Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-30

rRox THE CINCINNATI GAZETTE OF September al.

PROM THE CINCINNATI GAZETTE OF SEPTEMBER 81
One Of The most dreadful accidents which has
CURED any OF the Western railroads took place h
C. III. D. Railway North Canal street. near Carr
within three squares of the depot yesterday morning
about ten minutes past 10 o'clock The train, (Con
ductor Whitney) consisting of baggage and three
passenger cars containing about hundred and twenty
PERSONS wae coming towards the depot AS the locomo
tive tender and baggage passed the switch the switch
lever broke The rail Of the main track being out Of line
the wheels the passenger struck the rail the
end and two OF the thrown with immense yio
leDce down An eighteen feet stone ebankment into the
Canal in which there about four feet Of
water. IUas fortunate that was not in the
canal, as many might have been drowned
From s0e dsarrangement Of the SWITCH when the To-
connective teached it the lever snapped off, by which, al
though Tho &pgine kept the main track, the
disconneetea and the first thrown hun
dred and rty yards beyond and the other car eighty
The baggage was thrown off the track but remain
ted On tho e&ankment; the fr passenger turn
ed oNh into the canal, the second turned
81 - in the canal, and the third car was turned
passing Over It.
The scene slicA followed TIE moment the esara we're
preciptated into the canal be described The
shreks and cries Of men, women and children endcavor
ing exrcate themselves from the cars produced the
greatest CONSERVATION In less than two minutes hun
dred people assembled at the of the disaster
and using every effort to and relieve the
fortunate All we're buried in the water, which stood
three feet in the cars.
Moore carpenter, John street Eighth aged
injured lie charge Of his aunt Mrs
W. Davis broken badly decorated that
the opinion her physicna the must be ampuated
Rosenbus, German who lives in Green
ye badly injured, and considered in critical
diion She with Mr. Bracaman, who also
much injured but not seriously.
Mrs. Garfield and Mrs 0Ben OF Dayton had consions on the
head and badly bruised but both will recover.
and Is supposed to have received Internal injuries
James Mken Of Hamilton badly bruised but was not Sc
riouBly hurt.
uford resides Vine received
contusions the body and head
Dr. Smith, Dayton and George Mccullough of Fort Wayne lnd
only slightly injured.
wife McC Mayo street. Newport Kentucky
her neck received contsion
also her back
Mason keeps Exchange Hamilton, cut In the
forehead and cheek,
Andrew Wilson, Wilson, bruised about
the face, but serious injury inflicted.
Russell, with Mr. Wilson, quite seriously in
jured.
Capt mt ofMdIetown slightly injured Chancey Couch
also slightly injured
Washington Terry resides Carr between Cutter and Linn
Streets slightly injured.
Express wagons and other modes of conveyance were
Immediately brought into requston, and many wounded
persons carried to different parts Of the city whose
names we could not learn.
From the point where the defective switch placed
to the depot, distance Of three squares stone
way of different heights from ten to twenty feet has been
constructed by the company 1t this that the
two passenger cars we're thrown.