Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-02-18

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Friday night for Ottawa and Rock Island, BY
way Of tessimoaiai TO the good conducf Of the
AGENTS Of the road conducted With the following
evenx, publish this skatement: -
On The night Of The 9Th inst, NarShail O. Par.
ker - conductor. and Henry Tuell ~ engineer,
had h charge the passenger train going west
from Chicago 20 Ottawa, Peorn and Rock T.
land Proceeding a. far q Joliet aad waiting
I. vain The allotted time for the coming Of the
night freight train from the vest wc proceeded
westward 10 far ~ the river Du Page, about Z
miles southwest Of Joliet, where they met the.
freight train in disaster. The bridge over that
river VS. found to have gived way, plunging the
engine, tender and freight cars into the food,
killing the engineer, fireman and brakeman
The engine had dashed into the water upright,
and vas found with its bell Just reached by the
stream, and the cakes Of ice ~ they Struck the
bell kept ringing it slowly and solemnly. a. ii
toll ng the death Of those who had tended and
taken care Of It.
The name Of the engineer killed on the freight
train was r. Il. Jewell, of the brakeman Dennis
CsIahan. Name Of the fireman unknown.
Three agents or hands on the freight train sur
vived the wreck. These men climbed upon the
wrecked cars as they lay in the food, lashing
themselves so ~ not 70 be blown off by the tenn
pest, and there, by having only one remaining
light succeeded in arresting the attention Of our
watchful engineer. Their names are Jeremiah
Kennedy, Michael Norman and H. D. Dean
These men too seemed to have risked their lives
to save ours.
In the freight cars there were some horses,
all drowned save one, which was struggling still
to regain the bank and at last succeeded.
The break in the bridge was such as to afford
our conductor the hope of being able by build
ing foot bridge to put his passengers onward
By the coming up Of train from the west. Ac-
cordingiy, he backad his train to Joliet, procur-
ed lumber and timbers, and returned to the
spot, and rallying forces, at deadsofnight (about
O'clock in the face Of rain falling in torrents,
and OF wind that blew hurricane, this conduc-
tor constructed his bridge working With his
men till morning But no train from the west
arrived. The storm had Frustrated the tele-
graph poles, no tldngs could be got Of western
trains and his bridge, so ntrepidly constructed,
proved unavailing He again backed his train
to, and short distance east of Joliet, to another
bridge, which had become too infirm to be pas
sed BY locomotive. There he was met by the
next train west from Chicago, took its passen-
gers by hand car, and returned again to the
river Du Page in hope of transferring them to
train from the west. For that purpose, he watt
ed all day Saturday, but from the west there
came no train nor tidings OF any. At o'clock
D, nj, he transferred his passengers to the last
train from Chicago; thither conveys and there
delivers them in safety. The conduct of the
conductor on the train was eulogized by the
passengers in series Of resolutions.
We learned last evening that the damage on
the Rock Island railroad is comparatively slight
and that the trains will run through to day
There was some damage done to the bridge
across the Bureau, between Tiskilwa and the
Bureau Junction. The track was also partially
washed away in one or two places.
Hickory Greek Bridye.-We learn from an
engineer on the Chicago aud Alton road, that
the bridge over Hickory Creek is impassible.-
The down train on Friday night was rapidly ap-
preaching the bridge, when the engineer per.
ceived light in the window of house near
the brid re, and suspecting some danger, shut
down. As lie rouded the curve at that place,
man was at the bridge swinging lantern, which
Immediately convinced him that the bridge was
impossible. Had ii not been for that light in
the window most fearful accident would have
occurred, as the bridge was held in its place by
only stone or two, and the weight ola heayi-
ly load train would have carried it away.
On the Chicago d Burlington r. R.-The
conductor of the train that arrived here OH the
Burlington road yesterday morning informs US
that every bridge in Aurora is swept away, and
that the Big Bureau Bridge, the largest bridge
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rora and Mendota are gone. The one at Bata.
eva. The condition of the road between Auro-
IA and this city is unimpaired. At Aurora the
Railroad company have good large boat to
cross with their passengers till the bridge is re.
constructed.
This road has apparently been the greatest
sufferer by the food. We learn that the bridg-
es at Aurora, that across the Bureau river and a
large number of culverts, in all thirteen bridges
and large culverts heve been carried away.
MICHIGAN SOUTHERN R. Rive learn that the
bridges on this road are all safe, and that the
report Of the loss Of the Calumet bridge is in.
correct. The trains are arriving on time as usu-
al.
FREsHET ON THE ILLINOIS RIvER.-On Friday
and Saturday, the Illinois River was rising with
fearful rapidly. The ice, which commenced
moving ON Friday morning, has nearly all run
out. 1t was attended with heavy ireshet, and
at last accounts, some OF the boats at Peru, La
Sale, Peoria, and other points, were considered
in imminent danger, and number of lumber
boats had already been sunk. The loaded canal
boats in the LaSalle Basin were at one time in
great danger, but were saved by diminishing
their cargoes We shall expect to hear OF many
and heavy losses on the Illinois.
GALENA AND CHICAGO UNION Rive are glad
to learn that the damage on this road is not near
so great as the first reports would represent. The
bridge at Eigin is all right The two bridges at
Kishwauke and one at Cherry Valley are swept
away however. Several culverts have also been
washed out.
On the Air Line, to Fulton, the bridge at De
Kalb was injured, but will be quickly repaired.
No other material damage was done ON the Air
Line.
The main road will be in running order to
Freeport to day, and the Fulton Air Line will be
in 2 or days.
MILWAUKEE r. R.-This road was all right
yesterday. The bridge across the North Branch
was not carried away, but only raised up by the
ice 1t is now all right.
MICHIGAN CENTRAL r. R.-The trains on this
road are now in good running order. Trains
have arrived but little behind time, all through
the freshet, SO admirable are the. arrangements
of its officers. The bridge at Ypslanti on this
road was not carried away, as currently report
ed. One bent of the bridge this side of Ups
lanti on the Huron river was carried away
Trains were run across without the engines, how.
ever, and by this time all damage is repaired
The trains left as usual last evening. Chicago
Democrat
THE OHIO.
Navigation ResuD,ed-Seperdt Steamers Wreck
ed
In anticipation of a speedy break up in the
Ohio here, our regular corps ofreporters, includ-
ing the reliable and inimitable Fred. Hunt, have
been upon the alert during the last ninety two
hours, and up to the hour of going to press last
night, gathered up the following interesting de-
tails:
The original movement of the ice on Wednes-
day evening, was formally announced through
the Commercial of yesterday. At 5, A. NJ, yes
terday, it again travelled" for so minutes, aud
once or twice thereafter, before noon, without
damage. At 3 A. NJ, the A. w. Quarter and
Gipsey, "moored' in the vicinity of the 'Dry