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crush I comprehended there was some danger, and jumped for the car without looking to see where I was jumping to. I lit on solid ground but instantly fell forward in to a ditch full of water head foremost. I had hardly raised to the top when some man piled on top of me knocking me undr. the second time, when I got out I saw my blanket and cap laying in the water, and the cars all a wreck front of me. The scene that then occurred makes my blood run cold to think of, and so nervious that I can hardly write. I have heard the prayers and groans of the wounded on the battle field, but never before heard anything so heart rending. I did not stop to secure any of my cloths, my first thought was to help the wounded, I think that I strained myself more lifting to relies them than by the fall. The engine did not go more than half way through one car of the front train and then stoped doing but little damage to the engine. The third car can under the platform, and over the wheels of the second car riping it up edgwise. The fourth, fifth, and sixth, ran upon the third, leaving the wheel of four cars in one pile on Comp. H's car. As soon as our car got fairly upon the third it tiped up edgwise slueing the men into the ditch filled with water which was on the oposite side from which I jumped. Every car that was filled with Soldiers was smashed all to peeces, while all those behind were not damaged at all. It mad the disaster a great deal worse haveing so much heavy freight behind. The engineer says that he saw the train about tow hundred yards before he came to it, but supposed it was the station house, as it was between him and the house and did not find out his eror untill within fifty yards, when he done all in his power to save us, by reversing the engine and puting on the breaks, and then jumped to save his own life. I do not think that he was to blame. The great wonder to me is that there was not more killed than there was