The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-02-09
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE MA.
RIETTA AND CINCINNATI RAIL-
ROAD.
Mine Persons Killed, and Twelve
Wounded.
tFrom the Cincinnati Gazette. !

W0unue0.
tFrom the Cincinnati GaIettel
We are indebted to Mr.. Durand,
President ofthe Cincinnati & Marietta
Railroad, for tho following full and
concise statement of the shocking acci-
dent that occurred on that road Satur-
day morning last, Immediately after
hearing OF the catastrophe he proceed
cd to the locality where it occurred,
and has given his personal attention
to the care Of the unfortunate victims.
The Chillicothe Accommodation
Train, consisting of a locomotive, ten
der, one baggage car and two psssen-
ger cars, bound to Cincinnati, on Sat-
urday morning, was precipitatcd into
Lees Creok-sixty five miles from
|Cincinnati-by the falling ofthe bridge
over that stream. The number Of
passengers on the train cannot be as.
certained with certainty, as the Con-
ductori is among the seriously injured;
but from the best information that can
be obtained there were eleven persons
in the rear car, and five iu the forward
car. The Conductor, Express Messen-
ger, Baggage-M Master, Telegraph Re-
pairer and newsboy, were in the bag
gage,car. The cars Immediately caught
fire, and were rapidly Consumed. Of
the persons in the rear car but one,
St. Burkely, escaped. In the forward
car Mr. McElroy was killed, and the
others escaped death, but were all more
or less injured. Eight bodies were re-
covered from the wreck up to last even
ing, but so much burned that but few
OF them can be identified. hciollow-
ing is as correcta list as could be made
out yesterday, of the killed and wound
ed:
Killed,-Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Hill. of
Rose Hill, Darke county, Ohio; Mrs.
Louden, Of Chillioothe; Elizabeth Mcr-
ritt and brother, of indianapolis; Law
renee LenoX, Ross county; Thomas
McElroy, Fayette county; Joseph Fur
rey, East Monroe; Libbius TuttIe, tele-
graph repairer, injured, and since
dead. ..,
Injured Lieut.. A. A. Callahan, Lo,
gansport, Indiana, leg broken and head
bruised; Matthew Bonner, Clark coun-
ty, o., not seriously; St. Burkcley,
ChiIlicothe, slightly: ?. Cronan, Cln-
ton county, O., slightly; M. Conway,
Clinton CO., slightly; S. 3. Mozier, en-
gincer, not seriously; D. Purdee, fire,
man, slightly; Gideon Sewers, conduc.
tor, seriously; Henry Bradbury, bag
gage master, thigh dislocated, and 9th
erinjuries; E. A. Holyoke, express mos
sengcr, both ankles broken;- n;-McKib-
hen, ncwsboy, spine injured; ;--Nugent,
brakeman, slightly.
The catastrophe was occasioncd by
tho channel Of the stream having be-
come gorged with ice, the current
changed into new channel, which di,
rected the swolled stream against the
stone pier of the bridge with such force
MS to underm mine its foundation, and
cause its fall before tho train reached
the bridge. The bridge was new, and
very substantial; both spans were fran
ed together, with entire and continu-
Gus chords, and tremained in position
after the pier fell until the train reach.
ed the center, and caused it to give
way.
Tho persons injured and unable yet
to be removed to their homes, are in
the families of citizens of Lecsburg and
vicinity. and are receiving every at.
tcntion which surgical skill and kind
nursing can afford. The bodies OIL
Mrs. Susannah Hill and Mr.. McElroy
have been identified. The remaining
bodies that were burned are in the
hands of the township officers, and will
be keptfor Identification by friends un
less it should become necessary to inter
them.