Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-01-01

Ia, The two hotels nearest the station con
tain.d a majority of the wounded. They were
scattered aGour on temporary beds On the noorS
If IN. Aiaiog room, parIors aud ut1ccs. In one
ri. ca a ,uaG with Il broken leg would De uoner
| Tie hau6s of II surgeu0, WAC rapldiy a:u sA'-
July performed his work.
"ano,h.r mau, covered wi. h bruises aud
spottcd with plaster, l)oked as though DC hau
been showed upon, except where the dlrK INES
nf blood acIoss the face or llmbS told a diner
cut story.
"In another corner a poor w1man moanen
from tie pain she c>uli not conceal, while over
all there brooded the hush OF awe winch al
WAYS accom pauies caIaml'le5 OF this character.
edward morning The cold increased nnd The
w,rd blew a fearful gale, which, with the sDo"
that had drift"d waist deep at paints along the
line of the road, made the wolk ex:rcme'y
difficult. r.
"A, 6 o'clock the beds in the sleeping car OF
the special train were made up, aud such OF
the wound, d az could b. moved we're trans
l,rreG to the car.
"rhe bridge was sixty nine feet above the
water and had an arch one hundred ana nifty
feet long 10 the clear, the whole leugth or the
bridge being one HUNDRED and nifty seven lee';
st has been tested with six LOCOMOTIVES, anu
II the llDt ~ tHC uiono'Ci = ""o
perfect CONDITION. ],
II have tut returned from the ruins and
have sen the smou!dcring remains OF at least
a d,z,u bodies, only Que OF Which has any re-
ser plance whatever to a human bslug.
NV the side OF another heap OF cinders was
f,und a pair Of scissors and a TUT OF graylsfl
hair.
No other means of Identification could be
found. although the hurt may be more sue
cesstul when the removal Of the upper rubbish
begins. "
confusion wi h that Of the cars, while the lGco,
motive il wrecked 10 every part. BY this time
nearly all The woodwork is burned away.
AsHrABuLA, Dec. 3l.-During the eD'irc
day over ouc huuJred men have continued the
labor of clearing away he debris Of the wreck
ed train aud bridge IN AshtabuIa rlVer. Ouy
,wo more bodies and some urrecogDlz lble
burned pieces oil Fl Sh nave been rec Covered.
The belle is gaining grcuod that many or the
passengers wHrc totally or almost wholly con
,umed. Intense excitement prevails, a'd scores
of persons have arrived here from the East
and West 10 search Of information regarding
missing friends, but little satisfaction is given
tbcm. kilograms are also beiug coDs'ausly re
ceivcd asking FIR news of absent ones. The
| Jokes u l3C II H'oS
ware numbered to day, aud white paper labels
nIgced 90 those that have been ld"ptih4d.
There are thilty six bodies, or masses ct
charred aud tl#ckcned flesh, 10 the bulidl rg.
ERIE, Pa, Jan. IAN Asl,tabuias special to
the Erie Dispatch, mentions the i~ciloWlug Incl.
deaf of the railroad dlsaStcr:-
Miss Mary Orchard Of Fayetteville, Yer
mont. and cousin to Governor Hayes, was on
the ill.lated train. The uuclc from whom the
Governor Inherited most of his torluuc also
wiiled Miss Orchard tweoty thousand dollars.
The three years alluwei in which TO settle up
the estate and divide the proper y having cx
njred, Miss Birc;!ard was on her way to take
formal possession of her property. Her natue
does DOT appear 10 The list of saved and she Was
probably killed. Her des luatloD was Elyria,
Oslo.
NEW YORK, Jan. IA Cleveland special
Furnishes the following additional Interesting
particulars of the Ashtabrla disaster =
Mr.. A. Burnham, The travelling agent OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee, & st. Paul Railroad, who
was in the smoking car after assisting 10 in" res
cue of Messrs. Reid and Tildeu, heard u cry for
help fiom under a pile of shattered iimbers aud
turning back he found a man struggling to free
himself from the broken and spintered mass
that held him firmly down. Mr.. Burubam en-
d~eavored to get hold Of him but fouud it i'm
p9ssiblc to do 50 a the advancing fire was now
flashing III bis face and M liking rapid progress
toward him. IL. was compelled TO leave The
man to he terrible late Of being burned alive.
Mr.. Bnrnham saw the necessity OF securing his
own safety and cilmted or ciaubercd Out OF the
remains of The smoking car on to the bottom OF
another car. Here be saw TWO men with their
heads pro!ruding from a luass Of debris aud who
appeal, d to IN for help. He pulled the oue
ncarcst. to him out and helped him away, the
map's leg being broken, the other succeeded 10
cxiricatinc himself. MIR. Burnham then got
ont himself aud now first becoming fully c)u-
scicus of his hur!s sought a place Of safety
where he might be able 10 secure decided at
~teution. Regarding the fate Of Mr.. Chitten.
den, who occupied the at with Mr.. Burn
ham, that gentleman THU ks he was thrown
among the tin bers and almost instantly crushed
to death AID that his body vas doubtless
burued. Mr.. Burnham expressed himself as
fully convinced that the smoking car was of
The track before The bridge gave way and prob
ably the rear locomotive and several other cars,
the breaking of the bridge being 10 consequence
Of the heavy pounding thus created.
Another case was that of a young lady who
was fastened in the wrecked tlmbers up 10 her
waist. Half a dozen stalwart men had
RESPONDED 10 hcr appear LOT heip, oue thelr
joint efforts for sometime promised to be 10
availing. The fire, that was rapidly advancing
toward her, rendered her almost frantic, and
she screamed to the men to persist 10 their
efforts to rescue her. She was finally dragged
forth. her clothing, from her waist down, ana
her shoes and stockings, being torn from her,
and 10 this way she waded knee deep 10 snow
for nearly half a mile to a place OF safety.
Another Incident was that OF a man who es
capped from the wreck with his clothes all abIaz :
and ran as if mad. The crowd 90 the bank
yelled to him to throw hiuseif into he spow,
out he took 20 heed. and then some ooe shout.
ed to those near him to knock him down. He
was showed down, but rising instantly, turned
his lace toward the burning wreck, plunged
into it and was lost. 1t was a case Of utter
trcrzy
Daniel Mcclure, engineer Of The leading 10
couotiye, the "Sccrates," which broke loose