The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-05-20
AAIxst of Casualties.

A most shocking accident occurred
on the n. Y. Central Railroad on Tues
day of last week. resulting in the inanle'
date death of eight persons, and SCI
tverely injuring some forty others. Two
trains the Cincinnati Expresspassepger
train and freight train, were passing
each other, leach on their respective
tracks, on bridge, over Saquoit creek,
near Utica, when the bridge was
fcfushed down, and both trains precipi-
tated into the creek below. The pas
senger train was running at high rate
of speed, being behind time, and. the
ears were literally torn to splinters -
The following is the verdict of the
Coroner's Jury in. the case, and the
finding is said to have been unanimous:
1--WE find that the persons whose
bodies have been viewed by us, came
to their deaths by the giving way of
the bridge of the N. Y. G. Railroad
crossing the Saquoit creek, in the town
of Whitestown, Oneida county, on the
morning of the 18th Of May, and they
were all passengers on the Cincinnati
Express train, coming east. The deaths
were caused by the insecurity of the
bridge, owing to the same being de-
cayed and rotten. A portion of the
bridge was constructed of inferior tim
Der, the same being bastard elm. We
| find the deaths were caused by culpable
neglect on the part of the N. Y. Central
r. r. Co., in not causing the bridge to
be properly examined" ..r-4 sspia4 ss.u ~
We append the names of persons
residing in this State who were among
the injured. None of these, however,
are considered dangerously hurt: Mr..
Darius Webb of Wyandotte had some
slight bruises. Mrs. Mary Bachelor,
an aged widow lady, and mother-in-law
of DIR. Fasquelle of ST. Johns, is injured
in the back. John Wallace, of Eagle
Harbor, was slightly bruised on the
back of the head. .,...,..s....r
An accident occurred on the LaEay-
cite and Indianapolis Railroad on the
18th inst. The following is brief
statement of the facts: fEs5 - ~
The accident happened at O'clock
this morning at Potatoe Creek, 8 miles
south of Lafayette. The bridge was
100 feet long, and the train running at
the rate of 25 miles per hour, and the
bridge giving away, the entire train
went through to the bed of, the creek
4 The night was dark and the high water
had undermined the abutment of the
bridge. Jacob Beertenger, engineer
and Mallory, fireman, were instantly
killed. James Irwin, conductor, who
was sitting in the front passenger car
was struck by timbers and died in ont
hour. The passengers escaped without
material injury. a4 asmom ID
| A heavy storm ragged through Cen
trail Illinois on Thursday and Friday o
last week. At Lexington, a large por
ton of the houses in the place were
II -.@---sz.r.ssr..s $780,
unroofed, and half a dozeHseafesw'eft
blown off the track of the railroad and
the passenger train while crossing from
St. Louis, was actually Jloaen of tn
track, and the whole mass pitched into
the ditch! At Peoria the spires of al
the churches in the city were blown
down, the shipping was damaged to .
great extent, several boats being sunk
and several cars were blown off tn.
track. At Galesburg the engine house
Of the Chicago & Burlington Railroad
was unroofed, the new Congregations
church and the Catholic church wer,
blown down, and much other damage
done At Mendoza an engine house
was burned, together with locomotive
The storm was also fearful at Bloom
ington, Oquawka, Monmouth, and othe
points, doing serious damage. 1t seems
to have prevailed generally through tn,
Central portion of the State. Fou
persons, are reported as having los
their lives by the storm. gai ~
hCoNFLAGRATIoN.-Another sad ca
tastrophe happened in Chicago OF
Tuesday morning last, at | o'clock
\ row of wooden buildings situated OF
the west side of South w ellis street
between Jackson and Van Buren, sts.
were entirely consumed by fire, ant
nine human, beings persisted in tn
flames. The. lower rooms Were occu
piedyby saloons andia bakery, and tn
upper rooms as dwellings,. The fire i
said to have been the work of an inccn
diary, as the building had been twic'
set on fire before, from the outside, bu
had each time been discovered and pu
out. 1t is to be hoped that the fen,
who perpetrated this act may be trace,
out, and receive the punishment he s.
justly merits. ,s4oa eu H.
A NEW CAsE.-Wm. M. Council,
has been on trial in Cincinnati, for har
boring fugitive slaves. The evidenc