The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-24
RAvENEA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1866

marked BY every description Of iDjnry. One
had a leg pnnsturslly bent, or an arm idioub-
led backwards; here was one bending his
head forward to let the blood drip from "a
ping cash in his face, end there another with
bis bowels protruding from hideous wound
in his body. No one complained, except
those who brought in the wounded, in their
haste stepped on fractured arm, or disturb.
ed a broken leg. Those suffering victims
showed no weak, timidity nor selfshness. -
Even in ntheiE agony they showed the traits
Of generous manhood. No one desired 10
engross The attention Of his friends, but all
submitted without a mtrRur 10 tie wfetcfed
comforts that alone could be provided. A
small boy was delrious With q wound on the
head. Awhile he would lie moaning ia the
shanty, then jump up, ran into the rain with
shrieks that would have made the hardes,
heart shudder- A considerable tine elapsed
after the accident before men spoke about it.
They were stunned, shocked, bewildered and
unstrdng by the conclusion, and overpowed
by the overwhelming consciousness of the
destruction looked upon. As they recover
ed their senses. they began to talk. One
knew that the man who sat next to him was
killed, for a wheel had fallen upon him; an
other saw man before him pierced by a
huge splinter, and another still saw the roof
Of car as it crushed the life out of this cit
izen, or that one. "sn on 9sa'' rs...
At one part Of the wreck, several wound
ed persons could be seen,. directing the Ia
bors of those engaged in extricating them.
One by zone, as the timbers which pressed
them were cut away, they were dragged out
and borne away. Under the roof Of one car
could be seen the protruding limbs OF seven
bodies, crushed to instant death as they fell.
The dead were neglected, and the living
sufferers alone were thought of. A body
which movedwas brought out and plnced on
d log, Then it ceased to move, and man
placed his ear over the heart but it was
pulseless. The face and chest, and neck OF
the dead man were dscolored, SO that il
could scarcely be recognized. Passers by
looked on the face and asked who it was,
but could not learn. It was Mr.. Chouteau.
Men ran wildly about, seeking their friends
Of whose fate they were uncertain, till mo-
tionless corpse. visuble through crevice in
the wreck, told the worst, or till the ones
looked for are met, when o momentsry CLEAN
Of joy at the meeting would light up the uni
versal gloom. Several countrymen on the
opposite shore Of the river, two hun dEed
yards distant, witnessed the awful spectacle
They gazed with curious delight as they saw
that magnificent train sweep along the high
embankment towards the fatal spot; they
were still staring with pleased wonder, wher
a shudder came over them and rooted them
to the spot, as the locomative went down
and each whirling car as it came to the abut
ment, stopped not, but leaped down with it.
precious load Of life. It was terrible pic
ture of blood and tears, of woe and sorrow
of suffering and fortitude, of silent agony ant
speechless gifekj kjof life and debtb, which We
pray heaven we may never look on again.