Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-11-08
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Twelve Perssns Killed and Tyvenfy-Seven
Wounded.

" ATERTowS, Wis, Nov. IA terrible acci-
dent occurred scveu miles south of this city at
ab, ut II O'Clock. A. NJ. The train contained
the excursionists for Chicago. To celebrate the
opening of the Chicago d Northwestern Rail-
way There were twelve passenger cars and
one baggage car, drawn y the locomotive
Perry II. Smith
The sfnash-up was caused by the engine
striking OK which ran ON the track directly
ahead of the train, too late for the engineer to
give any warning. The locomotive is n COM
pete wreck The engineer, fireman and one
other person on the engine escaped. The bag
gage car was thrown completely off the track,
into the ditch. and the first passenger car di-
rectly on ii. The baggage car was demolished
and five passenger cars smashed up.
The Chicago Press DE- Tribune gives the fol-
lowing list of killed and wounded:
Instantly KILLED.
NJ j. Thomas, U. s. Marshal, of Fond du Lac.
George Emerson. Oshkosh
Elipbalet Sherwood. do
Is.dore Snow, Fond du Lac and
John Boardinan. his son -in-law
DIR. Theron Miner, Watertown.
FATALLY INJURED, AND DEAD SINCE.
Edward Sickles. Fond du Lac
c. Peterselia, Oshkosh
Jerome Mason. Fond du Lac
Van B. Smead, Fond du Lac.
Timothy l.. tiillett, do
John Lund, Oshkosh.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Theodore F. Craig Chicago
Augustus Bor esteel, Fond du Lac.
- Sanders, Appleton.
James McCabe, fireman on the train.
ames Page. baggage master.
Amos Page, GAINESVILLE.
h. R. Baldwin, Oshkosh
MIS-. E. K. Baldwin wife of above
Mrs. Rensselaer, N Lewis Fond DIN Iac
William Armstrong, employee OF X. r. Co.
Mrs. p B. Knapp, Oshkosh.
Mrs. James jenkins, do.
Miss Je1 klns, do
Elderly German woman.
Il. K. Sawyer, OSh kosb.
Mrs. James Kinney, Fond du Lac
Arthur a. Hobart, conductor.
j. j. GrIfhths, Fond du Lac.
&. p. Bixby, Chicago.
Judge Robert Flint, Fond du Lac
Mrs. Radford, do
Mrs. Child, Ripon.
Daughter of same
Mrs. Ex-Gov. Bashford, Algomah.
Miss Foreman, sister of above, do
Mrs. Cartwright, Oshkosh.
Mrs. T. F. Sawyer, Watcrtown.
This completes the mournful list of which
the following is the recapitulaton
Killed instantl Observation-Disclosures.
since uieU b
Seriously injured ......2
The saddest and ghastliest scene was where
the debris OF the first passenger and the ex-
press car were mingled n confused heap OF
crushed and broken wood, and among them the
crushed and bruised forms of beings late JOYOUS
and gay. Fire was almost immediately at work
IN this part of the wreck, communicated from
the stove IN the express The smoke in-
creased. the men wrought like lions, foremost
here Perry Il. Smith and other officers of the
road. There was no pail to be had, but water
was dashed upon the fire, and In time to save
the threatened horror upon horrors. Poor Ma
son, elsewhere spoken OF. was taken OFT terribly
burned about the lower abdomen. His clothes
were cut from him still ell fire Craig, Thomas
Smead, Snow and others were taken from this
portion Of the wreck.
In a few moments the cries of the wounded
began to rise on the air. Some Of them were
crazy from wounds Oh the head and shouted
ana howled alternately others, IN the intensity
OF their torment, shrieked and implored the BY
ISLANDERS to put au end TO their lives