Castama, X. C, July 'JU As the
Ail..xiir:CiTY. X. J., July So.-A. j rl e0n.ti.r t.- era-ring
railroad colliiion resulting ni appai. j near, and a men r brg namd
ling slaughter of human being oc- a otbtr portions of ice tttet fill
rurred to-night a mile from this city. , thj varionv fi;ee, I writ tb; in the
An exprM train on the Reading I int-rfct (,f one who ba t-rn hoo-
liailroad ruhing toward tbe ea at ort.A tY iD. r,ror..l- of Nb: o who
the
the rate of nearly a mile a minute
crushed into the aide of a train on the
Pennsylvania Hailroad, the cam of
which were filled with excursionist
who had been making merry at the
Iieach at a picnic of tbe l'nitd Au
ciation of lied Men, which i. a benev
olent crganiation of national scope.
The la-t report place the number
of men, women and children known
to have been killed at forty-seven. Tbe
number of injured i placed at lorty
three. Of theae it i utated that thirty-
neven have litt'e if any chance of recovery.
ir.KKIKI.lt htHKH AT TliK WHICH.
The acme at the wreck were of tbe
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mo)t heartrending cnaracier. n
along th- tracks of the two road were
utrew n tbe bodied of tbe dead and dy
ing. I'ying a il aslerp tiesnle ine
hkU of the iK.tlier lay a nine cimu.
tJreHoed in white, with not a utain i
1Iom1 on tier clothing.
Iloth legs had been cut oil at the
ankle. Otherwise he was uninjured.
