Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-01-05
TERRIBLE RAILROAD CASU.
Atty
Particulars of tae Late Disaster on tho
Cie!eiaud anI Piusburg RailrOai-
BIruing OF Passenger Cars-II cart
Rendiug Incidents. &c.
CARRIER Boy.

From the Clevellnd Leader. December 2i
Its oar painful duty to record an other
terrible railroad calamity, bv which five
persons lost their lives, and large mum.
Der have been seriously, if not fatally, In
jured.
As our readers have already learned. the
accident happened to The mail train on the
Cleveland aud PIttsburg road which lett
this city at eight o'clock yesterday morn.
ing. The train had arrived at a small
tiesIlewoik bridge. about q mile north of
Hudson. when the locomotive struck a
rail which is supposed. had been broken
or displaced by the frost. The locomotive,
baggage car anu the first passenger coach
passed safely over. but the coach struck the
bridge, entirely demoli>hing it. aud precip-
itarlug the second and third coaches into
the ravine-the second breaking in two
and falling on the west si'ie OF the bridge,
where it was entirely destroyed 10y fire: and
the thiri falling ON the east side. where it
now lies. pretty badly smashed up. AZ.
ter passing the bridge. the first passenger
coach caught fire from the upsetting OF the
stoves, and was completely consumed.
The conductor OF the train, Mr.. O. f.
Jenkins. had a narrow escape from death
or serious injury. lie had just stepped in.
TO the forward passenger car as the acci-
dent happened. Had he remained in the
second car a moment longer the painful du-
" ut chronicllng his death mi yht have
been ours.
There were a number of soldiers on the
train, several OF whom, We understand. re.
ceived slight contnsIons and scratches =
1t Is reported hat these soldiers left Cleve.
land with fixed bay onets. Ii this be so j,
is the greatest wonder in the world that no
greater number were fatally injured.
AS soon as they could extricate them
selves from the wreck, those of the mas
sengers who We're uninjured Immediately
set to work removing the dead, and those
who were wounded and unable 10 free
themselves from the mass OF seats, cush
ions. broken windows. burning Goals. &c,
under which they we're buried An, ing the
| first taken out was Oliver Ii. Perry. OF
this city, who had with him his gun and a
valuable dog. being on huuting excursion
"a pastime which he dearly loved. 1t is
said he would go. in the cold. bleak winter.
and stay several days in the woods. with
no shelter but hut made of boughs. A
pocket book, containing several hundred
dollars in greenbacks, thirteen dollars in
silver, and recipe for some kind of dog
medicine. was found, which, it is supposed
belonged to MIR. Perry.
The most melancholy and heart-rendine
bereavement is that of the little daughter
oil j. ii. Robinson. Her father. mother
and self were on the way from their home
in Michigan to make holiday visit ia
friends in Pennsylvania. when death, nm.
Thought of. thus rudely tore them from her,
and she is left alone in this wide world,
an orphan Her lamentations were pite.
Gus in the extreme.
Some OF the wounded were taken to
! houses in the vicinity Of the accident: bnt
the dead and the greater portion OF the in
jured were removed 10 Hu lson As speedily
a. possible. where the killed were washed
and laideout, side by side. in an unoccu
pied hotel: and the wounded recrived every
4 attention, medical and otherwise, at the
hands of the good people of Hudson. sssn
During the day, yesterday. the city was