The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-07-07
Terrible Railroad Accident on the Mich.
igan Southern Road.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. June oS.

Terrible Railroad Accident on the Mich
igan Southern Road.
SOUTH BEND, Ind, June %.
A little before midnight, the night ex-
press train from Chicago to Toledo, when
between South Bend and Mishawaka,
passing over an enbankmcnt spanning a
rayine, at the base of which is a culvert,
the enbankmont suddenly gave way, and
the whole train was percipitated into the
ravine, which was followed by rapid
torrent Of water
The engine was literally buried in
quicksand and mud, and the tender, bag
gage and express car, and two second
class cars were shattered almost into
kindling wood, and piled on the top of
the engine. The two first class passen-
ger cars. followed, and were torn to
pieces and carried down the stream,
while the sleeping car, although making
the leap with the rest, was much less
injured.
The stream is naturally but a rivulet,
but was swollen by the extraordinary
rains of the previous afternoon and even
ing. Floodwood probably checked the
4 culvert, converting the embankment into
a dam, ard the great weight of water
with .he conclusion of the crossing train
csdsed the sad calamity.
I About $50 passengers were on the
train of those, 60 have been taken from
the ruins dead, and so or so more are
wounded, or escaped unhurt, the rest
not heard from. as many of the dead
were drowned in the ravine. 1t is feared
that others not heard from have lost their
lives in the same manner.
Mr.. Bliss, the President of the Road,
and Mr.. Miriam Sibley, one Of the Direc-
tors, were in the sleeping car and escap-
ed unnjured.
Citizens of South Bend and Misha-
waka turned out en- masse TO assist the
wounded and search for the dead.
One lady was carried down the stream
towards the river, but lodged in tree
top, and heard several float by crying for
help.
The engineer had been running over
the bridge from Laporte each way care
fully. The train was not running faster
than 10 or 20 miles an hour. The train
going west had passed over the embark
ment safely at $50 P. NJ
The United States Express had over
$4,000 in their safe, which broke to
pieces by the collision, but the Agent
here has recovered the most OF it in the
ruins.
One of the through mail bags was
found near the river, goo yards from the
break, but whether others are lost cannot
be told
The ravine is about 25 feet deep and
IS to 100 feet wide The night was
very dark, and there was a curve in the
road just before the embankment was
reached
Mrs. Increase Sumner, Alice C. Sum
ner, nine years of age, Neville E. Sum
ner, six years, all Of Chicago Mary
Ann Curran, of Dunkirk, New York
Mr.. McNealy, Fon du Lac, Wisconsin /;
Richard Muldary, Calumet, Indiana
Mr.. Streeter, Sparta, Wisconsin Henry
Feckenger, Reading, Pa; B. p. McCul-
Tough, Lawrenceburg, Ia: J. Nc Carthy,
Holmesville. Ia; Thos. Mshan. train
boy, Laporte J. w. Hartwell, Toledo
Jas. P. Darlington, baggage master o.
w. Smith, road master Mr.. Z. p Gill
lett and child, Stone Mills, New York
David Tulip, engineer, Laporte Theo-
dore Tulip, fireman, Laporte Mrs. NJ
H. Regain, Rockford, died last night
Jacob Smith, banker Wall ST. N. Y. do /;
Cornelius Walworth. Rome, Wis. do
and eleven bodies unrecognized.
INJURED.
Stephen. H. Arnold, Decatur county,
Iowa, severely; w. H. Weller, Milwau-
kee, slightly Mary Coats, Youngstown,
Ohio, do; B. O'Brien, Chicago, do
Miss d. A. Porter, Sturgis, Mich. three
ribs broken; w. N. Connell, slightly
s. G. Rose. Codwater, Mich, do Jesse
Dying, Louisville, Pa, do w. j. Hawk,
Charleston Va, do; C. Yark and wife,
Otsego county New York; Mrs Regain,
ILL.,, do; daughter of above
missing; A. Van Saylk, Warren coun-
ty, Iowa, severely; four children of
above, slightly; VIM. Osgood, conduc-
tor, slightly Olmstead, leg broken
Mr.. Schaub. Chicago, leg broken Fred
Miller, Holmesville, Iowa; Augustus
White. Iowa; j. r. Gardiner. Jones'
vile, Mich VIM. Flannery, Ainsworth-
Ill p. Myer, do; p. Quinne, do; V.
r. Anderson, do c. Anderson, do A.
d. Piser, Chicago; Dan p Rhodes
Mrs. Rhodes; w. Jury and wife. of
Brooklyn, N. Y; Oscar Waspeter, Rock
ford, Iii G. Bennett, Adrian, Mich