The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-23

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lvssa sAs Cisusssat, aaass.s, faK1 III
! Oas q ~ nsst rsnaflablo iseiissts vhiel
we nave bsen called upeu te record 81 late. g
essred q The depot " ahe Lissls Miaui RaIl-
ve0 yesterday mofalng, abess aix oselosk. Il
cefssaaiy hes NO fsllsw, II III Il details, in rail-
80 annals. The faeas eonassssl viii il ars
Alsss fitesn miaases before six o'clock ii,
sagne "Washiagsen" bsleagiag y the Aariss-
= AID Cinennasi road. started aown the track
some Aslf Or three quarters Of mile. for The
parl - Of bringing The empty vars 70 shs de-
~ epafatory % making up the s:l6 train,
Ne A8iue being under the eonsrel Of man
| empioysd about the yard, and not the regular
engineer. About half . mile from the depot.
~ 40 70 charge discovered an engine OF the
as.le Alami read backing down 10 the DEPOT
s sos scs pGrpoes Of taking out the morning train
~ ssaad. Esasiag coliisisn, the per-
80 e eoafgs Of Me Aariessa engine, reversed,
~ ~ !amPed ifon shs machine. 4 minute after,
sus swo eoe1neo came together. when tie impe.
sas given 70 the Marietta engine. together vi,h
sne force Of the reversed pewss, started il to-
YARDS the depot with the vsleeisy Of 4 rocket
Ane down grade gave It additional headway.
4no u sounded along the track like dend in
eafnate, bsiching forth ere aad smeke 20 the
elstanes OF twenty or thirty feet from the track,
ana literally Bounding from the iron rails,
surea.snlnG eestrustion to every thing that inn
eaea ~ progress Experienced judges Of The
:pseo ~ railway trains. whs sAw this engine On |
su lsn.nne travel. cay that Is could mot have |
ossn gong Of less rate than. seventy to one
ns"drsd miles an hosrt rts final bringing M
SHOWS that their calculations could not have
Seen Tar ous Of the way.
upon the track in the depot the morning
Tram, consisting Of some four or Eve cara. had
been made up, and absus one hundred passen-
!ers had already taken their seats. On came
me engine with the speed Of dee,ructiye
snlflwind, directly upon The ack leading to
ne train, until within about four or Ave rods Of
70 depot, when the fortunate accidental change
y switch drove It upon the other track, Al
most before the persons standing By could
eailse that an engine had entered one end Of
no depot, the iron stesd had bounded through .
ne entire length, demolished An eighteen inch
rick wall, timbsss and all, ct the rear, leaped {
cross Two road tRacks-one about ten feet be- 4
~ the other-without touching either, and a
. oedded itself in . huge pile OF csal in the 4
ARD OF J. Cochnownsrl The distance leaned. .
ON the wall Of the depot to the lamp of the p
ngine, could NOT have been less than seuenty- Il
y yeef. All this distance, through the demel-
nsd wail OF the depot, 10 dragged the tender
'a Win wood, without breaking the coup I,
But fer the fortunate change in the sviteh. Il
hleh threw the engine upon she opposite track 6
tsat on which shs Cleveland train was stnnd-
g. the loss OF life must have been terrible .,
'e fierce which rent brick wall, eighteen N
enss thick, for . circle Of fifteen or twenty Ct
ef. would have smashed the ears upon the s
Ask into iragmsnts, and fearful dsstruc,iep
life and limb must have followed. Had the
rson in charge Of the engine not become 10
gntsnsd and jumped whoa he reyersed the 70
aehinsry. the accident would have been avod- q
ssd the fact enferces the necessity Of per- f aa
ting none but experienced men to handle
which possesses 30 much power b.
e regular engineer would have known that ~
vas running upon the time which belonged a
the Cleveland train, and would not have
rted out. ca
Bonney, q car sleansr At the depet.
70 was also On the "Washingtsn," jumped off an
sr the engine got under good hsadvay, and
very badly injured. He was sbs only Der.
who was hurt. The engine and tender were ]
mayed to the extent Of some four or Eve .;
'usand dollars.