, 1877-01-05
MIR. AND MRS. SWIFT,

THEIR EXPERIENCES or THE AccInksT.
Interest in tho terrible railroad disaster at
Ash.abuh Friday night last has not ret sub.
sided, aud pessons In tlIa city arc stll anxious
| tu hear from The scene Of the wrpek, Many be.
lleve they hal friends on the i1l-fatcd tra!u
iron, whom no tidtngs will ever come. The
gulf has Swallowed them, and 10 visible rc1,.
nant Ut them rc1nalns for Identification, Yes.
tcrday morning Mr. aud Mira. Foster Z. Sxtft.
who narrowly escaped dcatlt, arrived at tho
fremont liousc. afr. S~tft Was formerly clerk
III thu Li.idell Itotei 81 Louis, and he comes to
ch'caGo To oil atuIlsr po4!sion in tho fremont
itouso un,ter Manager jasvtt Wilcox. Mr..
swift and vile ha'l come fro,u North Adams,
alass., where they had been visiting their fam.
u. They wero In ths sieea{ugSoach pala..up,
from, Which all thu 1N.ssengers wcfe snyc,l.
though all more or less Injured. Mr. Hwift was
struck OIL the head by pIecs Of timber and
rendered sc1sclc&s. lie aud lia wife, s{f. Brew
stcr, of Rochester, N. r., aud Mr. George a.
White haa seats In sectIon No. l, and were play.
!ng ganae of whist wt,el the x4rltsc1t o,rurr,.1
Hr: brewster nDd Mr. White sprung intn the
ass!e, AE. Brewster having .''le Of liz lrss
Swift WA terribly bruised u6o,lt thc low
or lltlsbs aud side, aud received SONG internal
l,lrts. shu is too Ill to leave her Lc.! She il 4
p'ntky hssle 'assy, uni bsars up well ',ntlrr thx
excitement OK tho aettnt inssi ul1nsttrletf, Hrr
husbands fare Is h9.nesta. Aruisc.'. Hts sloul.
tes a'ss y hurt n". his right arn, Mt present al
ost 1sslsss hey ess l.u4 III !s;. pra.:. ot
staseinsns WA given ti Yesterdays TntuusB,
mud Miss shcnard, Of !li.nm, Wis, a,ld Mrs.
Hsahasn. Vi New York. 'fhe.s persous
xere q! passengers, h. thu Palatt,e, ansl
thr coach was rescue*l. Mr.. aud Mrs. swift r.
card their escape with Ills as Mraeulul,s, Alr.
swift had lsts-lasussnse ro..ey Which WIS
psrtially s" CONSUMED " the tre 4 WITH other
destroyed. lIo has
nut LITTLE aEcoLl.EcrIoN oy WHAT r1A PpsNEp,
Us the blow on bis head rendered him scuselc.s,
ati'l afterwards dcltrious. To estitustes tic
nuabar of tsefsnx on the train ~ nok lxts than
ao0, and be thinks considerably inusc. AL tile
tars tut The parlor-coa.h Wrra full. lie be-
lieyea. vt tho iowest eulculatlobs 10 less than
phe. iir, itks iii lie Fe.t ot thc 1 passengers ]
III the wrecked trau With ~hom TAlAuax Sc
poEtc1s casHe IN cuntaet, stated that tters was
plsnty Of water and hasc at band u thu time
easily extlnguishe4t aud n,auy lives saYc., os, al
least, inauy b<xtses sctt Recognizable by theis
fr!enhs. tls insisted that there was grave re-
sEonssbtltty resting upon, SONG ono for not
Asbtabula thluk ihe rhole blame IL with tbs
Chief Of the Fire Department. who Is, they
say, totally unit for the position
Many people stood Oh tho abutMcut Of thu
priags looking into tho chasm aud raw the c4rs
burn, but could give no al, they &ecming to bo
rooted to the spot.
retained her seuscs aud her presence OF mind.
Sho Wa badly Injured Il tha time, but did not
Yeail1c 1t. NAcil the ac&i,iept occurred there
wss terrible crush: the bcll-sope suspk,ul like
tho report OF pstol aud the .ixhts wsro extin-
gulshcl. A. the easfs wont down theirs was no
noise. Her husband was hurlel at1o&s tho siale
"a asla osn sseseliss ~ ~ s*assa