The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-01-13
on the Cincinnati, Hamiltcn
and Dayton RilrOad.

At about 10 O'clock on Tuesday morning, Sth
inst, terrible collision occurred ou the Cincin.
natl Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, about eight
miles south OF Dayton, between a morning exprcss
train coming north in charge Of Conductor Potter,
and the express train Of Conductor Sanders, going
south, which resulted in the instant death of two
persons, and the woundiug Of thrty-two Posseu-
gers-some OF which were thought to be fatally in.
juTed.
Il seems tha, both trains were behiul time, aud
tho raip.dispatcher--Samuel Stevenson, Of Gin
cnnati- tclcgraphed to Carlisle. station fifteen
miles south of Dayton, knew il Potter train had
arrived, aud the operator there replied tha, it had
aud going the side track Mr.. Stevenson
then told the Carlisle operator to stop Potter there
until further orders, and also tclcgraphc1 to Con
ductcr Sanders TO start with his train from Dayton,
intending that he should pass Potters train at Car
Isle. But Pottcr's tran Instead Of going on the
side track as the Carlisle operator said it had, i'm
medately proceeded toward Daytou; and when
the operator discovered this fact, and commun-
Gated Il to Mr. Stevenson, Sanders train had al
ready started from Dayton. Thus the two trains,
,nly fifteen miles apart, were started at nearly the
same moment; there WAS no telegraph station be-
for stopping either Of them; both were behind
time, and consequently running at extra speed.
! Under such circumstances, Of course collision
was almost inevitable. The two trains met in a
curve of the road, where neither engineer could sec
more than two or three hundred yards ahead. Tho
locomotives of the two trainS--tlc John W. Ellis OF
the up-bound and the Carlisle of the down train
came together with fearful crash. The Ellis en-.
gine turned over on It's back, and on the top Of
the tender, while the Carlisle was thrown on the
top Of the Ellis, and the baggage car of the down
train was thrown ON top of the Carlisle'S tender
Four passenger train, and three on the
| other, were smashed.
Both engineers and Grcmen jumped from theit
| locomotives as as they saw that collision
could not be avoided The engineers were badly
injured by jumping, but the firemen escaped with
slight scratches, AS dill both conductors. The fol
lowing is a list of the killed and wounded, as fur
nished by D. McLaren, Superintendent of the road
Thomas Davis, baggage muster, killed Mrs. II
hippingcr, Iimi, do; Greenwood Il. Southland
engineer, injured in the head John a Collins, en-
giuecr, do. in the side; john Hand Of Dayton
shoulder slightly wounded Mrs, Kline, Of Spring
field, slightly wounded Geo. Stebbins, do. Jas
W. Morrow, Chaplain 9gth o. ". l., both legs frac
tured Jas. VI. Turner, Columbus Grove, slightly
wounded George Trent both legs broken Smor
l.. Drisbaugh, slightly wourded Mrs. NJ Mitchell
JUhnson's Station, dangerously wounded; j. Keith
passenger engineer, leg broken; Matthias Kinney
slightly wounded j. HI. lliuscy. leg broken; Mrs
Berins, of Piqua slightly wounded Miss Maggi,
Wallace hip dislocated L. G.. Anderson, slight,
wounded; Saml Hampton OF Virginia, leg broken
d. NJ. Line of Sidney, slightly wounded S. w.
Line, OF Sidney, do; ID. G. Michael, of Sidney
legs burned C. +. Hutton, slightly wourded; Mis-,
Khppinger, do. B. w. Rouse Toledo, do. ia col
| Steiner, Cincinnati, leg fractured; Sergeant c. W
Burchardt, fractured leg and badly burned DR.
Willard, Dayton, slightly wounded; Miss Maggi,
Murray, Sidney, do; Richard Haley, l5tl
| L. $. A., do.
The victims of the accident were taken to Daytor
as soon as possible, whore they well cared for
On Wednesday AMI Thursdly last, an inques
was held at Dayton, to inquire into the cause of tn
death Of Mrs. Clipringcr, Of Lima, of tn
killed. After hearing the testimony Of the telc
graph operators, conductors of the trains. and tn
train-dospatchcr, the jury returned the following
verdict;
"Thc deceased came to her death on account o
the negligence Of Samuel Stevenson, manager a
the trains at Cincinnati, in not knowing ccrtanl
that Mr.. Puttcrs train, No. |, was at Carlisle sta
ton, and held there with positive orders, betor
telegrap pIing Sanders train, No. 10, then at Day
ton, to proceed on the road on Poter's TIM"
The telegraph operator at Carlisle was unqucs
tionably guilty of gross carelessness, and he hn
since been discharged from the employ of the Rail
road Company.