Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-04-04

his jury, and few other citizens our ronor,o.
visited the scene of the disaster by special IRAN
at noon, and took survey of the desolat;on ~,
ruin there visible. The work of destrnct; nu
was complete. Five cars lay wrecked, upon the
ground, In manner that clearly revealed tbo
sudden and violent manner in which this fatal
crash was visited upon the bewildered soldiers
On all sides lay innumerable fragments of the
demolished cars; weeds. axles trucks. rods
bolts, cushions seats, &C., intermingled with
broken swords, torn garments, and human blood
covering the ground for many rods. It vasa
sickening sight, when viewed in connection
with the fact OF such loss OF life; yet it seems
almest incredible that there were not at least
five times as many more killed outright as there
were,
The DEAD.-T he dead bodies of the ten vic
TINS were yesterday placed in the old depot
building of the Rrilroad Company, and are to be-
conveyed back to their bereaved friends, from
whom they so recently parted. One poor fellow
was most horribly mangled. His head and face
were smashed into pulpy form utterly beyond
recogniton;one of his feet was crushed to ielly,
spllntered boes mangled flesh and torn sin
ews protruding from his ensanguined uniform
The other foot was so nearly seAered at the ank
lie that but mere strip of skin held it. One of
his legs was half cut through Just below the
knee 1t was sight SO appalling as not even
tue battle held may rarely furnish its parallel
And this poor fellow, Walter Smell, of Co. e.,
only an hour or two before, had parted from his
fearful wife, who accompanied him to Howard
Station, She had given him up to die if needs
| be, upon the battle field of his country, little
| dreaming that frightful and violent death was
| so near. A brother of this man, who lives at
Jefferson, in this county, came TO the dead house
in the morning. and proposed taking the body
of his brother home for burial. This will un
| doubtedly be allowed. .-.-.
| The folIouino IL n oorroot l;ct &c IL.
injured.
kILIED.-Prvate Charles Briggs, Company
A, Tomah. Monroe county
Private William Davis, Company a, Irving.
jackson county.
Private Charles D. Hatch, Cornpany A. Burns
La Crosse county
Fifth Sergeant James F. Palmer Company A,
| Viroqua, Bad Axe county
Private Lucien N. Rawson, Company A. Shell
dou Monroe county
Private Casper Stone, Company A, Burns, La
Crosse county.
Private E. NJ Bemis, Company F, New Al
banv, Wisconsin.
| Private William H. Case. Comnany q Cane
va, Walworth county.
Private Walter Smell, Company G, Lynn Wal
worth county 49,.
Hospital Stewart Elisha Sharp, Delavan Wall
worth county.
DANGEROUSLY Observation-Disclosures Ser
geant l.. Joseph Edwards, Co. G, Geneva, Wal
worth county-seyeral ribs broken and hurt in
ternally; is now at the Eagle Hotel, near the
Chicago and Northwestern depot, in this CITY,
and is not expected to survive his injuries.
Private Byron H. Wilcox, Company |, Harv
ard fracture of both legs
Private R. E. Griffin, Company G, Kingston,
| Green, Lake county
Private John j. Smith Company A.
SEVERELY, BUT Nor Fatally WoUSDEp-Pri
vate N F. Hatch, Co. G, Platteville
Private--Tweedei,C Co G.
Prlvare Fred. Billings, Co. A, Leon, Monroe
county Private John Crits, Co. D.
SLIGHTLY WoUNDED.-AmoDg those who were
slightly injured are the following
| Davis Oustot, Co. A, confusion on head.
CD. Farewell, Co. G, right shoulder spraned
y. ellison, Co. a, left shoulder and arm and
left foot injured.
George Crosby, Co. a, injured spine.
Robert Lawrence, Co. A. shoulder sprained
Frederick Il. johnson, Co. A, right knee and
left side injured.
M. 5. Whiting, Co. A, hips sprained and head
| cut.
VIM. Anderson, Co. A, right ankle sprained
Charles PUTNAM, Co. A, knee sprained Ersf.
| Superintendent L. Dunlap and Gen. Ticket
| Agent E. Dewitt Robinson, were on the train
when the crash took y lace, and did all in their
power to relieve the sufferers. The cars DESTROY
ed belonged to the Milwaukee and Mississippi
| ailioau company, ana had been loaned to the
Northwestern Company for the purpose of
transporting the regiment to this city
1t is thought by many who were on the train
that when the violent humping of the first pas
senger car commenced one pull at the bell rope
would have signaled the engineer in time to
have saved the train. But no one in that car
seemed to realize the nature of the breakage
and the rope not pulled. Neither the engi
neer nor the ccnductor-who were at the ex
treme ends of the train at the moment-bad anv
intlmatiOn of what had occurred, until il was
| too late to avoid The crash And as the train
was not unnlng at a rate of more than twenty
miles an hour, it would seem that no blame
could attach to any of the officers or emp loyees
of the road Chicago Tribune.