The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-11-10
Terrible Catastrophe.
The Excursion Cars 20 jefferson
City PFeripitated into the Gas
cOnade River! 81 So


City PFeripitated into the Gas
cOnRde Rivcr!
On Friday, Nov. "a, an excursion train
OF fourteen cars, having on board some six
hundred passengers, while running from st.
Louis to Jefferson City TO attend a Rail.
Road celebration, met with an accident at the
bridge across the Gasconade river. Before
crossing the bridge, the train reduced it's
speed for the purpose Of allowing the pass
engers to view the structure. The bridge
was some thirty feet above the, water, and
no water was under the pait where The train
went down. As, the train come on the
bridge it gave way. Eleven cars, engine
and tender went down with the bridge
The following list Of killed and wounded
we CLEAN from the St, Louis Iatsligsncer Of
Nov, Sd, The list Is not full. ~, ~.
DEAD.--Rev. DR.. Bullard, Capt. o .Flah.
erty, B. B. Dayton, Thomas 0'Sullivan, E,
Church, Blackburn Thoma Gray, Henry
Chouteau, Judge Lakeland, Mann Cutler, E
q. Jeffrees, Rep. of;Franklin countya A.
dolph ,Ables, Mr., Mott, Representative o.
Dunklin county; Mr. Mccullough, Of Dunk
lin; Capt. c. Case; E. C. Yesti, (irm d
Shields g. Yesti; } Joseph Harris, Of St. Lou
is county;-Chappell, father of J. +
! Chsppell;' Geo. Ebeele. cg, 9fI sefF
Our informant thinks there could no
have been less than twenty five killed.
WouNDED.-Geo. r. Bud d. leg broken; DR.
Post, leg broken; Hudson q. Bridge, slightly
injured; Mr.. Taylor, firm of Warren g. Merri
leg broken; Engineer badly injured; mem
Der OF National Guards, leg broken; Thorn
as c. Chester, badly hurt, Mr.. Liltejohn
badly hurt, Mr.. Layton, Representative o
Perry Co, badly hurt; Charles s. Greeley
slightly injured; John Leach slightly injur
ed; L. M. ,Kennett. slightly injured. 81.
The following wounded have been sent t
the Sister Hospital.
Herber Livermore, leg bfoken; VIM
Edge McC Clean, .oi Cape 'Grardean, leg bro
ken; Mr.. Moore, Of Ste. Genevieve, badI.
wounded by fractures--will die; Mr.. Jecko
firm of Hart g. Jecko; Henry C. Hart, Ku
fus K. Lewis, Mr.. GriswoId, Frank Lane
leg broken; Mr.. Hche0ck, badly hurt; Joh
Parker, arm broken; John Richardson, bad
ly, hurt; Capt Couzins, badly hurt;. John B
Carson, do; Mr. Roberts, Paymaster, bad
ly hurt; John M. Winner, badly hurt ;~Pete
Brown, OF Jefferson, badly hIrt; Mr.. Rad
cliff, brakeman, badly hurt; W. Lingo, bad
ly hurt; Joseph White. Rep. from Ripley
legs broken; E. l.. Billion. arm broken
Mayor King, badly cut; Col D. H. Arm
strong, cut; c. d.. Sullivan, arm broken
Dr. Vanzant, badly hurt; Mr. Hendle drug
list, badly hurt. 2. r@p3 SET '''@ a.
Doctors Mcdowell and McPheason wer
fortunately among the guests, and gave the
best skill to the aleyiation otlthe wretch6
sufferers. 1t was impossible, for them I
apply bandages and reset limbs under ,tb
circumstances. TIE accident occurred wber
no houses are to be secn--in a wild torres
E and during the time heavy -storm of rail-
t accompanied with lightning and thunde
of the most viyed description, fell without il
I termissi n.
{ Couners were despatched forthwith t
Hermann for ano.her train, and III an. bnl
or less; the wounded were in copifortab
| cars on their way to the city. 1t was a
1 awful spectacle--one that appals the stou
, est heart 1.-The dead and the dy ing lying witt
out shelter, save that afforded by the hand
t friendship or philnntrophy, expnsed to pit
less storm, and the wounded groaning fro
amid the ruins, and suplcatihg the succor
a the more fortunate