The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-11-04
Terrible Railroad Accident.
-Four Persons Killed and so Injured.

uSit uau ooSuiIcu vi tH- ROM l5lauu ia,
road, about II miles above this city, at
o'clock that morning. The accident Occur
red 10 the down train, with five passcngc
cars well filled, which had left Chicago o
II o'clock on Wednesday night Abou, 81
miles this side of Morris, the forward axle {
the locomotive broke, and at the Same tim
horse was seen upon the track in front c
the locomotive, at an "open culyert" at
crossing, and either by striking the horse, o
in cons ,luence ofthe axle, Ut is not dete,
mined which, thc locomotive was thrown
r The track, freight car next to broken l.
pieces, the baggage car next thrown scvcra
rods to one side of tn, road, and then tw,
passenger cars literally i m)lishtd Tn
second passenger car was thrown on tn
top Of the locomotive, the valves Of whicl
being all open let in q food Of steam, iron
which nearly all the passengers hurt r.
coivcd their injuries. II is remarkable tina
NJ one was seriously injured in the first car
although il passed over the locomotive, ant
was broken to pieces No one in the Other
three cars was injured
About fifty, all that were in the sccont
car, were more or less scaldcd. One child
was crushed to death, and of those scalded
four, we understand have since died. As
the injured were all taken back to Joliet, We
are unable to give their names. Among
them, however, was W. q. Brown, the On.
sincer, severely bruised. His brother, fire.
man, had his leg broken. !, telegraph dcs.
patch from Joliet, also gives the following
names Of injured:
Mr.. Carpenter, badly sc,lded, Poughkeep.
! sic, New York.
J. W. Albn, badly scalded, Munger co. o.
Sarah Albin, do do
Hannah Albin, do do
- Abin, do 10
Mrs. Cox from Washington county, 10.
wa, seriously injured.
Ca,harinu Laughln, Washington county,
Iowa, injured.
Margaret Laughlin, from Gettysburg,
p, seriously injured
Geo. Bristol, lumber merchant, Of Ota-
wa, was also badly, though We ar. happy to
learn not dangerously scadcd.
As soon as possible messenger was des-
patched to Joliet for locomotive, which
reached the scene of the disaster about 6
O'Clock in the morning, and took the injured
and most OF the passengers back TO Joliet,
where Immediately every possible attention
was paid TO the sufferers But as no house
was near where the accident occurred, and
no help OF any sort was within reach, the
sutfcringS of the unfortunate scalded during
the four fearful hours they lay on the prair-
lie were terrible.
A number Of the passengers not wishing
to go back to Joliet walked to MarscilIcs and
they complain loudly Of the conductor, Mr.
Van Bus,irk, not only on account of his
conduct at the accident but also for refusing
TO stop at Marscies in the morning when he
brought down the train, to take on the pas
scngcrs who were waiting at the depot
grounds. They were obliged to remain
there until the noon train came down.
PLATFORM ESLARGID.--lhc "RepHbiicaH'
intimatcs that the fusion party IS not only in
favor Of icgisating against slavery on every
possible occasion, but is generally in favor OF
all laws for restraining the passions and APP
petites of men; and the liquor prohibition is
instanccd as one of hobbies, and we are
! asked how ace stand on that question. Wei,
then, as hobby upon which to help fusion.
lists, wings, or aboIitionists into office, we
may as well say at oice, we are dead agains,
prohibition. The surest way to kill prohibi.
ton, or any other proposition intended to
promote TEN pcrancc is, to make a political
hobby Of it, to help scaly politicians into Of.
fee. Mr.. Norton may be good temperance
man, but SO is Mr.. Drake and as to our
candidates for the legislature, we know they
are quite as reliable on that question as the
fusion candidates are. The only way the
cause can be prcjuliced with either Of the
candidates, then, is for the temperance men
to make a political issue against any o,
them. Since abolitionism took the political
, field in 1920, not a slave has been liberated
although half dozen states had abolished
| slavery previous TO that time; and the pas
sage Of Maine laws in the different states
will soon cease, if the friends of temperance
persis, in making it political hobby. We
. e.. Al, l,,t 4
test temperance political traders, or anthem
| perance traders, we care not what party they
| belong to. ...t..
| AZ STARTLING PGoPosiT,oS. Under this
! head the Chicago Democrat notices plan
suggested by Mr.. Hackney, candidate fol
the legislature in Kane county, to protect
our local banks against the piratical opera
tons OF such money shavcrs as Geo. Smith
and his progeny Of Georgia wildcats. Mr.
| lIackncys plan is as follows:
"Fourthly. think that our Banks SHOULD
have short tine say ten or twenty days
to redeem their notes, when pres ntcd r
sums of 800 or over. This seems to me tc
nc tSStlitUtllN htNtSSdI w 'lltNN-hidNt WV
brokers, who rake and scrnpc,' as the tern
goes, all the bills that they can get from cv
cry quarter, and >un in upon the Banks
thus keeping them in constant state o
alarm, and gripping their power, to dis
count their paper which is well secnrc'
whatever the public necessities dcmand.-
BY this means, the Banks are rendered
measurabiy powcrcss to do good while tn
brokers and shavcrs got their own rates TO
money and exchange
! Wentworth, it must be rccollcctel, be
longs to Smith, or Smith to Wentworth 1
least thrust at Smiths pocket always seem
to hit Wentworth in the same tender spot
Whether Mr.. Hackney's is the correct pa
or not, we think some plan is absolutely nc
cessary to protect our own banks agains
Smith and his wildcats But one thing Gu,
be constantly relied an. and that is, that tn
Tt;,,yn n,mnrrot will opnnsp all proipct