Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-05-04

founQ p9ats ana WhailnG Sni ~ FessSiikoAs
were all taken on board these ships where their
saffsrangs were relieved, The whale ship Meteor
was finally chartered to take them to San Fran
cisc0 where shey arrived on the s1st Of March
cspt s.. states that 1.-THE steamer had not taken
fire, not soul would have been lost He also
ssats1 that the reefs on which shesteamer struck,
were not laid down on any chart
Collision at the Crossing of the 8. M. &
N. G, RailrOads.--several Passen-
gers Killed. IS .s,z
CHICAGO, April 26.
The express train LETT this city at O'Clock last
night on the Southern Michigan Rail Road and
came in collision at the point of crossing the M.
G. Rail Road, about eight miles from here, with
an emigrant and freight train coming to Chicago,
on the latter road.
The locomotive of the express train struck the
sixth car, filled with passengers, and in moment
the locomotive, tender, baggage car, and one sec
ond class car of the express, together with three
emierant cars the NJ. C.. train, were heap of
ruins. 3
1t is the general opinion that from u to Is bod
les lay beneath the ruins, though it is impossible
to- osascertain with certainty.
Four bodies had bceh taken out. From fifty to
sixty men are seriously injured and some of them
cannot recover.
The emigrants on the Central road suffered the
most.
The cause Of this collision is beyond conjueture.
The night was bright with nearly full moon.
the two tracks cross each other at nearly right
angles, and run for long distance on straight
line.
s No one IN the first class passenger cars was se-
riously injured.
The engineer, fireman and conductor escaped.
J; ADRIAN, April 26.-A gentleman who has just
arrived from the scene of last nights disaster,
ports 20 dead bodies when he left
They were dying every minute.
The conductor, Mr.. Whiting, was seriously in
jured. He was in the first oftie express train,
and fell between the wheels.
The Chicago Tribune gives the following par
ticulars Of this terrible affair:
On the northerly side Of the Central track, one
first class passenger car was thrown upon its side,
and groans and cries assailed the ears of those
who hastened from the rest Of the first class cars
which retained their position. Those in this car
were aided to escape from the confusion, and
from the danger of suffocation, and it was found
that none were dangerously injured, though seve-
raIreceived severe bruises.
The scene which presented itself on the other
side of the Central track cannot be fully described
and time will not efaee the memory of that terri
6ble and heart rending spectacle from the mind of
the unwilling beholder.
- We saw a heap of ruins from. beneath which
shrieked out upon the midnight air, cries for help
mingled in strange discord with the deeper toned
groans of the dying. One by one those who were
abe crawlsd out from the rubbish, while the, un-
injured were fully employed IN rendering assist
aiice to those unable to extrica.e themselves
Each moment the scene became, if possible,
more heart rending. Here sat poor woman with
abroken limb and her little daughter stood by her
side weeping. and begging for assistance There
: lay n young German dead, his sister by his side,
wringing her hands, and crying "mein Bruder,
) mein Bruder.. Here little child cryin, 80. my
father" there woman waling for the loss her
infant. Awoman dead, her mangled features but
partially concealed by cloak, and at her sideon-
" a faithful dog.
Beneath one edge of the car appeared the bald
head and one hand of an old man. The leg of
one and the body ofanother were also visible BE-
meath the car.
Three children, from three to ten years of age,
were taken out Of the water and placed side by
side AT the head Of one sat the bereaved father.
No one came to claim the other two.