The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-08-04

track, and proceeded on, aud had scarce.
ly got full under way, when, about three !.
quarters of amile from the Relay, and
about amile from Rider's,a terrible crash. /.
accompanied by rush Of steam, brought
all who were uninjuredto their feet, and
on escaping from The wrecked cats a
most hasTi.repding scene presented il
SELF that j, were impossible TO describe
in alli,s horrors.
The locomotive attached TO the excut-
sion train was behind, pushing the cars;
that attached TO the other lraia was in
front, and literally plowed its way into
the cars loaded with passengers, in front.
About a half duzcn cars were crush>
ed and shvered TO atoms, and large
number Of their unh,ppy inmates either
killed upon the spo, or dread(ully Injured
The scene is described as narrowing to
ihe. last degree Several Of those killed
and wounded were so caught in the
wreck Of broken cars that they could no,
be released fora considerable time.
Axes and crow bars we're brough, into
Yequisi.ion, and those alive and unhuft
msde superhuman efforts for their relief.
The cry for water from the sufferers was
continual and several persons were ems
gagged constantly in supplying them. 1t
was not, however, until the Locomotive
attached 10 the excursion tram had been
attached TO the crippled mass that the
dead and wounded were got out.
The center Of the foremost cor was
filled with the dead, dying and wounded,
all wedged together in one mass, with
ihe fragments Of the car and the seats, so
compact that il required A half hours
time and the use Of axes to rescue The
wounded A number Of females and
children were taken out from among the
dead scarcely injured, while through, the
door ofhe car could be seen the protru-
ding limbs Of some who had been instant.
ly struck dead. s
Among the dead in the center of this
car was MIS- R ,bcrson,a young and beau.
tful woman, ard Henry Clay Jcffrs, the
son Of Madison JetfeIs,a bright and beau
nful boy, tho bodies of whom were so
wedged among the fragments Of The two
cars, which had been run through each
other like a telescope, that i, was i'm pos,
sible to extricate tliom without hauling
Of the fragments Of lbe upper car by tho
locomotive, which WINS also necessary ia
releass tho large number of unfortunate
creatures who still remained wedgcd he
tween the forward cars, soma still alive
and others dead. IN removing the cars,
Mrs. Roberson's body was literally torn
10 piccea. -.a.,., r...Fs aa
On all tho platforms Of the wrecked
cars,the destruction Of life aud limbs was
immense, and the cars being so closely
wedged together, il was utterly iinpossi'
be for more ,hau All ltour in relieve any
nf them, siIhougIl The screams Of the suf'
ferers caused The most supeIhuman cx'
eriions for their succor. -
On the platform al the head of the ex
cnrsion train, four men were canghi by
tic forepau Of The engine, Two of them
wero instantly killed, and the ,lber tive
were fas, by their limbs, suffering the
mos; excruciaiing agony and almost roas'
tod By the smoke-pipo Of The locomntlve
They both limited from exhaustion be-
fure they could be escned,reqniring more
sir,n sn hour Of incossanl labor, and one
OF them subsequently died. - i.
'Fwo or three were Instantly killed a
80 on the from, platform Of the York trail
ono Of whom was Benjamin Merryman
The baggags>,Rasior,wh met dea'h,sand
my m1nfully Of bis posi-, at bis break "a
desvoting to check the destruction.
'Fhc accident occurred a, twenty min
utcs pas, five o'clock, and il was half p,s
seven o'clock before the last body wa
taken fiom the wreck.
The bodies Of the dead were all place
in ono car, and piled up one upon ano't
er, presenting ghastly spectacle. MOI
of TEEN had been instantly killed by sh
crash, some of them being horribly crust
ed and mu,ilaiod in a manner TO sickc
the hehulder OF the spectacle. The wou'
ded were made as easy as PassIbte, an'
IN mos, Of tho cases, their friends wei
ct the depot, and had them Immediate
removed. 4a
Twcn'y>eigh, Nere killed outright
have since died of their wounds, win
forty or fifty we're wounded.
Yudenendcpt Candidate,