New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-24

down the embaukment: Owing to the darkness
aid not at once realize the extent OF the dlsste n
! TO be sp6uting aconfused heap OF cars thst was
all L was at first ape roo 20 the
Pullman cars aud called upon the PASSENGERS to &c
up dress and themselye' mere VII prousaoJ
no need for this for all had been attire
by the shock, and clad IN the scandiesv n'ti ne
| were hnrrying hither and thither. asking one
| another what had occurred. SONS Vi vnU'a,
had received bruises and cuts, anu were nVaniidS
with main. did nv best to calm them. out WHAT {
with the Kissing Of tho steam ana oo scIc""i'
terrOr-stricSen women my voice Wa onrs and once
| more ran to the platform. lhen !" ''iA'
met my gaze. , ou orotbor WAC
| NOW enveloped in n sheet of iIe Men and women
were rushing IN oil directions, screaming ara .es
tieulating. Some few of the elnpl9S os ""a p p
preached the posta-car, which, though hot us ILL., Ill
T., t'. enr;ne os the exprcss-car had been the hrst
TO fall PREY to the flames One man. WHOSE ha
do not know, threw piece OF WOW n a. 70 no avail
We all shuddered as We thought Oh the cIiI'io i''
of the postal clerks and Brcwci " n. a, -
THE udicrous part III this terrible anilr was ING
intensity with which negro mourned the loss Oh
his sill hat and fancy toothpick.
OTHER DETAILS.
Among thoee Oh the train was State Senator Hal
bert of Broome County. He was travelling with
his sons and had been II the smOking-car. Just be-
fore the accident he felt tired and went back to one
of the seepng-cars. moment afterward the car
he had left was in flames.
W. B. Thompson. general superintendent of the
railway mail service the headquarters of which
are IN Washington, was in tho city yesterday.
Speaking to a TRIBUNE reporter Of the disaster, he
said that two accidents of the same kind had oc-
CURED this winter. and both OF them had been at
tended with loss of life One was IN North Carolina,
The other IN Missouri At that time he issued CIR
cular suggesting that all mail cars should be pro-
vded with saws, axes and hatchets ana be warmed
by safety heaters At the same time the Postmaster
igSup1 n COnDlnleS. a
portion Of which read as follows:
the request of the General Superintendent Of the
Railway NAL Service, the PostmasterGenera desires to
impress upon the management OF an railway
companies the importance OF substituting safely
railway post oiilce cars. or route agents apart
ments. The only safety heaters approved by the
10 1 tSo fire in cnse the car should be over
turned. The heaters mast also BIO firmly boted to the
must be secured by an Iron rod passing over IT,
"Had these precautions been taken" remarked
Mr. Thompson, :" there would probably not have
been this terrible loss of life at Tloga. There is
another thing this disaster should force upon the
attention of the country No provision whatever
is now made Tor railway mail service clerks injured
in the discharge of their duty. We have no option
but to lay Off an injured man and stop ms pay
Congress should certainly take some action To pro-
vide for men who are injured. and for the families
of those who are killed III the performance OF this
very important and dangerous service.
When Mr. Fox, who was killed. failed to return to
his home in rwcfth-sr at the usual hour yesterday
morning his young wife became very nervous. The
telegraph wires were still down, and she mad no
means of learning the of his absence. but she
had prescniiment that something serious had hap
pened. She told other members of the household
that during the night a stranger came
10 her in dream and told her that she was widow
She could not shake of the impression on her mihd
and when the news of her husbands death was
brought.to her she seemed prepared for 1t.
G. II. Skidmore, an express messenger: arrived on
train reaching the scene OF the disaster
at 6 o'clock yesterday morning and took Charge
of the remains of the express cOmpanys property.
aafa htob
reached Jersey CITY a. 8 last evening, aud were
examined by q TRIBUNE reporter. The safes, winch
were small and uf non, were open, AS the brass
hinges and muuntngs the doors bad been entirely
melted of by the fierce heat The contents. winch
consisted Of money and some other valuable articles
had been reduced to mass of fino gray cinders.
MIR Skidmore stated that there were probably from
so to 100 Registered letters IN the mail.
The body of Fox arrived here last night between
10 and 1 O'clock. His relatives were at the station
with an undertaken. who TOOK charge OF the re-
mains