Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-08
From, Tho ctictso 1oil6si Of January %.
Oh the Prairies--250 Passengers

''tla1t IN Peril,
Alyices wtre received late SatntlSSe evening, 70
Tho cec, thai Tie lraia hilst Ifot spElnheld
early last week, on boaId ofSWhc|l were NE Spea'
kets Of the House, Intermediates Of tl9e Leglsla'
lure from the county, and almost Quorum 81 ON.
CT members, The cIetksof The two Houses, &c.,
&c., were IN imminent perl
About 10 miles iron, Wilmington, Il apnea1s'he
train came 10 snow diff, about 10 feet III depth.
The locomotive being nearly out OF water, thee
gneet aud conductor proceeded 10 Tie next station
70 get supply, Wien ol ,atfylns Tie iallk was
found 10 be- ffozep 50 That The engine could moi re.
Jun; aid Tie passengers, $50 In nlnbef were lefi
70 pass The night Being out Of fuel, The first OH
slaugLt was tmade upon The emlstant cars, the
seats Of which answered Tie purpose. Next The
wants Of tie inner man claimed attention, and on
attack wNs made uron the express car, which very
soon fell into the llhls Of The victots yielding
substantial share Of spells In The shape OF oysters
en- route for ctuis2e Of bis EScelleIcy governor
Mateson.
When morning broke, tie party found them
selves alone upon the deep, but Spying house
some four miles distant, M abIe bodied corps Of
snppets and miners were dispatched tot lille
aid aud comfort.
The house moved 10 be the residence Of woithy
tanner, who forthwith loaded his teams with iNei
and ptoyender, aud took III tho women ard chill.
dtcd 4 c0upe Qf gentlemen took a Conveyance
across 10 Morris, 20 niles distant, wlIete they
struck lie Rock Island lfaiD--sone few others
81 Eted on foot fUt Pontiac, ten miles dIstant-but
agteaer share remained at tile scene Of disaster,
When last heard from, The Spcnketol the House,
axe in hand, was presiding over wood pilc-ihG
Choitm1lI u Banks aud Interpretations, had under
considerations q snow hank fifteen ees 'leeI, aud
90 miles in extent clear q bank OF 'deposIt,'-
Tie Committee on Internal Improvement were
despatched after mince pies uNlSOnd' iclleS, %hllr
the lobby, "my Lord Coke" in the chNir had te'
solved Itself into u Committee VI the Whole on
tue state Of the cOuiry.
M fnrllla Oh learning OF the circumstances,
despatched locomotive from Joliet, with prOylS'
IONS Ia the train, but we DO not lam watcher Il
reached them OF moi.
T'gaRlnLE CAL4MiTy.--A terrible accident took
place on Friday last on the Dixon Air line 10 one
Of the operatives employed IN opening The way
through monster dlifl. 4 tIcklHyet NY Tie
name OF Porter, Que OF tie most active, energetic.
and etiicicn, men IipOn the Whole Int 0flhc road,
a. volunteered his services 10 hrIp.l tain thEO'
the snow, and was standing OH the side Platform
Of the locomotive when tho latter was pm: in no
ton \ body OF snow striking against lin caused
his loot 10 slip from The platform. 1t WIS caught
h, the ilry nS wheel in such q way as 10 wEeuelI
the leg entirely oil ut The knee joint.
The poor man fell backward ovet the railing OF
the platform, while his leg. with tie foot sill upon
Il, fell upon the track beneath lhc locomotive -
pottct was taketi up aud carried as llcHIy rs
loSslb o back 10 Dixon, wien the Remaining pVE.
lion of lis limb was twice umpntatc,l: fits Just
above the poInl Of severance rdm the leg, AMI al.
tETwldS still higher up on account Of Tie one
being shattered. When out informant Ieh Dixon,
Potter was regarded as likely 10 recover from his
awful wound,