Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1854-11-04
Railroad Accident.

| The particulars OF the dreadful acciden
that occurred Thursday morning on the K
|. & Chicago Railroad, which we gave il
yesterdays paper were in the main correct
One Of the sufferers is now in this city, hav.
ing FASTENED on to meet his family here
His face and hands are terribly scalded
He reports that he left seventeen in worse
condition than himself. The following Is
dispatch sent the Chicago Tribune after
the particulars had been asccrtained:-
The sufferers have all been removed to a
large Stone Building on Scott street, and
the employees of the Rock Island Road are
using every effort to alleviate their suffer
ings. When the engine was thrown off the
track, the two forward passenger cars were
hurled on top of it, and the steam escaping,
was driven with tremendous force through
the dense mass of human beings. packed
closely among the wrecks of the cars.
The engineer, VIM. G.. Brown, is fearful
" scalded. His brother who was acting
as fireman had his legs broken. A gentle.
man named Carpenter from Poughkeepsie
n. Y, fearfully bruised and scalded.
j. w. Albin, feariully bruised and scald
ed, of Munger Co. Ohio, Sarah Albin, ditto
ditto, Hannah Albn. ditto, ditto, --Albn
do. do.
Mrs. Cox from Washington CO., Iowa, in
| jured.
Catherine Laughlin, Washington co.
Iowa, seriously injured.
Margaret LaYghlin, from Gettysburg, Pa.
seriously injured.
Many others injured, whose names can.
not be ascertained.
The whole number seriously injured is
M said to be over 40. The conductor.
Mr.. Van Buskrk, escaped uninjured Sew
eral Of the scalded were insensible, and 9th
ers were writhing in their last agonies Al
the time Of Mr.. Evans leaving Joliet al
10 A. NJ.
1t is bat justice to the conductor and per
sons having charge of the road to say thai
the accident seems to have been utterly
unavoidable, and was in no manner the re.
suit Of carelcssness, but that no human fore.
sight could have prevented it.
List of Banks which have recently Failed
Thompson's Bank Note Reporter give,
the following list of the banks that have re-
Gently faied:-
Farmers. & Mechanics Bank Of Memphis, Iennes
! SC. failed August III.
Bank Of Wa.hlenaw, Ann Arbor, Michigan, fae,
August ~.
Bank of Milford at Milford, Delaware, failed Au
gust "a
| Ere q Kalamazoo Railroad Bank, Adrinn Mchi
gan failed OF. 8.
Adrian Insurance Company, Adrian, Michigan
failed OCT 6.
Ellsworth Bank, Ellsworth. Maine, thrown out b,
the Suffolk Bank, Oct q.
Eighth Avenue Bank, New York City, failed Oct 6
Knckerboeker Bank. New York City. failed O,tl2
Newport safet, Fund Bank, Newport, Kentuek y
failed Oct. l6
Kentucky Trust Company, Coring,en Kentucky
failed Oct. I6.
Bank of the Union, New York City closing.
To the above we may append the follow
ing, which SO far as we can ascertain, com
plete the list at present.
Patchn Bank. Buffalo.
Farmers and Mere Lts' Bank, Oswego,
Farmers Bank of Gnuid igun.
Droyers' Bank, ogdsnsburgh.
Bank OF Carthage.
Farmers and Merchants Bank, Md.
Mnsslon Bank, o
Ohio Savings Institute, Iifin.
Cochituaie Bank, Boston
b INK Of West KilliDsy, Conn.
Merchants Bant. Macon, Ga.
Elkhart County Bank, la.
Bank ofElehart, la.
Bank Of Northern Indiana.
Bank Of ConneTsyille, la.
Bank of Plymouth, la.
Commercial Bank Of Kentucky.
Bank Of KanaN ha. Va
Ohio Savings Bank. Cincinnati.