Show panama railroad accident the aita alta california has been furnished bv by mr washington wright with the fol foi follow lown iown 05 account of the collision the greatest of railroad calamities has bees beet reserved for the thick wilds of panama Pan amrani and ana the tile terrible event eveni transpired at about 5 p in tuesday may ath on the panama rai rax way three and ana a half miles from aspinwall on the ath dinst the steamship george law with between 1100 and 1200 passengers arrived after a voyage of fifteen days the passengers were landed for transit and on the morning cf cr the ath two trains composed of nine cars which were crowded with people even to th outside platforms were arranged for the previous to their departure another was sta stae stait t ed contain containing inc inZ the mails malls express matter and bagg baggage r ag ga the other trains followed and hf r they hey reached miles from pana panao c it was discovered that the locomotive of boffl h first train was off the track at obispo brides brid with no immediate prospect of being replace the passenger trains were now united and as rii there were ivere no accommodations for remain remaining lag tag over overnight night started back for Aspin aspinwall ivall lyall wi iri ft but one locomotive the other being retained to assist in clearing the track the train though nin at an unusual rate rf cf speed proceeded safely until within a short distance of monkey ifill grave yard station when the forward car separated from froda the engine and leapt from the rails 13 eight ight of be fhe other cars leaped upon it and the whole nile were torn splintered and heaped into i a mas maps ft of fragments beneath which were buried mob moa of the persons belon belonging ging Zing to that end of the train the scene was wag ap appalling falling in the extreme la lr hundreds I 1 reds of of those who that morning I 1 ng had bad expected before night to behold the pacific and tread the dec decks ks of bf the vessel that thai was in in waiting walting to bear them to new homes lay lav dead and mangled beyond recognition or vve ave wpc wee c groaning groining from the tile pal pai pains i ns of frightful Av wound the accident occurred just over a culven culver at a point where tile the forest dense where the ground is 13 lov wet and m marshy and where here on each eacil side of the rod roid there I 1 is a depp deep ditch filled by recent rains raina portions of the wreck were thrown into 0 e ditches carrying avith them numbers of the dead and wounded voun coun dea ded some of whom were forill far in th the mud and decomposing weeds and to fol lage jage the nature of the locality rendered th h wreck accessible access able only with difficulty the sir str air evir a ir biving passengers being compelled to stand n water to the tho knees knee while endeavoring to ass us 8 lle ile lie he sufferer several however succeeded m n extending relief yet tet though they toiled all night before the ghastly spectacle it was waa not until late in the morning 11 that the broken carn cart were sufficiently removed to induce the bel be ff er that all or nearly so of the tile unfortunates li d been taken out the ile exact number losing their elivea by th h s fearful calamity will never be known the fate of many now nov by fa e dreary r ca alil airi r roadside can only be surmised by friem t in f failing after a long iong on 0 while to receive tidings promise promised at the tile last parting so far as even every circumstance would admit of a close and laborious inquiry and from the most gat plausible aus itile basis there appears to be little litte doubt that the numb killed including those who whoA were vere too badly JL ia ared to lon ion sor rivo vivo la Is nearly |