Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-01-14
Terrible Railroad Accidental Colli-
sion on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
e. Dayton Dayton Hailroad--Tw
Killed and ThirtYstWo Wounded.

Terrible Railroad Accident Colli- |
sion on the Cincinnati. Hamilton |
g. Dayton Dayton Railroad--TwoI
Killed and Thirty.two Wounded.
From the Cincinnati Gazette, Jan. 6h.l
A terribly railroad accident occurred yes
terday forenoon about eight miles this side |
OF Dayton, and one mile above Carrolton in
the curve near the pinnacles between the Z
A. NJ. Express going North and the Toledo
Express coming this way, which resulted in |
the total destruction of the tive trains, the
killing OF Thomas Davis, the baggage mas
ter on the up train, and the injuriDg Of
thirty-two passengers, more or less.
The cause Of this accident is stated to
intendent, Mr.. Williams, WHO happened to
bo at Dayton, telegraphed to the operator
at Carlisle to know where Potter's train
was. The operator replied, it is just in
and is backing down on the side track Mr..
Williams replied, hold it there until further
orders.
Sanders train, which was waiting nt Day
ton to come down; was started by Mr.. Will
liams, but the train had not been gone over
three or four minutes. when the operator at
Carlisle telegraphed Mr.. Williams, pot
ter's train has been gone two or three min
utes." Both trains were behind time, aud
were running at full speed, probably thirty
to thirty-five miles per hour, and Mr.. Will
lams at once saw what would inevitably oc.
cur in few minutes, but without the pow
cr to prevent it, there being no telegraph
station between Carlisle and Dayton. The
locomotives of the two trains-the John w.
Ellis on the up bound and the Carlisle on
the down train, came together about one
and o. half miles North Of Carrolton with a
fearful crash The Ellis engine was turned
over on its back and on the top of the ten
der, while the Carlisle was thrown on top Of
the Ellis, and the baggage car was run on
top of the tender of the former. The engi
neers, Jack Collins, of the Ellis, and Green
Southwark, Of the Carlisle, and both firemen
Jumped from the train as soon as they saw
the collision could not be avoided Collins
had three ribs broken in jumping from the
train, and received severe contusons on the
head and shoulders. Southvard, it was re-
ported, had leg broken, and was other.
wise severely injured. The fremen esca ned
with few scratches. Thomas Davis, the
baggage master OF the up train heard the
whistle to down brakes" and supposing
they were coming to wood station, stet-
ped out Of the baggage car, and was caught
between the car and tender, and instantly
killed. One woman, q Mrs. HI. Klippin-
ger, of Lima, who was sitting near the
stove, was so severely burned that she died
before she could be removed to Dayton.
Although an extra train was hurried down
! from Dayton to the scene of the accident
}, with laboring men to remove the track, it
was fully three hours before all the wounded
were cxtricated.
Mr.. McI.arcn, the Superintendent, went
up from this city on the two p. NJ. train
; taking with him DIR. Blackman to attend tc
the wants of the wounded Several other
doctors were also in attendance from Day
ton, Franklin and other djacent towns. -
= The Messengers ofthe U. 5. Express Com.
pany, Messrs. Stone, Thayer and ShaeffeI
received severe bruises. while their freight
was scattered far and near. At ten o'clock
last night, when our reporter left the scene
OF the accident, large gang Of men were at
work, aud two locomotives on the ground
were trying to extricate the disabled en-
} gines, but without success. and it will proba.
bly, be to-day noon before the wreck can bc
cleared up.
A passenger train was brought down from
Dayton, on which all the wounded were car
ried hack to that city. The physicians il
attendance expressed the opinion that al
except three or four, who were seriously in
5 jured. would recover.
: Both locomotives remained on tho track,
as did also the cars The baggage cars were
completely demolished Four passenger
cars on one train and three on another,
were smashed. One passenger car on the
Dayton train was driven into another.
The conductors escaped with slight
scratches