The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-19
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hSRACrsE, Oct IL.
The accident ON the road was the most dis
astrous that has happened on the Central route
for many years Tho cars were unde, full
headway, aud ~ they approached Nine Mile
Greek, hstw~~n Warmers Station and syra.
cuse, the engine suddenly plunged on the
track. dArtiDg down into the crsck some a.
teen TO twenty feet. The coupling apparently
broke Instantly, NJ the first baggage car
plunged over right on the top of ths engine
this was followed by the mail csv and three
passenger cars, all Of which took the fearful
leap, QUE after another. The cars wore al
well flled with passengers. aud the catAstro-
phe 30 sudden that only eu. shrek was heard
above tho noise of wheels before all we're
hcspsd tegsther in common ruin At the bottom
oi the gulf
aud those 10 fortunate ~ 70 be on board that
carriage Instantly i~apsd out aud wont to the
rescue OF the other passengers.
The sceHe presented WAS mosi awful The
mail car WAS turned bottom side up and was
found 10 be on nI- having taken from the
stove. The iirst passenger car WAS turned on
one side with the frent part buricsl IN the
water III tho creek, which hGL risen aigh In
consequence of heavy rain. In this car Miss
Brown. Of Toronto, daughter Of Mr.. Brown,
late Of the Toronto Globe, was riding. Amer
most VI the passengers lad bsen got GU, OF
tho ruins, une Of the persons searching found
shawl which hs pulled out. lie then dis.
covered human being. aud with the aid ol
others. dragged forth the body Of Miss Brown
She had been drowned in almost three fest Of
water, and FROM conclusion on the head had
evidently heen stunned Ia the collision.
The second car turned broadside u the
train, and tho third ran right through |. about
the middle. nearly cutting II Ia two. The
third car through this was smashed up about
one third the distance. seats aud passengers
being crushed together IN one mass uers
Mr.. Bronson, Of New Britain, Conn. sat, and
his bowels were torn open by splint.rs OF the
s~ais. Some sliyers Of mahogany we're ex.
tracted from his inissiines by III. doctors To-
ds, His entrails were literally cut into minc~
mea, and although he still lives, hi. recovery
l. impossible lie is a man Of strong build
aud constitution. lie erawled out of IN. ruins
Oh 20 the track, literally holding In his bowels
with his hands.
Fortunately tho third car jumped so high
that II went through the second ear shove the
heads Of the passengers. Had II cut through
. little lower down several more would have
been killed. From the nature of the accident
and the complete destruction Of the cars, IL Ia
miraculous that out of sixty or seventy pas
seneers 10 few were fatally injured There
we're several narrow escapes. One passenger,
Mr.. Ogsbury, Of Jefferson, was In The second
car, and the whole wood work not foot sbove
his head was splintered 10 sloms D. A. Lc.
wen, of the Albany Sfatssmaa, was In the
back car. having not 6ve minutes before the
accident left seat IN the front car and walked
back
The following IL q lis. of the killed and
wounded Catherine Brown, aged about 81,
Clinton; .. Bronson. New Britain. Conn.
agent for Townsend 4 Co.'S agricultural in.
plsmsnt factory, Wesideld, n. ", fatally In.
jured, Petsr Bettinger, baggage master,
1yrecuss, badly injured Mrs. Lissis Frank
Lin, Warren. h. J., viii not probably survive
Pat. Nolan. basgagemsn, Syracuse, recovery
very doubtful; 4. ". D. Forrest, New Haven,
Will Escevsr, Peer Hodgman. fireman. Byra.
cuss, chsse ba0Iy bruised, Peter Hsss, pas.
es0asr DushA.aville, not seriously injured
yehe Ogsbury, JsGsrson. badly bruised chas
NcAastss, mail agent, badly bruised Nn
Sarah Havsns. 0nsIds county, badly bruised
>. Hasleap, engineer or fireman, badly scald.
q and hsad cut Edgar Rogers. Just from
Kansas. badly bruised Mrs. Mary A. Batss
Toronto. much bruised Caldwell, Indiana
badly bruised; Samuel Blum. badly bruised
J.. i. beale, Indiana. badly bruised, Mr. NAL
Yen ana family, BONE. slightly bruised q
4roonsr, Syracuse, do Tho night was very
dark and rainy-she cause Of the accident |,
said v bs ths giving way Of the smbankpaen
aud spssading of ths track.