Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-05-05
STILL LATER.
Particulars Of the Collision.

train OF the Central Road.
The locomotive of the Express train struck
the 9th car, filed with passengers, and in mo
ment, the Locomotive, tender, baggage car. and
one second class car of the Express train togeth-
er with 8 Emigrant cars of the NJ. c. train, were
a heap of ruins
It was the general opinion that from 20 to 25
were killed, from 50 to 60 were seriously injured
and some of these cannot recover. The Emf
grants on the Central Railroad suffered the most
The cause of this collision was gross careless
ness that seems to admit of no excuse The night
was as bright a nearly full noon and the clear
est atmosphere could make IT, the two roads cross
each other at right angles, and run FOR long dis
tance on a straight line.
No one in the first class Cars was seriously IN
iured The engineers fireman and conductor es-
capped.
The following bodies had been brought TO Chi
cago, and it was thought that there are more TO
come:
Thomas Lawler, Irish boy Goodliss Wagner
German man; Johannah Sidolph German wo-
man; Herman Sidoph, German boy: John Hun
/ ter Earll, American boy James Dempsey, Irish
man; German child. unknown; Susan Smith, Lit
v,
/ Edward Nisener; man, unknown; woman, I'M
/ kown; boy unknown w II. Hoynes, German
! boy, yrs old man, unknown, German.
In the midst of the dreadful scene the mails 60
ing east were robbed, and the packages for Bos-
ton, Albany etc. taken
From the Tribune of the 27th,
The Inquest.
/ 1st Wtness,-Thos. Hunter Fireman on Mich
/
left depot five minutes after nine for Toledo; did
not see the eastern train coming was piling up
wood at the time heard signal to break; saw no
/ light the Central train coming west did not
see the engine strike Central train stopped at
junction half hour, at the place of collision
think water about is inches deep; conductors
name OF Mich. Southern train, Wheeling; South
ern train going at about 5 miles an hour
2. Witness. Thomas Lawler; was on the emf
grant train OF the Michigan Central Railroad
did not the train until the Southern struck the
Central-had boy killed by the collision--vas
/ smothered-hip hurt and badly injured in the body
himself badly bruised, caught between the
wheels
Sd. Winess-Goodliss Wagner, son Of the man
killed, was on the Michigan Central train. Did
not see the Southern train going East until they
struck.
4th Witness, Philip Ronty. was on board of
train running to Chicago. Testimony as above
9th Witness-Lorng Darling, Agent for South
Michigan r. R. Station at Chicago Depot, was at
the place Of collision after three o'clock
Southern Michigan cars struck others at right
angles. Train was detained at junction half an
hour for passengers on Rock Island cars
The Jury heard evidence at Southern Railroad
depot till noon and then adjourned to the Sherman
House for the afternoon at o'clock.
Nj Gray was farmer from Vermont who
came ont here to see the country, and was return
ing home to bring his family
man from Canada, wife and four children in /
company with Mr.. Gray are all supposed to be
killed.
John Williamson of Calumet, died about ID
past one.
Examination Resumed.
Knitting called. I am conductor on the South .
ern road, on train last night left for Toledo at
precisely o'clock; ten miles from Chicago ran /
into freight train OF Central road coming to Chi /
cage; this happened at 5 minutes past ten F.;
waited at junction of Rock Island road about 80 +
minutes, for passengers from that train; two or
two and half miles from junction to place of col .
lision; running 20 miles per hour; did not see
cars before we struck them; suppose it is eugiu- /
GERS duty TO look out;
was not before the collision aware that = train
was com ng: mad no information Of that A.nd
from any one; wassligh1ly injured I was thrown
backwards and down; I crawed out, discovered .
that two or three Of my passengers were killed; /
our engine ran through an emigrant car; should .
think 80 IN I'd class car, and 200 in first class !
cars the moon was not up at time of collision. (
night clear; little fog right hand side of the /
track, have been on road years; our orders are
that out trains from Chicago shall avoid an trains
on the Illinois Central at the junction: the Mich
igan Central runs on the Ill. Cen. road. don't
know that 1t is duty of conductor to look out. 10
have some one look out at these crossings; sup
posed had Mr.. Davis TO look out don't think il
conductors duty TO put man to look out at
these points; engineer bound TO stop at conduct /
ors command: we had proper signal lights.
Stated By Enthusiastically commence collect /
ing fare Immediately on leaving Chicago, but this
time Rock Island train was not in, and did not
collect any fare till alter leaving junction; we /
were IS minutes behind time at crossing; do not
usually delay 50 long large amount of bag /
gage to Chicago; open country at the crossing;
could see train three miles If it had good head
light can see from junction to crossing
EdlrGrd DaUis.-Am Engineer on the s. N /
train was on the train last night-left Chicago at
precisely Give or six miles to junction-usually .
run in about fifteen minutes. Stopped about half :
an hour at junction, and by order Of the Codact-
OF, given BY signal light-24 or miles to cross
Ing-Endeavored to make up for lost time-ran /
about as fast as could, till saw sparks from the
chimney Of locomotive on VI. C.--was then about I
five or six times the length Of our train from the
crossng--not quarter Of mile--was stsn,l.a ~ at