The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-06-10
ACCIDENT ON THE MILWAUKEE,
AND CHICAGO RAILROAD:
Narrow escape of several hundred pas
sengers from destruction.
From the Milwaukee News.

From the Milwaukee News.
The ram from Chicago TO Milwaukee
yesterday net wih III accident At the
railroad bridge Al Keno>ha city which re-
suited IN The serious injury of the engi-
neer, John Duff: the fireman. Lewis
Warren; Mr. kiurdge. the nited States
Express messenger, and the wat.r-boy on
the tram, resident of Chicago, whose
name We did not. learn. The engineer.
Mr., l'urtf, 10y bis presence Of mird and
herolsu AT the critical momeal when sew
eral hundted lives depended upon his Fl
deity to duly, is probably injured fatal
Mfhe train left Kenpshs for Milwaukee
at the usual hour Yesterday noon Be-
sides locomotive, tender, baggage car ex
press and post otilre cars, there Were six
or eight cl"wded a>-enger COACHES. The
bridge Is between twent. and thirty feet
high and several hundred feet long, sub
stan;lal!y constructed, located few hun
dreG rods this side the station, and " AS ap-
preached by the train Al the usual slow
rate of speed. The lnmediae cause of the
accldeut Is believed to be :he sand which
had been driven ty the stroug winds o.
yes erda,, across he ties and rails a, the
southern eud Of the bridge, by Which
sGcans The wheels became oh..ructed and
he rails were caused to spread Ano,h her
aud perhaps more general suppnsitie.!
Is, that some children playing about ihe
Oriige had left d large stone buried IN the
sand on The tack. The rails and The
hrldge are new The loromntiva !eft the
ron as II passed upon the bulge and Ike, t
Tie Ties Tor perhaps hundred feet. " hen
1t pIu grd into i!le chasnt OF tbe west side
II Tie bridge, aentv ov ;hirN fe below
lne tender, baggage car, express and post
"thee car, followed. The 6rss (,ecoua
class passenger ear went partiy over, aud
hua2 10y Tie 'oupln2 Al AL atge o: about
torty i've degrees The next ear u tie
reat lett the tack bat remained on The
brIt2e, III such situation ~ To hold til.
preceding ear Until The passengers we're
reiie>ed if"m their crltlcai position. toF
tunairly every elnp:uyee on the fraip " <.s
faithful 10 hls trus', \, the tir-t app Ar
ahce oi danger, the engineer sountird the
slS"ai and put on lhe pa eni brakes. stop
, ping he 'Fain .'mo.i Instantly He might
have saved his fife b, jumping bu, he
brave. stood b, his pos, thinking only OF
! The precious freight In his charge Al the
signal OF danger. the brakeman standing
between the second and 'hlrd passenger
cars tnrnei on his brake ard unhf,ch-d
the couplings. SO suddenly was The tram
checked. that the brake on ihe rear cn1
"as broken short off hv the combustion -
he portion OF the ira II hich wen, over
WAS crushed into mass Of ruins. the loco
motive included. A portion OF the tack
was twisted ike shoe strings TIE en-
s'ne"r VA, not only injured by the fall,
! tni vas also badly scaIued hy the escao~
! l. = steam. Vixen We left there last even
InG. he was scarcely unnerved by his in
t Jhtles, refusing to consider hiu~4it b4dl,
| buit. Warren, the fireman. was also bad
y sca'ded over his whole BODY \ pniiion
! OF the breast excepted The Chicag"
! ne",-hoy had his arm and nose broken
] and WAS badly sCalGed. Mr. kulrAye
was severely cut on the forehead anh brui,-
ed upon his sde-but it il huiie,et! he uii
! soon recover. Two or three Others were
considerably though no. Sc ousIv bruised
A lev passengers jumped from tie plat
! form and one or ;~o from the windows.
all landing >sfelY in tie sand below. -
| When the engineer vas found. his hand
was sill hold cfth- lever By which he had
| ru; or the brakes.
! No sooner was the case realiz-i, than
| the PHYSICIANS aud other citizen, of ksno.
sha were promptly on he ground, ren>
derng al the assistance in their power
JoHN ROBINSON. of the firm Of f. & J
RoBI son, OF this place, was on the tram
at The time of the occurrence Of The acct
| dent. and he describes the scene AS truly
appalling. The pass sengers were ali obiig-
ed TO jump from the cars, nearly twenty
| feet down, in order to reach terra trina.
lie informs Us that the engineer and fte-
man have since died from the effects Of
their injuries. The greatest praise ls
a~arded those in charge of the rrsin, and
il is nor considered tha, the accident was
attributable o any negligence on the part
Of those who have the management, Of the
road in hands