Few of those who lost their lives appeared to have received any bodily injury. All were drowned. A passenger states the Dr. Warren and Drs. Dwight and Pierson, and himself and family, were in the same car at the time of the accident. It was remarked that the train, a few minutes previously, was going at a very rapid rate---thirty five or forty miles per hour. When the bodies of Dwight and Pierson were brought out, they were so disfigured that Dr. Warren although well acquainted with their personal appearance, could not recognize them. It was only by some articles in their pockets that they were at all recognize.

LIST OF THE DEAD.

FRANCIS W. SAYLES, of Boston, son-in-law of B. F. Hallett.
T. M. HUTCHINSON of Boston
A young man in company with Mr. Hutchinson, name unknown.
MISS BACON of Boston.
MISS ANNA D. LANG of Boston.
DR. ABEL L. PIERSON of Salem.
MISS ELLEN GOSS, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
DR. W. C. DWIGHT, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
MRS. D. R. SAUNDERS, supposed of Baltimore.
BEVERLY PARKER, residence unknown.
MARY E. ROBBINS and daughter, of Lenox, Ms.
SAMPSON GOLDSMITH, of Bellows Falls.
ALICE CARRIGAN, residence unknown.
MRS. HANNAH, of 18th street, New York.
MR. SPARKS, of Pittsfield, Mass.
ISAAC COLBATH, of Richmond, Me.
B. S. DAVIES, residence unknown.
DR. A. WELCH, of Hartford, Conn.
DR. BEACH, of Bridgeport, Conn.
REV. MR. SCORR of Williamsburg.
DR. SMITH, of Springfield.
JOHN MOSS of Gardiner, Me.
JOHN GRAY, of Springfield.
WALTER FRENCH, of Manchester, N. H.
NORMAN PARKER, of Woodbury, Ct.
An old lady, unknown; and 2 others not recognized.
REV. MR. LEHORE, of Williamsburg, N. Y.
MR. VANDEVENTER, of Newark, formerly President of an India Rubber Company.
NATHANIEL KING, Jr., of Athens, Ohio.
A. L. DESEQUE, residence unknown.
A lady, probably Mrs. Desange of Philadelphia
B. W. OPRODOCK, of Worcester.
OLIVER BARR, supposed to be a collecting agent.
D. W. DIMMOCK, of Mansfield, Ct.
A female child, unknown; and a lady, supposed to be its mother.
MISS MITCHELL of Hartford, Conn.

The above list is of course incomplete, and in some respects inaccurate. We have made it correct as far as our information enabled us to do so.

Among those lost, as reported this morning, is the name of Dr. Josiah Bartlett, of Mass. This probably is an error, as Dr. Josiah Bartlett, of Stratham, N. H., is known to have left his hotel at New York on the morning of the accident, and no doubt took this train. His son, in business in this city, proceeded this morning in company with the Doctor's brother (Dr. Ezra Bartlett, of East Brown) to the scene of the accident.

Mr. Edward Lamb, of the firm of Edw. Lamb & Bros. was in the smoking car, and escaped with a broken nose. He was on his return from Europe, where he has spent the past few months.

Mr. Charles Francis was in company with the deceased Mr. Savles and his family. The party was five in number. Four were sitting face to face and one behind. When the accident occurred the persons in front of Mr. Francis were thrown upon him, pressing him down so that he was submerged in the water, nearly to his mouth. He felt a person beneath him, who was wholly submerged in the water grasp his hand, and every struggle of the dying one was sensibly felt by him until at length death relaxed the grasp. Every motion of the car would throw the water into the mouth of Mr. Francis, causing partial strangulation. At length, after what seemed an age, he was rescued; how he hardly knows. Mr. Savles in some way was separated from the party and was drowned.

Mr. Henry W. Clinton of Manchester, N. H. reported dead, was not killed, but returned to the city this morning.

The Hartford Times says: "And this is the third accident of the kind that has recently occurred---we mean accidents at open railway draw bridges. A short time since, an engine on this same road plunged into the water through a draw near Bridgeport. And at this time the wreck of cars may be seen at Bordentown, New Jersey---the remains of just such an affair as this though no destructive of human life."

The Republican thus editorially alludes to the accident:

"By the Railroad accident described in another column, sixty lives have been lost. For no crime, without warning, while engaged in social pleasure, or in dreams of happiness and home, they died---One wild crash, a scream, a prayer, a struggle, and all was over, and their lips were sealed in eternal silence."

The following passengers were injured:

Jonathan Trotter, President of the New York Board of Aldermen; Mr. James Mills and wife, both much bruised; Miss Griswold, daughter of Rev. Mr. Griswold of New York, dangerously injured; John Colback, of Richmond, Me., whose brother was killed, arm dislocated; Mr. Fuller, baggage master, slightly injured; Charles Comstock, Conductor, very severely; Thomas White, Jr., Marlborough, N. H.; General and Mrs. L. W. Harven, of New York; Mrs. L. Day of Broughton, Mass., badly; Dr. L. W. Bemis, of Charlestown; Dr. C. H. Brown and wife, of Ipswich; Peter Anley, Gardner, Me., slightly; Mr. Fluent of Lancaster, Pa., he was married the evening previous, and his wife is among the dead. Mrs. Sackett, Miss Gilbert and a little boy, who were known to be in the cars, are not yet heard from.

Mr. Larchy, one of the dead, had on his person a large amount of money, which had been taken possession of by Mr. Warner, cashier of the Plainfield Bank.

During the day and evening, the trains from New York and Boston brought a large number of persons in search of relatives or friends.

Many citizens of Norwalk, who witnessed the approach of the train, and saw the danger, called out to the engineer to stop, but their warning was unheeded.

The Traveler of Monday adds to the list of killed the following---some of which are corrections of that list:

DAVID B. NEWELL, of Newport, R. I.; MRS. G. W. POMROY, New York; MARTIN LANG and WIFE, New York; J. F. SAVIER, Canada West; MR. PARKER, Yorkville, N. Y.; OLIVER BARR, of Antioch College, Ohio; MRS. HARTLEY of Baltimore, formerly Miss Frances C. Sherman, primary school teacher of this city.

Person's whose residences are unknown---J. B. Hotchkiss, Susan Pomeroy, E. S. Davies.

The cause of the accident is attributed solely to the engineer, in failing to observe that the signal was given that the bridge was open, until too late to save the train.

Edward Tuttle, the engineer, was arrested and put into safe keeping immediately after the accident, to await for trial for manslaughter.

The scene at the railroad station house in Norwalk, Friday afternoon, was appalling. In one small apartment were twenty-eight ghastly corpses, rigid in death; and in another seven-teen---thickly covering the floor. Among them, numerous surviving friends were eagerly scrutinizing each countenance, with mingled hope and fear, searching for the lost. As one after another was identified, the scene was often painfully affecting. Infancy, youth and old age were all represented among the dead. The body of a beautiful female child, seeming to be almost animated with life, elicited exclamations from many. Almost all the bodies were greatly disfigured with bruises and cuts. Before dark nearly all the bodies were divested of their clothing, put in neat coffins of black walnut, and forwarded to their friends.

The Farmers' Cabinet, Amherst, NH 12 May 1853

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Samuel Beach came to Stamford in 1827. He at once enrolled himself as a member of the Congregational Society, and in 1830 was chosen deacon of the church. He was very active in the church, and was a popular man in the community. He removed to Bridgeport in 1834, and was one of the victims of the Norwalk railroad disaster of May 6, 1853.

History of Stamford, Connecticut: From Its Settlement in 1641, to the Present Time, 1868, page 366

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Polly, dau. of Rev. Zephaniah Swift, m. in 1829, Dr. Samuel Beach of Stamford, born in Trumbull; settled in Bridgeport; a physician, and was killed in the Norwalk railroad disaster in 1853.

The History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880, page 768