Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-07-05

loaa and I WAS bruised and in great pain.

less. and I was bruised and in great pair.
made an effort to release my body from its
Imprisonment in The mud, but could find no
solid foundation for my feet so l could prize
myself out. A woman near me cried out
for her little girl, and with my left hand,
which was uniDjured, [ succeeded in releas.
ing her from the mad SO she could BIZ up
and called for help. Two uen soon appear
ed and carried us from the chssm. For one
hour the ballast between two ties was my
bed and the iron rail my pillow. In reach
ing this position of comparative ease ana
luxury we had to wade through mud waist
deep. Here l watched the horrible specta.
Gle of the flames consuming the eight cars
and the human victims of the fearful
wreck. The shock was tremendous and
simply indescribable, and to this l
attribute the absence of the grosus and cries
which are usually heard at such catastro-
Plies. The train was speeding along at the
rate of forty miles an hour, and, without
moments warning or thought of danger,
we went down into the washout. l think
The conclusion killed every passenger who
cannot be accounted for among the living.
They passed from life to death in the twink
ling of an eye, many of them wrapped In
slumbar. l did not get out of the sleep
or. 1t got from around ma in some inexpli-
cable manner. There were nine passengers
in all in the sleeper, and learn several of
them are missing. l occupied the middle
sleeper, and the rear remained on the track,
but was consumed by the flames. The ter
rihle disaster developed heroes and hero.
ines. n en- and women worked to rescue
passengers from the wreck, all unconscious
that they were almost in mans primeyal
state as to apparel"
Bishop Wilson arrived in Baltimore yes
tetday. As soon as he reached home his
physician was summoned and ordered that
60 visitors BIZ permitted to see him, as he
was very weak from the shock and expos
ure. His ir nries, while not dangerous in
any way, are very painful. His entire body
is badly bruised and he received cut on
the left side and also one On the left wrist,
covering the leader of his little finger, and
barely missing the artery.
Mr.. Burton Marye, formerly Of this city, q
son of Auditor Marye. was passenger on
the wrecked train. He was slightly wound
cd in the wrist in forcing his way through
window on the sleeper In speaking of the
accident be says
"My opinion, is that toe wreck was I'm.
avoidsble. From the position of the cars,
Tue bank must have been intact at the time
| The engine Wentupon II, out helDg thorough
ly saturated with water the jar of the fore
part of the train passing over it caused it to
give way in an instant. Having once gained
break it copld not have taken the i'm
msnse body of water piled fifteen or twenty
feet deep long to sweep away every vestage
of earth. TIE engine did not make plunge
as was stated. but the cars sank rapidly rs
the bank was melted beneath them There
| uere mn cries or proans heard nv anv of our
party, and there can be no doubt that all
who lost their lives died instantly. The
| fire, which broke out twenty or thirty min
utes after all were free from the sleeper,
certainly did not cause the death of any of
the irured. We went over the wreck re-
peateGIy, loudly calling, go that we could
ascertain where the wounded were, but not
a reply was heard. Indeed, the silence was
simI " terrible"
All the mail matter on the train, includ
ing three register pouches, was destroyed.