Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1876, Page 1

i i ! ! I HEIMERDINGER’S ] VOLUME XXXI. ’—5—;2 PEPOSIT VAULTS. - % & o s STATE @ SAVINGS INSTITUTION 20 & 82 LASALLE ST CHICAGQ Pounded on Solid Rock. Walls gheolutely Fire-Proof. Steel Lining, invulnerable to assanlt. Vigilantly guarded night and Time Locks. As secure 88 can be made for the safe- keeping of Money, Diamonds, Bonds, Deeds, and other valua- ‘ples. Safes for rent at from $6 to $160 per annum, according tosize and location. Packages, large or small, stored at rea- sonable rates. D. D. SPENCER, President. 2 A. D. GUILD, Cashier. * G30. C. Cook. Manacer Safe Deposit Vanlta. BANKING. TILIINOIS 'I‘RUST AND SAVINGS BANK, 122 and 124 Clark-st., Chicago. " Atameeting of the Directors of the above Bank, peld Taesduy, Dec. 28, 1876, the following pre. ,amble and resolution was passed unmlmmu]y . “Warseas, No opportunity now exisl i pomi aod safe investment of money at rates hére- tofore current, + *‘ResorvED, Thst from January 1, 1877, and - yntil & renewzl of more favorable conditions, the sta of interest vaid on all new deposits Jjn the Bsvings Department will be five per cent péran- pUm. ! . #That depositors may have full notice of the above change, all balances on the books in the Sav- * fogs Department Jan. 1, 1877, will be allowed oli ates uotil July 1, 177, after which the Tate i 1 : g 3 BOCTS AND SHOES., - (LOSING 20T DALE OF A F! “‘s'rocxor BOOTS & SHOES, Begardless of px-am.: or cost, to go out of ness. ' No SHODDY GOODS, NO AUCTION TRASH, 128 §. Clark-st., near Madison, Eand-sewed HMen's Shoes from $5 upwards. Sewed Men’s 8hoes trom ..2 upwards. Ladies’ Side-laces from $3.25 upwards. Iadiey’ Button from $3.50 unwuds. Misses’ Shoes from 75 cts. upwards, FIDCKHOLDEBF MEETINGSs Stockholders’ Meeting. Tnimp NATIONAL BAXK, ¢ Cmicaco, IIL, Dee. 8, 1878. Tbe sonus) meetiagof the stockholders of this Dank for the election of Dircctors will be held at its Banking Office on Tueeday, the 9th dl)’ 17' .hn\ury next, be- tween the bonrs of 2 and § J. IB\L\G PLAT(CE President. - (hicago ity Railway Gompany The anoual mecting of the Szock Stockholders of the Chl- a0 Clty Katiway Company, for the electlon of Direc: d the transacclon of any other business that may g.rtn&gl come ] bz\fal!wfl;:m. il be held at the 0. 50 State-st., on Wednesdsy, Jan. 10, 1877, At S o‘dnck e N. EVANS. Secretary. The Hido and Leather Bank, CHICAGO, Dec. 31, 18786, ¢ annual meeting of iz stockholders of thisbank, ae election of Directors for the ensuing year, will id atita banking office on Tuesday, the 2d _day of J-nmyn:xv. between the hours of 103 m. and 121. BYRON L. SMITH. Casbier. .Election Notice. TRotice is hereby given. that the annuai cicciion of :ctors of tne Traders’ Insurance Company, of Chi- 1L, wiil be held at the office of safd Company, Chamber of Commerge, Lasalle-at., od Mondsr. :-unary 1st, A. D. Polis m be open o A CA\GeR 4. B (8 13 6'Clack 1. £ day. Chicaga, Dec. 23, 1876. T S ey GERMAN NATIONAL BANK. The snnaal ‘mecting of the Stockbolders of this for the election of Directors will be held at its banking office on Tuesday, Jan. 9, between 2 A ek AN SCHAFFNER, Cashier. Stockholders’ Meeting. 11C4G0, Dec. 18, 1876. TbS sonual mesting of SR hotders of the Merchants’ Saviags, Loan and Trust Compm)-. of this €, for the election of eloven Tyustees o serve during mmnlnx ‘year will be held at the oflice of the com- fayon Tdesday, Jan. 2, 1877, between she houts of - HURS For the nest 30 days we wm offer our stock of Fine Furs st actual cost. Seal Sacques, $90, $100. $125,and $laO . H, BROMWELE & CO., 146 State-st.. 2d floor. The balance of our stock of Ladies' and Children's Furs we are offering at an immense sac- REWSTER, Cnr. Clark nnd Hadison-sts. FIRM CKA.NGES. a @ DISSOLUTION . The Gopurtnerehip heretofore exlsting under the aame ot leCly & WIRTH bas been dissolved 4 Jtbe dean LM, Chas. Wirth on the 16th of rember. 1875. The business of the late firm il be settled by the ccessors of sald drm. w1, 18770 AUGUST BECK. COPARTNERSHIP. - The business of the o0ld firm BECK & WIRTH Wl be mnzlnned as heretofore by thair successors, @ t Beck and R. Chae. Feldkamp, vaving this ¥ formed a copartnership under the 4 name of ‘BECK & FELDEAMP, Totransact the business of manufacturers of To 2nd Soud and acalers in Leaf 2nd Plug To- i ,hm Fipes, etc,, etc., at 22and 24 South Water- 3 392’ and' 354 ‘North Clark-st. We will "'“me ali lil'hnme* and collect all credits of the AUGUST BECE, LD! P. Iste firm of Beck & Wirth. ~—errr___STOVES, “STOVEST” The Larzest, Steck in Chxcuzo beize closed outin BANKRUPTCY, “LESS THAN COST.” A. M. SEARLES, 160 Lake-st. SIIIRETS, Keep's Custom Sh.u'ts, e to . Not the ltznmfiu‘:nmwmem 3y shita orieeed voies ¥.CO0.,173 East. riered puem Y 8h{rts o] fl'ed W‘A FINANCIAL. 77th Quarterly Statement OF TEBH STATE SAVINGS INSTITUTI OF CHICAGO, At the Close of Business, Dec. 30, 1876. RESOURCES, Jicrtinge Loons on Beal Estate.... .- $1,508,017.05 umwd sucx:l.-:éfizm& 8 by sb’d&r‘(:é 2,- 1, SBunty ane g““ Cash :,nd Txchaone 3T 28008 TRy n:ll‘:gl': 5"-}‘ Sepostt Paui s, e i 8,657, Safes, Furaitors, sed Fibtores e, 10I000:08 $1,685,297.02 LIABILITIES. 84,585,297.92 D. D. SPENCER, Presldent. . D. S. SMITH, Vice-President. A. D. GUILD, Cashfer.”” €. G. BULELEY, Ass't Cushler. " HIBERNIAN Bankmg Association, Cricaco, Dec. 28, 1876. The rate of murm on Savings Deposits with this Association is hereby rednngfi from 6 to 5 per cent per annum, to take effect on and aner Jan. 1, 1877. By order 0! the Board of Dire HAMILTON B. DDX, Lashler. EDWARD L.BREWSTER 101 Washington-st., Bu s and sclls Commercial Paper, Lnu! Stocks, Bonds. Loansnegotiated. 8 per cent Chicago Clly Certificates for sale. 7 PER CENT and 8 per centloans on approved cityreal estate made by FRANCIS B. PEABODY & CO., 174 Dearborn-st. -1 PER CENT. Verrc)xo!l:e lonn.s -z =EVE\ $10.000 st 7: $5,000 O R UDbRR & MASOY. 107-100 Deasbornent, MONEY TO LOAN At Jow rates on improved real estate In Cook County; ko o8 pork. Erafa, produce, aad provisions. Forelgn gratn, EXchange bouRtt ab LAZARUS SILVERMAN., Bank, Chamber of Commerces DIVIDEND NOTICE At ameeting of the Board of Directors of the Third Fationd Bonk of Chicarn, hefd tiie day, a dividend.of Bre per cent was declared to the Stock] a; 8 50 after dunasry 5 R Dec. 28, 1 Casfifer, COAL. I 1. HATHAWAY, Coal Dealer, MAIN OFFICE AND DOCK: ¢ Gor. Market and Rendolpt-Sts Offics 34 Dock, No, 1 North Market-st. Ofiop &nd Dock, No, 387 Archer-av, Offios and Yard, No, 711 West Lake-st. Branch Gfir,a, Ko, 146 LoSalle-st, Hard coal of all sizes, Briar Hill and Erie, deliv- ercd promptly and in good order to sl parts of the city, Also dry Traverse Beech and Maple Wood. Orders from city or country will receive prompt attention. Coal hy the ear-load ab market rates. Gartsherrie Coa $5.00 PER TON, DELIVERED, EQUAL TO ERIE. {01 Washington-st., {92 East Twelfth, and North Pier. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR GROCERIES. Seale r-l 'wlll be. rm:ch'ed hy thc nnderflnafl et "“as’ S ot the Insane, or on dat i Tiinole uzar 3 b:u-w¥ Jew Ortelns .\lolmz-.& 1 cask Turkish Pruncs. Al the foregolnz Foods Io be purchased by samples sent fo the fastitucicn. and no goods to be paid for Which do Dot cqual the samples furnished by the suc- cesstul idaer. “fiic privilegt (s reserved of refccting ' proposal, or part 0f_any proposal, not satisfactors, hi bF Gelcctus such articles from' the above list an shallbe considered for the interest of the l_vlnmnp:g‘ Proposals shoxld be sent in dupllcat . s for Groveries,” vnc directed 10 . G. WHITLOCK. S adioe, mid the other1o i, F. CABHIEL, Superin: tendent. Jacksonviile. 11 DEJ TISTRY, M. H.ASPINWALL, DENTIST, ReNOVED from First Natlonal Bank Building to 56 Washington-at., over Gossage'r. Special sttention tofilling and preserv- lngchc naturaltecth. J.H. WOOLLEY, DENTIST, 71 Washington-st,, cor Dearborn, ROOM 5. DENTISTRY. Great reduction in prices. DR. SflERWoODfi[Yfl friehare e e R rooms, Nos. 18 and 19 Dore Block. IWANTED. ~Agoncy Wanted By a first-class Bouse fora line of goodsto handleduring sp:lag, summer, and fall,—our buslnesy betng mostly in Location, means, sad references A 1. the winter. Address R 15, Tribune ofice. FATS. TH B A g Dress Sdh, Stiff and rt Hats, HOLIDAY STYLES, Just received. J. 8. BLRNI}S & CO,, 70 Madison-st. AT LAW. GHARLES iS H. REED, ATTORNEY AT, I.AW RBooms 4 and 5, 91 Donrborn-st. CHICAGO, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1876~SIXTEEN PAGES. PIANOS, Grand, Squats, aad Upright Pianos Have been awarded the Highest H - tenniul Exlliblthign,ul&g,n:};.‘.t tmen TWO MEDALS OF HONOR AND TWO DIPLOMAS OF MERIT —00 other Piano Exhibjtor kaving receivod a simi- 1ar distinction. Offictal o hibit in Main Bnflfl!ncg.' TERE SR PR mAT S 0 *For greatest concert capacity in Grand Planoa, As also Highest Degres of Exeeilence in All Their Styles of Pianos, vlz, :~largestvolnme, purity and daration of tone, and extraordinary carrying capacity with mc!a(on: a?,:?’l;x;l}lbl]l:'yi of me anism; also, movel disposi- e strings and constracti tiomof the trings o, and bracing of The re‘;wrt then minutely describes and emphati- cally indorses the six principal patent - Tets which have made the Stetawey - LT The Standard Pianos of the World, dfllcial Teport on STETWAY'S exhibit in Machine- ‘"J'hne orticles of composite metal show the highest peflecmn of finith and workmansaip snd the greatest firmuess and unfformity of metal structure, 'a steel-like and zounding quality withs tensile strength exceeaing 5,000 pounds per squars centimeter, as demonstrated by actual tests, The fall metal frames of cupola shape, possess an un- equaled degrec of.resistance, increased tension of strings without the slightest danger of break or crack in sald metal (mnen. thereby considerably increasing the vibratory pow. er, and augmenting the lasting qualities of their instruments. " SIEINWAY & Soxs have aleo received the Firat of the Grand Gold Medals of Honor, Parle, 1867; First. Prizo Medal, London Exhibition, 156.‘ the Na- tional Gold Medal of Sweden and Norway, 1868; Medal of the ‘‘Baciete Libre des Deanx’ Arts,' Paris, 1867; Academical Honorsof ‘‘The Ra ‘Academies of Arts," Berlin and Stockholm. AEO more than flsxrly-flv: other medals at American Exhibitions, and testimonials from all of the most eminent Masicians, Composers, and Artists in the World ‘who all unite in the apanimons verdict of Supenonty of the Steinway Piano Over All Others. An unlimited guaranty with each Piano. 7~ Dlnetrated Catalogues, with Pri ‘mbtled fre¢ on applicatiors o List, LYON & HEALY, State and Monroe-sts. THE KNABE GRAND, SQUARE, & UPRIGHT PIANOS. HIGHEST AWARD AT THE CENTENNIAL. Alnrza uwoL of these, lso of THE FAVORITE BAUER PIANOS, Behning & Bieh! Pianos, Ands numh;r of CHEAPER GRADEB of Pianos, always on hand af JULIDS. BAUER & (O, Corner State and Monroe-sts., PALMER HOUSE. Hallet, Davis & Co's UPRIGHT PIANGS Wero the Only Ones, Gut of over Forty Competitors, that Roceived Speclsl Mention snd Honorsat the Centennial. ‘They stand {n tune longer thai nny Pjanos made. ‘They are vich and full in tone. consiructed to endure, and are fn every essentfal the Perfect Plllml:rfdlh Il:fi‘!- Musical masters snd amateurs in America pronounce the ‘Hallett, Davia & Co.'s Uprights oo valel FYREE pranos. it other Musteal Instruments of the best makes, can be found at my warerooms. Ilustrat ‘price catalogues furnished free on application. W. W, KIMBALL, COBNER STATE AND ADAMS-STS., CHICAGO. COLLARS. Keep's Oollars Ele ant tyles, Best Wi ‘ i KEEI‘:.)LXE\UF MISCELLANEOUS. GUINEAS!! . Just received, a fow Hnglish BPADE Guineas and Halves, very 80arce, warrant- ed genuine, ‘Also SILVER!! Solid 8terling Silver Forks and Spoons, and Fancy Hollow Ware in Boxes, for pres- ents, NEW, from Bankrupt Stock, atless than manufscturer’s prices, at GOLD- BMID'S LOAN AND BULLION OFFICE, 99 East Madison-st. CHEAPEST PLACE IN THE CITY TO BUY YOUR FLOUR, FEED, MEAT, & GRAIN 18 AT TI-IE MARINE MILLS, 66 and 88 North Conal-st. q, ton: Corn-meal, $16 per top; fine Meal St et ALt Flour, $3.50 Der barrel Gooé Eatéhit iode, $7,0 por parrel; Bext St Louis <550 B eas Snrine, &7 per barrel; Good Spritig, B0 pcr barrel; Good Buck ent Flor, $6.90 [ Barvel;"Good ats, 326 per bu; Good Corn, 460 per Badger State Manufacturing Cos, , Wis., meoufacturers of Doors, Saah. Biiaas, Momatnks. kc. ghesper than, any otnef man Bacvarers In the aited States. Price (isua farnished e T large bills Orders by mal promply attendedto. O)fiu 92 Washmgwn-st. F. M. CLAREE. T AXHS. e tazcs for the year 1876 on Hyde Park prop- Er’(ryhnr«. ‘siow due and payable at my office, No. 67 Dearborn-st. 1f yoa would avoid paying cost pay Town Collector. our tazes to e E e OV L.E, Town Collector. 70 REAT---IRON FRONT STORE, No. 58 and 60 Lake-st., 96 feet front by 140 ”fi Sgtomu. with goo d bagement, & good nnl& water elevator; fil Jocation. F. TUTTL! PARTLY MADE SHIRTS. Keep's Patent Partly-Made- Dns smm. The vory best, € for §6; can be finished séwing s atra 1 wfi'fica., 173 Bast Madlscn st permittinga vastly |- INTO RUIN HURIE Heartrending Details of the Lake Shore Disaster. Over One 'Eundred Lives Lost by the Catas- . trophe. Nearly Forty Bodies Taken from the Smeoldering Ruins, Very Few of Them in a Con- dition to Bé¢ Rec- ognized. A Complete List of the Saved, Injured, and Uninjured. Narrative of Mr. J. E. Burchell, a Pagsenger on the 11- Fated Train. b A Vivid Description of the Wrecked and Burning Train, P. P. Bliss Burned to Dcath Try- _ing to Extricate His Wife and Children. Jerry Stewart, a Sleeping-Car Porter, Recités His Ex~ perience. A Melancholy Train of Mourners en the Road to Ashtabula. In Search of the Remains of Mr. Bliss and Family---The Life of the Sweet Singer, Other Chicagoans Who Ara Feared to Have Died That Fatal Night, THE GULF OF DEATH. 'WHAT DAYLIGHT DEVELOPED. Special Dispatch o The Tribune. ASHTABULA, O., Dec. 30.—The proportions of the Ashtabula horror are now approximately known. Daylight, which gave an opportunity to find and enumerate the saved, reveals the fact that two out of every three passengers on the fated train are lost. Of the 160 passengers ‘whom the maimed conductor roports as having been on board, but fifty-nine can be found.or accounted for. The remainiug 100, burned to ashes or shapeless lumps of charred flesh, lie ‘under the ruins of the bridge and train. The disaster was dramatically complete. No element of horror was wanting. First, the crash of the bridge, the agonizing moments of sus- pense as the seven laden cars:plunged down their fearful leap to the icy river-bed; then the fire which came to devour all that had been left alive by the crash; then the water, which gur- eled up from under the broken fce and OFFERED ANOTHER FOBX OF DEATH; and, finally, the biting blast filled with snow, which froze and benumbed those who had es- caped water and fire. It was an ideal tragedy. The scenc of the accident-was the valley of the creek which, flowing down past the eastern margin of Ashtabula village; passes under -the raflway three or four hundred 'yrds cast of the station. Here for many years, after the Lake Shore road was built there Was a long wooden trestle-work, but as the road was improved this ‘was superseded about ten years ago.with AN IRON HOWE TRUSS built at the Cleveland shops,.und resting at either end upon_high stone picrs, flanked by heavy earthen cmbankments. The fron struc- ture was a single span’of 159 fect, crossed by a double track seventy feet above the water, which at that point is now. from 8 to 6 feet deep, and covered with eight inches of ice. ‘The descent into the valley on ¢ither'side ispre- cipitous, and, as the hills anq slopes are piled with HEAVY DRIFTS OF SNOW, . there was no litfle difficulty’ in reaching tha wreck aftcr the disaster became; known. ‘The bridge has been regarded ' as one of thc very best of it§ kind in the cmmcry It bas been tested with six locomotives, and trains fre- quently crossed on both tracks: simultaneousty without eausing more than a slight deflection of the structure. It was intended to be as stropg as iron’ and’ masonry could make it, ana it required almost actual sight of the wreck to convince the Chief-Engi- near of the road that the bridge had fallen un- der the weight of a single train. The disaster occurred shortly before 8 o'clock. It was TOE WILDEST WINTER NIGHT of the year. Three hours behind its time, the Pacific express, which had left New York the night before, straggled along through the drifts and the blinding storm. The eleven cars were a heavy burden to the two engines,.and when the leading locomotive broké thipugh the drifts hcyondLhemflnu,mdrofledonnuossuxcbrldge, the train was moving at less than ten miles an hour. The head lamp threw but ashort and dim flash of light, in the front, so thick was the air with the driving snow. ‘The traincrept acrdss the bridge, the leading engine had reached solid ground beyond, and its driver had just given it steam, when sometbing in the undergearing of bridge snapped. For an ipstant there was a CONFUSED CRACELING OF,BEAMS AND GIRDERS, ending with a tremendous cash, as the whole train but the leading engine :broke through the framework, and fell ina heap .of crushed and splintered ruins at the bottom. Notwith- standing the wind and storm $he crash was heard by people within-doors half a mile away. For a moment there wes silence, a stunned sensation among the survivors, who in all stages of mutilation lay piled among the dying and dead. Yhen arose the cries of maimed and suffering e few who remained unburt hast- ened to escape from the shattered cars. They crawled out of windows into freezing water walst-decp. Blen, women, and children, with limbs bruised and broken, pinched between timbers 2nd transfixed by jagged splinters, BEGGED WITH THEIR LAST BREATH FOR AID that no buman power could give. Five minutes after the train’ fell the fire broke out in the cars piled against the abut- mentsat either end. A moment later flames broke from the smoking-car and first coach piled across each other near the middle of the stream. In less than ten minates after the catastrophe every car in the wreck was on fire, and the flames, fed by the dry varnished work and fanned by the fcy gale, licked up the ruins as though they had been tinder. *Destruction was 50 swift, that MERCT WAS BAYFLED. Kuwho, in the bewilderment of the shock, sprang out and reached the solid ice, went back after wives and children and found them suf> focating and roostiog in the flames. The neigh- boring residents, startled by the crash, were lighted to the scene by the conflagration, which made cven their prompt assistance too late. By midnight the cremation was complete. The storm had subsided, but the wind still blew fiercely, and tite cold wis more intense. . When morning came all that remaived of the Pacific Express was a winrow of car wheels, axles, brake-rons, truck-frames, and twisted rails Iying in a black. pool at the Gpttom of the gorge. 'The wood . TIAD BUENED COMPLETELY AWAY, and the ruins were covered. with white ashes. Here and there a ‘mass of chatred, smoldering substance sent up = little cloud of sickening vapor, which told that it was human flesh slowly yiclding to the corrosion of the firg. On the crest of the western abutment, half burled in the snow, stood the rescucd Jocomotive, all that remained of the fated train, As the bridgefell, its driver had given it & quick head of steam, which tore the drawhead frem its tender, and the liberated engine shot forward and buried itsclf in the snow. The other locome- tive, drawn backward by the mung train, tumbled over the pler and : FELL, BOTTOM UPWARD on the ¢xpress car next behind. The engineer, Folsom, escaped with a broken leg. How he cannot tell, nor can any one else imeagine. There i3 no death-list to report. There can be none until the list of the missing ones who traveled by the Lake 8hore Roed on Friday is made up. ‘There are no remains that can ever be identifled. The three charred, shape- less lumps recovered uwp to- mnoon to-day arc beyond all hope of recognition. Old or young, male.or female, black or white, no man can tell. They are ~ ALTKE INTHE CRUCIBLE OF DRATH. For the rest, there are piles of white ashes in ‘which glisten the crumbling particles of calcin- ed bones; in other places masses of black, charred debris, half under water, which may’| contain fragments of bodies, but nothing of human semblance. It is thought that there may be afew corpses under the ice, os there were women and children who sprang into the water and sank, but mme have been thus far recavered. CLEVELAND PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN. There were few Clevelanders on board. Dr. A. H. Washburn, Rector of Grace Episcopal Church in that city, went on board the train at Erie, and cannot, now be found.. Mr. Georze Armstrong, late of the firm of Alcott, Horton & Co., and well knownin New rYork, is a!.so thought to be among the lost. Thirty of the survivors, many of them wnnnfl- ed, were taken to Cleveland this morning. They relate many interesting detafls of the catastrophe. Among the rest is Charles 8. Carter, of Brooklyn, N.Y. He wasin the rear drawing-room car playing cards with two others, one & Mr. Shepherd, of New York, the other a stranger. Suddenly he heard the glass of the car-windows begin' to crackle, and the car plunged to the bottom of the ravine. The stranger 4 ‘WAS EILLED INSTANTLY. Jr. Shepherd had a broken leg, which was am- putated this morning, and Carter, though some- ‘what bruised, was comparatively unhart. Car- ter says that the front of the car was much low- er than the rear, and that the flames in the front began to eat upward and spread with great ra- pldity,. ~He turned to the asssistance of Mr. Shepherd, and with great difficulty succeeded in getting him out, the broken leg impeding their advance. When Shepherd was 1airly out, Carter returncd to'the assistance of 8 woman who was calling for help at the Tront of the car. - He got herout, sud, as she was quite thinly clad, gave her his overcoat. A Jarge gang of men have gonc down to clear away the wreck and prepare for throwing a tem- porary bridge acrossthe chasm.” It will be ten days before the road will be open again. WRECK AND RUIN. A CLEVELAND CORRESFONDENT'S ACCOURT. To the Western Associated Press. Cx.sflmun. 0., Dee. 80.—The following u from a special to the Cleveland Zeader: - The haggard dawn which drove the darkness ot of this valley of the sl of desth sel- donrsiw & ghastifer sight than was revealea with' the coming of this morning. On either side of the ravine frowned the dark and bare arches from which the tseacherous timbers had fallen; while at their base the great heaps of ruins covered the 100 men, women, and chil- dren who had so suddenly been called to their death.” Tha three charred bodies lay where they had been placed in the hurry and confusion of the night. Piles of fron lay on the thick ice, or bedded in the shallow water of the strcam. The fres smoldered in great heaps, Where many of the hapless victims had been all con- samed, while men went about in wild excite- ‘ment, seeking some tracc of & lo:b one among the wounded or déad. “The list of saved and wounded having been already sent, the sad task remains of discover- ing who may he among the dead. The latter task will be the most difficult of all, nntil the continued absence of herc and there a friend will allow of but one explanation—that he Wwas among those who took T THIS FATAL LEAP. - All the witnesses'so far agree to the main facts of the accident. It was about 8 o'clock, and the zrain was moving along at a inoderate rate of speed, the Ashtabula station being just this-side of the ravine. Suddenly, and without warning, the train plupged into the abyss, the forward locomotive alone getting “across in gafetv. Almost instantly, the lamps and stoves set fire to the cars, and many who were doubt- lessly only stunned, and who might otherwise have been saved, fell victims to the fury of the flames. On the arrival of the Cleveland train, the Surgeon of theroad organized his corps of as- sistants, and made a tour of the various hotels, ‘where the wonnded were attended to, suck help being given to each as was possible. The people of Ashtabulalen# a willing ‘hand, and all that human skill and magey could do to save life or ease paln was done. Tac train which came from Cleveland for' the purpose was immediately ‘backed into position, and long before daylight the least -wounded were ‘being prepared for transportation to Cleveland, to be sent to hos- pitals or thefr homes. * #rE §CENES ANOXE THE WOUNDED ‘were as sugzestive almost as the wreck in the valley. The two hotels nearest the station con- tained a majority of these, as theywere scattered about on temporary beds on the floors of the dining-rooms, parlors, and offices. In one place aman with a broken leg would be under the hands of the surgeon, whe rapidiy and skillfully went at his work. In another,a man covered with brulses and spotted over with pieces of plaster, would look as thomgh he had been snowed upon, except when the dark lines of | ‘blood across his face or limbs told a different storn Insome other corner, a poor woman: moaned from the pain which she could not con- ceal, while over all there brooded that, hushed feeling of awe which always accompanies cilam- ities of this character. Towards morning the cold increased and the wind blew a fearful zale, which, with the snow, that had drifted waist-deep at points along the line, made all work extremely difficult. At 8 o'clock the bedsin the sleeping-car of the special train were made up, and such of the wounded as could be moved were tranaferred there. THE BRIDGE. - From an interview with . Mr. Charles Collins, the Chief Civil Engineer of the road, Ilearn that the bridge was s Howe truss, built entirely of irom, and cleven years old. It was sixty-nine - The Ghicage Dailp Teibune, feet above the water, and had an arch 150 feet Iong in the clear, the whole lengthof the bridge being 157 feet. It has been tested with six loco- motives, and at the time of the disaster was con- sidered as being in a perfect condition, It was bufltin the Cumberland shops. Mr. Colling gives no opinion as to the cause of the accident, expressing himself as being utterly unable so to do. He estimates the loss fn the bridge also as being near $75,000, but has no opinion as to the total loss by the cars. As soon as the debris is d d away, and the bodies all taken out, will occupy @ couple of days, & temporary hrldge, which was built for the Wilson avenue crossing, and is at Collingwood, will be pat np. He expects to have 2 ranning counection made ‘within ten days.’ AT THE RUINS. I have just returned from the ruins, snd have scen the smoldering remains of at least a dozen bodies, only oneof which has any sem- blance whatever of a human‘body. By the side of another heap of embers was fonnd a palr of sclssors; also a tuft of grayish hairs. No other means nt {identification could be found, although the. hunt may be more successful whenthe re- moval of the upper rubbish begins. The ironof the bridgeis twisted in endless confusion with that of the cars, while the loco- motive is awreck inevery part. By this time nearly all the woodwork is burned away. ., AKOTHER DISPATCH. CLEVELAND, Dec. 30—1 p. m.—~The following special to the Leader is the very latest received up to this hour: * Charles 8. Carter, of Brooklyn, N.Y., says he was sitting in the palace car, with three others, engaged in a friendly game of cards. Buddenly he heard the window-glass in the for- ward part of the car breaking, and almost in- stantly the car began to fall. He was seated with his back toward the front, and as he went down he sat as quiet as he could and held on. When the car struck at the bottom of the rayine, he found himself almost unhurt, al- though one of the gentlemen playing with him, whose name he did not know, was killed instantly, while the other, a Mr. Shépard; of New York, had aleg. broken. Carter says that the front of the car was much lower thau the rear, and that the flames in the front beggp to eat their way upward, and spread with great rapidity. . He turned to the assistance of Mr. Shepard, and with great difficulty succeeded in getting him out, the broken leg impeding their ad- vance. When 8hepard was fairly out, Carter returned to the assistance of a woman who was calling for help at the front of -the car. He got her ont, and -as she was quite thinly clad, be gave her his overcoat. After reaching a hotel, he found himself severely bruised in several places. In this great peril of the hour, a man" rushed down to the scene of the disaster ready tohelp. Hesawa woman struggling for life and went to her assistance. He carried her by main force to the solid ice, and theny urged by the cries of the mother, went back to the rescue of the daughter, a sweet child of 8 or4 y of age. The treacherous wood, in splintering, had CAUGHT THE OHILD IN ITS GRASP. and the fire completed the, horrible work. The man was compelled to see the child enveloped in fiame, to hear her “Help me,mother!” ring- ing ont in the agony of death, and on the ears of the cruel night. In amoment she was lost, swept up by the sharp torgue of the fire, while her mother inhelpless agony fell to earthina deadly swoon. There was on board a family named Bennett, on their way from New York State to Jefferson, Ashtabuls County, O. The father and mother got out of the wreck, and the children were only saved by being tossed from the arms of one man to another " OVER A PILE OF BURNTNG WOOD. One of the four was seriousl; jured, and all were scratched slightly. On Saturday morning, the mother, who was enceinte, gave birthto a child, the event being hastened by the excite ment she had undergone. Mrs. Frame, of Rochester, Who was so badly burned about the lower part of the body, is in 2 precarious condition, and it is the opinion of Dr. Schueider that she has bnt a slight chance for her life. . Shepard, whose rescue wus - pmflmmy d& ‘seribed, had one of his legs fearfully crushed, so much so that it had to be amputated. The |- operation was performed at 8 o'clock in the morning. ' He is doing well. V) 1t seems that the train must have JUST ABOUT COVERED TEE BRIDGE when it fell, as the fragments le clearacrogs the ravine, touching the base of the sbutments on efther end. When one stands at the foot of the ravine and looks up, it seems an utter im- possibility that any man could take a leap from s0grest a helght snd yet live. A number escapeq comparatively unbarmed, and,had it not been for the fire, probably not one-third would have beenlost. The water in the creek is only about threc feet deen, and it is thought by some that when it is dragged a number of bodies may be found. Y A stock-drover is another witness as to the Tapidity with which the fire did its work. He says he was one of the first out of the wreck, and that five minutes had not elapsed before the whole thing was ‘The railroad officers did all in their power for the alleviation of the suffering. They alsc seemed anxious that the facts shonld all be pub- lished, and desired to suppress nothing, Every. facility possible was ziven to the representatives of the press to get to the bottom !m in every instance. . THE VICTIMS, AT THE WRECK. Soeclal Dispasch to The Tribune. CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 80.—The latest reports from the wreck show that the work of recover- ing bodies has been more successful than was anticipated. It wasat first feared that not more than a dozen bodies would be recoyered sufficiently preterved to be removed., the debris 1scleared away down to the surface of ‘the water a number have been found, thirty- fourof whichhad beeg taken out at6p.m. None of these, 8o far as reported, are in a con- dition to be {identified, except by mecans of ‘buttoms, jewelry, or other trinkets, known only to thelr friends. Dr. Wash~ burn, Rector of Grace Church, s lost. George Armstrong, thought to have been on the fated troin, telegraphs from Batavia that he is safe, having left New York Friday night. Mr, Harvey Tilden, Superintendent of the wa- ter-works on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, was on the train, and almost every other passenger in the car in which he was was burned to death. : ME. TILDEN 13 SE; ;Y BRUISED and has received in injurics, snd was brought to this city abont 11o'cJock. He states that in his opfnion the bridge was weak- ened by the cold weather, and while the train had nearly crossed the coupling “between the two engines broke, and the jar occasioned by the breaking, though slight, was the last straw on the camel’s back, and the whole train, except the forward engine, FPRECIPITATED DOWNK THE DANE. When the train fell, theslceping-car Palatine, the last of the train, went down near the east- ern abutment, striking upon the top of another sleeper, and rolling over on its side. Stewart, the colored porter of the Palatine, succeeded fn raising a window and escaping. e immediate- 1y set to work stamping on the other’ windows, thus breaking them io so that the passengers could get out. By this means he rescued all the passengers in his car, some twenty in num- ber, with the cxoeguon of one, who was sick and UNABLE 70 HELP HIMSELY. When Btewart discovered this, he caltedjon the " clunati; slightly; Mrs. F. 4. PRICE FIVE CENTS; others to stay and help him out with the mu}.‘ and himself entered the car. Only s womsn and ons man, apparently i, stayed to assist him, however. Stewart, with their aid, suc-; ceeded in getting his man qut, thus rescufng | every ‘man under his charge. i Young Nussbaam, of New York, who was fnel m in m:ga Dead, is dead. No other deaths~ amon; mem}g ong the wounded ?raught to’ CORRECTID L1ST OF TIIE SAVED AND WOUKDKD- To the Western Associated Press. CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 30.—3:40 p. m.—The following is the very latest complete and cor~ rected !l.n of the saved and injured at the Ash- tabula ‘accident last night: A. E. Hewett, Bridgeport, Conn., slightly injured. J. G. Earl, Chicago, ditto; B. B. Lyons, New York, safe; B, 8. McGee, residence mot given, safe; Mrs. Anua Graham, New York, slightly; John J. White, Boston, leg broken; Mrs. Willlam H. ‘Bfiullcy,flhiugo. slightly; child and nursedead; Marmondville, Albany, hesd and swmnah Mrs. M. Bingham, Chicago, leg brokenz Wm. B. Sanderson, Auburn, Mo., slightly; Robert Monroe, Rutland, Mass., head, back, and leg; A. Burnham, Milwaunkee, slightly; Mrs. W. H. Lew, Rochester, slightly; B. Hazel- ton, Charleston, Ill., probably fatally; V. Nus- baum, davgeronsly; residence-not given. Miss Mary Frame, Rochutzr, probably fatally; C. E. Jones, Beloit, Wis., slightly; J. M. Martin, East Avon, ribs broken; Peter Seevenboro, fireman, slightly; Andrew Gibson, Carey, 0., slightly;, Henry W. Shiphard, Brooklyn, N. Y., leg ampu- tated; John J. Labor, Chicago, slightly; F. Osbam, Michigan, head; Richard Harold, Cin- Davis, near Indkm- spolis, not hurt; J. A. Thompson, California, bead; Dr. C. A. Griswold, Falton, III. ; A. Mait- land, Californts, back and bead; D. H. Clark, Massachusetts, and F. A. Ormsby, Boston, head, ‘slightly; Miss Marian Shepord, Wis- consin, safe; C. H. Tyler, St. Louis, hand broken; R. Anstin, Chicago, burmed; Alex. Morris, Snmmfll& Mass., leg broken; Walter Hayes, .Lexington, Ky., dangerously: J. W. Lobdell, New York; Charles S. Carter, Brook-~ Iz, N, Y., slightly; H. T. Tomlinson, Bridge- port, Conn., arm and Jleg; G. M. Read, Clevé- land, injuries not ziven; C. N. Gage, Charleston, 111, fatally—died; Thomas Jackson, Waterbury, Conn., back and head; Lonis Beauchate, Kent’s Plains,” Conn.; Charles C. Rickard, Bidde- ford, Me., arm, head, and leg; P. B.Lewel lins, Illinols, head, . severely; Alf. H. Parsloe, Wood’s Muscum, Chicago, shonlder; J. E. Burchell, Chicsgo, slightly; G. D. Folsom, engineer; Mabel Armold, North. Adams, Mass,, slightly; H. L. Brewster, Mil- ‘waukee, slightly; Edward Trueworthy, Osk- ;18ad, Cal., ribs; his brother is supposed to bar Kkilled; B. Henn, conductor, safe; H. D. Cham- plain, Cleveland, legs hurt; Bernard Sawvyer,. Chesterfield, Essex County, N? Y., head and fn- ternally;" Henr,y A. White, Wethersfield, Conn., back and head; George A. White, Pun!nnd, Me., elightly; Alexander Hitchcock, fort Clin=' ton, O., severely in head andlegs; Mr. and Mrs. Swift, North Adams, Mass., slightly; Mrs. Frank Eastman, Rochester, N. Y., probably fa< tally; Frank Cotter, Elmira, N. Y., dangerouslys; ‘Thomas C. Wright, Nashville, Tenu., seriousiy in hip, etc.; Charles Patterson, unknown resi< “dencé, probably fatally; J. W. Mowry, Hartfordy Conp., rib. WOUNDED AT CLEVELAND. CrEvELA%D, O., Dec. 30.—The following are the names of those brought to this city from Ashtabuls this evening and placed in the Cleve- land Hospital: A. Gibson, Cairo; Cparles Ricker, Biddeford, Me.; Walter Hayes, Lexing- ton, Ey.; A. Burnham, Milwaukce; Charles D. Patterson, Waterloo, N. Y.; John Lalor, Chica~ go; Robert Monrce, ‘Rutland, Mass.; W. B. Sanderson, "Auburn, Me.; Willlam Donor, Ni- Falls—gone home; 'F.'A. Davis, Eokomo, Ind.; R. Austin, Chicagc; R. Harris, Cincin- nnti~ C. Demenconhill, Zi)n\'emwrtx and many others. TUp to 6 o'clock thirty-four bodles had been taken from the wreck. Buta very few of these will eycr be identified. - ° THE INQUEST. The Mayor of Ashtabala, Mr. H. P. Hephurn. ‘will commence holding the inguest lf. 9 to-mor~ Tow morning. ON THE TRAIN. IN SEARCH OF THE LOST. The 5:15 train on the Michigan SBouthern ou$ -of Chicago lest night carried a sorrowfnl party of passengers. Therc were one baggage, one- first-class coach, and two sleepers, but even the. ‘baggage-car bore something suggestive of the! great horrge, for among its lnmber were tranks; marked tabula. Every other car held quota o!be ple en route to the scene of t! aceident {&" g sorrowtul and tearful seatc fort missing. . { B slecper were Mr. J. V. Farwil, Mr. Jacobg,Alr. Homer, Mr. Whittle, and Mr.! ‘Willlam H$ Jeonings, golog on to lak: of the remains of B, P. P. BLISS, his wife, and two children, all of whom wers reported dead. Mrom Mr. Jennings, Who is a nephew of the late Mr. Bliss, 2 TRIBUNE reporter lcarned some | meagre facts concerning tne dead emgem He was born in Ohfo thirty-six years ago, ‘for some time prior to his entering upon tI work of evmgg!lzatl«%: was inthe employ of Root & Co,, musle publishers. There was mal m thet¥’employ & gentleman named Wyman, and in the spring of 1874 Mr. Whittle anplled to} Mr. Wyman to go tothe Sunday-Scheol Con-' vention held at Rockford. Mr. Wymen findingy it impossible to attend, Mr. Bliss went. At that- Conmvention Mr. Whlm;( related an anccdotc of the War, b on Bherman’s sending assistance toabeleagured- citadel, and Bliss wrote the hymn, ‘“Hold the Fort,” which has since been sgng around the world. The acquaintance thus inaugurated be— tween the two men ripened into friendship, and- they joined hands in their efforts to rescue souls. They first held forth at Waunkegan, and passed through the smaller towns to Elgin. Then they took in in rapid successlon Detroit, Pittsburg, Louisville, Cincinnati, Nashyllle, Memphis, Chicago, 8t. Paul, Minneapolis, Madi~ son, Milwaukee, and St. Louis. ‘They were to have opened services in Chicags again to-day, but the congregation who expect- ed them will mourn the loss of one of the best hymn writers the country has produced. Mrs. Bliss, whose maiden name was Lucy J. “Young, was born in Rome, Pa., and was at the time 6f ber death about 85 years old. She was an estimable woman, and to her tircless encrgy and loving disposition the evangelist owed much of the success that attended his labors, Their two children were George G. and Paul P., both borm in Chicago, the former 2 years old and the latter 4. They were bright, promis- ing lads. The gentlemen who went down went for ths purpose of carrying the remains to Rome, Pa., where the fatherof Mr. Bliss is burled, and where the mother of the Iate Mrs. Bliss stild resides. . 3. D. PICRERING. Alr, and Mrs. Charles Pickering were also en route to Ashtabuls to get the remafns of Mr. Jobn D. Pickering, the brother,-and little Charley Pickering, the 8-year-old som of the mourners. Jobu D. Pickering was the financial manager of Preston & Co., grain com- mission - firm, and was 29 years of age. He had started for Chicago from ' Bof- falo with little Charley. The first {ntimation Mr. and Mrs. Pickering had of the accident was when they went to the depot yesterday momning 10 meet the loved ones whom they expected on the jncoming train. They asked if tho train was late, and were then informed of the horrible disaster that bad robbed them boih. Last night they weve almost prostrated with goiel A fam