, 1859-06-29
GREAT TRAGEDY.
Terrible Disaster on the South
crn Michigan Road.
.1'0r2OnlE aud the Gxsc0n-
NIe Retired.


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''Ss u '''e' n"o nappeneo near -Hlsn"anAlc'
about SO miles from this city, to the Express
train on the Southern Michigan Road. which
If, tho Demo, in ch;c,,, ~, T,cx,,.x .r.,;n,,
A -. ee5'
Ill 0 eloeA' r. NJ Will soihc1A'nl' near 1o' pas
scngers in the fire cars--two second cluss und
thrna first c1,ss car<-of ,ch;ch +1o t-.;, ,,.,,.
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'"aoe ui'' tnc 'un'o' was SOON coAuFn'eo "
inquiry ut the Office Of the Railroad Company;
and within one hour -cycry mart of The cifv ,,,,I
- ' of's' 'N'"en ~" 'e'e
WAS luz 1a1ailty oi TIC Tragedy SUSPECT Report
ut first stated the number uf killed at 3h, then
at 4t. and Inter Mt III. Int Mt This hour thrra *
NJ roon ~ oouet t''at III 'east ~ human beings
iInye been scnt home by the catastrophe Of
which we sneak. The town MAS ,I;vc viii,
...;.a.,.... s-, -..1 ,.. "'l"
10 se'e'"' W." A"o" e1t'1els "e'e
on tile train; but nothing Of definite character
txccpt tic names Of Il few Of tue killed anil Il
f.x ,,r,1,e .axcd w,s t,o,,n ,,,;l tn,,,r, ~
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"t"t "ueu <ae 'oAo"n,s5 u'si'a'en vas received:
oor1't BENZ, Ind, June "A little before
nldh,.t!t, the night express tram from Chicago
10 Toledo. when between south Bend aud M,h
awaGa, passing over IN einban k''rut spanning
a ravlne. ut the base Of which is cnlvert, the
en'banksnent suddenly gave way, und the whole
train was rrcc'pitated into the rarinc, which
WIS followed with . perfect torrent Of water.
The engine was literally buried in the oppo-
ste s,de sc, ot tue rnvlne in qu;eksand and mud;
and the tender, baggage and express car, and
into kinding wood, and piled IN tile top Of the
engine The two ti'st-c!ass passenger ears fol-
lowed, and were torn to l.'ccts aud carried down
the strcaui, while tue sleeping car, although
making the leap With tie rest. WAS lcSs injured
~ ,; stream Is naturally bui r!'nEet' 1ut was
y1"ns afternoon and evening. floo!-wood pro-
bab!y c!cck ked the culscrt, converting the en-.
bank'nent into dam, and The grcat light Of
water, with tue concassion Of tie crossing train,
caused the sad calamity.
Ab"ut lh' persons we're m the train of these
~ have bccn taken from tue runs dead, and
az. ~ or 90 n'ore arc wounded, or escaped nnhIrt
were drowned IN tue ravine 1t Is feared that
others not heard from have lost their lives in
the same hIauner:
Mr.. bliss, the Presidcn: Of the road, and Mr..
Hiram Sibley, one Of the Directors, were i'll the
sleeping Cur and escaped uninjurcd The cl.-
EInccr and fireman. both named Chulp, of i.a-
porte, were killed IlartwcI, Of Toledo, express
inan. and I;abbiugton, master. were Ill
50 killed, in The baggage car. t. ". Smith,
Koad master. killed Mrs L. r. t;illett and
Child, >tone M:ils. n. y, dcad-E. T. t;illett but
little hu:::. ". II. Gillett, Cortland, New York,
missing
The names Of the dead it is imros>ible to Oh
tain. Ihe wounded arc Fred Miller, Holmes
vile, Ind T.. u. Knapp. Ludsun, Wis; Miss
.'onesvllle. Mlct.; Charles Sherman. Boston !;
Augustus White, Ilolnsc>vjlle, Ind. Vim. fiAn-
merry, I. Mycr, T. Qfinn, &. Anderson, Y. X.
Anderson, all Of .sinsworts1. H.; !. u. ri,vr.
Chicago; u. J.. Rhodes. Cleveland; Miss \.
Moore, Fretpn1t; Mr.. & Mrs. \. q. .Iurry
Hrook!yn; \; l.; Z: JacSs"n and Mss Z. u. IT.
der, NaukcsEa, Wis; Oscar Naspcton. Rock
ford, ILL.,; Naliworth, father and son, Adrian !;
Z. Bennett, Adrian.
Thos Mishan. Mich. City, train f'"y, dead ".
IL. Rtglli, Wifi mud daughter, hncktnr4, ILL.,.
lady badly hurt, daughter not yet found; $. e.,
R"sr, Culd~ater, slightly injured; Jesse Dylin:.
Louisville, Warren Cu., la,. slightly ", j.
Hawk, Charleston, Va, slightly; e. Surl ai.f
wife, UlscYo Co., y. T., slightly; 4. Van Sycke,
wife and tour children, Warren IT,, o., he aud
one Child badly hurt.
s!trnsn II. Atnoid, ittcatcr to., Iowa, oldly
U%I:rien, Chicago, >siyl.,,; ". y. Courl Slight
Mary eots, youngstown. ~, slightly; o!al-
W;cI .51,1tir
Tie following are rlot hurt: Lewis Heller.
Strasburs, "a: john Hccs, K"ulc: Jones w.
l...i,." ~ ci,;,., uanl ,I-u ,:...Ha 1'i'I,h;"
II. White. Dck;!lb. Ill: i, ,AruolL. brother q,
tie wounded Arnold; Calvin fla:.'t. Nlwan'
Aee:
,ur,, mi IN ,nass to ;,,,i.t liz wnu,,ir.1 and
search for the dead.
one lady was carried down the strea" TO-
t'"..r1 ~ s'.so.a1 d., H.. o,;.;,, r., ,,, 4'
The Engineer had been vunn,u: nycr til.
bridge troti l.apnrte each Way carefully. jh'
,. a' , 80 t h,,r ~, tr,;u '''1'i n W., H.
n,ss.,,1 nr.r fhe rnhauknrnt sat,.ly :t $50 T. NJ
The L. :. Express had over *:;n.sE"' i'll tilri
sale, which t'r"Hc 10 pieces ny 'hs e''il's'o'. H'
H. t,r'','s,' ,,;i t," - ,,., ~ fon',.,
the river, two hundred wards from tho break
wh:ther others are l"st ca.n"t be told
f:,,., w;.lt Thr n;r|,t w:,s ycry ARK ami thor
was :. cure III the road Just bclprc tic c.nbauk
'nent was reached
tA'sE OF THE DISASTER.
At the spot where the disaster happened,
small stream ur "braucil" Is crossed !,y Il,
road, on M cn,baukmcnt - ,n ~ lrct in l.;;
Here, for tho passage Of ,I,c,watpr, Is cns,
stunc cu!vert, which has heretofore proved ,
sufficient ca,,ac,tr IL carry through all tia, d.
sccntlcd tl,c creek. In tle afternoon :.,..9 cv'
ming bcfrre the accident sha. locality WAS vi
tied by 4 rain Storm Of extraordinary scverit
Tic water fell in torrents. ra;siu l the sn,allt
streams. nfter:thc lar:c Of Il few hours il MI II,
,rec,dtnt,d h.;,ht l, il su,.nosod that II
,1r,f,.wood Carried ,1xn hv th,, ,;ttl, bronc'
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u .,,,, ,,,, u,-,on. ,r,,;,;, ;. ,r ,,
1,,,,-,o-c Sand ,bu, 1,,,,-,na xo,u !,
.,,x.a II mil c,,r.i, !, ,r ,r m:t, il <, :,
,,a ,;c,d;nc that ,s soor =. ,,. w..;,h, ,r !,
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moved f,r i m,.c ncrp,aucn, structure whi
w,x srrn,scl +, IN. canal 10 tl,r m,ruo,c
vh;,h !. was made The culvert has br,u /,
several wears. and III 10 this time no c
doubted its sufcicucy.
The up.tra;n which arrived hcrc shortly af
three o'clock from the scene Of the disast
brought several Of the passengers wl.o i
lately brcn in sucl, imminent ,rril Ecos. E
of 7l,.n ~, hare ,tc ful,owirr:
Tho Eastern train lcf, ut tue usual time
Tuesday morning at : o'clock, but proceed
, ms far rs III, scene Of tl,c disaster. was una
, to 70 any further. and sopn after turned la