THE STARTLING CRASH.

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Mrs. Apthorp, exclaimed to her husband in terrorand great alarm: “My God , Henry, No. 5 hasgone off the bridge.” As her husband seizedhis hat and coat and hastened out of the door,with a woman’s sympathy she put the camphorbottle into his hands, thinking of the wounded,and the suffering which must follow.

But a few minutes had passed before a numberwere at the depot. The engineer of the pump-engine was standing on the depot platform asthe train approached. As he heard the soundhe looked up and could see the cars from themiddle of the train, plunge off to the side of thebridge, and fall into the abyss. The headlight ofthe engine was above the track, but the passengercars were falling behind it. The head painterwas also in his shop and heard the crash. Thesaloon keeper of one of the hotels,and the foremanof the fire engine “ Lake Erie, ” also heard andsaw the fall. These were the first to start for thewreck, and reached it very soon. Mr. Apthorpalso was early on the ground. These, as theyapproached were appalled at the awfulscene. The engineer seized an axe and pail as