Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-12

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(BY rKIEGRArH)
Rrightfhl accident q N. Y. c. :. 3,
Breaking down or bridge near Whites
bOrO.
DR1ADyUL sLAU0HTsR or PASSENGERS.
NAMES OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Later from EMrONe.
Arrival OG the Persia.
REyTURA 7ION OF THE KING or OUDF
Drcadslul1s Lower.
Rrcadstuul1s Lower.

haif past Six q clock, on the Central l..
by the crushing of a bridge over the Sa,
QUOT creek near Whitesboro. Seven ,
eight persons are already dead, and five {
six others are barely alive The inlure
number 40 or more. The dead are Nj
Moore OF Rising sun, Ind, head crushed
man unknown, his head is entirely iamme
in-he seems TO have died instantly; u,
gro, whose legs are cut off, an infant
child Of Col. Hoover Of st Louis two chi
dren Of Abraham Mack Of Cincinnati a
unknown man, now lying in the baggag
house at Utica an lrishmrn, aged appu
rently go years, name unknown.
The wounded are, Jas. Ward, Schenecta
dy; Conductor Of train, badly bruised, bu
IT IL believed no. dangerously; w. IT, Per
kins, grocer, Rochester, badly hurt abou
the head and ehest--he probably will no
recover; Waltar III. Schober, Of Rome
Richlan co., Ohio, injured about the spine
but IL Is thought not dangerously Mr. Hi
man, Cincinnati, very seriously injured
about the spine; J.. l. Lucker, Dog Ridge
Grove, KY, slightly injured about the sid.
and shoulders; Geo Cort, Columbus, Ohio
wounded in the leg, but not seriously. Tn,
three following are from Louisville, XIV
Injured about the head slightly; Mrp
Schenck, arms and head badly hurt Miss
Aldrich, slightly bruised A. Cobb, York,
shire, Cattaraugus CO., N. r., slightly cut on
the head. and shoulders seriously bruised
MIR. and Mrs. $. +. Haren, residence not as
certained Mrs. II. has about 3 inches OF
the scalp torn of, tooth knocked out, and
Is otherwise seriously injured Faint hopes
are entertained Of her recovery. Carl ilo.
ner, bound for Germany, was pretty seri.
ously bruised. lie was ACCOMPANIED bv
his wife and little child the former Is
somewhat bruised and burnt the latter an
infant two or the years old, was very badly
hurt by the upsettng Of the car, and proba-
bly, will not recover. Mr. Riley, OF Boston,
brakesnan on the train. has broken leg:
Mr. Haley, Of Schenectady, also a bra kes-
man. is seriously bruised; j. +. Tracy.
Surt of the Chicago and X. l. r. r., bad
~ cut over the eye, but not dangerously :
Jno Adams, Of Erie, Pa badly cut, bruised
and sprained, but left in the train Miss
Cook, OF Sunburg, Delaware CO., n. T..
slightly bruised about the head $. S. Hor-
ton, Binghamton, slightly bruised VIM
Hunt, Cleveland, bad confusion on the head
and arms a. A, Longworthy. Sinclearsvile
Chatauque CO., N. " slightly injured :.
nj. Allen, President Of the N. Fall r. r..
slightly hurt; Il. " Buckly and sister, of
N. Y, both slightly bruised; Mr.. Bicknell
OF Rome. badly hurt; lady from KY,
name unknown, is badly hurt and will not
recover; Abraham Mack, wife and six chill
dren all are more or less injured, and two
OF the children are dead Josephene How
bles. ayoung lady accompanying Mr.. and
Mrs Mack. is badly hurt in the mead; Da-
vid Lewis of Cincinnati, had bad
compression Of the ribs and breast, but
will probably recover r. Bowman of Srtas-
burg, Germany, has a fractured leg and
wounded on the head. John Mcdonald of
Morris, N. Y, badly hurt on the head and
right arm but will recover; John Wallace
OF Eagle Harbor neck hurt J. Monroe of
Greensburg. hurt in the left side: Hugh
Leslay of Minnesota, bound for Dover. had
head cut open badly, the scalp torn off the
forehead and eye Id cut loose but not ser-
ously injured.
$. c. knowels of Sanbornton Bridge n H.,
terribly bruised about the head, is now de-
ranged, and can hardly recover. The wife
of Michael Broderick, of Boston, had her
sea p completely cut around. Her husband
and child in adjoining seats were not iniur-
ed. Mrs. Buchelder, mothern law of DR.
$. w. Fasguel and st. Johns, Michigan, was
hurt across the neck and shoulders and in
ternally
Many others more or less bruised, hut
none 81 seriorsly as those mentioned. The
accident occurred to the Cincinnati Express
due here at 30 A. M. 1t was somewhat
behind time at Whitesboro and was coming
at Il high rate OF speed when it met on the
bridge over the Sagnoit Creek the Utica Ac
commodation for the West on its own trecl
The engines crossed the bridge, but as the
passenger cars of the Express ard the
freight ears of the accommodation came ub
on 1t. the north side gave way precipitating
the freight cars into the creek and piinr
the passenger cars one upon the other sn!in
tering platforms and seats to atoms as the
cars struck the abutment The persons in
jured We're all on the Express, the passenger
cars on the accommodation did not reach the
bridge. Different stories are told as to the
cause of the accident, one is that an axle of
the express baggage car broke as it reached
the bride, and thus threw the trains togeth-
er The other attributed the casualty to the
rottenness Of the timbsrs of the bridge
Board, happened to be on the accommoda-
ton train. He at once despatched a sufi
cient number of men to the relief of the suf-
ferers. large number of the wounded
were Immediately brought to this city and
taken to Baggs Hotel, the Macgregor, the |
Northern Hotel and the Railroad Aouse.-
Others were cared for, as physicens were
and Everything was done that
could be to relieve their suffering
New YORK, May 1.-THE X. NJ Steam
ship Persia from Liverpool on the morning
of the lst, arrived this morning. The
screw steamer Glasgow from New York ar
rived at Glasgow on the 2sth.
New YORK. May llth.-The Royal Mail
Persia from Liverpool on the
forenoon of the lst, arrived this morning.
The screw steamship Glasgow from New
York. arrived at Glasgow on the 2Sth.
of Lords the Earl of Albermarle presented
a numerously signed petition in favor ofthe
of the king of Dude and gave no.
tice of n resolution pledging the House to
abandon the annexation policy. Debate
took place upon the Cagliarl affairs in
which lord Malmsberry said the government
had no intention to abandon Sardinia, but
he had allowed her in case of the refusal of
her demands by Naples, to leave the latter
to the mediation of some friendly power
Lord Derby added that the French gov
ernment coincided in the recommendation
on the 3Oth in the House Of Commons
MIR. DIsr,eli's resolution as to the gov
ernment Of India came up. An amendment
offered by Lord Harry Vane declaring it
inexredient to transfer the government to
the crown was lost Al to57. Mr.. DIsralls
first resolution affirming the expediency of
the change was carried amidst much cheer.
ing The experiment with the machine for
the Atlantic cable. demonstrated its perfect
success on the 30th. The Agamemnon had
1860 and the Niagara $50 miles on board
The direc tor had decided to order 100 miles
more cable, 60 that there will be on each
ship surplus Of over 500 miles.
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