The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-09-14
BY ElAlS<ifkA PH
IrrrRNAL sHCEssIoN OUTRAGE
I'm MISSOURI y ~ Ii.
PAG6ENG Err TRAIN THROWN INTO
PLAT7 RIVER AND MANY PER
~ SONS KILLED AND WOUNDED. -
Only One Person Escaped Unhurt.

ing account or dlaoolicaI outrage on That noao
day before yesterday: hs.a, ,4,H.
The passenger express tram pound west. sept
20, Was thrown INTO riatt hNer. Inc timoer
or the east emo o. the oiioge over snst ssre.m
having been burned nearly through, tne ea'ire
tram went down, tne engine turning oyer, ana
the oaggage, hrc'gns, mall ana Two passenger
coaches, piied on top. Inc passenger coaones
we're compieteiy sm mas ana was tse Only cne
OF sne tram tnat escape1 unnurt. aver ge'uns
OUT OF tne baggage car cc,n'i'snceu .atlE tao
passengers tna AZ were not .is'eo ron 'ne "IecN.
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,;onsi scconnt &c he terrible disaster an the
Hsnnihsi aud a. Ina Railroad il fars;shed the
81 Louis Rennblican.
The catsstronhe occurred at Little Platte
river bridge. o miles east Of ST. Joseph. The
bridge vas substantial work of 100 feet spau.
and about IS feet above the river. Tho timbers
of the bridge had been burned underneath the
1rsck until thev would sustain hut little more
than their own weight. and the fire vas then
extinguished. leaving the bridge q mere sheiL !,
The train. bringing from IS to 100 p.sse gers.
including women and children. reached the river
NJ IL O'Clock At night, The bridge looking &c.
cure the train passed on. but no sooner had the
iocomotive measured its'l.npth nnon the bridge
than some 40 or so Yards Of the structure gave
way. precipitating the entire train into, the
abyss belox. All the seats in The passenger
coaches we're torn aud showed in front. carving
men. women and children in promiscuous bean
down the declivity and buryiig them among tue
crushed timnbars or throwing them out Of the
cars throught the broken side, ~ Ia, ii, /.
Jagged pieces o: Aoo,ipg inhaled some acme
we're maueled by mac hinery tearing through The
timbers-rS, Vel, yyieral, were caught between blanks
dressing together like vice--others wore ., ruck
nv nar,s of he roof M Ia came downvitn m o..
~ force-still Others we're cut with nieoes of
lass. While vonnds and blood and agony nre.
called ali oyyar the fr;ghtfnl scene7 and ahrieka
of main vere m;nyled 1;th cries Of terror In
this var tbe twn cas-, sara AZ tho train van,
down. nitchinc the nassanpers into The vreeI or
throwf;ng them into Inc v.tcr vh;ch MT th;s no;nt
il shnu,1o a.. aud h.if in aon,h
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;ntendent of ,ho II Z E,n.os. ". M ~,
.aon, md ", He. a.a p. 80 - So ."s;.
rsnce 10 tho s,,..a-srs Tho suffs,;,a If tho -,
"s;nda, IS ,hnsa rh 80. WV. ,.,I,ed a,."; ~
he;no :, disabled a. =, no hs,n,ass sff' e"''
As,er do;ns al, tho, :, v.s nos';h,. e., ,hos.
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,nad;.si and o,hsr sss;.,.nss D., ri a.,
,n;lss ~ ,ha 49, when ha ,onaa hs.a ~ Nv
no., ,h;eh ~ ..osn, -" .oa"u uu . 10.
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oaH f".',o"o VIC s.ronsy swap
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a.. 49, IL soH o' .",an s'.em ="
=. h.".aI ~. WY I.s % 'es oeeu ~ o"u
'..'S ~. 'uas rams co.u ~. Etfs ossr ~, y.
=. 49, " ~, 49, Ne"eusne ~ ~
~. ~. ~. a .,.. vac e"o" spleau .oas"
,,;nh. nsgs GU - 80 o ' Ivy. -
c;sns in ths ns;ebhorhood su;"k,s ys
their services, and at half past O'clock train
fully supplied with medical stores and other me-
cessaeies' vas 81 t4e s9ene ct the disaster. s.
Inc wounded mad all been conveyed from the
wreck, and were lying upon the banks end on
SAND bars In the river. Seventeen dead bodies
wei recovered, and it is believed this number
embraces all who were Killed up to that time. Ie
Two men were SO badly wounded that 1t was
not expected they would survive till morning,
while many others were dangerously wounded,
and would have to pc well taken care OF to re
cover. Many who will escape with their lives,
VIII be severely manned and crippled.
ar. lager our informant, did not remain to
hnisn the emb"rkat,on OF the wounded TOR
81 Joseph, but was aespsiched to brookheid,
which Is east OF tie bridge, ior a"other train to
20 10 the wreck. "nen ne Ie't' the names Of
the wounded wsre peipg taken down and also
shnn, chan, hv ,vL;ch Inv cn;,,d he ;,an,;sad