Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-11

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4 t4sEhe N. w. RailrOad Disaster.
rs Tire Chicago papersacontain fnrsher ! par
ticulars.efstiie terrible disaster that happen
ed near Watertowu, Wis.,, on Tuesday, LEI
q The excursion train consisted efstwelve car
: with about seven ,Aundsed persons on board
The. accident ,was oocasioned, a. .alread
stated, by an. OK suddenly comiag upon tn
track in front rof, !, the train. There wa
4 time for no more than to reverse the engine
Ipo sigaM was sounded, for even while til
snginssr's hand was extended fol, that pur
Ipose, the ruin was completes The COW
catcher struck the steer, but not at spec
sufficient. to throw the animal from th
track, It,wa. pushed forward for q. rod 0
two, then, at q culvert some portion of tn
carcass dropped between the open. ties. .
The engine was raised over it, thrown from
the track and turaed over on its side. Tn.
tender, baggage car, and first, second ant
third passenger cars all followed ip a. gen
eral wreck, Some of the other cars were
also badly damaged, ;. The wreck almos
Immediately caught FIRE. and one, man was
burned before he could be released from it
Dr., Bell, of, Oshkosh, one of, the passen
gers, thus describes the heart,rending scene
| When about n ne miles from, Wa.ertowa,
while the joval song and cheerful laugh
were the loulest, a shock came upon US
sudden and unexpected 'as the high ming
fash at noon day in aelear sky every eye
was raised, and every Voice swas Instantly
hushed then came the rec j !; and as the
platforms met they reared and quivered a
moment, then Tapped one upon the other,
looming together " i'll, a tremendous crash :
car mounting car, each one ploushing its
way into the cne forward of it, bu' sting off
the top, rending the sides, crushing in the
ends, tearing up the flooring, crushing and
grinding like the cracking, era hing thunder.
the rear of the second car, the flooring of
which was knocked .ouf, and those seated
Immediately in ths~ rear dropped on the
ground below. After passing out through
a window on looking up, worse sight nev.
er met the gaze, of human eyes, A, man
wedged in space of about three or four
inches, one foht extended as if in the act of
Jumping the f ice blackened mass; eyes
"a ID tongue protruding the blood gu ,hing
from he nose and mouth. runnit down the
body and dropping from the extended foot
10 the ground. - Hz1is aasiAiF a'
il. will here relate one of the most heart
rending inc dents that ever witnessed.
lmm tdiately after cleared myself and wife
fir IN he wreck, and saw the latter comfort
ably located, met Mrs. Emerson, of Osh-
kosh, inquiring for her husband. l told her
! would make immediate search for him.
went to the ruins Of the baggage car, where
they W, re ex rcating bodies from the mud
and rubbish. Two bodies were taken our,
but they could not be identified. Discover
ing ring upon the finger of one of the
bodies, took it off and carried it to Mrs.
Emerson; she was seated upon a log, SUI
r unded by sympathizir 6 neighbors.'i /
aud held the ring toward her.
She raised her Eyes and with a e assy look
and hollow voice exclaimed: Mr. Bell |
Mr. Bel i Ge rye dead?' a>ked her if
that was his ring; she said Yes Then.
replied, Mr. Emer> on sisrdead. Her eyes in
stan ly became glazed, her features as fixed
and rigid us the scu ptured marble--a perfect
image of despair. Her female friends began
to sob and cr> but her eyes were dry. Her
poor heart stricken child so suddenly Il
widow, brought tears into many u manly
ey.. .-.,- -...-t.- Tan .f,-. >. .....l...--.
then went to see poor Peterselia. le
was lying upun door Of one of the cars,
his legs were broke !, torn and manglcd, his
he d was bruised, but his eyes clear and his
voice distinct. AS | approached he said.
Brother Bell, this is hard think the chill
of death is upon me, and am ready to GO
Friends gathered around mm, placed him in
the car, and my traternal brother was re-
lieved from his sufferings in about ten
minutes after the cars started for Watertown
The number instantly killed by the acci-
dent was 6, number since died 6, and num-
Der seriously injured %. .Mr.V B. smead,
one of the edi'o Of the Press, of Fond du
Lac, reported badly wounded has since
died. All the killed and wounded were from
Oshkosh, Fond du Lac or Watertown. /
CT Congress 'cannot legislate to protect
or regulate slavery, says Hon. Reverdy john
son, the Democratic politician, who has
recently issued pamphlet on the popular
Sovereignty controversy. According to that
Congress transcended its powers
when it passed the Fugitive Slave Law Will
Mr.. johnson insist upon the recognition of
his argument by the Supreme Court, and
have that law declared null and void?
~ DR.. Doy and j. j. Willis passed
through Desmoines, last week, on their way
east, where the Doctor designs publishing a
book entitled 'Six Months in Missouri
Dungeon" Mr.. Willis is one of the men
who rescued Doy. They both assisted to lay
out the town of Lawrence, Doy having built
the first house there. The authorities of
Missouri offer 81 600 for Doy, dead or alive.
He travels ancOg. Frt a.F Efss =" /
Nor DIsHEARTENED.--Mr.B Bailey, the pro-