The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-12-21
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A teffibIe railroad accident occurred on
Thursday night last on the Grand Trunk
Ralrosel, about nile and half west cf
the nttroit aud Milwaukee, o Jrnctior, caus,
by cbllision between passenger aul
freight train. Ahep t',e cesliGon Tho cars
tort fire. 0,e Of lhc horrible Incidents Of
tho disaster is thus described 10y the De.
troit Free FiJ@
The mail agent Grorgc W.Milcn from
Port Huron, was found inmmcd IN between
TIC baggage anf foFwertl pWsseugrr car
liTleg w.N litnAy held between two piccos
Of lTukcR timber. aud all clIDr,s to rescue
him before the dcyonring flames engulphcd
hin, IN their folds. proved futile. Tho onust
herculean efforts TO extricato his crushed
and bleeding limbs from it's feafni embrace
were used, but the rapidly spreading limes
drovethc laborors,frNm their work, and
they wcte forced to witness him perish b :
fore their eyes his heHtronliug shricks
piercing their cars for help, until s'illcd
anid tic smulSo and fam ss of tho devouring
element kfter the fire had burned down,
his chalred trmrlJ was taken from the ruins
ile head, arms and legs completely deyour.
od, and the body roasted TO cinlor.
Tire Detroit Tribune, OF Saturday, save
A limited view of tha wreck on Thurs.
day night, shortly after tho accident, with
the exception OF the dead and wounded
was nothing compared to view by day.
light. In the afternoon we Visited tho To-
cllily, aud coGld not help wondering how
any passengers escaped at all. The engincs
by the force Of The collision, we rojmd to be
terribly smashed, aud everything hetOkcn-
ed that the collision must have beeI terrific
Large iron bolts, upwards vt Tour iuchcs
square, wero twisted and broken as thOugh
they were utreeds. Other parts Of the
machinery, equally as strong, were broken
into fragment, and strewn pronliscuously
over the track The rails for upwards OF
forty feet we're twisted into Uncomfortable
shapes, aud had to be replaced by new
ones. A more thorough wresk we never
sew,
We are gratiiel to learn That the lady
with three children, who, II was feared
had been burned to death in the passenger
coacl., escaped minjured. 1t seems that
with great presence of mind, the lady
gathered up her three children and lcaped
off the rear platform into the deep snow
aud landed in safety, with the exception oil
a slight scorching. They all wended their
way w Nho hpHeV VI O"IOioH hiil h"u',
Jackson, few hundred yards from thu
track, where they remained and were kind
ly cared for by tho humane family, until
after the arrival Of tic special ira which
brought the wounded to this city. The
lady could not be induced, however, to get
on board this train, hut left the house, aud
carrying her youngest child in her arms
The othors walking, started cityward, which
WAS the last seen Of them.
The list of casualties may be rummed
up about as follows: Burned to de ,th, q
seriously injured. A; slightly wounded, %
Owing to the fact that great number ol
passengers got out and walked to the city
| whose names we could not ascertain The
above is ob nut as reliable as can be ascer
tanned. The casualties are certainly moi
less aud may be few more.