The New York herald., 1878-01-18

NUMBER OF excursion tickets, whlch the acton oI
the water hal reduced 10 wet pulp. He now TOOK
them TO the blazing bonfire to dry them, and then
distributed them TO the delighted country lassies
ABOUT 'fbis Is about as nice relic as you can have
oi tins thing, the hearless observation oil one
olushing charmer, as she carefully put the ticker
in her pocket The sigh. OF the wreck. indeed,
and OF all its details proved source OF intense delight
TO the crowds OF counlry visitors who iarly feasted
themselves upon the recital oi every horrible feature
OF the caamiy
THE BROKEN CARS
PICKING your way carefully the Ice and not m ind
Ing II your boots occas onally made aperture oi
loot or Two in 1t, you could walk upon the rivers
frozen surface and closely examine the cars. Oi tho
nrst passenger car lying crosswse on the bottom OF
the river only Tho upper portion visible ut rst
sight, but on approaching II from the right could
peer into the interior. wedeed in the ice, and
presenting still some outlines OF its former appear
ance under the chaotic heap Of broken timber, iron,
moulding, glass. cushions, &c, tnat chokcL IT, and
from this engulicd heap of ruins resting on the
bottom OF the river, people had been saved IL
wonderful to observe, too, how tho interior portions
OF the other two cars stl resting ut their upon
the broken bridge, had been partially preserved IN the
almost general ruin. The fronts OF these
csrs-namely. the portions that were plunged
demolished; but The rear portions, resting
against the bridge intact while OF the
heaviest iron work was smashed to atoms Frai hat
racks from the werc stTown The ice that had
received but little injury and many panes Of glass
were undamaged Delicate pieces OF wooden
mentation, moulding, &c were taken out as bright
trophies
sIGHTsEERs
As the hours grow the multitude Increased, and In
the afternoon when The atmosphere was exceedingly
bright and clear, some two thousand peo-
river dotted the Ice. They had
come in hains in buggies, IN carts and horseback,
and al seemed TO ENJOY tho sight wonderfully. IL
was, indeed of strange and passing interest BY
dint OF great perseverance great ropes had been
asencd TO the ears, and were drawn through the ice
by the engine which operated IRON the opposite ba Ak.
FIRST, one OF the uptilted ears hauled down into
tho ice by the engine, and lying bottom upward. 1t
was slowly pulled through the ice which had
uaS klosa
was the humor ol the crowd that some OF
the young men would crawl uDon the top OF the
swimming moDstct-that was really whet IL looked
hke--and try 10 nsh up through the hole some relic
from the interior II was very wearisome work. tor
II may easily be imagined that It required indeed
powerful rope to pull car weighing eighteen tons
and filled with water at that. Then crowds OF young
sports thought they would enjoy the scene and have
little skaiiDg at the same time, and they
rroucted about on tho glItering icc in the livecs
fashion
AN EYE TO BUSINESS
| A ptotogra pher was already at work preparing his
| stcrcopticon views from the bank. while tho
bridge up TO the top chord twenty three feet high
above the strngers, was dotted with enthusiastic en-
gnecrs, railroad and bridge men ana scientific sta
dents from Hartford and Yalo College, ut New Haven,
taking measurements OF the OF the
bridge with view oi testing us strength aud proper
constr uction. Then thero were the troops OF merry
cycling country girs aud the persistent PauIrrys who
would T SIX their necks to climb up from the bridge
TO the shattered rear platform OF the cars and nvcs.
ttgate their exterior aud who would pokc their
Into the very coal box of the engine, that nothing
might escape their lynx eyes. X really Yam.
kce inqul lsvcness that manifested itself here. Tho
cushions of the seats were thrown about erywhere
and low jolly boys formed seighs of them, which
ihoir registering comrades geeuy pulled the Ice
within ten feet Of the spot who're eleven dead boties
! and all this varIagatcd scene basking in the
very brightest sunlight and the most brilliant sky.
OF course every QUE vas waiting to see the additional
bodies that might DO found. ana had such discovery
ac, tho gathering OF this vast crowd upon the
ice would doubtless have led TO serious calamity,
| for many places the surface Of tho river was
! already cracked. As 1t was, tho only discoveries
made until nigntiall wero small silver watch aud
cnuin which were found IN OF tho cars and
black velvet hat, simply trimmed both oil which are
| still waiting Identification.
| WORK DONE
| One OF the cars having been successfully remov cd
from the bridge, although still In the river, there sti
remains amount oi labor to DO dono before the
truck will be clcnr for repairing the bridge Tho cross
wise lying car is now only milf submerged, showing
about The upper half OF It's windows above tho river
| Tho others remain unchanged.
| THE CRUSHED BRIDGE.
II would seem DO clearly established that this
truss bridge was OF very poor character. The depth
Of the bottom chord. measured yesterday ty soen-
tito oxuefs only thrtsen ieet aud the top chords
eleven inches Tho iron rods which support the truss
and on which the whole structure is heavily do
pendent ior Its strength, arc only one and three
| quarter inches IN diameter, while Mr. b. NJ. Read,
vice president OF tho New York ana New Haven
road, who was on the ground yesterday, and
who may be regarded as leading authority
| on such matters, declared that they should be at
least two and quarter inches In diameter Mr. Head.
who had carefully examined tho woodwork said that,
If not precisely rotten. the timber was Mt all events
very near 1t Mr. Read, being Informed by Of the
| bridgemen that brokcn ties had been iound lying
| about declared that II this he himself had
seen none; II would be proof that derail-
| ment had taken place and the engine had Jumped
| the track. This vas theory which Mr. Woodruff,
the leading examiner OF railroads, and Messrs A. D..
Br gas and J. smith, who had built the bridge, and
also the ground yesterday, manilestly
anxious TO adopt, Tor II was clear that II derailmc
was the real cause blame could attach any one
for tho condition Of the bridge These The argu.
ments which they adduccd 10 favor OF their position.
Tho tender, II tho bridge broke down, must have
already been across and upon tho abItment If
So how 1t that II struck the pling the
trestcwork diag0na.ly, and not In straight line with
tho bridget Moreover " the BRUCE broke down and
tho tender already across the second engine
have allen hrst dragged back upon tho tender
while IN the present juncturc the tender was clcsriy
ahead OF the second engine Had the bridge broken
these gen flemen claim the tcnder would have rolled
back from the abutn.ent upon the top ot the
second engine However, u was established
very weak. Several experts from Yale Col.
ege handed tho writer piece oil tnder
from the top chord, which was rotten TO the core,
and they stated that the pine timber OF which tho
structure was built, had evldcnly not been properly
seasoned. All experts, including Mr.. Read, agreed
that the TACT OF the Uridgo not having been covered
and thus having been exposed, unprotected, to the
rottng effects OF snow aud ram iCr over years
would cxpln,n the dangerous condition Of tho
structure This important matter OF covering, which
Mr. Read thought should certainly not have been de-
ferred TIL the bridge was Two years old, would only
have cost 200 anu preserved tho structure In good
condition.
''fhe company tried to build the road as cboaply as
they could WAS the opinion OF competent author
ity and they had no money to waste extra strong
bridges"
ARE THRRE VICTIMS?
Though no trustworthy reasons are given Tor tho
statement, It Is still reported night that i've per-
SOUS now found to be Still missing, and may be
nshed up from the bottom OF the liver. Those who
spread The report. winch IS but partially believed.
think that some persons jumped out OF the car win
dows into the river.
BURyING
The funeral OF Engineer Hatcn takes place at Win
sted on Sunday. THIS afternoon The funeral OF Miss
Allen and the Misses McConger look place at the Meth.
odist church at Winstcd at the hour The
OF the church, Rcv. Mr. Thomas, was SO badly IN J..
jurcd that he could only send few words OF consoia-
tion to the bereavci friends Tho obseques were
Quoted by one oil his fellow pastors. 1he funeral OF
Mrs. Carman VIII PROBABLY take place 10 morrow.
DEATH on MRS, JONES, OF LAKEvILLR.
A SPECIAL despatch from Laxevilie this morn ng
states that Mrs. william Joues. OF that place, was
killed III the hfst passenger car. Mrs Jones mas q
son living in Hartford, who Is employed clerk al
the Bee Hive. Late Wednesday night Mr. Jones
received the following despatch from nis brother IN.
law, Mr. q. H. Bundy, OF LaKcviIic, which was the
1rst direct information that he had Of hts motEera
death: