The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-17
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT In
NEW ENGLAND.
List of the yictims-A Thorough Inyesti-
cation to be Made by the COrOner's

jury.
HARTFORD, Conn. Jan. 1s.--The following adj
ditiopal names together with those previously
reported. max complete the list of killed. and
and woundei by the railroad accident last
night, at Tariffyille:
rorted dead, q widowed lady named Pndey, Of
Burkhamstead /, Mrs. Jenneite Warner, OF East
CANAAN; Dan Turner. Of Col,nsyilie. will v,,..,a
stead, ] face burned: Mrs. Hunt phrey, Of Cana n,
head badly hurt: Scott ao2dwin OF NV NV. Hnrs- mra
Scott Goodwin. slightly injured intefn,lly
Thos. Elmore, conductor; slightly injured Mr..
by o,e e New ot sg Rsv
Robt Hunt and wife, Of Canaan, slightly, Mrs.
NJ. 4. spauding. Of Canaan. heah , and limbs bs
tasen Gaan home to o. day S9' Jnmss L. Mcpsrmo
slightly hurt: Uriab Whiting. reported dead.
leg slightly hurt; Theodore Dexter of sails. q.
fred Rial. slightly; Henry Pratt. OF salisbury
In oil probability forty more, persons were ere
will probably die.
Fred ii rtebkiss. previously reported as
wounded, is not expected to recoyer .,, so,
There are q number OF people at tbe wreck
who are not sure whe, h r their friends were on
this train. but not having heard from them they
bs aaaa bgve no b"sn ~ s VS.
ersops known to have been on the train have
not yet been accounted for. There are various
! and HpnJllilUE DDlUlUUs bh hpitSssA to ~
cause Of the disaster, railroad man said 1t
| was bis opinion that one of the en- ines
jumped the track, and tha, i, the bridge broke broke
under the sudden strain. This Is considered
| BY others ms hardly practicable.
| Many. residents Of the. vicinity assert posi-
| lively that the tmbers OF the bridge were rot
| ten by long exposure to the weather. An OK
| animation of the broken timbers reveals con
siderable decay and It is rather generally be-
sysd thai e tas fact the disaster may be
Mr. Thomas Fransy, the engineer at Tariff
vile. who was brought TO his home i1 Hart
ford was reported dead ibis morning. He WIZ, was
recover. Five gentlemen. sitting In. the re II
car. escaped without injury; by breaking one ol
The one that broke the wjndow had his wrat
cut. One Of the victims had his collar bone
broken 80 badly that the clayieal was some tive
duce the f,acturs until the unfortunats man
had been taken to his home. The Rev. M, Mr.
Thomas, OF Winsted, had both Of hls g legs
much dis6uured. He is pastor Of the Methodiiis
Church in Winstea. and was the. guest of Mr.
Moody at the City Hotel. ON Tuesday las, super
gage car, and WIS the on'y one Of the fifteen
A little group Of friends from Wlnsted, con
sisting of Eugene Potter an wife. the latter
being formerly private secretary OF William
james Hommerely. of Hartford; r.. Il. wilcox
and wife, and Miss Rockwell. daughter q u, 7
Rockwell, OF Wiusted. escaped from the Ill
fated car In which SO many lives were lost
They were plunged into the water some four
feet deep. when the car struck the bottom of the
stream and were nearly drowned. In getting
out they had to climb along the roof OF one 81
the cars, which rested on the bridge ct an angle
OF forty degrees, and reaching the bridge. were
taken down through the ruins to the track
Il Their escape was almost q miracle.
Rey. Mr.. Thomas, although shockingly In
iured and suffering intense agony, sent n dis
patch to Mr.. Moody at midnight. informing him
OF the terrible calamity.
The weather was Intensely cold at the ruins
to-dpy ice forming In the river nearly all O
the time II was Of immense help. however
Keeping the ice firm so that the parties engaged
in recovering the remains could work withou
danger.
The two Misses Carger, of Winsted, belonged
near Bolivia, New York but bad taught schoo
at Winsted for three years; They were alone
in the train. and were without help. Most Q
the ladies who were rescued bad frienas Wit
At IL o'clock, aj stice of ihe peace of Lines
burg summoned jury OF inouest. who viewee VIC ,
ljourned to Saturday next. large number .
witnesses will be summoned to testify at tho In
quest, and thorough investigation will b.
made.