The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-04-04
TERRIBLE DISASTE
Col. Barstow's Regiment Thrown From
The Track Of the Northwest
ern Railway.
Eleven Soldiers Killed and Fifteen
Wounded.
TFron, the Ch,cugo Post Of the 2Sh

IRON, the Chfcdgo Post ~ the Zeth
A dreadfnl disaster TO the train which
was bringing the 81 Wisconsin cavalry
regimen, 10 This ci'y occurred night be-
fore last, about three mile. from the depot
of the Northwestern railway in this city
Four passenger coaches were deInolis he'd.
killing instantly ten soldiers, ard woun'i
ing fifteen Others, some seriously. The
cause If the disaster was the breaking of
a car axle.
Tie regiment left JanesvilIe about B
o'clock "Wednesday afternoon in two trains
comprising some "a carriages. The for
ward carriages in each train were freigh,
cars, and contained the eqn'page, etc, OF
the regiment, Behind these were the
passenger coaches containing the men.
The fist train consisted Of the engine
and tender, six baggage and eleven pas
seager cars-severtcen IN all. 1t WAS in
charge Of conductor John Hull, aud en-
sneer. n. II. Barnes.
Nptrouhe Of any kind occurred until
he forward train, which was mile or so
, III advance of The other, had reached ii
point about three miles fir, m the depot in
this city. when the forward axle OF the first
passenger coach broke close 20 the wheel.
la this condition, the train WAS dragged
for perhaps two hundred wards and until
a broken Car cIossei culveIt, where
there was a cattle guard. Al that poin;
the detached heel fell through. The run
ming gear ofthe car struck The ground and
ties with great violence. so that The tram
~as torn asunder, the "humper" of the
first passenger car being torn from its tas-
Jennings. The first cara second class
one-was thrown from the track, on the
right hand side, but none of its inmates
was seriousy hurt. Those in the second
car did not escape SO well. This coach
WAS thrown over upon is side, 10 the LEFT,
into ditch some three feet below the
track, and full Of water Seven persons
III the car were drowned in the ditch,
from which they were unable to escape.
They were all more or less bruised, but
received no wound, that woul& necessarily
have proved fatal. The thiricar was 'u!n
bled partly Oft tie track. the rear end nf it
WAS struck bv the fourth, crushed into a
thnu>aud iraompn1s. ami three soldiers
were Instantly killed, while others were
severely injured. The fourth car was not
SO baII, broken up as the others.
The four cars Ihu~ thrown off contained
companies A, E and &, in al, about 275
men. From the manner IN which thew
were broken up, it is surprising ,bst the
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