True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-09-15
/, HONE MATTERS.
Railroad Accident.

EXPRESS Train going west,, was precipita-
ted into the bed Of Cross Creek. at the east
end ofthe Tunnel, On section l9, by the
giving way Of a bridge. The intelligence
was Immediately dispatched to this city,
by messengers on hanG-car, with the
statement that ten or)twelve persons were
killed. A special train was Immediately
sent out, and the party from the city spec
diNsarrived atathe scene of disaster. 1t
was happily discovered TINT all were alive.
A number of persons were more or less in
jured. Doctors Johnson, ,McC Cook, I'appan,
Stanton and Mitchell administered to the
reliefof thelsatferers, The following are
the names ofthe persons who were injured:
Johnston Mooney, ,Steubenville, Conduc-
tor; rather seriously cut about the head !;
not otherwise injured; walked home next
morning from depot. $s
Byron Roach, louisville, KY, foundry.
man; both legs brokers' no other injuries
Whatever. tIe53afN "'1 Z" '"'Fr''
Jos. Fleming, gainesville, an engineer;
was on the train is severely injured inter-
nallynboutthe breast and throat.
y. j. Cornell from near Columbus bag
gage master wrist sprained, and some.
what bruised.
Rev. MIR. Watson, Amsterdam, JEFF. Co.;
ankle sprained. enf
James Jacobs, Maysville, Ky; slightly
bruised.
ID. G. Gin, Dayton, o.; slightly.
.Mrs. Meredith, Xenia, slightly.
DIR. Allen, Belleville Ark; slightly.
Miss Lyon, Elizabethtown, NJ slight
ly. 5,s5,a n
w. H. Moore. Milton, Ind; bruised an
kle. r',
Mrs. Humphrey, New ark, o.; slightly.
Jno. P. Draper, Danville, ILL.,; slightly.
Mrs. G. Wainwright; N. J. very slight
ly
Capt. Barr, of steamer R.F. Sass; slight
ly cut above one eye and face.
VIM. Ramsey, Harrison county slight
ly scratched. mi-lgi gy,6 = '@TS &
a'James M. Glendon, Harrison co.., stock
dealer flesh wound on back of head and
face scratched. .1Y "a
& Oliver Ormsby, Vevay, Indiana, cheek
4. .HIl J. .aH-.s ; 81 Q
slightly bruised wife and daughter moi
injured! d91siir G+A1u "
Three ladies' names not known; uninju'
red. Three others scratched slightly; one
complained somewhat of lameness.
The " Heratls of Saturday, contains the
following description of the disaster:
mTo a person who would witness the
scene Of tie wreck, this morning, 1t woult
seem miraculous, that the. passengers ant
employees on the ill-fated train we're not
killed instantly, The span Of the bridg,
was ninety feet / ba3'' oa9el3
AS to the cause Of the disaster, it was ai
first supposed, that the structure from some
undiscovered cause, had given way but
it Is now ascertained that some of the hint
cars were displaced on reaching the end o
the bridge, which, knocking out some o
the maintimbers, the structure had to Civ
wey.u The locomotive and tender, fortu
nately, passed over in safety. the Expres
carremained suspended on one end Of tn
bridge, the hind truck having gone down
after ii, descended the Baggage car, an
thetwo passenger curs--not falling in on
mass, but scattered about Only one ca
was shattered to pieces. The descent wa
aboutl12 feet, and the water in the cree
was very low."
Mr.. Mooney and Mr.. Fleming, are no,
considered out Of danger, and rapidly re
covering Mr.. Roach, is lying at tn
Washington Hall, in this city,sin yer
critical, condition indeed his life is des
paired Of Every attention that huma
wisdom can devise, is being given to hin
in order to alleviate his sufferings, and,
possible, to restore him to his family an
friends. ss5 SsSa, 5sis si.nolla sea.
The President Of the road appears to b
giving his time and attention to the gu
fsrers- with the same deep solicitude th,
falnatnnl brother would feel for a brotht
in distress, iF.
81 From oil we are able to learn, not ii
alightest degree Of blame can attach to, an
ofhthe officers, Of the road. tits one
these unforeseen events 10 which we al
allliable as we journey along the slipper
, path Oflife. t
The 8. n. I.R.R r., has been in >oper
Zion for about FIVE years; during tn,
time hundreds of thousands Of persons ha,
passed over il; and this, we believe, lis Il
first instance Of a single passenger beir
injured by any mishap Of the cars.
there another road in the United States
which the same can be said . Wethihk nc
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