Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-11-10
THE NEWS.

The terrible Railroad Acctdent-Nanaes Of the dead
-'.-rg and the Wounded.
Yesterday we gave an account Of the terrible
Railroad accident ut St. Louis, by which twenty
persons lost their lives and fifty were wounded
The train it seems was on an excursion to Jeffer-
son City to celebrate the opening of the Pacific
Road, and the cars contained some of the frat
and most influential citizens of st. Louis. There
were fourteen in the train, ten of which were
precipitated from Is to 30 feet on the breaking
of the bridge. At the time of the accident Mr..
E. Bridge, President of the road, was on the To-
connective with the Chief Engineer, Mr.. Sullivan.
The former was saved, the latter killed. Only one
of the passengers cars-the last one, remained on
the track. Below VIC gives the names of che dead
and the wounded as far as heard from:
Rev. DR.. Billiard.
b. B. Dayton.
E. Church Blackburn.
Henry Chouteau.
Mann Butler.
Capt. O'Flaherty.
Thomas Gray.
Judge Lakeland.
Adolph Abes.
Mr.. Mott, Representative of Dunklin county.
Mr.. Mccullough, of Ducklin.
Capt. G. Case.
&c. Yosti, firm of Shields & Yosti.
Joseph Harris, of St. Louis county.
= Chappell, father of j. I. Chappell.
Our informant thinks there could not have been
less than 20 killed.
Eoorro U p,dd loo hroLov
Hudson E. Bridge, slightly injured.
Mr.. Taylor, firm of Warren Taylor, leg brok-
Engineer, badly injured.
A member of the National Guards, leg broken.
Thomas G. Chester, badly hurt.
Mr.. Littlejohn, badly hurt;
Mr.. Jecko, firm of Hart & Jecko.
Henry C. Hart.
Rufus X. Lewis.
MIR. Gswold.
Frank Lane, leg broken.
Mr.. Hitchcock, badly hurt.
John Parker, arm broken.
John G. Richardson, badly hurt.
Oliver Qulnette, badly hurt.
Capt. Couzns, badly hurt.
John B. Caeson, do.
Mr.. Roberts, Paymaster, badly hurt.
John NJ. Winter, badly hurt.
Peter Brown, of Jefferson, badly hurt.
Mr.. Radcliffe, brakeman, badly hurt.
w. Lingo, badly hurt.
Jos. White, Rep. from Ripley, legs broken.
F. L. Billion, arm broken.
Mayor King, badly cut.
Col. d. II. Armstrong, badly cut.
C. d. Sullivan, arm broken.
DR.. Vanzant, badly hurt.
Mr.. Hendle, Druggist, badly hurt.
MIR. Layton, Representative of Perry CO. badly
hurt.
Carlos S. Greeley, slightly injured.
John Leezch, slightly injured.
L. NJ. Kennett, slightly injured.
The following wounded have been sent to the
Sisters Hospital.
Heber Livermore, leg broken.
VIM. Edge, of Cape Girardeau, leg broken.
Mr.. Moore, of Ste. Genevieve, BADLY wounded by
fractures Twill die.
Couriers were dispatched forthwith to Her.
mann for another train, and in an hour or less the
wounded were in comfortable cars on the way to
the city. 1t was an awful spectacle--and one
that appals the stoutest heart---the dead and dy-
ing lyiGg without shelter, save that afforded by
the hand of friendship or philanthrophy' exposed
to Il pitiless storm, and the wounded grOaning
from amid the ruins, and supplicating the succor
of the more fortunate.
nately among the guests, and gave their best skill
was impossible, however, for them to apply ban
The accident occurred where no houses are to be
seen--in wild forest---and during the time a
heavy storm of rain, accompanied with lightning
and thunder, of the most vivid description, fell
without intermssOn.