Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-12-13
Nous of the Aneek.
From the Columbians Co. Republican.
HORRIBLE RAILROAD MURDER AT AL
LANCE. Ia&
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED AND TEN OR FIFTEEN
WOUNDED. H

On Monday evening last, about 7 o'clock, the
Express train on the Pittsburgh, Fl. Wayne and
Chicago Railroad, which left the Salem Station
about 9 O'Clock, in charge of Conductor A. Leavitt,
was run into at Alliance by a passenger train on
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad, W. G. Gle.
land, Conductor. Leavitt's train had arrived Mt
Alliance on time, waited the usual twenty min
utes for supper, and was just leaving the Station
for Crestline when C!eland's train came up from
Weilsyiil-out of time, and at an unusual speed,
running at the rate of about thirty-fye miles an
hour, and struck Leavitts train as it was crossing
the Cleveland & Pittsburgh Road, between the last
two cars, breaking the coupling, and throwing
them off the track, on each side of the locomotive,
forcing one Of the cars into the rotunda Of the
station house. The side of the house, together
with the platform, where the car struck were COM
pletcly demolished.
The following list of killed and wounded we're
standing on and about the platform at tho time Of
the collision
Jacob Rudy, of Alliance, switch tender; John
Mlntyre, of Alliance, Carpenter; DR.. Preston b,
Guilford, C~olumbiana Co., Carpenter; King Wat
oOH, VI NcW IhouOu, Oi ulSO u carpenter, JOnu
Brooks, Of Gloster county, New Jersey; and N.
g.. Taylor, CT Philadelphia. Merchant. and of tho
firm of Pratt & Taylor.
WOUNDED.
j. Painter. of Pike township, Stark Co. o.; Chas.
Coats, Alliance, badly hurt; M. A. Root, Daguer-
reotype Artist, Philadelphia, thigh broken; Field
ing Cavanagh and Lady, and Anna Armor, of Co.
lumbus city, Ind, badly hurt, especially Mrs. Ar
NOR, who is not at all expected to survive; d. N.
Courtney, late master of transportation on the
Ohio and Pennsylvania Road, slightly hurt, and w.
G. Cleland, Conductor of the train on the Glove
land & Pittsburgh Road, slightly wounded. Sew
eral others, whose names we did not learn, were
more or less injured, but not seriously.
The whole blame Of the catastrophe seems to
rest on the Engineer, John Cherry, of The Cieve-
land & Pittsburgl train, who Immediately made
his escape, after the accident occurred. The reg
ulations of the Company require each train to come
to a dead halt, and the fireman to be sent forward
to see that the track be clear of distractions. be-
fore crossing the line Of the Pittsburgh & Ft.
Wayne Company. In this instance, this very i'm
p%ortant rule was not only violated, but the Pitts.
burgh & Cleveland train was driven up to the sta
ton at a speed ~fearfully rapid, even had there been
no impeachment in its way, The Engineer on tho
up train claims, we believe, that his engine be-
come unmanagable, and he could not control it,.
How true tits is, we know not. If not true, il
shows a most wanton recklessness on his part, and
Il seeming determination to violate all rules aud
orders of the Company, regardless of consequsn.
ces. lie was arrested We understand, st, Glove.
land, on Tuesday, and will no doubt have justice
done him. sas-a1f
Mr.. Taylor, Of Philadelphia, was out on q col
lccting tour, through the West, and had in his poe,
session about twenty thousand dollars. whom
killed. - at.la s7fol7a
Nj. Brooks, Of New Jersey, was on bis road to
LIMA, STARK Co., where the next day, he MAS Y