American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-01-19
Tho Accident on the Ohio and PENN
sylvauia Railroad.

| Tho Cincinnatti Commercial of We'd.
nesday furnishes the particulars of the
| terrible disaster that occurred on Mon.
day, OH the Ohio aud Pennsylvania Rail
road near Darlington, Beaver county,
Penn. This fearful collision was cans.
ed by the gross aud inexcusabe negli.
gence ofthe freight train conductor, who
had allowed his watch to run .fiy.threc
minxtes oat oftimc!
V0id Description ellie Terrible scene
by one Of tie Passeagers.-O On Monday
evening. the 3lst: ult., as the FRS, Ex.
pross Train from Pi,tsburg To Cincin-
natl was turning a curve near DARLING.
ton, Pa, fiigh,ful collision took place
between this freight train going East
Tho collision was so sudden that no
time was allowed to apply the brakes
| The hugo locomotives rushed upon each
other as in deadly conflict, and having
spent their giant power in one onset.
sank together upon the track, com.
mon mass of ruins. The freight train
received comparatively but little injury
not SO the other. The baggage car
passed entirely thronghlhe first passen.
ger car--the bottom of the fprmor pas.
sing just above tho floor o f the ld;,er.
sweeping, in tho twinkling of an eve.
every seat from its place, and crowdipg
! passengers, baggage, stoves and broken
pieces OF timber, In space not large G.
nough for one car. The conclusion was
felt but few seconds, and all was sill.
except the fierce kissing Of the escaping
steam. Almost instantly The shrieks Of
dying men We're heard far above the
no'se of the crushed engines. Three
or l"ur men lay off to one side in tho
snow-some with broken arms. others
with shattered legs and bruised bodies.
crying in piercing tones of agony for
/ help. Just above the front end Of The
car o!the second passenger car, where
agreat mass Of fragments had been wash
ed up, three men were seen, two of
them held up by their legs, the third
showing ost of tho mass of ruins but
his head aud hand, crushed an6 black
from congestive blood Poor fellow.
death gave him no time for agony.
Near to these but on the other side
OF The cara, stood a brave man-Mat-
thew kolI---one leg broken and the
right arm held firmly beneath the heavy
timbers at The bottom of the baggage
car resting upon the frnnt of the Sec
ond baggage car. Ho uttered no com
plant, though his leg was brok en- and
his arm literally ground to pieces-uear-
~ an hour elapsed before he could he
released, yet he showed no Impotence
and let no groan escape his lips. The
other two men were almost equally
brave, enduring their long confinement
with remarkable forti,ude. The officers
oithe train assisted by some other pas.
sengers, exersed almost superhuman eff.
forts tn eXtricute the wounded and 10
place them i'll unbroken cars, but so
hrm'y we're the ruins pressed together
that 1t probably was not less than an
hour before all were taken out. The
cries of the wounded for physicians, for
water, for warmth. and for wives aud
sisters were sufficient to rend the stout.
est heart.
One poor man whose throat had been
cut either hy a splinter or by broken
, glass. was laid upon the floor Of the car
and afterwards proped upon two orthrcc
seats, but his sufierings did no, las long
he breathed through tho cnt in his
throat for an hour or so, and then lay
still in death. From papers in his pos.
session, his name was found io be Sam
ued Johnston, from New Middleton, q.
hio.