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and was carried off to the nearest house before I reached there. Dr Ray said first there was no hope for him. The next morning he & Dr Wall & others, thought there might be a possibility, his limb was boxed. He was laid on my mattress, put on a car & carefully pushed home, but died on Sat, at 5P.M Mortification taking place. He was the only son of Old Uncle Dick" Taylor, The tall old Backwoodsman with a hunting shirt, whom you have seen & perhaps remember, The Old Man is a regular Western character - The Young Man, considering his lack of advantages a remarkably intelligent, as well as amiable fellow; universally beloved. (Married about 2 years since to a young & delicate girl - leaves a little child two.) When I got there the first thing was to examine minutely all around the wreck to see if possible there might be any injured, and still .living - but no - there were three wrecked & mangled bodies under the wreck but they had been instantly killed. Very probably never won knew what was the matter. It was a work of considerable time & labor to raise up the broken cars with the iron with which they were loaded so as to get them out. It was a dreadful sight - a merciful God preserve me from such another. Oh Ettie, it makes me shudder now to think of it. When I first came up by the side of the wreck there lay in my path a mans boot uninjured, - but the foot & the leg were in it! The three bodies were all so much cracked & disfigured it was very difficult to recognize them. I got them up on a car bed, composed as decently as possible. Sent off for coroner & magistrates, and for the friends of one of the men who lived 15 miles north and for Thos Taylor's family got the wounded taken care of. Charles to stay in charge of the bodies on the cabin. The Carpenters at work making Coffins; tried to get Mitchell to bed and then started for the River. Had to walk several miles before I could get a hand car. At De Soto found a Brother of one of the dead.