The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-11-04
Dreudfui Railroad Accideas.


One of the mos, horrible railroad accidents
that ever occurred took place day or two
since. thirty miles from Detroit on the Great
Western Railroad, Canada. We are indebt-
ED to the Detroit Free Press for the PartIcu-
lars W. published in addition to those con-
veyed by telegraph:
"a few minutes after FIVE o'clock, when
near Baptist Creek, the passenger train,
which was proceeding at the rate of twenty
miles an hour, came in collision with grav-
Ell tram which was backing toward the east
at The rate OF ten or twelve miles an hour.
The gravel train was composed OF fifteen
cars, heavily loaded with wet gravel. The
shock REQUIRED by the collision was tremen-
dous. The second-class cars were smash d
into atoms and nearly every person in them
killed or dread!ully injured. The irst class
car was also badly smashed, and most OF The
passengers In the front part oil it met with
the same tate as the passengers in the Sec
ond-class cars.
| The scene presented after the collision
was horrible one. Intermixed with the
fragments of the broken cars, dead bodies
lay IN pr"fusion. many OF tn IN mangled ia
the most dreadful manner, while from out VI
the heap oi ruins proceeded the groans and
shrieks OF the wounded.
Oar reporter has just arrived az p. u
from the scene of the casualty. tie reports
the number OF persons killed as forty seven.
The follow is list OF the killed, as taken
rom the minutes OF the Coroners:
j. b. Bodhsh, of Batavia, N. Y, going TO
Ghleeburg, Michigan-had on his person
1927 ~; +. Gallagher; young woman, name
lunknown-had on fur z 'un,lets, gloves, and
black silk bonnet, with arlificials; man name
unknown; woman, with dead infant and
chlld-had on person two keys-sad TO be
wife OF do; r. Robinson, per receipt in pock-
et-had Sl07 30 in gold, and So 90 in silver;
John Martin, breakman on passenger train
had 50 and key in pocket; r bert Thorn
ton, (his wife badly njure y, Henry Mason,
brakeman on gravel irain-S2 40 In poe ket !;
4. L. >" ain-had watch on person-had
lived IA years in Chatham; female, unknown
mud Oh rel dress, lace collar, and gloves;
young cir named Mary Kingston, per papers
on her person; female, unkncwn-middle
aged-had earnings; young man supposed
to be John Davis; boy about ten years old,
lunknown; 10Y about eleven years old +, IN
known; Irving Leslie, brakeman on gravel
ram; middle aged woman, unknown; Chas
Robinson, per name in Bible on his person.
had 500 IN gold, and 81 cents IN silver; fe-
male child, about two years old, unknown;
female child, about three y ears old, un know Il /;
female, unknown-had a rlny on finger: ma n
unknown; Jacob Luscher, had due-bil
rom Marshel Michigan, and S22 in money !;
iiUllster Brace, elderly man-had Sl3 in
bills aud Sl6 SO in CON; Nathaniel Oakes,
of Batavia, N. y going to Galesburg,
Michigan; co. nelius Oaks, son of do; Orilla
Oasef, wife ol do; Philip Barron, per pa
pers found on HE person; female infant, un-
kno rn; male child, unknown; o.
Il hidden, had % dollars on ms person; female
infant, unknown; unknown woman-had
straw bonnet aud snuif.box; Ephralm G..
lloore, blind men; unkaown man-had $50
90 on his person; unknown female with
cuffs; unknown m'n; female child, about
three years Old, unknown; Micheal Fly -
had Sl2 on his person; unknown man; un-
known woman; young sirl, unknown- bad
.,64 on her person; unknown girl, about If
teen years of age; Martha Bodtish; Dlnel
lOakes.
The Coroner's jury will meet this morn
ing at Chatham, whittier the bodies were
conveyed ld,i evening.
twenty hour men, eleven woman, and six
teen Children, are badly wounded, and were
taken to Chatham. large number oil the
is thought will get well.