Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-01
THE LATEST NEWS.
Railroad Accident.
Farfher Particulars.

ERTfter P0TfirniorS.
CruRERLANp. March %. A. M.-The fol.
loyying are the particulars of the distressing
accident which occurred on the Baltimore aud
Ohio Railroad. yesterday afternoon. Tie train
consisted Of a baggage car aud three passen-
Ger cars, and was in charge of the most eau
IONS and skillful conductor on the Road. 10
ubom no bam can possibly be attached
The cars " IRE drawn by one large and one
anal engine When passing the so foot filing
-, Section 76, and descending a curved grade
orll6 feet to Cheat river, the large engine
started the nails binding the rails to the ches
nut cross ties All the cars got over safely ex
cept the tuo last passenger cars, " hich by the
narring of the track. were thrown do"n he
river side falling distance of over 100 feet,
aud making four somersets in their fearful des
cent. Tie heavy trucks of the cars caused
the loss of life by crushing the passengers.
OF some for.y persons in the two cars, the
f,lIowino were killed Daniel Holt, OF the
firm of Hot & Mohhy Baltimore; Aurelius
Ssllie, supposed to be from South Carolina;
Lonis Define. "A French emigrant. returning
home from California; Richard Clayton, oil
Wels,ille Va; young lady and middle
ped workmanship to be from Kentucky;
= Small step son Of Robert Murray, Su-
pervisor OF the Railroad, and child oil Mr..
Csicse, of ST Louis. Mr.. Giesc and lady were
both severely injured, and with three other OF
the children, are now here.
The names of the wounded and further par
ticulars Of this deplorabIc disaster cannot be
ascertained until the train reaches here at 5
o'clock this evening. This is the first instance
in which passenger was ever killed on the
Road since its construction, and great efforts
will be made by the Company to prevent the
recurrence Of similar disaster.
THIRD DISPATCH.
CUMBERLAND, March 70, 7 p. Milne ex-
press train arrived about 6 o'clock, bringing
the dead and wounded Of the late Disaster
The following list ofthe wounded is furnished
by Dir. Thos. A. Healey, who at the request
of the Railroad Company. promptly repaired
TO the scene Of the accident this morning IS.
T. Glide, severely injured in the back; Adam
Zoll, of Rockingham Co, Va, slightly injured;
George Calvert, OF Uppersvie, FanqIier Co ,
Va, not very seriously; Abner Florence, OF
Salem Fauquier Co., Va, slightly; II. A. Tur
ner. with his wife and four children, of Balt
more, bruised and burnt by the falling oil the
stove upon them-they will get well, q. A.
Tavarner, OF Alexandria, Va, injured IN the
back, will probably recover; Robert Morris,
brakeman, severely injured; {. Sanders, OF
Shelby Co., Kentucky. severely burnt and cut;
DIR. Cadwallader, a merchant, probably OF
Louisville, had his thigh broken in three pa-
ces, and is injured in the breast. He is very
dangerously hurt. All Of The above, with the
exception Of Gardiner and Cadwallader, have
been brought to Cumberland, where every at
tention is being paid them by our physicians
and citizens.
The bodies of the dead, whose names have
already been forwarded, were t2llso brought
down; and will be deposited in the vault here
for removal by their friends.
FOURTH DESPATCH.
CUMBERLAND, March 28.-The gentleman
and lady mentioned in The first dispatch were
DR.. Cadwalader, mentioned in the second
dispatch, and Miss Issacs of Indiana, ION her way
to Philadelphia, to visit her friends. She as
kill, d Instantly. Dr. Cadwallader may posi-
bly, recover.
Captain Rawlinslhe conductor oflhe train,
arrived in Baltimore last evening with ten Of
the passengers who went down the embank.
ment. Captain Raw Inns has his hand rather
badly cut, and is otherwise bruised, but no
bones injured. The passengers who came
through were all more or less bruised or
scratched, but all seemed in excellent spirits,
notwithstanding tho mi,hap. Mrs. Ogle, of
Philadelphia. s'a .. that size was lying on the
sofa, in The aides saloon, at the time Of the
overturn aud the sofa being fortunately fas
tened +, Il e car, she managed, with the aid OF
the sofa pillow, to preserve herself from any
harm, allhou III she followed the car in its four
eyolutions down the embankment, alternately