Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-05-12
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UTICA, May ia frightful accident oc-
Cured this morning. at half past six o'clock,
on the New York Central Railroad, by the
crushing of bridge over the Sauquoit Creek,
some three and a half miles west of this city,
near Whitesboro. Seven or eight persons are
already dead, and five or six others are barely
alive. The injured number forty or more.
The killed are H. More of Rising Sun, In
diana, head crushed two children of Abra-
hamMaek, of Cincinnati; an unknown man,
lying in the baggage at Utica an Irish
man, aged apparently sixty years, name un-
knOwn-his head is entirely iammed in, and
he seems to have died instantly a negro,
whose legs are cut off and an infant child of
Karl Hoover of st. Louis.
The wounded are James Ward of Schenec-
tady, conductor of the train badly bruised,
but believed not dangerously; w. H. Per
kins of Rochester. New York, very badly
hurt about the head and chest, and probably
will not recover; Walter H. Shube of Rich.
land county, Ohio, injured about the spine,
but it is thought not dangerously; S. S.
Horton of Ringhamton, slightly bruised
William Hart of Cleveland, bad confusion on
the head, and arm bruised A. A. Langwor-
thy, st. Clairvile New York, slightly in
jured; S. NJ. Allen, President of the Niagara
Falls Canal Company, slightly hurt R. w.
Buckley and sister Mary. of New York,
slightly bruised Mr.. Bicknell of Rome, New
York, badly hurt; lady from Kentucky,
name unknown, is badly wounded. and pro-
badly will not recover; Abraham Mack.
wife, and six children, were on the train, and
all were more or less injured and two of the
children killed Miss Josephine HorbIer, a
young lady accompanying Mr.. and Mrs.
Mack, was badly hurt in the head David
Levi of Cincinnati, has compression OF the
ribs, but will probably recover Raphael Bod
man OF Strasburgh, Germany, has fractured
leg, and wounds in his head John Wallace,
hurt; John Munroe Of Greenbush, hurt in
ternally on the left side Hugh Lislay of
Minnesota, bound for Dover, N. H.. head cut
open badly, the scalp torn off, the forehead
and eyelid cut loose Mr.. Yates of Fulton,
scalp loosened, but not seriously injured; G.
E. Knowles Of Sanbornten Bridge, n H.,
terribly bruised about the head-be is now
deranged and can hardly recover the wife of
Michael Broderick cf Boston, had her scalp
completely cut around; her husband and child
occupants of adjoining seats, were uninjured;
Mrs. Mary Ba,chelder hurt across the neck
and shoulder, and internally John Melon
aid of Morris, N. Y, badly hurt about the
head and right arm, but will recover Many
others were more or less bruised, but none SO
seriously as the above mentioned.
Geo. Colt of Columbus, Ohio, injured in
the leg, but not seriously. The following are
from Louisville, KY: G. F. Dasche, lad of
fifteen or sixteen, injured slightly about the
head; Mrs. Schenck, arm and head badly
hurt; Miss Aldrich, slightly bruised; A.
Cobb, of Yorkshire, N. Y, slightly cut in the
head, and shoulder severely bruised Mrs.
Phenen, residence not ascertained, had about
three inches of her scalp torn off, and was
otherwise seriously injured-faint hopes are
entertained Of her recovery. Karl Hoover of
st. Louis, bound for Germany, was seriously
bruised. He was accompanied by his wife
and child-the former is somewhat bruised
and burned, the latter. an infant of some
two years, was badly burned by the upseiting
OF the stove in the car, (since reported dead);
Mr.. Riley of Albany, brakemen on the train,
has broken leg Mr.. Haley of Schenectady,
another brakeman, is severely bruised ]. f.
Tracy, Superintendent OF the Chicago and
Rock Island Railroad, was badly cut over the
eye, but not dangerously; John Clemens of
Erie, Pennsylvania. badly bruised and sprain-
ed, but LETT in the next train; Miss Cook of
y w" AOlAJ eiiSHtiy UIuleeu ABOUT
the head.
The accident occurred to the Cincinnati ex-
press train, due here at twenty minutes past
six. 1t was behind time at Whitesburo', and
was coming up at high rate of speed, when
it melton the bridge over the Sanquoit Creek,
the Utica accommodation train for the West,
each on its own track. AS the passenger cars
OF the express and the freight cars of the &C.
commodatiou came upon the bridge, the north
side gave way. precipitating the freight cars
into the creek, piling the passenger cars one
above the other, and splintering the platforms
and seats to atoms,as the cars struck the abut-
ments.
The persons injured were all on the pas
senger car on the accommodation. Different
stories are told as TO the cause of the accident.
Everything was done by the officers Of the
road that could be done, to relieve the suffer-
ings Of the wounded.