Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-11-10
NEWS ITEMS.
4 ROAD ACCIDENT.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. ..

The excursion train consisting of eleven cars,
which left here yesterday morning for Jefferson
City, on occasion of the opening of the Pacific
railroad to that point met with one of the most ter
rible accidents ever known.
When the train was crossing Gasconade river,
about 100 miles from this city, the bridge gave
way, pIecipitating the locomotive and ten cars q
distance of twenty-five or thirty feet. Upwards of
700 people were in the train, among whom were
MANY of our first citizens.
AS far as could be sccrtained-we have no full
accounts from the scene Of the disaster-upwards
of 20 were killed outright, and between 90 and so
badly wounded.
From the st. Louis Democrat, ID inst.
When the engine had just reached the edge of
the second pier, the weight of eight or ten of the
heavily laden rars was too great, and the timbers
gave way with terrible cra,h. The fall was
Pbout thirty feet, a "a the space between the piers
where the cars were crushed, was q surface of
dry land covered with mud rocks and sand,
instead of water as we have stated above
All the train was precipitated, with the exception
of one of the hindmost cars, and the locomotive
attached in the rear. The crash and the shrieks Of
the passengers as the bridge gave way, are repre-
scented as most terrible. The forward engine bav
ing Just reached the second pier went down with
the train, and as it fell turned completely over,
and back upon the nearest cars, crushing the tim
bers and passengers in the most appalling man
lCl lC iDiiuit OtAiS buAll ny llltlI
own weight and those in the rear precipitated with
great violence over the abutment down upon the
ruins beneath. One car which had been set
apart for the company of the st. Louis Grays, by
some kind fortune was thrown over on its side,
and preserved from being crushed, and its passen-
gers from the terrible fatality attending the other
cars. The carriage also containing the National
Guards was not so BADLY injured, and consequent
ly its load of human beings saved from such dread
full injury.
Al the time of the accident a severe thunder
storm was prevailing and it is related to us that
the merciless pouring of the rain and the roar
and flash of the angry tempest mingling with
the cries of the wounded and dying, made up a
picture narrowing beyond anything the mind can
imagine.
Those who were able to extricate themselves
from the ruins, and were unhurt, Immediately
Joined in superhuman exertions to rescue their
companions and friends from their terrible situa-
tions, At the time the train left the scene the
work had not been finished, and many were still
busy in exploring the rubbish of the disiointed
and broken carriages, and ministering relief to
the suffering, while others employed themselves
in disposing of the bodies of the dead.
Some thirty or forty of the wounded came in
on the IL o'clock, p. NJ. train. Others were
left at Herman and Washington, points along the
railroad.
TREATMENT OF bHONN W HEA1.-h inOHH Tue
many remedies for the bad quality of grown wheat
in making bread, which the widespread disas
ter to the wheat crop this year has brought
ont, we copy tue remarks and directions from
the Ohio Culticat0r, from the pen of Col
Harris, of tina: payer, as containing a remedy Of
as good a promise as any we have met with:
Now, how is the farmer and the farmers wife to
remedy this damage. In the spring Of 1886. nine.
teen years ago, we moved tC Ohio aud pitched Our
tent among the Ashtabulas, and that part of the
country was full of grown wheat. Our 6est-of-
wives was a most exemplary housekeeper, and
this grown wheat was a sore experience, coming
as we did from the orthodox rye.and-Indian OF
Vermont. We THAT is, she) tried every plan that
female ingenuity could invent, including the in.
ventions of all the neighbors, and after all came
to the conclusion that, like r~ingbonc or heayes, the
thing was about impossible to cure.
But it admitted of moderation. Baking pow
ders were not in vogue then probably they will
prove the best amelioratlOn; we found that quick
made cakes hurried up" with saleratus, were less
reliable to run than raised bread. But we have
going of, and much prefer a ripe loaf of raised
bread. OF all our experience we had the best
luck by pursuing a practice like the following:
Take n pan of flour and place it before the fire
or under the stove, and let it season for six or
eight hours, keeping it pretty hot TO evaporate the
moisture as much as possible. Then make up the
sponge il the usual way. 1t will get lively and
begin to spread itself; then knead it down as hard
as possible, work in all the -four you can, ard then
work in a little A little shortening and n little
alum water put in at the commencement Of the
kneading, will help to hold the dough from run
ming, when set to bake. The loaves must stand in
the oven longer than for good -four, or the inside
will be clammy. '"'