Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1855-09-12
9pmlt SmteIIigente.
Awful Occurrence on the C. & M. R. R.

Gentlemen of tie Chronicle :-Yester-
day | saw tie most dreadful catastrophe,
on the G. d NJ. R. R. that has ever been
written in the annals, of this great
thoroughfare," an account of which
hasten to give you. The morning train
left Quinby Heights, at 9 A. NJ, with
more than its usual compliment of pas
sengers. all crowded on sir cars, There
ought to have been seuen our venerable
ex-Mayor, and one of our revered Phi
losophers. for rather he was such in
1874, from this city were on board, be-
sides some of less pretentions, but no
ladies, (they don't get up early enough
for the 9 A. NJ. train). Our train moved
along at a rate that made the dense for
est whirl liz a mighty maelstrom. and the
wind rush by like a hurricane, till we ap.
preached ear Eagle creek, or river, J it
should be called Styx, when Baron Won
Shanks, "a seen running with a red
flag nailed, (he always has nails in his
pocket to his thumb-head. His hat
was of, hair erect, mouth wide open and
eyes protruded. Such an appearance
would scare any kind of animal, and the
iron horse" (being rather skittish)
stood still, and trembled with fear, as
did Relshazzar, some time before. The
draw-bridge had just been removed, and
the great presence Of mind, of the Baron
saved the whole train from falling
down the depths of this fearful chasm.--
All honor to the Baron ! But the worst
is yet to come. In attempting to swing
round the bridge, the immense founda-
ton of the derrick gave way, and pre-
cipitated Thomas o. Murphy, head first,
James O. BigJeet after, and then a
number of the Won Sticks, fell pei mel
down the awful depths, (three feet of
which was perpendicular, and n foot
slanted of into a level plateau a little
further on The Sticks are very large,
and falling from such a distance all sup
posed there must be an awful fatality,
and an impenetrable gloom and horror
seemed fixed on every countenance.-
Our ex-Mayor of the Roman arehitec-
tural nose turned pale and was mute with
emotions of grief, but L thought 1 saw
courage in his eye Our Philosopher,
saw no relief in cold philosophy, and
looked up with awe and this deponent
looked down, else he could not have seen
all he now tells you. Some yelled like
Indians at a burial, and others silently
closed their eyes. The dirt was soft and
yielding, and to see humanity, so sud
denly hurried into the cold earth, was
enough to cadden US al. As soon as
we recovered sufficiently, We began look
ing for the missing and oh what a sight!
There below US among huge granite
blocks, timbers and dirt, were the IN
fortunates strewn promiscuously around,
kicking, and squirting. There lay a
Jug, here a dinner pail, its contents scat
tered, but soon appeared o. Murphy,
hallooing Stentor-like, its all right,
boys, its all right ;" and sure enough so
it was, nobody hurt, only some badly
coated with mud. 1t was now after IL
and all were hungry, but the cravings of
inner man were dispelled by the album
dant generosity of the farmers, who live
near. Mr.. Robins, in particular, deserves
a large need of praise, for his charac-
site and most noble generosity, in feed
ng the hungry. The train was detain-
ed so long it did not proceed to Cleve-
,rand for fear of a collision with the
down train /; so after testing the bridge
iby crossingit, returned to Warren, where
it arrived at 6 P. M.
May such an accident never occur again;
should be the prayer of all the passen-
gers.
Suffering much from mosquito bites,
1 am truly yours &c,
Wy