The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-05-12

A frightful accident occurred this morning
! at half past six o'clock, OH the Central Rail-
road, by the crushing Of bridge, over the
Sa9noit creek, some three and a half miles
west of this city, near Whitesboro. Seven or
eight persons are already dead; five or six
others arc scarcely awe, and the injured
number forty or more. The killed Area.
Moore, of Rising Sun, Ind, whose head was
crushed; two children of Abram Mack, OF
Cincinnati; an unknown man who is lying
in the baggage room ut Utica; an lrishman,
aged, apparently. sixty years, name un-
known, had his i ad cnii o y jammed. He
seemed to have died instantly, and negro
whose legs are cut off; an infant child OF
Cush llavan, of ST. Louis. the wounded are
Joseph Ward, of Schenectady, conductor OF
the train, badly bruised, blt it IS believed not
dangerously; w. III. Perkins, grocer, Koch.
ester n. Y, very badly hurt about the head
and chest, probably will not recover; w. IA.
Schube, of Rome, Richland county, Ohio. in
jurcd abont the spine, bnt thought not dan
gerously; Bettman Cincinnati, very serious
ly injured about the heal and chest, one
arm also fractured, it is feared ne will not
recover; :. p. Tucker. Dry Ridge, Grant CO.,
KY, slightly injured about the shoulders and
side; Geo. Colt, Columbus, Ohio, wounded
in the leg, but not seriously. The three fol
lowing are from Louisville, KY; G. 4.
Bushee, lad 10 or IL years old, injured about
the head slightly; Mrs. Schenck, arm and
head badly injured; Miss Aldrich, slightly
bruised. A. Cobb, Corkshirc, Cataragus CO..
n. Y, slightly cut on the head and shoulders
severely bruised; Mr.. and Mrs. Shoven, resi-
denee not ascertained; Mrs. Chase, about 8
inches of the scalp torn oil and tooth knock
Cd out, and otherwise seriously injured, faint
hopes of her recovery; Carl Hover, st. Loris,
bound for Germany, was severely bruised;
an infant some two years of age was very
badly burned by the upsetting of the stove in
the car; Riley, of Albany, brakeman on the
train, has broken leg; Mr. Halay, of Sche-
nectady, another brakeman, was severely
bruised; j. +. Tracy, Superintendent of the
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, was bad
ly cut over the eye, but not dangerously; j.
Clemens, of Erie, Pa, badly bruised and
spraincd, but went on in the next train; Miss
Cook. Sunbury, Delaware county, \. Y
slightly bruised about the head; !. 5. Horton,
Binghamton. slightly bruised; WIN. Hart,
Cleveland, Ohio, bad confusion on the head
and an arm bruised. but not dangerous; Il.
A. Longworth st. Clairsville, y. Y, slight
" injured; 5. NJ. Allen. President of the Nj
agary Falls Company, slightly hurt; r w.
Bulky and sister. of y. Y, both slightly
bruised; Mrs. l.. w. Andrews, Tempster, n.
H., slightly bruised; Mr.. Bicknell Of Rome.
father of Cashier Bicknell, pretty badly hurt:
O lady from Kentucky, name unknown, is
badly wounded and will probably not recov-
err; Abraham Mack, wife and six children, all
are more or less injured, two Of the children
are dead, the parents will recover; Josephine
Iloublcr, a Young lady accompanying Mr..
and Mrs. Mack is badly hurt in the head
David Levi of Cincinnati has had bad COM
preston on the ribs, but will probably recover;
Bowman, has fractured leg and wound on
the lead; John Mcdonnell. badly hurt about
the head and right arm. but Will recover; J.
Wallace, Of Eagle lIarbor, Lake Superior.
had his neck hurt; j. Munror hurt in the side;
Hugh Lislay, of Minnesota, bound for Dover,
head cut badly, sea p torn Off the forehead,
and cyclid cut loose; Mr.. Yates, of Fulton.
scalp loosened, but not seriously injured; l..
+. Knowles. of n. H.. terribly bruised about
the head, is now deranged. and can hardly
recover; the wife of Michael Broderiek, Of
Boston, had her scalp cut completely round,
her husband and children. in adjoining seats,
wee not injured; Mrs. Mary Bachelor
mother -in-law of DIR. l.. w. Fosquell of St.
Johns, Mich, was hurt about the neck and
shoulders, and internally; many others more
or less bruised, but none so seriously as tho
mentioned.
The accident occurred TO the Cincinnati
Express, due here at $50 y. Nj. Ii was
somewhat behind at Whitcsboro. and was
coming at a high rate of speed, when it met
on the bridge the Saquo:t creek, the
its own track, and engines crossed the bridge,
but as the passenger cars, OF the EXPIRE -,
and the freight cars Of the aecomm odation
came upon it, the North side gave way,
precipitating the freight cars into the creek;
and piling the express cars, one above the
other, splintering the platforms and seats to
atoms, "a the cars struck the abutment; tip
persons injured, were all on the express
| train.
| The passenger car in the accommodation
train did not reach the bridge.
| Different stories are told, rs to the cause OF
J the accident. One is that an axle of the ex-
press baggage ear, broke, as it reached the
bridge. and this threw the trains together
Others attribute the casualty to the rotten
ness of the timber, in the bridge.
Major Priest, local superintendent of the
road happened to be on the accommodation
train. and he at once dispatched a sufficient
number Of men, to the relief OF the suffer-
ers. A large number Of the wounded were
Immediately brought to this city, and taken
to Bagg's Hotel, McGregor House, the North
ern Hotel and the Railroad House. Others
| were cared for at W hitesboro.
Physicians were summoned. and every
| thing was done that could be- TO relieve thei,