, 1866-11-17
FRICUTFUL RAILROAD DISASTER.
An Expreea TruIn Thrown OF the
Trnck by Careless Laborcrx- Four
Persons Killed nu&1 Forty Wounded.
LEram the New Tork TrihuueI

Trncix by Careless Laborcrs- Four
Persons Killed nul Forty Wounded.
From the New Tork Tsibuuc.l
ERIE, Penn, November 15.-One Of the
most terrible railroad accidents which has
ever occurred in this section of country took
afternoon ut about O'Clock. 4 gang -
workmcn had been employed in repairing
tho track about mile east of Wesley vile.
and had removed two rails in 80 doing. Al
though fully aware that the New York tx-
press train was due, they took 10 precaution
to warn the train, which came on ut the
speed OF thirty miles per hour on the down
yfadc. When within few rods, one of the
workmcn ran back and swung his hat, but
was either uHpcrcciyed by the engineer Or it
was too late The next moment the erginc
struck the track, and the engineer. who took
in the situation at the SAME instant, reversed
tic locomotive.
The train was instantly thrown from the
track down the embankmcnt. . distance Of
some ten or twelve feet, breaking some OF
the cars into splinters, and piling them with
the passengers in q confused heap. For 4
| time the excitement was SO great that very
little help was rendered. Tic cries of the
wounded and the certainty that some had
been killed outright seemed to momentarlly
tcnumb the faculties Of those who had cs-
capped without injury. Afler u short time
! Of indecision the passengers who were nhlc,
| together with the worktnen. applied them
| selves to the work of removing the debris
and rescuing those who were buried beneath
wreck-three men abd child. The child's
| mother was also taken ont so severely injur-
ed that there is no probability Of her surviy-
| ing. Some fertr or tifty, perhaps more, were
| wounded, usost OF then, slightly.
As soon as word reached this city, two cars
| were sent down for the wounded, Portlc.:
| Of whom, together with the dead, werS
brought here ind placed in the depot. The
cars were again despatched, ard brought up
the remainder Of the wounded and Tlssen-
gers, reaching here about eight o'clock in
the evening, The bodies we're placed in the
Superinteudent's room, at the western end
Of the depot, and we're visited by hundreds
Of excited and curious spectators. The scene
was sad one.
The names Of tie dead, as for as am able
/ Milwaukee. and his little grand child q man
named Hunt, who was dressed in the glrb of q
soldier, from Danvil1e, n. T., and ar elderly
man named Harlan, place Of reside1ee 1n-
known. Several others were intensity III
jured, but 1t Was impossible TO obtalt an &c,
curate list on account Of the confusion and
excitement attendant on the occasion. One
= little girl had her arm crushed so badly as ia
require amfutatfon. saw severn: little
! children. among them two babes: With
their heads and limbs, One man Was injured
60 badly about the region Of the stomach
that he cannot survive. Six OF the wounded
four men, woman and child were left 1t
Wes!eyvil1e. They will be bzought-up to.
J | MORROW morning.
The causes which led to the accident were
those Of the grossess and most criminal care
: ! lessness on tie part Of the workmep, eyery
| one Of whom, end chiefly the boss Of thi
gang, should be indicted Tor murder Thers
Is no excuse for them; they knew the trail
t | to be due, and did not take the precautio1
to send back flag to STOP It, Or resort Il
) any other means to prevent the terrible ca
] tastrophe which must have been eTiden
: would happen. No blame is attached 70 th'
: engineer Or conductor in charge OF tn