New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-28
THE GREAT MEXICAN CALAMITY.

rrrp TRAIN TAKES FIRE AFTER FALLING INTO THE
pIvER--GREAT EXCITEMENT IN TIE CITY OF
MEXICO.
CuIcAGo. June PA special dispatch from
he CITY Of Mexico says The accident which occurred on
,he Morcos Railroad late in the evening Of Friday last
,o.es none horror through the receipt OF fuller ana
moro accurate adyces The scene OF the catastrophe
was on the river san Antonio, near the village OF NAL
pa,s For some time past this part OF the country has
heen swep by fierce storms swelling the creeks into
torrents and laying waste many fertile fields The
bridge spanning the river at The point mentioned al
though known 70 he unsafe still in use when the
fatal train bearing the Sd ba' talon OF infantry At
tempted TO cross it. The result crash, as the I'M
dernned supports gave way. and the engine and cars
were hurled headlong down the chasm-
scarcely had the magnitude Of the disaster become
snparent when new horror added In the freight
vans comprising portion Of the train Was consign
mcnt II alcohol This took fire and the consequent ex-
posion contributed much to the loss OF life The few
who escaped unnured at applied themselves 10 the
rseue OF their unfortunate comrades, but 1t was some
hours before the exact extent Of the disaster became
parent
"Itis now known that thirteen officers and 1872 soldiers
were either killed outright by the fall or roasted TO
death while fifty others sustained injuries OF more or
s serious character The engineer and foreman OF the
train were among who scalded 10 death Tue
when information of the appalling calamity reached
this city the excitement was unbounded, ana I'M ense
crowds thronged all the centres anKionsy awaiting
The particulars Never the history OF the Republic
has so frightfu disaster been chrOneled, and It's oc
oarrcnce II is feared. still further prtudoe 'he
popular mind against railway enterprises HoweAAsr,
foreigners in for no share OF blame me
Moreos Railro is gauge line, biht ny Gov
ernnent subyention and entirely the work OF Mexican
engineers. II was first opened TO the puoc On TIC Ao"
inst"
ONLY TWENTY PERSONS UNHURT
NyxIco June 27-The latest accounts of the
disaster on the Mo.elos Railroad report that scven
teen officers and one hundred aud nincysevcn soldiers
were killed This list does not include the Railroad
officials and employees the women and children Of the
soldiers pany o. whom the train Only sixty
persons In all saved alive and OF these forty are
more or less injured The disaster occurred at o'clock
on Friday night as the tran which long one and
drawn by two engines was passing over the wooden
bridge For after the plunge OF the cars from
the b.idge all darkness. Suddenly one hundred par
rels OF brandy loaded two OF che cars caught ire
and the burning fluid inundated the of pas ngers
struggling in the rns. Only few, who were not dis
abed or hopelessly wedged in the tmbers, escaped
The dead and living were wrapped in a sheet OF hane
slowly burned before the OF the srvY1rs VINO
were unable TO them. The secretary OF Public
Works and number OF army surgeons went 10 tue scene
OF disaster early Saturday morning