Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-10-20

a full head Of steam, trusting to good
fortune TO get there safely. ana
the doctors made haste to render al
possible service where 1t could De
Of any avail. The large woman whose
legs were said to be cut oil was hrs'
taken In hand, then a man who was
senseless and who seemed 70 be fatally
injured. and Fireman Bowers head was
tied M. These patients were placed
ON board the relief train and whirled
back 10 Jersey City, where the ambu-
lances were waiting for sad freight, and
where crowd Of eager curiosity-seek-
ers were gathered to watch for CHASTITY
developments Of any kind. Another
relief train had followed the first, the
two passenger tracks being reserved Tor
their use, and passenger trains coming
and going around, couple OF hours
late, by the freight tracks further north.
At IL O'Clock the working tram was
ready for work, and started out 70 the
scene of the catrosphe, where 1t found
work for the rest Of the night.
v.,rnoAp-MES CANNOT TALK"
AS is usually the case when such
things happen, the mouths OF the en-
ployees were tightly sealed, and the
TASK Of getting the true particulars OF
the accident was rendered a vexatious
and tedious one.
The cause? OF course, an accident.
ANYBODY to blameY Well, the rail-
road officials could tell that better after
An investigation. One thing was GER
tain, an express train had been sent
past a block-housc ON to section
which was not clear, and the black
signal system helped rather than him
dered the disaster. as it disarmed the
engineer Of the following train OF all
suspicion of danger.
THE sIGNAL-MAN DISTRACTED.
There was a rumor at Marion, which
could not be verified last night, that
tie Marion signal-station man, feeling
that he had caused the accident by not
holding back the west-bound express
which ran into the emigrant train, had
gone crazy.
ale is in a fearful condition." said
the toll-gate man.
MORE DEATHS-THE TELEGRAPH
OPERATOR ARRESTED.
lBy Associated Prcss.l
JERSEY CITY, n. j., October 10
Thomas =. Pratt, the telegraph-opera-
tor at Marion, was arrested this morn
ing, charged with having been the cause
OF the accident on the Meadows last
night. Pratt, who is twenty-six years
old, is al experienced operator. lie
admits that lac did not give the right
signal. lie says he was advised
by his friends to desert, but
he refused to 90 so. He is
held to await the action Of the coro-
ner's jury. lie resides at 1913 Fifth
street, this city. with his wife and three
children. Three more bodies were dis
covered this morning buried beneath
the front Of the ehieh-Valley engine.
They were brought to this city and
placed in the morgue. The remains
were those of woman, unknown and
unrecognizable, and Of two boys, APP
parently about ten years of age.
The tracks have been cleared and
trains are running on schedule
time. All that remains of the wreck
is the Lehish-Valley engine, which is
completely destroyed. 1t will be dug
out some time to-day, and it is thought
that more bodies will then be found.
There have been eight deaths in all,
and most Of the wounded, it is thought,
will die. The depot is surrounded by
crowd Of morbid spectators awaiting
news, and great excitement prevails
here. The bodies at the morgue have
not been identified.
-Four more bodies were found this
morning uuder the wrecked Lehigh-
Valley locomotive. Two unknown
boys were found under the pilot truck,
one aged eight years, dressed in a black
suit and stockings, and carried silver
watch. The other boy was about
twelve years of age, and coatless. He
was dressed in black pants and white
shirt. An unknown woman dressed in
gray, with head and arms gone, and the
remains badly scorched, and an UNI
known man with trunk burned to a
crisp, were found five feet below the
the surface Of the wreck. Four of the
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