Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1857-10-22
Plymouth, Oct. Goth. 1857.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Syracuse. Oct. is.

Syracuse. Oct. I6
The accident on the n. Y. Central road
last evening was the most disastrous that
has happened on this read for many years.
The cars were under full Roadway, and AS
they approached Nine Mile Creek, between
Warren station and Syracuse. the engine
suddenly plunged off the track, darling
down the embankment, which was some | 5
or % feet high into the creek. The coup.
ings apparently broke Instantly, as the first
baggage car plunged over ri ght on the top
Of the engine; this was followed by the
mail ear and three passenger ears. all Of
which took the fearful leap one after anot -
er. Tie cars were all well filled with pa :
sengers. and the catastrophe was SO sudden
that only one shrek was heard above the
noise of the running wheels. before all
were heaped together in one common ruin
at the bottom of the cbasm. The last car
only remained on the track. and those who
fortunately happened to be on board that
ear instantly jumped out. and went to the
rescue of the other passengers.
The scene presented was most awful
The mail ear was turned bottom side ND.
and was found to be on fire, having caught
by the upsetting Of the stove. The first
assenger car was burned on one side, the
front being buried in the water of the creek
which had risen very high in conseq ,ence
Of the heavy rains.
In this car. Miss Brown. of Toronto.
daughter of Mr.. Brown of the Toronto
Globe. was riding. After most of the pas
sengels had been got out of the ruins. one
Of the persons searching found shawl
which he pulled out. he then discovered
hnman being. and with the aid of the 9th.
ers dragged forth Miss Brown. She hal
been drowned in about three feet Of wafer.
and from a Conclusion on the head had
evidently been stunned in the collision.--
The second car turned broadside TO the
train and the third car ran right through it
about the middle, nearly cutting it in two.
By this bout onethird of the third car
was smashed. and passengers and seats in
discriminatory crushed together in one
mass.
Mr.. Bronson. Of New Breton. Conn. had
ms bowels torn out by splinters from the
seats. Some spliniers were extracted from
his intostines. to-day. by the doctors. His
en'rails were literally cut into mince meat
and. although he sill lives. his recov, ~
is impossible. He IS man of strong build
and constitution. He crawled out Of the
ruins on the track. literally holding in his
bowels.
Fortunately tn. third car jumped sc hi h
that it went through the second car above
the heads of the passengers Had il cut
through little lower down several more
would have been killed.
From the nature of the accident and com
plete destruction Of the ears, il is miracu-
lous that out Of sixty or seventy passen-
gers so few were fatally injured.
There were several narrow escapes. One
passenger. Mr.. Ogsburg. of Jefferson, was
in the second car, and the whols wood.
work, not one foot above his head, was bro
ken to atoms. D. A. Levien. Of The Al
bany Statesman. was in the back car bav.
ing not FIVE minutes before the accident.
left seat in the front car and walked back
Tho following is list Of the killed AMI
wounded:
| Catharine Brown. aged about 81.
Clinton T. Bronson. New Britain. Conn.
agent for Townsend & Co.'S Agricultural
Implement Factory. Westfield. N. Y, ia.
tally injured.
Peter Bettinger. baggage master, SYRIA.
cuse--recovery d,ubrful.
A. w. DeForrest. New Haven--will 70.
cover.
Mrs. Lizzie Franklin, Warren. R. T.
will not probably survive,