The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-12-18
From]fhe Pittsburgh Daily Gazette, Dec. TO-
49, Terrible Railroad Accident.
EIGHT KILLED EIGHT INJURED.

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~ Our telegraphic column yesterday con-
tanned a paragraph concerning the acci-
svdent at Alliance on Monday evening"
Y We are to day enabled to give the par
q, ticulars in full--which are as follows:s :
~. The fast train Of the Pittsburgh. Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad which left
Pittsburgh ct three o'clock on Monday
afternoon arrived at Alliance at half past
six, where it stopped on its own track to
give the passengers an opportunity to
take tea. /, The track Of the Pittsburgh
and Cleveland road crosses the other
track at nearly right angles-both tracks
running along either side of Sourbeck's
hotel. When the time allowed for tea
expired the train Of the Fort Wayne road
started strictly on time, crossing tn"
Cleveland track slowly. While on the
track the head lght Of the Cleveland
train was seen turning the curve. In a
moment afterwards it ran violently into
q the Fort Wayne train, pushing the two
hind cars with great force into the hotel,
breaking down large portion OF it and
.drpositing o=e Of the cars in the hotel
A large number of persons were standing
upon the platform. The rules OF both
road, are as follows: AT every crossing
of this kind, the train must come to a
dead halt whether any other train be in
sight or not; and messenger must be
sent in each direction to see whether the
track be clear or not. This rule was
strictly observed by the Conductor of the
Fort Wayne train. and the hagman
who was sent out TO warn the approach
ing train was slaughtered. The Con
ductor Of the Fort Wayne train was Mr..
A. Z. Leavitt; Of the Cleveland train Mr..
w. G. Cieland.
The Cleveland train ran some distance
after the collision occurred, and the en-.
gineer, John Cherry. by whose Grim
iual recklessness the accident was caused,
ran off, and has not yet been found.
Strange to say that no persons in the
trairs were killed though some were in
iured, When the wreck was somewhat
cleared away it was discerned that eight
persons who had been standing upon the
platform were killed Their names are
as follows
Jacob Ruedi, Alliance, o.
John M'Intyre. Alliance, O.
DR.. Smith and lady. Alliance, o.
i. Atterholt. New Garden, o.
VIM. Ritchie, New Garden, o.
N. G. Taylor. Philadelphia.
John Brooks. New Jersey.
Some of these had lost a leg or arm,
and all were horribly disfgured The
eight is described to us as being terrible
in the extreme The bodies were con-
yeved to the car house to await an exam
ination by the Coroner's Jury, which was
sworni in at 10 O'Clock. ..
The injured are the following:
Fielding Cavenah and lady, Columbus,
Indiana. badly injured.
Anna Armour, Columbus, Indiana,
badly injured.
j. Painter, of Stark county, Ohio, the
same gentleman who was hurt at the
Railroad accident at Darlington last win
ter. He was Tut slightly hurt.
Charles Coates, an engineer on the
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad, was
badly hurt.
M. A. Root. of Philadelphia. had his
thigh fractured badly.
d. N. Courtney, Esq, was slightly
hurt. Mr.. Courtney was formerly AS
sistant Superintendent on the Ohio &
Pennsylvania Railroad, and is brother
IS. Courtney, Esq, of this city.
w. c. Cleland, Conductor on the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh Road, was slight
ly hurt.
The wreck was complete. The two
cars were completely smashed, and the
great wonder is how their occupants es-
capped with their lives. One of the cars
is in the rotunda Of the hotel, which is
completely demolished. 1t is the opin
ion of competent persons that the Cleye-
land train was running at the rate oil
thirty or forty miles an hour. AS may
well be supposed, great indignation pre-
walls at Alliance, and is expressed moi
loudly but deeply. and the engineer, Cher
ry, ifcaught will stand fair chance fol
lynch law. 7 pas
AT three o'clock yesterday morning
the officers Of the P. Fl. w. and C. road
started for Alliance, and did everything
in their power for the relief of the injured
They took with them DR.. Thomas Dixon
ofAllegheny. ea
The Coroner's jury resumed their la
bors at nine o'clock. yesterday, and con
tinupsi them through the entire day.
This shocking affair has excited deer
feeling in the minds of the community
and they feel that their lives are in con
slant danger, unless every act of care