Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-07
FrIghtful Railroad Accident ON
the NIarietta and Cincinnati

FrIghtful Railroad Acctdent ON
the MARIETTA and Cincinnati
4 Road.
Weare indebted to Mr.. Durand, President
of the Cincinnati 50 Marietta railroad, for
the following full and concise statement OF
the shocking accident that occurred on that
road Saturday morning last. Immediately
after hearing of the catastrophe he pro-
ceeded to the locality where 1t occurred, and
has given his personal attention to the care
of the unfortunate victims.
The Chillicothe accommodation train,
consisting of locomotive, tender, one bag
gage car and two passenger cars, bound TO
Cincinnati, on Saturday morning, was pre-
cipitated into Lees creek-sixty-five miles
from Cincinnati-by the falling of the bridge
over that stream. The number of passen-
gers on the train cannot be ascertained with
certainty, as the conductor is among the
seriously injured; but from the best in
formation that can be obtained there were
eleven persons in the rear car, and five In
the forward car. The Conductor, Express
Messenger, Baggage-Master, Telegraph Re-
pairer and newsboy, were in the baggage
car. The cars Immediately caught fire, and
were rapidly consumed. OF the persons in
the rear car but one, st. Burkeley, escaped.
III bllt lOTWdIu Gal ults woo hhiStf
and the others escaped death, but were all
more or less injured. Eight bodies were
recovered from the wreck up to last even
ing, but SO much burned that but few of
them can be identified. The following is as
correct list as could be made. out yester-
day, of the killed and wounded:
Killed-Mr. and Mrs. @. q. Hill, of Rose
Hill, Darke county, Ohio; Mrs. Louden, of
Chllicothe; Elizabeth Merritt and brother,
of indianapolis; Lawrence Lenox, Ross
county; Thomas McElroy, Fayette county;
Joseph Furrey, East Monroe; Libbius Tut
tie, telegraph repairer, injured, and since
dead.
Injured-Lieut. A. A. Callahan, Logans-
port, Indiana, leg broken and head bruised;
Matthew Bonner Clarke county, Ohio, not
seriously; st. Burkeley, Chillicothe, slightly;
p. Cronan, Clinton county, o., slightly; M.
Conway, Clinton county, slightly; s.. Z.
MOzier, engineer, not seriously; ID. Purdee,
fireman, slightly; Gideon Sewers, conduc-
tor, seriously; Henry Bradbury, baggage
master, thigh dislocated, and other inju-
ries; Z. A. Holyoke, express messenger,
both ankles broken; = McKibben, news
boy, spine injured; - Nugent, brakeman,
slightly.
The catastrophe was occasioned by the
channel of the stream having become gorg-
ed with ice, the currentchanged into new
channel, which directed the swollen stream
against the stone pier of the bridge with
such force as to undermine its foundation,
and cause its fall before the train reached
the bridge. The bridge was new and very
both spans were framed to-
gether, with entire and continuous chords,
and it remained in position after the pier
fell until the train reached the center and
caused it to give way.
The persons injured and unable yet to be |
removed to their homes, are in the families |
Of citizens of Leesburg and vicinity, and |
are receiving every attention which surgi- |
al skill and kind nursing can afford. The |
bodies of Mrs. Susannah Hill and Mr.. Nc |
Clroy have been identified. The remaining |
bodies that were burned are in the hands |
If the township officers, and will be kept |
or Identification by friends unless it should
become necessary to inter them.
An inquest was held by coroner's jury |
If citizens, but verdict has not yet been |
1t will, however, undoubtedly |
lccord with facts stated above. 1t was inn
possible for the engineer to have observed
he injury done the bridge, as the track re-
aimed its proper position. tE
The report published on Saturday, that
nan heard the pier fall, and failed to warn
the train, has been ascertained to be false. |
Gin (I0zptfp Eph. a. |