
wounded, cooperatsd with him nobiy. The bodies OF
the dead were to the Pnenixvie kasonic Hall
and tcnderly laid out During the day the wscp-
ing friends OF Ave Of the killed had thsm renewed
The bodies OF tho engineer aud fireman stl, remain.
One Of the dead had NO marx bruise upon him and
is said to have died of heart disease
About u dozen OF the wounded still remain In this
town. None OF them reside here aud they viii be
taken awsy they able TO be removed
STATEMENTS OF THn SURVIVORS.
Those WHO are able to talk tell thrilling story Of
the terrible plunge the struggle for escape
iron the wrecked cars; The snrieks OF the wounded
ana dying and the howlingtfury oil the pess storm.
to which many of them were exposed until daylight.
Mr. aud Mrs. Septimus Justin, Of PikeIand, who had
just bccu their wedding tour had
most remark able escape They sitting facing
Mr and Mrx William Holman their relatives, who oc-
cupicd the opposite seat Mr.. Holman was instantly
killed, and his body horribly manglsd that IL was
picked up In fragmenta His wife was found In a
dying condition, aud lived only . fsw moments alter
beng removed from the On the other SIDE Of
the bride groom were two others who we're seri-
ously injured. but Mr.. and Mrs Justin escaped almost
without scratch. There were several other escapes
equally strange.
Coroner Hunter smpan siied q jury this morning,
and they duly examined the wreck and began the
hearing OF testimony. Their verdict looked Tor
with any special interest," the 0! the accident
is apparent in the sudden Washing away OF the
treacnerous aud sandy smoankmens for which
can be fairly held responsible The darkness OF the
night prevented the engineer seeing tho chasm
INTO which no was the drst - be plunged There 10
talk, however, OF censuring the railway authcr-
ties, as had cuvert been built where tho seeidsns
occurred the above loss OF LIE would have hap
pened.
General Manager Wootsu, Of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad, arrived mere this evening Tor The
purpose NO doubt orookng asr the interests OF his
road just this would be matter oil great
difficulty for II to pay any damages for loss OF life.
Nothing c heard oil here but the accident and IL Will
serve as . matter Of discussion for years como.
ASorHxR BREAK.
A break In the line occurred below Perk iomen
Junct on las. evening, which put such
mir ontIn DAT
phia until this evening.
A TRAIN ON THE BELvIDKRE BRANCH OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD pLuNaEs INTO
cREEK-THE KILLED AND wouNDED-A PAS
sENGER's STATEMENT.
[BY TxLEGGAPR TO TIE HERALp.1
TRENTON, Oct 6, 1871
An appalling catastrophe occurred about hall mile
south Milford, on the Bev,dsre snd Delaware Rail.
road, last night which resulted the IoAs sup.
posed, oil ten or eleven ivea
KILLED.
So far as now known the killed -
JONATHAN THORNTON. engineer
THOMAS C. READING, conductor.
WILLIAM j. McEI.ROY, Philadelphia, passsngs.
Mra HUBER, Trenton, passenger
The scene Is about hRly Ave miles from this city.
cred The following rarticulsrs:--
The 0swego cxpress tram left katon half hour late
and reached Milford about quar,er 70 eish o'clock.
The wind was blowing strong and torrents OF ram
falling. The n gut was impencrsoy dark. About
half mile bolow the station there Is cuvert about
seventy feet high which had been en'irely washed
away leaving nothing tho bare and rails. The
engineer surmlsed that everything all right, and
down the cnssm the tram plunged. Tho stream
swollen TO Ven times It's usual proportions, and the
water was rushing into the river with tremendous
iorcc The engine was turned partIy over, and now
lies with two OF its wheAs and but a portion or its
hesdwork visible
The engineer was Instantly kiilea and his body is
lying under the wreck
The conductor was lost in the wreck also, and his
body has not Deen Iound.
The fireman, Russell O'Bren was swept into tho
river and saved himself BY swimming ashore on the
Pennsylvania side he was badly Injured.
William Lewis was picked up ON the other side
He is but ten years old, and he saved himself by swim.
ming
TEE aNoKISo cAR.
In the smoking car there were six pssssnaera.
among them Dr. J. C. Wilson, Of Philadelphia, who re-
ceved bad scalp wound. He drfted down the river
couple OF cushions and was Huslly rescued.
His companion, The well known lawyer, w. j. McEL
roy, Of Philadelphia, lost, and oil Inc other
occupants Of the car have been heard from.
In the second car there we're sgnt persona some Of
whom are misans.
Mr.. Christian Huber ana wife, Of Trenton, we're