The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-01-04

lost, win twenty -nlne OF her crew. 1he
+" Circassian went ashore in the storm on
the night of the 11th inst, but at that
tine the crew and officers were saved. The
storm of yesterday caught thirty-four men,
employees of the Coast Wrecking Company,
on board. and a short tine after midnight
the ship went entirely to pieces.
AN AWFUL CRASH.
According to the account of the FIVE survi-
voIs who we're washed ashore this morning,
more dead than alive, on fragments of the
wreck. No ore Of the remaining twenty
nine men have been seen or heard from,
up the presen. time, and there is but little
doubt that all have persisted. The "Cir-
cassian" was insured for 500. 900 in Lon
don, and the cargo for SSo, 200, in this
city. Only about four hundred tons of::the
cargo were saved
AT THE WRECK.
AsHrABULA, Ohio, December 3l.-Dur-
ing the entire day over 100 men have con-
tinued TO labor at clearing away the debris
of the wrecked train and bridge, in the
Ashtabula river. The labor has been re-
warded by the recovery OF only two more
bodies, and some unacceptable burned
piles of flesh, and the belief is gaining
ground that many OF the passengers were
totally, or almost wholly, consumed. In
tie, Sc excitement prevails, and scores OF
persons have arrived here from the East
and West, In search of information regard
ing missing friends. Little satisfaction
can be given them. kilograms are also
being constantly received asking for news
Of absent ones. The boxes in the freigb,
house
CONTAINING TIE BODIES,
were numbered to-day, and white paper
labels placed on those that had been idsn-
titled. There are thirty-six masses Of
charred and blackened fiesh in the build
ing. Before hearing the evidence, after
viewing the scene of the disaster and the
corpses, The coroner authorized the friends
of the deceased ones TO remove the identii-
ell bodies to their homes. The jury then
expressed its intention TO institute care.
fui investigation of the cause OF the acct
dent.
THE CoRoNKR's InQuEsT.
A. S. Stone, a brakeman in the rear car,
who miraculously escaped unframed. was
the first witness examined. He thought
there were 100 persons on the train at the
time Of the accident. The express was
going at the rate of twelve miles Fer hour,
a little faster than ordinarily
when approaching the bridge, owing
to the snow. After the accident he ran to
the depot to prevent another train, that he
believed was following, from coming ahead.
The cars were heated by Bakers heaters
and stoves
CONDUCTOR B. HEM
said the train consisted OF two locomotives,
a smoking car, three ordinary cais, draw
ing room car, three sleepers and baggage
car. He thought there were about 13l
passengers on board when the calamity
happened. Some eli the passengers think
there were more.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 1.-The
"Herald's" special gives the full facts of
what has occurred at Ashtabula. The
search, yesterday, for bodies, was resumed
at sunrise. The workmen tried the new
plan OF removing the ice south Of the mass
of iron work of the bridge, which formed q
sort of dam in the river, but on looking
into the clear water, they could discover no
human remains capable Of Identification
Some pieces Of bone and flesh were recover
ed, but one could scarcely tell what part Of
body they belonged to. Two corpses
among those in the freight house are all
that were identified to-day. One was that
Of Mrs. Clarke, of Wellington, Ohio, and
the other that OF Miss Kettlewill, of Wis
consin.
ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY.
James A. Manning was the first witness
examined. He said he was near tie spot
when the train went down, heard the crash
ard ran TO render his assistance.
The next witness was Capt. Chas. H. "
Ter, of st. Louis: While the train was at
Buffalo, he examined the coaches, and was
satisfied that there were fully two hundred
persons, twenty more than the conductor
stated on the day previous, on the train.
He had been a captain Of steamboats, on
the Mississippi river for twenty-four years,
and was competent to judge OF the number
on board from experience. He had also
travelled great deal. There were nine
teen passengers in his car.
RELEASED.
INV YORK, December 3l.-Elbert A.
Wood ard, ex-confideniial clerk of Boss
Tweed, who was arrested in Chicago some
three months ago, to answer to indictments
for forgery and embezzlement, and who has
since lain in the Tombs, was Yesterday dis
charged from custody on his own recogni-
zance. Woodward handed over to Mr.
Pickham number of important documents
to be used as evidence in the Forthcoming
trial of Tweed, and, moreover, transferred
to the city and county OF New
York, property amounting to Sl05, 000,
besides furnishes security FOR the
restitution of 100000 more. 1: appears
that the Attorney General ordered the dis
charge Of the prisoner on his own recog-
nizance, that he might testify for the peo-
pie in the civil suits, and also directed that
he should not be re-arres;ed upon the civil
processes pending against him. No nolle
prosequi has been entered in the criminal
cases, but it is understood that. .hosld
Woodlands testimony prove as valuable
as is expected, he will n.Ter be brought to
trial.
THE SEA CASUALTY.
The second wreck Of the ship "Circas-
sian" il the most disastrous which has &C.
CURED on the Long Island coast, since the
wreck of the "John Milton" fifteen years
ago. She ran ashore in a binding snow
storm, and all on board, thirty persons,
were lost. The crew of the "Milton" we're
frozen stiff in the rigging, their arms stand.
ing straight out in front of them. The
men on board the Caucasian" had finished,
on Friday night, all the necessary prelim-
inaries for attaching the hawser, with
which she was to be drawn off. During the
early hour Of the night the
WIND FRlsHENED
q little, and the sea began to run very high,
until, at about six o'clock, it began t, break
clear over her. The men, experimenting
danger, went into the rigging, where they
were ordered for greater safety. All on