Eastern times., 1856-03-06
Reported for the Times
bepoftec for the Times
Horrible Accident on the Kansas
Railroad,

Sad INJURY TO the Colossus of Rhodes-Ne6ras-
ka Bill and several other distinguished persons
KiHedu!
The directors Of the Kansas Railroad, who
have been boasting so loudly of the safety OF
their line, and Of the fact, that since its CON-
pletion, period of nine weeks, they have only
smashed three locomotives, six baggage cars,
three tenders, twelve passenger cars, fifty buff
faloes. thiriy-seven cows, twenty-eight pigs,
two schoolmasters, seventeen private citizens,
and one parson, have just had occasion to tenn
per their extravaganza in the total destruction
of a train-known as the accommodation train,
probably because of its running at 10 o'clock
at night, and consequently accommodating no
one save the proprietors.
On the morning of the 10Th Of January, just
as the rising sun had pulled the black coverlet
off Aurora, his wife, disclosing her golden
locks, spreading in glittering radii on the ho-
rizon and the train was rushing over bridge
spanning rocky chasm, misplaced switch
threw the cars from the track upon an insecure
part of the bridge and just as the day broke,
awakening the sleepers in the cars, the sleep
ers of the bridge broke, and just as the sun
came up, the train went down. mention this
fact simply because the jury of examination
argued therefrom that the cause Of the acci-
dent were the dangers incident to the attempt
TO run a night train by daylight.
Imagine the desoation Of the scene-cars
are piled together in most dilapda,ed condi-
tion, the mutilated bodies of the passengers
are lying here and there, so bruised that the
relatives who hurried 10 the spot, recognized
their friends rather by instinct than reason
One mother was weeping and embracing her
dear John who turned out to be some one else's
Jack. Nothing is left of this mans son but
his head land the trunk only of another remains.
A young lady who has just Tilted youth, hap
pening to pass by, sees him lying there 'd,r-
fully cut up" and man on journey to Kan
sas and Hymen, finds that instead of having a
hand to give, he can only bestow thumb and
a small portion of the fore finger. A membe r
of Congress lost both his legs and will proba-
By be a cripple for life. He declares however,
that he will ''stir his stumps'' for damages.
One man sued for suit of clothes destroyed
! by the accident, but was non-suited for want
of suitable lawyer to manage his case an
other sued for leg, recovering $50 900, which
he may for life consider as legacy. A lady
who swooned on hearing the news of the loss
of her husband, subsequently recovered herself
of $40, 900 for her husband, while man who
desired damages for wife, was informed that
he was not suing in the right quarter TO gel
one, and that many tight listed old gent who
never gave away anything else, would willing
ly give away his daughter. Consequently,
the r. R. estimate of things is as follows:
Leg, 100000
Husband, 10000
Wife, o.,
The jury of examination after long deliber
alton concerning the cause of the accident
came TO just the conclusion every one expected
from them, that they didn't know anything
about it, that they could not agree, and tina
every one and no one was at fault. The con
ductor, certainly, not to be blamed as he was
previous TO the accident, engaged in soothing
the fears of a timid young female the brake
man put the brake do,rn, but could not proven
the break up. Evidence assures us that lou
snores proved that the switch-tender was a
his post, though some say that he should no
have been considered too s,uitch tender to b
sOitched. And as nothing could be found @
the engineer, but one boo: and half leg,
was considered bootless task TO blame him
We are happy to add, that although consid
cradle live stock fell with the bridge, the R
R. stock did not, but now stands ITO firm.
GERRIr SMITH, elected by the wings
Congress in 1854, is denounced by the Reput
lcans of 1856. He in turn denounces til
party under its new alias, fof not coming u
fast enough TO the standard of abolition, fas
, as they are coming and reckless as they hav
: been in regard TO constitutional limits.
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