The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1853, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 7441 Another Frightful Calamity, \WFUL SACRIFICE OF HUMAN LIFE. SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON TOE EW HAVEN RAILROAD. fhe Precipitation of a Train of Passenger Cars into the Norwalk River. ORTY-FIVE LIVES LOST. Several Persons Seriously Injured. of the Killed, Wounded, and Saved, THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER. ting Statements by Eye- Witnesses. HRILLING INCIDENTS. errs MIRACULOUS ESCAPES, de, de, ke, it becomes eur melancholy duty to record another tal and disastrous accident, in addition to the long st those which have occurred in different parts ef the during the last few months. About 12 o'clock ‘we received a telegraphic despatch from Nor* ik, containing the announcement and some of the par- cu of a terrible railroad disaster which happened at it place out 10 o’clock in the morning. The intelli- 100 Oreatod @ profound sensation throughout the city nit was known that about fifty persons had lost their Tho New Haven train, consisting of four and two baggage cars, left this city Boston at 8 o'clock yesterday morning, but ph reaching the drawbridge at Norwalk the loco- otive, tender, one beggage and ene passenger car ® half, ran off into the river, which at this it is over six feet deep. Some idea may be formed of pe momentum from the fact that the lecomotive cleared distance of about sixty feet, nearly reaching the oppo- te.abutment in its deseent to the water. There is no doubt lhatever that the accident—if aceldent it’ean be called— jas caused by the carelessness of the engineer. It appears the drawbridge; was raised te admit the passsage the steamboat Pacific, the usual signal was displayed the person im charge, and all the other necessary pre- sutions were taken to warn the engineer of his danger. however, of cheeking the speed of the train, (Dich should be reduced to at least eight miles an hour hen approaching the bridge, he kept it at a rate of twenty hiles, © that whea he beoame aware of the presence of langer he found it impossible to prevent the train from illing into the river. The scene which followed was srrible in the extreme. The engine, the tender, and two lara were engulphed in the water, and the passengers ther crushed to death or drowned. ‘There were one or two cases of escape which were most miraculous; but among the numerous accidents bat have occurred recently we do not recollect ~~» ras attended with more disast-eus results. One of the jars, while suspended over the side of the bridge, was okem in the middle—one half falling into the river, with |. portion ef its occupants, and the other half remaining im the read, The height of the bridge from the surface p{the water is atleast twenty feet, so that all the cars which fell im were literally broken in pieces. Tho engi- heer and the other officers saved themselves by jumping if when they discovered their proximity to the bridge. The beggage-master, Mr. Fuller, was in one of the cars which fell into the water, but escaped through the side, which was broken im by the terrible force with which it had lbeem precipitated into the water. He was slightly injured in the face. The conductor, Mr. Comstock, was in the second car, but escaped with several severe, though not serious, injuries, Among the passengers were several physicians who had attended the late convention of the Medical Association, held in this city, and who were on their way home, Of these, about six are reported as killed, and many injured. The number of dead bodies recovered, according to the latest accounts, is forty-five, of which several are so horribly mangled and disfigured as to render recognition impossible. ‘The express sgent was sitting on a trunk in the bag- gage car, and escaped by forcing his way through the roof, but is badly wounded. A newsboy in the broken car eeeaped unhurt. An infant, in the care of an aunt, and on its way to its parents in Springfield, was saved, out the aunt was killed. | ‘The town of Norwalk, immediately after the accident, ) presented a scone of indescribable confusion and excite- ! ment. Horror was depicted onevery face, and the great- } est indignation prevailed towards those whose negligeace |, waa the cause of the accident. The wounded have had | ample medical attemdance, snd all (possible assistance ! nas been rendered by the ladies of Norwalk and the citi- | vena generally. We may state here that the mails and most of the baggage are saved, but in a damaged condi- tion. When the news of the accident was received at the ho- tels in this city the friends and relatives of those who had left in the fatal+rain were in a state of the most in- tense anxiety, waiting the particulars of the disaster. Several proceeded to the railroad depot to ascertain their fate—many to learn of their sudden and violent death. ‘The following are the names of the passengers who boarded at the different hotels, and who left by the eight o’clock traiu :— DEPARTURES FROM THE UNION PLACE HOTEL. | Jonathan Trotter, Esq., President of the Board of Aa- , sistant Aldermen, in company with his two friends, G. |) Flint Spear and James Bishop, of New Jorsey, and Dr. Pierson, of Salem, Mass., together with several other | gentlemen, left the Union Place Hotel, after breakfasting together, and were all in the first passenger car that went down. Mr. Spear, Mr. Trotter and Mr. Bishop |! esoaped by crawling through one of the windows, while ‘the car was full of water, and have returned to the Union Place Hotel, badly injured. Dr. Pierson, of 2alem, qj MORNING EDITION--SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1853. THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO ENTS. yesterday morning, but being too late for the ehtht o’cleck train, they went in the eleven o'clock train for Batdgeport, DEPARTURES FROM THE HOWARD. Hungerford, New York. Dr. Gracy, Springfeld. Miss Willard, Springfield. Dr. Hockbridge, Bath, Me, Dr. Daniel Thompson, Northampton, Mass. Eéward Sharks, Waterbury. Dr. John Benson, Waterville, Me. INCIDENTS OF THE DISASTER. The engineer and the watchman at the bridge do not agree in their account as to the signal, the engineer asserting that the ball, which served as a signal, was up, signify- ing that all was right, while the other maintains that it reer ‘The engineorand fireman have both been ar- Mr. Fuller, the baggage-master, was aware, but too late, of the danger, and steadied himself to receive the sheck He was taken out by a boat from his perilous situ- ation. From the manner in which the cars were thrown over it was impossible to get at the dead bodies uatil holes had been cut in the roofs. At the time of the ac- cident it was high water. Among other touching incidents, a gentleman and lady who were among the saved got separated in the confusion, and eagh imagined for some time that the was killed, Statements of Passengers. In addition to the foregoing particulars, we have re- ceived the following communications from two passen- STATEMENT BY A PASSENGER. 10 THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Norwatx, May 6, 1853. One of the most terrible and fatal accidents that your paper haseverchronicled occurred here this morning about fifty minutes past mine, by which no less than fifty souls have been sent to eternity. I started from New York about eight o'clock, in company with a great many of wy friends, for Boston; and all passed off in the usual manner until we neared Norwalk, where the bridge was left open, and melancholy to relate, three cars and the engine were precipitated into the river, a distance of about thirty feet from the bridge. The con- Cussion in the last car was very violent, and it was not until I leaped out of it that I knew the extent of the awful catastrophe, which baffled description, With- out any delay, I hurried to the edge of the bridge, and there to my horror, I beheld a scene that I shall not forget until the day I die. The engine was stuck deep'into the mud on the far side, and was followed by a baggage, smoking aad two passenger cara, all of them being totally submerged beneath the surface of the water. The engineer, Mr. Tucker, hada most miraculous eneape with his life, but the eonductor, Mr. Comstock, did not fare so well. He was in the smoking car at the time, and eseaped out of the door into the river; there he was pulled under water three times by the drowning crea- tures, but eventually succeeded in reaching the shore in &@ very exhausted condition, his head being severely bruised, his face disfigured, and his wrist dislocated, ‘The melancholy and heart-rending portion of my story yet remainsfto be told. Both of the passenger cars, as I seid before, were wholly submerged in the water, the tide being full high at the time, and the loss of life was of course very great. There were, in fact, only about six or seven persons who escaped with their lives; all the rest, amounting to nearly fifty persons, were drome These two cars were the only ones in ireapecad tse 3 esi a demense Rr sto say, not a single life eee a6 baggage-master, Mr. Fuller, who was re- ported as dead, had a very fortunate escape. A fow seconds before the accident took place, krowing that something was wrong, he ran to tho doer of his car, but could not get out. He then braced himself firmly in the car and prepared {for the crash, which took place ina few seconds. The car being broken, he escaped through the wreck uninjured, with the exception of a deep cut @orors the nose, As soon as possible the bodies of the unfortunate beings in the two passenger cars were fished up, and laid out in the depot and engine room, where an anxious crowd of spectators were endeavoring to identify the bodies. These killed were for the most part men—many of whom were medical men who were returniug from the convention held in New York a few days ago. Men were engaged up toa late hour last evening in removing the bodies from the wreck. The excitement in the town is infense, and everybody is of opinion that the accident was caused by the negligence of the engineer, who was properly warned, by the lowering of a ball, that the bridge was up. *He, however, never heeded the signal, and drove the cars, at the rate of about twenty miles an hour, into the midéle of thy Norwa'k river. The passengers in those cars which were not pitched into the river were not injur- ed in the least. The most curious portion of the account is, that only two or three persons were injured, while not less than fifty souls were, without any warning, hur- ried before the throne of their Maker. A young married couple from New York, who were proceeding on the ho- nesmoon, were both drowned, and were laid out site by side in the depot. The eight o'clock train from Boston passed through here about four o'clock, the bridge having by that time been safely repaised. The cars from New York were crowded with passengers containing the friends and relations of the killed. Many a bitter tear was shod by them over the corpses of those who, if not for the carlessness of the managers of this road, would be alive and happy, but now are numbe.ed with the dead. The indignation of those passengers who were saved was beyond descrip. tion, several of them alleging that the engineer should ve hung, and others saying he would be shot, This town is about forty-four miles from your city, and stands on the bapks of the Norwalk river, up and down which steamboats are continually plyirg. This melancholy ac- cident occurred in consequence of a steambcat being let through the bridge when the train was about due, thus precipitating the cars rignt into the bed of the river. This unfortunate accident will cause dep sorrow in many hearts all over the New England States, as those who were lost were chiefly persons residing in the Northern and Eastern portion of the Union. VIDI. ACCOUNT BY A PASSENGER FROM BOSTON. TO THS EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘The dreadful casualty which occurred on the New York and New Haven Railroad yesterday morning, will have caused @ thrill of excitement, horror, and indignation to spread throughout the whole community. Railroad acci- dents in this country are, God knows, too rife for us was killed. George -W. Pomeroy, Esq., of this city, placed hia wife and little boy in charge of Mr. Spear, at Twenty-seventh street, just as the cars started—Mr. ‘Spear succeeded, by almost superhuman exertions, in saving the boy, but Mrs. Pomeroy was killed. Mr. Spear returned several times under the water to the cars, but ; was unable to save her ; he however succeeded in saving two other boys. Major Leverett Camden and lady also left the Union Place Hotel, but escaped. In addition to those we have already mentionxl as , having left the Union Place Hotel by the eight o'clock ) train, are the following :— | —_W. Stoddart, and ©. Miller, of Boston. Mr. Holt and lady, of New Haven. Mr. Switeer, and Mr. Plummer, of Maine. Mejor L. Camden and lady, of Now Hayon, DEPARTURES FROM THE METROPOLITAN. E. W. Peck, Burlington, Vt. Mins Clark, Boston. J.B. Bartlett, Maine. Mr. Barton, Springfic?é, Mass. DEPARTURES FROM THE IRVING. J. L. Kendridyo and lady, Boston, Dr. Woodward, Woonsocket, Maas. Mr. Harris, three children ard servant, including in their party Mosers. BE. and W. Dunbay, Montgomery, Ala. DEPARTURES FROM THE AMERIOAN. ; Mr. Curtis and lady, Steubenville. New York. Mr. Chamburne and daughter, Racine. Dr. Bush, Boston. DEPARTURES FROM THE ST. NICHOLAS. Dr. F. M. Warren and family, Boston. G. Grant, Richmond, Va. last named gentleman is reported severely Injured. DEPARTURES FROM THE COLLAMORE. Mra. aad Misa Hubbell aad Miss Clarkson loft this hetol to wonder at their occurrence; but I question if ever there has occurred, in this or any other country, one 50 fatal and deplorable in its results, and so loudly calling for legal and social denunciation. I was one of the pas- sengers who left Boston yesterday morning, by the ex- press train which started at the samo hour as that from New York, which had so melancholy « progress, When we reached New Haven we casually learned from some idlers about the station that a dreadful accident had cecurred at Washington, and that some thirty persons bad fallen victims, This intelligence spread a feeling of mourning and sadness among such of the passengors as heard it, but from lack of particulars we knew not how the truth might be. As we progressed, however, the troth of the rumor became more apparent, the excite- ment more intense, In Bridgeport the train was crowded to suffocation with persons proceeding to the scone of the accident, the large majority of whom were idlers drawn by curiosity. On reaching the bridge over Nor- walk river, at about 3 o'clock P. M., we for the first time realized the horror of the calamity. On the eastern sido stood a train from one of the by roads, which had ar. rived at 1034 A. M., some twenty minutes after the oc- currence of the sad event, and whose parsengers had re- mained waiting for the next train for New York. The tide bad fellen, the bridge had been restored to its usuat condi- tion, but in the channel of the river, some forty feet bo- neath, lay the shattered remnanta of threo or four cars— passenger and beggage—around and about which men were actively employed in extracting the bodies of the vic tims from the ruins, Sadly we crossed the bridge, ard lis- tened to the varied details of the ciroumstances of the horrible event. Here an official, with his face bandaged, was enclosed ina circle of inquirers, gruffly answering to the questions propounded to him; in another placa, one or two of thore who bad been fortunate enough to oseaps from the wreck, recounting the incidents of their escape, and under @ ghed by the roadside was @ party of Irish cont Grants, who, baving been in the second class car at the rear, escaped uninjured, but whodid not the less vent their curses, deep and loud, on the persons to whose negligence the casualty was attributed. Throughout the whole neigh. borheod the excitement was mest intense, and the bridge, and either shore of the little river, and the farm houses in the vicinity, to which some of the wounded were brought, were crowded with spectators. In the mean: time, the remnants of the cars were placed behind an en- gine, and the train slowly proceeded om its way, taking init few of the wounded, but leaving behind great numbers, who were so much deterred that they were afraid te proceed on their journey, and preferred return- ing to New York. ‘The spet where the accident occurred is just outside (east) of the village of Norwalk, some forty-four miles from New York. The Norwalk river is hers crossed by &@ weoden bridge, there being a draw over the channel, to enable steamboats or sailbeats to pass through. From all I could learn fromthe survivgrs and others, the ca- lamity was owing to the ignorance, stupidity, or reck- lesness of the engineer in-charge of the train. Arsteam- beat was passing through on its way to New York; the bridge was drawn to admit its passage; the usual signal was given—this consisting of the lowering of a ball, whieh al ways stands elevated and visible at a mile distance when the bridge is right—but the train, which{did not, as usnal, slack speed in coming through the village, bore on under a full pressure, proceeding st the rate of thirty miles an hour until the danger was seen when inevitabie, and locomotive, tender, beggage car, and two passenger cars, ,Were precipitated into the depth beneath. A gentleman who was about passing under the arch in his boat, drew aside when he heard the train dashing up, and was wit ness to the horrible occurrence. Of the passengers in the cars which fell into the river, petbaps some half a dozen only wore saved; the rest, noarly fifty in number, were offered up hecatomb to the Molock of the railway, The engine driver, on reoognizing the terrible reality of the peril, jumped off the engine andoscaped with » broken leg and some bruises. The firemen, brakemen and baggage masters followed his example, so that’ all the servants of the company escaped wit lives: Ilearned in Nor- walk that the engine driver was arrested and taken in charge by the police, Perhaps it was good for him that such a measure was taken, as it might be hard for him to escape the incensed vengeance of the people. In- deed, Mr. Editor, I don’t know but it would haves good effect if the engineers, switch tenders, and some of the directors of our railroads were occasionally made to feel the force of Lynch law. I am infornsed that the en- gine driver, whose name I have not heard; was dismissed by the company some two years since, on account of an accident which then occurred with the traim under his charge, and that he has sinee been to California, and had been restored on: but Wednesday last, And: it is his ex- cuse that he did not understand the bridge-man’s signai. If this be se, the directors should be made respon- sible for his ignorance, and punished as severely as he would be if he could have made no such plea, but had caused the calamity through sheer carelessness. T think, too, that the Legislature might do much for the travelling public if they would impose a deodand of one or two thousand dollars on railroad companies for each life lost through. carelessness or otherwise om their roads. Until that, or Lyuch law is put into practice, I fear, Mr. Editor, the community will be still lable tgite }- fact, by these terrible railroad the-giasenl cha’ rege _ --s@, B86 showing sad worthy of efthat of four times in. which I have deen travelling on the New Haven Railroad I have en- countered three serious accidents—one in: April, 1851, when a car in which I was ran off the track, near Bridge- port, seriously injuring many passengers; one in October, when a car raninto the canal at Windsor lock, killing two persons; and this last is the third time. H. G. H. INTERESTING STATEMENTS BY EYE. WIT NESSES—THE WAY THE ACCIDENT OC- CURRED. ‘We have received the following letter from Mr. James A. Renaud, of Norwalk, engineer of the steamboat Pacidc, which plies between this city and Norwalk, also the con- firmatory statement of Capt. Byxbee, of the Pacific:— New York, May 6, 1853. James Gorpon Benyarr, Esq.:— &ix—I witnessed the terrible accident on the New York and New Haven Railroad, which occurred at ten o’clock this morning. The place where it happened is called South Norwalk Village, where there is a draw bridge across the Norwalk river. The drawbridge had been raised to permit the passage of the steamboat Pacific. I am the engineer of that boat, and was on board her at the time the accident occurred. We had got sbout thirty or forty yards from the draw when we heard the cars coming. I walked immediately aft and stood on the guard, where I eould see everything that happened. The cars were then coming at full speed. The draw was wide open, and the ball was down. This bail is used for a signal, When it is up it sigaifies that all is right. The locomotive was under such beadway when it ren off that before it reached the water i struck the alutment on the opposite side—a distance of about sixty fect. The fender, baggoge car, and two mail cars cam ‘next. Two passenger cars went into the opening on top of what had preceded them; the third broke in the middle, and half of it went down. In this third car two were killed outright, and many more were hurt. How many in all were killed I do not know, but before I left, at twelve o’clock noon, between thirty and forty had been taken out dead. They were horribly bruised and mangled. One beautiful young girl, about sixteen years old, had the back of her head knocked in. There was one child about four months old, and many other children, killed. The engineer and fireman of the train, when they saw the ball down, jumped off before the cars reached the bridge. When the cars ran off those in the rear ones screamed terrifically. We put right back and rendered what assist- arce we could. People went to cutting the cars with axes and taking out the dead. Not one that was taken out of the second car was alive. The excitement was intense ; women were rushing down with quilts to cover the dead; others were vainly striving to restore to life the poor vic- tims as they were taken out. We brought back a few of the pazsengers to this city, but most of them pre’erred to remain there. Very respectfully, yours, JAMES A, RENAUD, Engineer steamboat Pacific. Most of the details stated above I myeelf witnessed, and I believe the above account to be strictly correot. 8. 3. BYXBEE, Captain steamboat Pacide. ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE SCENE OF DISASTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD. Norwatx, May 6, 934 o'clock, P. M.. I came up in the first cars after hearing of the murders here—in the 5 o'clock train—and reached the station house a littleafter 7. Ten miles below, we heard thatforty-nin® dead} bodies had been taken from the water, and as members of my family and dear friends were among the pascengers it was with the most fearful apprehensions that I entered the morgue where the dead—the murdered —lay in ranks, their faces gleaming horribly, as lamps were carried along to enable the newly arrived strangers to discover whether their wives add children, or parents, or brothers, or sisters, were among them. I have very frequently seen dead men and women, but never before so frightful an exhibition. The males were in one large and rude apartment, and the females in another ; and both were dark, except as lighted fitfully and imper- fectly by candles and lamps, of which the rays could searcely. penstrate more than an arm’s length from tht bolder. Every house in the village is a hospital. Every family is devoted to the care of the suffering and the dying, The three physicians who reside there—Dr. Lynes, Dr. Sammis, and Dr, McLeon, are unweariod in their attentions—going from house to house, and chamber to chamber, without rest, all the while—but more are needed, and I hope some of the profession will come up in the next train from the city. Among the dead there ace many who will regret to learn is the amiable and accomplished artist, Mr. Hicks, In the same os,¢ with him was the wife of the Rev. Dr. Griswold sad his daughter. Mrs. Griswold is not dangerously ir,jured, but the daughter is still uncon- scious, and the.¢ geems to be but faint hopes of her re- covery. Intiae same house with her, (Mr. Quintard’s, 0 bo sperzally praised for the most active and judigion kindnese all the day,) is Mr. Greot, of Richmond, and | oftthe bridge to get out the wedges; the engineer ofa train five others, I write from the residence of Mr. Guyer, who, with his family, have in the geme way deserved every praise ever awarded to the’ most self-sacrificing humanity. T learn that there was no crying—tio apparent excite- ment—at the time of the catastrophe. Every one seemed frightfully calm; and the utinost presence of mind and energy were exhibited by the’ citizens of the vifage and others in rescuing the unfortunste living and dead. ‘The train for New York is coming an‘ ¥' must elose, but will write again in the morning. ‘Phe Very Latest Particulars: ‘On our arrival at the Norwalk station in tlié haf-past o'clock train, a large crowd of persons wezt cengre- gated srowad the car house, where the dead had beem de- |) Posited for recognition, On entering the building terri- Ve was the scene exposed to view, the majority of ‘the dend lay side by side; seme of whom bore the marks of violence on their heads and faces, caused by the fragments of the broken cars, while others leoked calm and plsciil who:had died by suffocation: fe the water. In fact,'the majority of deaths appeared to have been cause? by’ Grewning. We passed from this into » small room, and there is under the direction of the conductor;! have heard asa general report that the conductor told the engineer “ to drive like hell through Norwalk, as two geutlemen wanted to get out there, and he did not wish to stop.”’ The accident, most positively, could not have occurred if the engineer kept a proper look out. I think the fault was entirely with the engineer—if the train stopped at Norwalk it would attain a rate of ten or twelve miles an hour, before reaching the draw, ‘This witness was still upon the stand when our re- Porters left, in order to eatch the last train to this city. The melancholy investigation will be resumed this aC Names of the Killed. The following isa list of the dead, so far as had been sicertained up te the time we went to press:— 1, Dr. Famuel Beach, Bridgeport, Conn. 2, Dr. John @. Gray, Springfield, Mass. 8. Walter French, Manchester, New Hampshire. & Lady, supposed tobe Mrg. Parker, of Woedbury, Ot. & Nathaniel King, Athens, Ohix, 6. Francis W. Sales, Boston: 7, 4: M. Hutchinson, Boston. 8. Dr. Welsh, Hartford; Conn. saw eleven more todies, who had | 9, Bi M. Opend: Worcester. been recognised; and the friends were preparing to tase | 10, Female ae et 4 raonths oltf them away. Among this wholesale slaughter of humam’| 11, Outver Barr, agent Antioch College, Otic: lives were many gentlemen of the medical profession, who} 32, D. W: Demosh, Marshfield, Coan. had the night previous been guests at tife complimentary: | | 33, Lady, unknown. dinner given by the profession of New York, and who 14. Lady, unknown; on gold ring Mi J. ‘were on their return home to their families. | 16, Ellen Goss, Poughkeepsie. ‘We next visited the scene of the wreck, and notwith- | 3 Eien 3, Bacon, Boston. standing it was some six or seven hours after the catas- |! 47 Jacob Gy Van DeVenter, Now York: trophe, a large number of persons were still looking at | 45 w.c, Dwight, Brooklyn. the spot, and many workmen were ongaged removing the | 19. * van, unknown. wreck where the sad affair occured. The drawbridge | 99. Rey. John Henry Lebrs, Williamaburys is situated at some three hundred yards from the sta- 2, Mrs. J. M. Fluent, ton, around acurre. About half past temo’clock inthe | of Hannah B, Long. morning, William Harford lowered the signal and opened | 93, John Moss, Gardiner, Maine. the drawbridge to allow the steamboat Pacific | 04. Mrs. Dr. Landoy. to pass through for New York. Scarcely hed'the steam- | 05. Beverly Parker. boat clearedjthe bridge, and bofore time was allowed for | 06, Maria Robbins, New York. ‘the; bridge-master to close the draw again, roundcame | o7, pr, J. W. Smith, Springfield, Mase. the express train at foll speed, estimated as» running | 98, Samson Smith; Bellows,Falls, Vermont: thirty miles the hour, and in an instant the locomotive | 99, Mrs. Hanna, New York. bounded off at the end of the bridge, striking againstthe | 30, susan Pomeroy. abutment of the draw, and burying itselfin the river, the | 31, Diss Mary E. Robbins, New York: tender, baggage cars followed and‘on the top, and two of | 39, Lrs. G. R. Sparks, Pittsfield, Mass. the pessenger cars, all of which were submerged in | 99, Jésiah Bartlett, M:D., Mass. the water, and the half of one other passen- | 34, Abel L. Pierson, Salem, Mass. ger car was shattered off with the concussion. | 25, Isaac P. Colbath, Richmond, Maine, Here the ecene was terrific. The shrieks of the suf | 36, J, B, Hotchkiss. ferers for assistance is said by those who were with: | 37. Femalechild, 4 years old. in hearing to bave ‘been the most heart-rending. | 3g. David P. Newell. Unfortunately it was high tide at the time of theacci. | 39, A. Li Dereque, a indy. dent, thereby making the water some twenty-five feet | 40, Norman Parkec, Woodbury, Coma. deep. Had it not been for this cireumstance: theloss of | 41. Alice Carrigan. . life would have been considerably diminished: Many citizens of Norwalk witnessed the approach. of the train, and some of them called: out to the engineer to stop, as they foresaw the danger; comotive was then golsg, it wap ‘she engineer, whose seazon to prevent f° jeholding the danger, sprang from ‘the locomotive, followed by one of the firemen, and the train passed: on headlong into the river. Many incidents occurred at the. scene of the disaster. A gen- tleman, after extricating himself, saved an infant child who was under the care of an. aunt; the aunt, it seems, was drowned, A msn who saved himself by breaking the window, sprang on the car and called out for so axe to chop open the car to extricate his wife. Several boat- men in the vicinity hastened with their boats and were the means of saving many lives. Mr. Fluent was mar- ried the night previous, and. his bride. was one of the unfortunate sufferers. Mr. Larchier, one of the dead; had on his person avery large amount of money, which has been taken possession of by Mr. Warner, oashior of the Plainfield County Bank, Connecticut. All the watches, jewelry, and other valuables taken from the bodies of the deceased, are in the possession of Justice Weed, acting Coroner. During the day and evening the trains of cars from Kew York and Boston brought o large number of persons to the scene of calamity, in search of their friends and relatives. Mr. Robbins, of this city, | ™>*idins: He will recover _ knowing that his mother and sister were on board that Names of Bato Saved. train, arrived at Norwalk by the five o'clock train, and | “)” yey. Moore, 48. Mrs. Maoy, there found his fearsrealized by the announcement of | 2. Doctor Thon; 49. G. Starbuok, the death of both his mother and sister. a1, #88 one labelivs wien Jang Parker, but no heed was taken, and from the speed at mpi’ ips brrasviegctid meet Knew she lady that Assistant AMermen of this city—slightly bruised: Had & most narrow escape from death, he was sitting along- side, of Mr. Vandeventer, from New York, who was killed. When our reporter arrived Mr. Trotter was vory much depressed in spirits, but then more confortable, having been visited by Dr. Quadkenboss, thin city, dangerously injured. his right arm dislocated. It had been reduoed before our reporter left. haying received a deep wound upon the chin, many ex tensive bruises, and a lacerated wound of the inner part of the flesh of jhia right thigh. Dr. Quackenbess had visited him, and a rather alarming delirium was then 42, Miss Mitchell, of Hartford. 43, B.S. Tories, Awong the coffins brought to the rallread depot itr this but it is-conf- i con- nS cE Names of the Injured. Jonathan Trotter, Esq., President of the Board of Mr. James Mills, much bruised. Mrs. Mills, (his wife,) much bruised. Miss Griswold, daughter of the Rev. Mr, Griswold, o John Colbach, Richmond, Maine, (brother killed ) Had Mr, Fuller, baggage-master, slightly injured. Mr. Charles Comstock, conductor, very severely injured, 3 Mrs Thonpeon’ (his 60. F, Dillivghat, wife. 51. T, Cooper, ‘The lateness of the hour, being compolled to go to press, F4. Miss Adams, 52. W. Bacon’ prevents a continuation of the details consequent upon | 5, J. aeare be 8. ipo) y ity. . 6. 8. Nutting, LP, brictingsaisd tise en! 1. 8. A Spooner, 56. MJ. Whetmore. THE INQUEST UPON THE BODIES. Seino” 38. N Slaryiae”* About haif-past seven o'clock in the evening an inves- | 10. D. L,Hungeford, 59. H. 8, Wiloo: : tigation was commenced in the Marine Hall, North Nor- oe z beh ve re G. bite on, Walk, before John A. Weed, Justice of the Peace, and the | 22: Mr. Andrew, (his lady,) 62. Mr. Whitney, following 14. Doctor Gloss, 68. Dr. Levi Ives, sory. 16. Mr. Jameson, 64. Mrs. B. Goodnow, Heory Selick, Foreman, Doctor Charles Fitch, 16. M. Murray, = Miss Haywood, 3, W. Hubbail, Doctor Barker, 11. E, Schmidt, ¢ T. Warner, Jr., 8. E. Ormsted, 18. J. Bugeno, + E. W. Stewart, Frederick Belden, . B Heath, Charles Mallory, Frederick Lockwood, E, Stetson, L. L. Beebe, Frederick Bradley. EE al Having performed the painful duty of viewing the | 93° Hie son," corpses, the jury took their seats in the Hall, which was | 24. Mary F. Clarke, £5. B. Payne, crowded, 26, E. Mertin, 0. 8. Ferry, (Norwalk,) being duly «worn, deposed— | 57’ Martin’ I “saw the accident which occured today; I was | 28, & Murray, standing about twenty reds above the bridge at the time; I had ao full view of the train and the drawbridge; the signal was down for full ten miinutes before the train was in sight; the train was going at full speed, so much a0 that the locomotive struck the abutment of the draw upon the opposite side; in my opinion I do not think that tle man in charge of the draw was to blamo, but that the engineer in charge of the train was wholly and entirely to blame; I did not hear a whistle given to put on the “brakes,” I am certain that the parties having charge of the train are to blame; Theard no signal given to slack speed; I heard a long whistle whenf the train was opposite the dopot at Nor- walk. Captain Peter Addley, (Gardiner, Me.,) sworn—Was & passenger in the train, sitting in the second ear; did not notice the speed of the train to slacken at all; I heard no whistie; I think the conducter of the train was in the rear car at the time of the accident. Stephen Ormsted, sworn—I was in company with Mr. Ferry at the time of the accident; I saw the signal ball at the draw down; Iam sure it was down; I heard no whistling; the steamer had just passed through the draw W. 1H. D, Moore,(Philadelphia,) sworn—I was s passen- ger inthe train; there was no slackening of speed when we were approaching the bridge and. passing the curve; T heard no whistle to “brake up.” F. E. Barton, (Springfield, Mass )—I was in the trainas a passenger; I think the train was driving at*fall speed passing the curve; there was no letting up of speed from the time we left the station at Stamford. J.G, Gooderich, (Stockbridge, Mars.)—I was in the | | last car but one of the train at the time of the accident; t! Idid not perceive any slackening of speed when passing the curve or nearing the bridge; I did not hear the whistle of the engine blow. Rev. D. R. Austen, (Norwalk)—I{ was standing near to the bridge at the time of the accident; the train came on at fullspeed; did not hear any whistle. The Rey. gentleman coroborated the testimony of the | ¢ 29. Doctor Nevins, 30. Mas. Nevins, (his lady) 31. J. Newton, 82. Mira. Newton, 23. J. L. Huntress, 34. Doctor Joner, 26. J. Gilbert, an 28. B. Peabody, 89. D. Russell, but fortunately none of our own citizens appear to have been seriously injured. went down under water in the baggage car, but brok: Thomas W. gress, his way to his residence in San Antonio. kere. to eater on his duties as Land Cominissioner of California. and family. ron, Hartt, 94. W. G, Ransom, 95. F. A. Barton, 96. J. H. Strong, 7. P. Macy, ‘With scme few others, TELEGRAPHIC, THE EXCITEMENT AT NEW HAVEN. New Haven, May 6—P. M. The railroad accident creates intense excitement here, Two of our citizens, Dr. Ives and L, D, Wilcoxen, ‘Texas Items. ‘The Brazos and Trinity are still navigable for stea.n boats, but there is but little cotton left om these rivers. The Southwestern American announces P. H. Bell an Blake, by authority, as candidates for Con- We observe that some six or eight of the eastern coun- ies have instructed their delegates to the Tyler Conven- ion to support Hon, 0, M. Roberts as their choice for business has t Congress. ie Advocate says that for many years past not been so brisk in Victoria as at the present time, Hon. V. E. Howard arrived in Galveston on the 25th, He will soon The Columbia Democrat says the postmaster of that own has forwarded various small remittances through other witnesses in all its important features. the Post Meng’ during the past winter, which have not Mr. Burrell, sworn—The engineer of the train, Edward Tucker, bad been in the employ of the New Haven Com- renched thei stination. ‘The same paper expresses the opinion that the canal connecting the Brazos with Galveston Bay will admit of pany at the time of the Port Chester accident, about.two | the passage of river boats by the 1st of January. years ago; he had been away since; Mr. Whistler, who is present, can give a more full explanation of the rules of the road and circumstances attending the accident than I can; he is now present. George W. Whistler Jr., sworn—The persons in charge | « of atrain can see the signal red ball, which is at the draw, from about quarter of.a mile;above Norwalk; after | | that, they lose sight of it, in my opinion, at the station; if the signal be lowered from the time at which it is first seen and the time of his tosing sight of it at the sta- tion, the engineer could still “brake up’ by slack- ening speed to the rate of ten miles an hour, as he came to the curve; they are in all cases ordered to ap- proach that curve cautiously; they are not to exceed a speed of ten miles an hour; if he saw the signal down when just at te station, he could not stop umtil he reached the bridge; the signal is always lowered before the man touches {be draw; he has then to getaench sod | ne still going the success of the ¢ will be in operation by tor.” that the contract ‘About $8,000 have been subscribed in Galveston to. the r Telegeaph Line, and the subscziptions . The News says there is no doubt of aterpri expects that the line ist of September. ‘The Scuthwertern American has the following paragraph: <The Yurtz specimen the credulous havo been gaping over in wonderment is from California. The late poand- ing, washing and subjecting to quicksilver was a hoax. The metal collected was the filings of a brass scarifica- The eame paper says :—~"We have reliabio information for Ror ago g in every particular the fan Antonio avd Mexican Gulf Raifrond has been ta- foo asin is to oe og Ey Balers br) in tonio int Pecember, . company ther srrangemente to make <owards the completion of the road. ¢xcept to issue their bonds as the work ase8. The, contract embraces not only the complation ‘of the read and laying of the rails, but also the making of all ‘ viaducts, tz and sheds, farnishing and freight ‘care.’ ‘We have no reliable information, "bat rumor states tat the contractors are to receive $27,000, per mile.” PS ae 5 4h : (From the Kingston The folowing thrilling account of the steamer Ocean Wave, we have taken down Captain Belyea, of ‘the schooner sreater porto At schooner Pe i ‘“s s . if FE liv ? FE. a Ge i; E if i i Bh §. g f i g li : Hf a i Hf FF i i s : J 2. ste 4 = 14 é i i i iL E H i 4 4 ty to be the first four, jumping at rated! intreation and his assistants mate of the Ocean Wave, w dle-house, which bad tipped the smoke pipes and the mast fell attoched to the mast falling so near to second mate of the Ocean Wave took hold and rang an alarm. The schoomer Georgiana, Capt. Henderson, up to the assistance of Capt. ely and with sel’s boats rendered the moxt energetic saving those in thesrater and upon the wreck; Belsea says that all whom Capt. Henderson must inevitably have been lost, if it had not proms assistance of the boats of the was blowing so hard, and those in the water numbed, that they must bave sunk before he ved all. ‘The purser of the Ocean Wave had planks danced ‘aoron the rudder, oa while or nine persons. nol e trying soepe, cheering them up, and. inp : dH i Re Gi &) ; if Bs teh uf 4 fi fe eet fie & E He : Pr ; iH F li fist if with hope. Capt. Ki and his with: Soekerat ethers, woe hascing be the Fes, while the flames roared over their heads ; and the burniug vessel slewed round, and enabled them te tre bee lot is ir to them, every soul of them must. or got last boat load off, the steamer Soot- land, Captain’ Patterson, came down between the lies. was ten minutes to fonr o’ck mate of the Oceam Wave were in ti wreck and the shere. Captain Belyea cruised: about im the Emblem until six 0’ in the mor when the ptain Wallace, ef Port Hope, came bo of any assistance, Upon wards shorgPrerentations, he immediately sailed to- = ~aaroh of those who were- thought to be in that direction; ‘been previously. by 8 fishing away for Kingston, where he is <4 with his suffering pass about s quarter past four o'ckn. im the aftece noon, haying hadsto work ons NaTae I He way dow.t Euaat « head The Citizens-of Cincinnati vs. the Mayor. The Mayor of Cincinnati, Mr. D. T. Suellbaker, —— a Sgacaied one hun who ba appointed 10 wait upon him ues him to resign Be ‘office, a meeting of the ontseas" was agaia called, at which the following ‘resolutions were unanimourly — Resolved, That this public meeting of citizens still ad- hero 10 its previously expressed opinion, that May Snellbaker has violated, in his ‘official action, ona occasion, and in the ea of stree prescber, the constit est of speech. Resolved, That in the op! of this meeti the Mayor bas not in auy manner justified hia ounduct aa aforesaid by avy explanation given, and has failed te ise, in any of his communications to the poole on the subject, ugh the press, the great principle which wg contend. Resolved, That the Mayor's opposite course of action. in two parallel cases, has excited our distrust of th soundness of his principles, and tuat he hay forfeited th» confideuce of those who hold in reverence the great pria- ciples of Anerican constitutional laws. ° jolved, That in his disrespectfot treatment of the large committee of old and respectable citizens, repre- sentatives of one of the most intelligent and patriotie popular bodies ever convened in this city, he haa disra- garded an essential principle of American democratic republicanism, and bas therefore placed himself without the pale of cur political principles. Resolved, That we leave fe said D. T. Snellbaker for the future tawful and constitwfonal action of the when, if opportunity is afforded us, we pledge ourselves to brand his aforesaid conduct adn traitorous sacrifice of the priséiples of civil aud rligious liberty to am unholy political ambitiov, which, for the sake of logal authori! ‘and official station, would ally itself to the open and self- declared opponents of American liberty. Resolved, That a committee of two from each ward be appointed by the chairman of this meeting, whose duty it shall be to prepare a petition, addressed to the City Coureil, requesting them to cite David T. Suellbaker, Mayor of Cincinnati, to appear before them to show cause why he shall not be impeached for dereliction of duty ant violation of the constitution of the United States and the State of Ohio. Resolved, ‘That this committee cause copies of said pe- tition to be deposited throughout the city, in ooo public places, to reoeive the signatures to the same of le- gal voters only. Jersey City Intelligence. ImprovemEnts.—Several capitalists in Jersey City, have signifed their readiness to make large investments im any enterprise which will effectually draim the extensive marth to the northwest ard wort of the oity. It ia bom ok that were this Soe ee diked, the water could be easily pumped off by power, and the marsala thus made dry, which would ebviate the necessity ama expense of filling with dirt. Naval Inte! cee * U.S. frigate Mississippi was at Coylon, March 10, te sail for Macao in a few days. Orders were received at the Navy Yard, Charlestews, yesterday, to fit out the U. 8. sloop of war Dale. She t to be immediately taken into the dry dock, and it is ru- mored will be sent to the Coast of Africa.—Boston Journal, May 6. Personal Intelligence. Amongst the recent arrivals at Willard’s Hotel, Wash- ington city, are the following:—Major General Wool, U, A ; Colonel J. P, Taylor, U. 8. A.; Colonel De Russey, 8.5 Colonel sag, U. A. Grier Talmadge U. & dk; jovernor ‘m rt, Pennsylvania; Dudley Mana, Boq., from Paris; Joseph Bt Croskey, United States Consal to Southampton. ’ Captain Hamilton, of the United States army, has re signed his commission, and removed to Fond du Lae, Wisconsin, for the purpose of extensively i agricultura! pursuits, Thomas F. Meagher arrived in Jackson, Miss., onthe 22d ult., where he delivered a lecture on the same day. Domestic The Poard of Supervisors of Queens to remove the court houre from Jamaica to Flushing. Patrick Kane was killed at the Washington navy yard. on the 4th instant, by being struck on the head with + inte large hotel building, sltuated pn the Oalverton large hotel 5 on near the junction of Lexington me | destroyed by fire on the 4th instant. Loss $7,000, In the House of Delegates of Maryl stant, the bill to reduce the State direct’ tax to Alte wn cents on the $100, was finally passed, by yeas 64, 49 pays 2. Neverno? Lowe, of Maryland, after « careful exar tion of the circumstances of the case, has commu sentence of death upon Mary Eleanor Br own, g it Hh is if dl FE i li land, on the 6th is ». colored woman, in the circuit court of Prince Georgeg, county, to impriscnment for life. ‘The Prudential Committee of the town of Wale, Maas, Aeciined the application of a young Indy of ack nowledged high ebaracter and ability, for (sc situation O. terchee of one of their common schools, on account of ‘he Bi-gomee cut of her dress. —$——_—_—— From Fort Lanamie—Lieut. L. C. Boot ag, sixth regiment United States Infantry, who hag wot the tioned for anes re at this fort, arrived in, thig city yesterday. He loft the fort in March last, ara’ oq {he Plains in @ yery cold season. He inforray winter in the West has been one of remaiable. avast ‘The snow in the mountains is unusually 4” had been received from Salt Lake for owing to the snow in the mountains. Se the winter,Ahat the game, and es) bad come into the immediate vici of them bad perished on the Plains with a party of destitute 5 : Fort Leavenworth.—St, Lowis News From Muscat.—By * port on Tuesday, from 2° ness the Sultan arrive? » of publican, April 30, oribar, we learn that there from Muscat, on the mo over us that the malt Many Lieut. B. camo in ats and a prisoner, ta vark Said Bin Su! at thie He atop Ji 4 in at the ‘a Roost and settled all thetr pee to the President