Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-09
From TIE Il Louis iu;cihseucrI 81 Nc :
TERRIBLE DISASTER ON THE fAC!Fi,
RAIJ ROAD

BRIDGE OVER THE GAsCOSADE EKOKEE H., --
Ten CAKsiN TWENTY FErr WAlyR.-- M".-rs. IL
bold aud Bishop, well known citizens of u. t.. =
came to office last evening with the UI:i.; h.
Intelligence OF terrible disaster which !,pp:u- -
on the lParl;c Rail Road. yesterday, Dc;wvsu '".
and two o'clock. p. NJ, lie excursioms;- Jc--
son City.
The gentlemen who bring the sad tidns: ",:e q:
their way 10 the city Ms passengers rii the Ben -
aud saw the train Of pass up with Il" "O'.g
on board aud exchanged salutatOGs. The bort
came to landing, AMI the tram proceeded u. {" '
Ga-cunude river, about eight miles distant. Lt..,
the boat ready to leave locomotive ;:i:ct l'i
followed the train for the purpose ii rend"r'H- -
sisamce in of accident of seeing tlt ~ 49,:
right along the rond came back from H." I'v: " .
the word that the bridge over the Gasc"ur'". ia .
ing thirty five feet above the water, hul. brua en- .
while the tram was crossing, and thHt tel n '.crs
cars with their occupants had been pr.c,p .t,~. ,
twenty feet wafer. The cOnserIutiu. II lic li.-
with the locomotive wGS great tint thrE cGa' i.-
" announce the fact, only adding thai G". o.. :
lr,tst hundred aud fifty Ind got "ul "t tie
walk over the bridge. There were pI"hch" Z.
hundred persons in the company. Two "t y.r us.'
tary computes were along The GTe%s end Il. -
tional GuarG-,-as were also many inrTh-f. q. 3
press, and private citizens.
The locomotive cam. down to the train L.'....
ST. lonis which w'as Immediately taken l., = "
perintrnLent uud his back To The sc"r 1' ...
icrng, and may have been the means of savi's -. !
lives
which our infmauts i"uk passngr Ia bear tie ;'g
full tidn,,- t. the friends who had with i"y"u. ..
bu, just before ns ii were, bid fathers, b:",n''s .
bands md nssociates (i"d speed ana I"Tii: Sea-,
they Themselves were not nf the party.
list nF KILLED ASD ""rNniD
Dead-Rev. DR.. Builar. B. B. Ba.i"n, L. 81, '''
Blackburn Henry Ch"uteau, Mann Butler, e.,
| ~ Elaherty Tho. O'Suvan, Thos. Grrv. l.n...
Lakeland T.. {. Jcffrees, Representative az tr.u.t.
county; Adolph Ables Mr.. Mott, Rrpr-s,ria'.r. q.
Dunklin county, Mr.. Mccullough OF bunklin g.
.. Case; +. e. Y"sti, firm Of Shields n i"s'.,j
scph Harris, Of ST. Louis county; - Chn!p-l. ..
tlier Of j. r. ChapprlI; Geo Eb.ee.
Our informant thinks there could not hayC -
less than twenty-five killed
UGan0ird.-Cie"rgc X. iiudd, leg Lr1Es, :.
Post leg broken; Hudson +. Bridge Iii Eh'i:. .
Mr.. Taylor firm of Warren u Merritt, ;e1 hga.
Engineer, badly injured m-rnber "t Hs'
Guards, leg brokrn Thomas e. Chester. hahl" ..
Mr.. l.tcj"hn, badly hurt; Mr.. Layton. k-pr".s.,.
tive OF Perry county, badly hurt; Carlos y i7c.
slightly injured; John L"ech, -ligttIy :'JH1cj / d.
krnnctt 81 ghtly injured.
Eleven cars, engine and tender went down SIT ..
bridge.
ter.' Hospital Hcber Llver'norr, rr hfpEat b
Ed.c Met lean, ni Cape G!rHrd-au, !.g hr"i.rr .s-
Moore, nf 81. Gtnrvrv" bndy w"unird b" ilt'.-
will die: Mr.. .Jrcko firm II Hart \ Jr,I, IT,.
c. Hart Rutir- X. Lewis NJ Gri-wOij Fi;n. J. ...
leg broken; Mr.. litchrork badly hur J"Ln r..
arm bruk,n u: John &. Richardson, ba'iy .nr' -,
Quinr,ir badly hurt Captain COUSINS :'sa.: ."t
John B. Carson hnLy hurt Mr.. Roberts l"yina '.
badly hur;: John NJ. Winner. badiy hEF'. i.'.|
Brown OF Jr.,.rsun badly hurt Mr.. Radc..f!, p-..-
man. badly hurt WI Lingo, badly hurt. .,o.'lh ...
Erpr rr.rnta'ivr from Ripley, leg, broken; l. h ..
arm broken; Magyar k.ns, badly cu,; Colon. -
Armstrong, badly cut; G. ID. Sullivan, nrIU h",a
Dr. Yansuut, badly hurt; Mr.. li"niir, Druggist h..
!y hurt.
doctors Mcdowell aud McPherson were i'''hl....
~ anon. The guest, and gave 'h"r best -t' in 100
arvinrn of ;l.e wr.,ctird sufferers. it"". .ir.
| a T. fIt.n IA NM
mubs under the circumstances. The a., ,!' ~! ".
red where no houses are tn be sccn-IT VIE '"..-'
and during the tm- heavy Strm "i r".'. "'-'
panied with lightning nud thunier "t tho pst 'l.'
description, Tel! without ntern;ss .om.
CniIriers despatched tor'h"Ei t" l!sfrHri ..t
another trnu aud in hour or ess the woG'.ir. wa
in comfortable their wny 10 :hv "iiE. - "''
an awful spectucle-nne that appalled, H." -'"' -
henrt-the dead aud dying lying without 'D".'"i 10
that afforded by the hand at friendship or IhId'."
py, exposed Ia n pi..lrs- storm, anG ti- ""'A.
yroaulms frurn ami! the ruus, Hmd suPl!esis- "a
succor Of the more fortunate.