The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-07-07
The Rnllrond Accident.

The RnIlrOId Accident.
Tue report in our lust as to the number Of
lives lost by the late Railroad accident near
S,u,h Bend, was probably exaggerated. II was
averbal report, founded on rumors in Toledo.
The Chicago Press d Trtbaae. Of the 30 ult.,
contains the following statement Of Mr.. Bliss,
Presilen of the Ro,d, who was on the train
when the accident occurred
On the night Of the 27lh inst, very severe
rain storm OF several hours duration ucrunua-
ted large body OF water in what is lIsuoIly n
dry gorge IN summer, midway between SoJth
Bend aud Mishawaka, and carried away a stone
arch Culterl Of feet span, with nn cmbank-
inenL OF about twenty iuet over it, between l03
aud l2A o'clock. The night was very dark aud
the tram came on us usual at about the Latter
hour, containing baggage car an cmigrnut
passenger car, one second class car, Hnd four
fist class passenger cars, the last one OF which
was n 81 cpng Car--ull toeruby well filed
and every berth IN the sleeping car ocCu pied
with al unusual number OF women and children,
Tho whole train plunged into the gorge. The
baggage, migrant, aud second class cor tell near
ly upon the engine mud tender, which were
buried quite out of sight in the sand aud water
OF the stream, now from three 10 six or eight feet
deep; the foremost three OF the first class cars fell
further into The stream aud not on top OF each
other, but partially on their sides, and were en-
,irely crushed. The sleeping car fell inside OF
the other right side up cdleening little, in
three. or four feet OF water,but was c0mpuratIN ely
very llttle injured--the lamp in the room not
heing cx ingushel. None of the passengers in
this car was seriously injured There was foot
OF water in the bottom. The passengers from it
were got on shore very wet, From thu other
cars, many got on top OF them, aud were asss
ted TO the shore where bonhrcs were built. -
Messengers were dispatched to South Bend aud
Mishowaka, each about two miles distant, and
many soon arrived at the scene of disaster.
As to tho cause OF the accident, so far as can
learn, it was entirely Providcnlial and una.
voiduble. Usually there was little or no water
passing through the culverl. Tho rain for many
hours was most prouse. The calvert was ex-
bm'ned ~ ten O'Clock aud i; reanily passed all
the winter. The track master and his station
men were over the whole line during the storm
aud all was safe. The track master was on the
engine, ou his way home and was killed. 1t
was an old rue of the road that tho section
men sha BE- on their duty aud pass over the
road during every storm, and examine all the
bridges and culverts at any hour of the day or
night and the division Superintendent renewed
this order within the last ten or twelve days.
By noon the next day after the accident there
WINS little or no water in the brook, aud person
could easily step it.
AS TO the number Of passengers on the train,
~ Is impossible 10 ascertain with accuracy as
the conductor was 81 much bruised as to 20
home on the first train The number of dead
bodies taken out OF the wreck thus Tar has been
33 and two have since died, making the total
50.
The Toledo Blade Of Friday, says:
Efforts ure still made for recovering bodies
from She scene of the wreck on tho NJ, S. Road,
Another was found yesterday, making SO taken
out dead, aud including lhro deaths among the
wounded, giving an aggregate loss, So lar, OF 80
lives, We hear rumurs OF higher numbers, but
without good foundations
From the Blade, and other sources, we CLEAN
the fpIlowing incidents connected with ,his
terrible accidcnt
The locomotive plunged so deeply into the
mud ond water that nothing could be seen of it
but the smoke stack, The Sleeping Car turned
end for eud as it went down.
The express car was in charge of Joseph w
Hartweli, NJ 'sScnger, and contained from $40 |
O0O to 10000 IN lncy--lbout hair specie and |
halt currency-beSule other valuable property.
The car was very bally broken up, aud the safe
broken into six or eight pieces, The money, |
strange to say, was all found and in good con. !
dluon' considering the exposure to mud aud
water II being found some six feet unJer the
surface.
lady who was carried down by the current
aud saved by catching hold of n limb, says at
least dozen human bodies soma alive ami cell |
ing Tor assistance, and some still and liielesS. |
passed by her in the stream.
II was remarked on this, as il has been on
similar occasions before that those who sur.
vived at all, were generally but slightly woun.
ded.
Mr. E. T, Goblet, of leil,rSon Co. n Y, was
returning from western trip with his wife and
child, aud was seated with them, They were
ooth Killed, while he was spared to pursue his |
homew war, Journey with their corpscs
A lady travelling alone was returning from
,he west to South Bend at which place her
brother was in waiting for her bat having hl-
len asleep and not awaking III time To leave the
tram al that sta tiod, was bcoushl on and taken
back yesterday corpse.
Tnree young men occupied seats facing eacl.
other, two sitting up and one lying down the
former were killed ana the later bal slbhlk in.
jureJ,
A laly from Illinois wished Mr.. Callican 10
say 10 Mr.. Rtchlrds, Con lucIor of the Seepin,
Car, that she owed her lille and that OF her chill
TO him She with her child were in the water,
and about to be carried away by the current
when Nj Richards caught them AMI rescued
them from death Mr., Callgan also acknowl
edges his own Indebtedness to Mr.. r for his
prompt and efhcieNt assistance in rrscuins the
property OF the Express Company from loss.
Even in this sceno of death and SUFFERING
when the humane Were incessant la l,bors il,
Tescuing and relieving the poor victim, of ,h,.
catastrophe, there We're not wanting iends in mn.
inan shape, wso empoyed every opportu litv loI
rifle The bodies of dead and wounded II totnlI
hsprSyity could give greater evidence OF supn.
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