The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-19
HORRIBLE RAILROAD MASSACRE.


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A Railroad Train Precipitated into a
Creek-Fifty Soldiers Killed and Up
wards OF One Hundred Wounded.
CINCINNATI, Sept. Is, 1851.
Last night at halfpas eight O'Clock train the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad containing a portion Of Col.
lorchn's Nineteenth Illinois regiment while passing
bridge near Huron, Ind, 143 miles west of Cincinnati,
fell through, killing and woundng over hundred
ders Intelligence Of the disaster reached here late
last night when special train was despatched to their
assistance
The following despatch has been received from tho ops-
rator of the telegraph office at Huron dated minutes
past one O'Clock this morning.
The bridge No 4S was broken In two; IL let four cars
down into the bed Of the and top them
The engine and one car passed safely. There
about one hundred wounded and ten fifteen killed The
Colonel Of the regiment says that about that number
are killed. although nearly all Of company missing
1t thought that the bridge weakened by some ma
lcious persons"
CINCINNATI, Sept. 1s-P.M NJ.
The accident on the Ohio and Marietta Railroad has
proved worse than at first reported. Four passen-
ger cars went into the creek box and baggage
ear on top of them. These contained two hundred
and fifty men--Companies E, F. and ].
The two latter companies are the principal sufferers
Captain Howard of Company l. is among the killed. Up
to this time about thirty of the dead have been taken out
and more are under the wreck.
train is now on the way here with ninety two Of the
wounded The impression the wreck that forty or
fifty are killed The indications strong that the
bridge was tempered with by malicious traorous per-
sons The bridge sixty feet span feet high and
was lately inspected
NAMES OF THE KILLED.
The following are the names Of the killed and wound
ed
Martin Kellogg, j. C. Valentine,
COMPANY G.
o. H. Calding, David Noble,
G, NJ Brahetine.
Captain B. b Howard, Private McConnolly,
Cororal Jerry Ingram, Captain Bruce,
W. A. Ross, W. Harwek,
Carroll J. Colcoran, Antoine Palmer,
H. Connors, John Douglas,
John Brown, H. Hunt
Joseph Smith,
And four others whose have not been
NAMES oP THE WOUNDED.
COMPANY A.
First Lieut.. Clifton T. whar- Private Massey
tom seriously.
John Blachman leg ampu- J. W. Peck.
W. f. Brown w. w. Ieane
Daniel Marcy. b. F. Wright.
Prospect Warng Daniel Smith
Richard Porter Corporal II. F. Beebe.
James Myers. Corporal A. Goldsmith.
J. II. Parkinson. A. Y. Pummer
T. w. Martin J. W. Lindsay.
John Russell. j. Anna
Felix Cox. Andrew Mccormick.
j. II. Border. H. Atwood
w. Welsh
COMPANY O.
Geo Morris, seriously. W. Billings
Vim. Tracy. w. r. Whitley.
Jno Lyons. j. b. McMulen.
Alfred Taylor IL A. Reed.
Caleb Shower. wv: Houghtalng.
Bent Bennett. Charles f. Belton
JnO J. Abbell. James Maxwell
II. I. Miller. Stephen Staleck.
Michael James. James M. Tennison
- Christian. J. A. Lindsey.
John Hayes. Lewis Springer.
Robert q. Osborne, seri'ly. Clark Dodge
II. Shot. II. Farr.
Martin waltmer. H. Hopewell.
Dennis Gallagher. Thos Dyck.
Dennis Yomreis. Abraham Persing.
r. Mumf0rd. Charles Hensng
j. MumfOrd.
ooxPASYL
Daniel Snyder. Michael Maloney.
A. Gilmore. Harrison Cowdcr.
Alfred Crppen. Howard Beardsley.
Cuas. II. Rea. W. C. Smith,
John Rhnas. f.. j. Irwin
Conrad Jehlesser. NJ Jones.
James Lynn, seriously. W. Pilman.
j. s. Allison. Daniel Farlow
Vim. Wlppo. John Kramer.
Auguste winthrop Corporal Vincent
l.. NJ Carroll. Simon Vchor Ainken.
W. p. Tyler. ii. Dennis
Jno Morrissey. H. H. Palmer, seriously.
W. H. Vickers james Dawson.
Frank Hardce. John Fritk
H. Hobbs. s. bowling.
Nicholas Alore. W Noble.
NJ. V. Foley. John W. Boston
COMPANY x.
James C. Fullerton,
and twelve Others slightly wounded that we their
Six seriously wounded beyond hopes Of re-
covery.
The wounded arrived here at five P. NJ, and all
taken to the Marine Hospital where ample arrangements
have heen made for THAR comfort