Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-02-13

rDuus.1E nA,a.n0AD CALANAHrsTl
~, $500 as.f Bssssst THREE PeYMassk..-
si,.i G.s Tsrribly lya,esird. aiaa Ns#y Fa,
IS - ,U;rkhy ya;wysd 7sretre Haslbsgs avg
R Mst5 Bsagacr Bsraesi- Cars and Lofp'aostfe
". ars now ii, possession OF full particulars
~ an. ,,s,a-o;sv ,s, thcss,oavbsrn Road near bs-
dale. Michigan, on Tuesday evening, OF wnien
ne had !. hriei notice yesterday through persons
,rhe rsrc on both trains and Who were eye
Witnesses of all the details OF the tragedy Inc
! gentlemen 10 whom We are chiefly indebted tor
Information arc Dir, z. Edwards, business agent
I Of CURTIS Brothers of this city, and Ar > :.
Bostsick, agent of Parmclee 20 uuiiiioas
hine the former OF whom was on tae Tram con- ~,
/ INC west. and the istter on that gong east We
| shall follow Dir. BostNick statement nia'i's :.
what follows :,
The train going east lett this city at $50 r.
N on Tuesday, and consisted of three tirst-class
| passenger ears, 4 secopd-class passenger aud a
/ ia eraee car. drawn BY the engine Morrison -
/ The eastern train, consisting o: two frst-eiass
/ passenger cars and baggage car, lett iotedo AZ
| 9 o'clock in the evening, drawn by the engine
| ohio The train coming west, should, oy the
! Timetable have left Hillsdaie at 1851, but did
| not leave till l2:s7. being just twenty minutes
behind time According to the rules, the tram
/ should have been allowed these twenty minutes
/ TO reach the station at Jonesvillc but the west
| ern train did not wait, the engineer being as
sured that all was right Thu consequence was
| that the trains came in dreadful collision ABOUT
1 half Il mile west of Hillsdalc, where there Is
4 sharu curve, which concealed Tie trains from
e,ch other until they were almost in contact; and
the western train was not perhaps seen at all, as
! owing to some negligence, she carried, no head
light.
The scene which followed says oar informant
bergars all ,lescr;p. on The train coming west
was going at the rate of only twelve or fifteen
miles an hour but that going east was rushing
on at the rate of thirty-fivc. The seeond-ciass
car was driven entirely through the baggage car,
in which latter there were some half dozen per-
sons and struck against the tender. In the
midst of the confused mass formed OF the irag-
ments of the broken and the locomotive,
FIVE persons were crushed up, and in two min-
u.es from the time of the collision the whole was
on fire. None but the engineers had mo-
ment's warning of the crash, and the passen
gers in The trains supposed, as they fastened
out OF the cars. that the locomotives had got OH
the track.
Their first work was to throw snow upon the
burning wreck, in order if possible to save the
lives of those who were not already dead, ant
next 10 eNtTlCitc anu t-Ao cSau, VAN
: were as follows: ..+ '
Ea" To- r--.' PERSONS KILLED.
; Michael Kildutf. fireman of the Ohio va
caught between the end Of the tender and thu
boiler; the wood from the tender was pitched
over upon him, and he lay against the door o
: the furnace The wood was burning, and snow
was thrown upon him to protect him from thu
fire, but it is supposed he was instantly killed b.
, the collision. -.,.t ...
Albert Whitman, baggage master on the east
ern train, was only Il crisped and blackend frag
ment of man when taken ont oftbe ruins. Ill
too, is supposed to have been instantly killed.
. He was asleep IN the baggage-car at the time o
the collision r.
. William Van Aiken, who had been for sever
al years rack-na of this division of the road
was also asleep in the bagge-car. His legs wer
, burnt oil when taken from the ruins, and it l
likely that he was killed at the instant OF the co
liSon. He resided at Hudson, Mich, where h
:, had wife and son. His wife was nearly di;
> tracted when her terrible loss was communicate
/ to her
- Eli }. Parsons, Conductor, standing be
! tween the two doors ofthe baggage-car reterre
= 10 above, ana by the shock thrown out
\ the car, Notwithstanding one shoulder was d
- located by the ial he worked for an hour, an
. then compelled to 30 to bed, whence be ha
not yet risen. e.
= There were two train boys in the same car
, One had his knee dslocatcd. and his face some
:, - what cut; the other escaped without much inj'
ry. Both were pulled from the midst Of tn
| fire
- The above are all the persons who we're killet
!. We have now to speak ofthe wounded
:, Patrick Regain, engineer OF the Morrison, ha
his leg broken. and he WAS also injured Internal,
o THE WOUNDED.
Il Charles Porter, brakeman OH the train bonn
d west standing on the front end OF the frs
o passenger car breaking at the moment OF tn
p collision. Both Of his legs crushed iror
e the ankles up to the thighs and his injuries $
:, drea,ifu that ii seems impossible that lie shout
d recover
There was a corpse of lady in this car, sen
S from Beoit and on its way to Ohio. This VA
considerably burned, and was al first suppose
:. to be the body of a person who had per!Shc'
o with the residence the statement four per
Z sons were killed.
= The wounded we're all taken to the Exchange
r at Hillsalc as soon after he accident possible
: Some SIX or seven physicians were called, and cv-
: erything possible was done to relieve sufferers.
All the passengers III the seconC-clasS car on
? the eastern train were more or less scratched
: and bruised, though none were very seriously
hurt One man Thu own npon the stove and
. had his face considerably burned.
Some OF The passengers on me 0tHer tram also
, suffered from bruises ana contusions. Mr.. Ed.
wards the gentleman above referred to, had a
confusion on his head, bruse on his shoulder,
and another on his check.
The fireman of the Morrison" jumped off and
spraincd his wrist. The engineer OF the Ohio
also Jumped OF, striking the ground at the instant
the engines came together, and received no seri-
ous injury.
LOSS OF NAIL BAGS AND BAGGAGs.
In the baggage of the train going east
were twelve mail bags and considerable guam
tity OF baggage belonging to the passengers, all
OF which, with the exception OF one large trunk
was burned The next moruing, Mr.. W. D..
Brown, the general Baggage Master OF the road,
arrived on the ground and settled with all the
passengers for lost baggage, or at least all who
could be found, giving chem checks Tor its csli-
mated value, on the Baggage Office at Adrian.
The locomotive MORRISON" was broken into
fragments, and the Ohio though not so COM
pctely demolished, WAS nearly destroye ed Chi
| cIgo Democratic Press.
| FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT on THE MIcuI.
GAN SOUTHERN RoAp.--Thc Express trains
| bound east and west on the Southern road came
! IN collision on Tuesday night, near IiIlIsdAle,
| killing four persons, employees OF the road
| Van Aiken, tracknaser, Whitman, baggage
master, and two Others Il bAgsagcmaster and
/ hfs iEnv i