Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-07-07

The tank of the engine, the smoke stack
and a few splinters were all that was dis
cernible of the wreck of the train. a
large force of men were engaged in pick
ing up the bodies and and many were ex-
eavating the debris, but considerable had
been carried off by the torrent. The cul-
vert was said 10 be, by those who knew,
strong one, but not wide enough for the
purpose, and many had predicted that it
would be washed out by the wide and
spreading waters in the event of their III
sing, as has been the case.
Some nine of the wounded passengers
had been carried to Mishawaka, and were
laid out on pallets, arranged in large
room in the hotel. Every care was be-
slowed upon them. The towns people
were particularly assiduous in their atten-
lions to the sick, while there were some
four or five doctors on hand ministering, as
far as possible, TO their wants. The dead
bodies were picked up and laid out in the
cars with sheets covering their faces. The
men had worked two hours to get one wo-
man out of the water. She was of course,
dead when recovered. The sleeping car
seemed to be uninjured, with the exception
of few broken windows. 1t lay in a d.
agnal direction from the track. The en-
gine shot some forty feet distance from
the west bank of the rayine, by which we
conclude the train was going at rapid
rate. The scene on the banks fthe ravine,
Mr.. Pardee says, was truly awful, as one
may well suppose, but he says the amount
of human misery among the wounded was
terrible to behold. In the Mishwauka ho-
tel he saw fine little boy about nine
years old, with his left leg broken, and al
most open through the thigh, while the
right leg is cut completely of. The lad
was failing fast, and it is almost impossi-
Bile for him to recover.
He was one of family of five children,
with the mother, who were going to meet
the father and the husband Of this family.
The mother was killed, a daughter is miss
ing, and another boy is wounded but not
seriously. He is in the same room with
his wretched brother, while he saw anoth
er of the young ones, six years old, dead,
having had his face completely cut Off
The bodies of the females were not much
mutilated. By the dress of those dead
and wounded Mr.. Pardee judges them to
have been mostly second class passengers.
One passenger got out Of the sleeping
car into the current, and was swept along,
but in going down he luckily clutched
hold of tree, and by that means effected
landing.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
From the Chicago and Toledo papers
we CLEAN the following incidents of that
fearful night:
One woman who was on the train with
her husband and five children, ran wildly
about all night seeking her family, but
without success until morning, when she
found them all dead. She then went to
farm house few yards off, where after sit
ting some minutes the wretched wife and
mother expired.
/ A gentleman, with his wife and two
children, were on a pleasure trip to the
East. But in the accident the parties be-
came separated. The husband found one
of his young ones dead in the morning,
next be found his wife dead, but with her
arms closely embracing the other child who
was saved.
Mr.. E. P. Gillit, of Jefferson county, N.
Y, was returning from Western trip,
with his wife and child, and was seated
with them. They were both killed while
he was spared to pursue his homeward
journey with their corpses.
A lady travelling alone was returning
from the West to South Bend, at which
place her brother was in waiting for her,
but having fallen asleep and not awaking
in time to leave the train at that station,
was brought on, and taken back yesterday
a corpse.
Three young men occupied seats facing
each other. Two were sitting up and one
lying down; the former were killed and
the latter but slightly injured.
A lady from Illinois wished Mr.. CALI
gan to say to Mr.. Richards, conductor of
the sleeping car, that she owed her life and
that of her child to him. She and her
child were in the water, and about 10 be
carried away by the current, when Mr..
Richards caught them and rescued them
from death. Mr.. Calligan also acknowl
edges his own Indebtedness to Mr.. R. for
his prompt and efficient assistance in res
cuing the property of the Express Com
pany from loss.
No one was killed in the sleeping car,
but an old gentlemen jumped out and was
drowned in the current. Osgood, the con-
ductor, seemed crazy. He ran to South
Bend and to Mishwaukee, and then re-
turned, distance of eight miles, without
his hat. He was taken charge of and
brought to Chicago at 81 o'clock yester-
day.
The Blade says that some heartless
wretches were busy plundering the bodies
of the dead and dying.
The President of the Railroad Company,
Col. Bliss, was in the sleeping car and es-
capped almost unhurt. On getting out of
the car, half dressed, he proceeded at once
with indomitable energy to relieve suffer-
ers and direct operations. He was at
length removed in an exhausted state.-
Valuable assistance was also rendered by
other gentlemen connected with the Com
pany, who were ON the train.
The Blade says:
All unite in giving praise to the people |
of South Bend and Mishwaukee for their
prompt and noble services in the trying
hour. The ladies of the latter place,
where the most of the bodies and wound