The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-12-27
TERRIBLE RAILROAD CASUALTY.



Cleveland and Pitssburg Railroad
Burning OF Passengor Cars-Hesrs-
from the cisvssnd Issdsr, Dec. Ml
our painful duty y record another terrible rail.
road csam y Which Ave persons oss ,ns, vss ADD
AZ our readers have already learned the accident hap
pened 10 the mail train the Cleveland and Pittsburg
road. which lett this city a eight O'Clock yesterday
morning. the train had arrived Ut small resslework
bridge about mile north Of Hudson when the ocomo-
tive rail which. Is supp Sod, mad been broken
displaced BY the FROST The locomotive, baggage car
the nrs passenger coach passed safely over but the
second coach the bridge. entirely dsmoIishng IT,
and precipitang The second aud third coaches into the
west side Of tho bridge. whore entirely destroyed
ny fire. and the thin falling on the cast side, where
bridge the first passenger coach caught Ore from the
upsetting OF the stoves and was completely consumed
The conductor Of the train, Mr.. o. jenkins, had
stepped into the forward passenger tho accident
happened. Had no remsined in the second car pneot
longer the painful duty Of chroncing his death might
There were number q soldiers on the train, several
scratches Il was reported that these soldiers eft Ceye
land fixed bayonets II this be So " Is the geo test
wonder Ia the world that no greater number were fatally
injured.
as soon as they could cxtrcae themselves from the
mmod,o So, rops T.moynS w ,so de"a and
those who wero wounded and unable TO
Tree from the coal. mass o. ,n sss r hons
were buried Among the first taken out was Oliver II.
Perry, OF this city, who had With him hts gun and
valuable dog, being on q hunting excursions pastme
which no dearly loved. 10 10 said he would GO In the
cold bleak winter and stay several days In the woods
with shelter bus but made Of boughs pockebock
containing several hundred dollars In grcenback thr
teen dollars 10 silver and recipe for kind Of dog
medicine was found, which, Is supposed, belonged 70
Mr.. Perry.
Tho most melancholy aud hear.rendpg bereavement Is
that Of little daughter Of j. Robinson. Her father
mother and self wero on the way from their home In
Michigan TO mako holiday visit 10 friends 10 Pennsy
vana, when DEATH unheraded and unthought OF, thus
rudsly tore them from her. and shc IL LETT alone this
wide world, an orphan. Her lamentations were pteous
in the extreme
some OF the wounded we're taken to houses In the
vicinity Of the accident; but the dead and tho greater
portion Of the injured removed HUDSON speedi
do BY side, In an unoccuPsd hotel: and the wounded
received every attention. medical and Otherwise 81 the
hands OF the good people OF Hudson.
During the day yesterday the city was Wild with ex
citement and the telegraph Offices and depot be-
seged by ANXIOUS frcnds and % learn the
particulars OF The sad AFFAIR which has cast deep gloom
many household. The OF the calamity spread
ocked to the scene The accident The town OF Hudson
Was literally Oiled with country convsyances Of every
description.
AZ the nrst utimaon Of the accident wreckiny trains
immediately sent out, which followed by
trains containing bridge materials and the inn
plsmens for the erection OF bridge. TIE company
intend have the road running order the shortest
been perfected for the transfer Of passengers aud bag
gage from side Of the bridge 70 the other.
The company not In the least 10 blame for the acci
dent, the bridge nearly road 10 per-
feet ORDER the OF the accident bsng clearly The
breaking OF . rail By frost.