Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-01-19
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Frightful Railroad Accident.

I a Whole Tram PreeipitdLed into the JttGiatG
s1RipT-z 7Ipenty Jf1e or Thirty PersoHf Ia
jHred-Fpe Cars BueHsd, 'etc.r etc.
On Sunday morning, about halfpast
seven O'Clock, frightful casualty ocurred1
on the Pennsylyania Railroad, at the
bridge over the Little Jnniata, four miles
from Tyrone, in Blair county, By which
some twenty. five or thirty persons were
injured. The facts, SO far as we have been
\ able! to gather ,them. are follows:
The express train, which left Phtladel-
\ phia on Saturday; aud which was due
| here at one O'Clock Sunday afternoon, was
proceeding at the usual rate ofspeed, and
was just approaching the bridge over the
/ Little Juniata, four miles from Tyrone,
when the bind axle of the tender broke
The train consisted of two express cars,
one baggage, two passenger and two sleep.
ing cars. The cars which followed the
tender were thrown OF the track, and the
trucks continued TO jump over the cross
ties, until the express cars reached the
bridge, when the coupling of the tender
broke, and the express, baggage and pas
senger cars with the exception Of one
sleeping car) .wer0 alt percipitated into
the bed of the, stream. The engine cleared
the bridge in safety. It happened, very
fortunately, that there were only about
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cars tell. The two! express cars, which
were first in the train, fell in the deepest
water, and the baggage and two passenger
cars were piled on the top of them, smash
ing them to pieces, and fiattening them
down in the water. This kept the passeu-
ger cars out Of thesWater, in great mea-
sure, and they WsEo 30 broken that 1t was
not very difficult matter for those pas
sengers who had not been seriously injured
to escape. The train was yeryilight, there
not being more than forty persons aboard.
only two of whom were ladies, and these
both escaped unipjured. The sleeping
cars were behind, and ono of them hung
over the abutment, being held by the cou
ping of the other, which stood up on the
1 abutment. There were but two passen.
gers, however, in this latter car.
In few minutes after the accident, and
i before all the injured had been gotten out,
the cars took FIRE, and were soop in a blaze.
The men who we're uniniured worked most
hcroicaIly, aud soon every car was cleared
of its occupants. The flames spread very
rapidly, consuming the baggage car and
baggage, the mail matter, and the passen-
ger and sleeping cars, The last car, which
stood on the abntment, caught FIRE from
the one which hung down from it, and was
also consumed. The express cars, being
L GruSueu into tue WALTZ ulu NO. ouEuI UuI
/ their contents will be mostly destroyed.
o6s section Of the bridge was also de-
1'stroyed by .tire.. - ~ LII
8. The train was 10 charge Of conductor T.
S. Leisenring, who was very severely in
| jured. His collar. bone was broken, and
he was cut considerably the face, besides
receiving some internal injury. With he
rofc devotion TO duty, he started TO walk
10 the nearest telegraph station, TO give
notice Of the accident, but had not gone
far when he fell exhausted by the way. and
I had to be conveyed 10 a place OF shelter,
where be was left 10 charge Of a physician.
/ Mr. Augustus Steinmeyer, leather dealer,
l No! 1877 Smithfeld street. was dangerously
injured, and fears are entertained for his
| recovery. His spine was supposed to have
been broken, and he was badly bruised.
1 He was left at Altoona.
Thomas Howard, Esq, was also on the
train, and was severely though not dan
4 gerohsly injured. he was brought home
last evening, and conveyed to his residence
in Lawrenceville.
laS Most OF those on the train were soldiers,
and we regret to learn that many OF them
belong to the 28th Pennsylvania Regiment.
4 They were on their way back from Phila-
deIphia, toenjoy their furlough among their
friends and relatives 10 this city and vicin-
names Of those who were injured, but fail
ed to do SO.
Gen. Geo. W. Cass, President of the Pitts.
burgh, Fort Wayne aud Chicago Railway
Company, was on board the train, but he
escaped without injury.
Il MI. Walter Kirkpatrick, Jr., brakestuau
RESTING on Webster street, was slightly in
4 iured, as was also Mr.. Thomas McGreRgor,
baggage master, but they both came in on
? the train last night, and consider them
: selves tall right"
Nearly every person on board the train
was more or less bruised and cut.
A special train was provided as soon as
possible, and the worst were conveyed to
I Altoona, eighteen miles distant, who're they
4 were placed in comfortable rooms, and left
in charge Of competent physicians.
. The baggage car contained a valuable re-
/! mittance on Government account, being
/. no less sum than $4,000, 900 in ''green-
> backs" being shipped west TO pay off the
troops. TWAS in four water tight boxes;
d and, in the excitement, sone persons i'm
r agine1 that these boxes contained powder
! or some other combustibte material, and
[ they were showed into the stream. They
were subsequently secured, however, and
> when the officer having them in charge
) "turned up" he had them removed TO q
them shi 800
The distance from the bridge to the bed
, of the stream is between thirty Ave and
: I forty feet, and it is most remarkable that
q no person was killed. Tie accident is one
of the most serious which has ever occur
rcd on this road, butt was altogether mn
9 ayofdable." - ~,
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