Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-11
The Rock Island Railroad Accident

The public ere startled Yesterday morning by
intelligence OF an accident 10 The passenger tram
the Rock leland Railroad, which Lett this city a,
| O'Clock on Wednesday night. The first accounts
were giealy exaggerated as is frequently the case,
but The actual facls are sufficiently painful The
following account is made out from the statements
Of hose who were Oh The spot, and may be relied
upon as correct
Al three o'clock yesterday afternoon, two chill
dren had died, and two three persons would not
probably recover. The remainder of those who
were scalded were being made as comfortable as
poss tie, and but few OF ihem will be laid up more
than two or three days.
The train consisted OF seven passenger coaches
with baggage car, under the charge Of MIR Van
Bu>kuk, conductor. Al he past / O'Clock
when iuur miles west of Mnooka, The train run.
ming al lis average usual speed, about twenty miles
an hour, the forward axle OF the locomotive truck
broke and The wheel flew off This was distinctly
seen by boh engineer and fireman. The engineer
immediately attempted 10 reverse, and viii, le for
the brakes, but unable 10 do 60 before the truck
had settled down, anu the locomotive was thereby
thrown from the track. After noticing the flying
wheel, he saw horse upon or hear the track
which was found killed on The spot He is conf
dent, however, that the axle broke before The train
reached the horse, and ha The animal had no con
necllon with The train being thrown off The track
The appearance of The horse also corroboraes The
would have been had he been the occasion of The
accident. This section OF the railroad is scarcely
fenced, but there is road crossing just al the point
where the cars lie, by which it is probable the
horse came III The way. The engineer, VIM
Brown, escaped with lew sligh, bruises. but his
brother, the fireman, had one leg broken below the
knee
As The forward end of the locomotive came TO the
ground the force OF the train pushed the back end
around, throwing the engine of The track, leaving
IL right side up and near The rail, standing with the
head toward The trail OF The train. The connection
between The engine and he tender broke, and The
latter, wIh The baggage car ran of on the opposite
side. The first passenger car was driven on past
The locomotive, and fortunately no one in it was
injured II would seem from their relative position
that. il must have passed over the engine The sec
ond passenger mounted on the top Of The loco.
motive where it stopped and settling down upon
it, the dome broke through the f1oor and The valve
being opened or broken The steam rushed into the
car, enveoping the unfortunate occupants The
car contained about fifty persons. The follown Q
are the only names with which we are furnished
Mr.. Carpenter, badly scaded, Poughkeepsie, N
York.
J. w. Albin, badly scalded Munger Co, Ohio
Sarah Albin, badly scalded, Munger Co. Ohio
Hannah Albin, badly scaled. Munger CO. Ohio
- Albin, badly scalded Munger Co., Ohio
Mrs Cox, Washington county, Iowa, serious y
injured,
Calhrine Laushlin, Washington county, Iowa,
injured
Margaret Laughlin. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
seriously injured .
The three rear passenger cars were neither
thrown of nor broken, and no passengers were in
jured, except in The second car.-Chicago Free
Press, Nous.