Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-09-19
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT
JOHNSTOWN.
Fail of a Platform.
Several Persons Killed and Three HIND
red Wounded.

Pittsburgh, containing President Johnson
and his party, arrived at the Station and
| stopped few mintes to allow q large
crowd of citizens, of both sexes and all
ages, to obtain sight of the distinguish
| ed gentlemen. The President was intro
| duced by Hon. Edgar Cowan. The crowd
+ then called successively for Grant, Farra-
| gut and Secretary Seward, who also made
! their appearance on the platform of the
| car. At this moment, and before any OPP
| pOrtunity had been offered for making
( speeches, the platform which spans the
| abandoned canal at the Station suddenly
gave way and precipitated several hund-
| red persons a distance of twenty feet to
! its bed, now occupied by the track of the
| JOhnstOwn and Cunemaugh Railroad
| The scene which ensued can better be i'm
| aglned than described. 1t was appalling
| TO the stOutest hearts. AS soon as DOssi-
! bic those who were not on the platform
| and those who were but did not sustain
| any injury, made haste to rescue the suf-
| ferers from the horrible pit, and to render
| them such assistance as was in their DOW
| er. Physicians were sent for and banda
| ges and stimulants procured. We have
made every effort to obtain the names of
the killed and wounded, and subjoin the
| following as a tolerably accurate list:
| KILLED.-David Metzgar, Nathaniel
Duncan, Mrs. Quirk.
! WOUNDED.-Wm Doubt in side; c.
Colburn, nose broken; VIM. Orms, mouth
and shoulder; Rev. Brown, ankle broken;
| Mrs. Thomas Quinn, internally and seri-
ously; Mrs. FromaId, internally; Mrs
Parry, internally; Mrs. Thomas Lewis,
| seriously; Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler, slight
| Mrs. Alex. Roger, arm, side and head,
not dangerously; Mrs. Walsh, head and
| back badly Bruised David GilIis, head
and leg; David Hite, slightly; JAS. B. NJ
| Cright, nose crushed and injured inter-
nally; c. H. Trabert, head and side; Ma
! ry Trabcrt, seriously; Il. L. Hunt. severe
! ly; Mary Quinn, leg broken; VIM. Gels,
leg bruised; Edward Cartwright, badly
| bruised; Henry Scher, slightly; George
B. Lucas, ankle, seriously Thomas J.
| Petriken, badly in chest; Ed. Ralph, knee
and breast, slightly; Mary Morris, leg
broken; Libbie Swank, slightly Capt. ].
H. Reed, slightly; Richard Bennett, arm
slightly; George Kettering, thigh broken;
Daniel M'Pike, leg broken; Michael NJ
Cabe, ankle; DIR. Sheridan, severely Rev.
Thomas Jenkins, seriously Richard Nor
gan, seriously; Daniel Jones, slightly in
knee and nose; Francis Leclly, of Croyle,
slightly; Michael ID. Duncan of Croyle,
slightly Robert II. Canaan, slightly; Ow-
en- NJ Cabe both legs broken, dangerous;
Isaac Smell, mason, slightly; VIM. Mil
Ter, foundryman, seriously; Casper Kill
liam, moulder, seriously; Mrs. David
Creed, slightly; ID. w. GOughnOur, ribs
broken; Mary Shepard, slightly; Mrs.
Charles Barnes, slightly; Annie Suppes,
left wrist broken and head hurt; George
Hagar, head, badly; Lit. John B. Hay,
arm broken; Nicholas Cannan, shoulder
and knee DR.. George Wagner, leg bro
ken; Mrs. Parsons, back badly; John
Roberts, eX-sheriff, slightly; John d.
Roberts, slightly Maggie Graham shOul-
der broken; Mrs Bridget Graham, slight
! ly; 1t. r. p. Robson, leg broken; Chas
Zimmerman, slightly; Mrs. James Dow
ney, seriously; Tillie Fend, collar-bone
broken; Lucy Levergood, arm broken
Kate Bridges, arm broken; Mrs. Wun-
derly, back and arm seriously; Jacob
Fend, nose broken; Adam Kettering, jr.,
leg broken; Rev. Evans, slightly; Josiah
Folsom, leg broken and injured Internal
ly; Samuel Weaver's child seriously
Mary Livingston, seriously; Theodore
FOckler, slightly; Maggie Kenly, slight
ly; John Sees, rib broken Jno. M'Clel-
Ian, slightly; n. Hartzell, ankle; Miss
Parry, slightly; VIM. Baker, head and
side; James Williams, seriously; Miss
Rosensteel, severely; John White, ir.,
slightly; Margaret Daily, thigh bruised
+ Peter StOrmer, leg broken; Thomas But
: Ter, thigh bruised - Gore, slightly
= Emanuel Young, seriously internally
! Henry Walters of Summerhill, badly in
; breast; Jos. w. Myers of Croyle, not Sc
. riously; Nath. Horn, slightly; VIM. Pal
mer, sr., VIM. jr., and John Palmer
;, slightly; Wesley Greene, badly in breast;
+ Mrs. Moses of Prospect, badly in back
a Daniel Berkey English leg broken r.
. Pritchard of Cambria City, leg broken
: John Cox, ESQ.,, leg; Henry Walters
storekeeper, leg and arm broken; Dennis
Canon, leg and face badly; Frank Dibert
= leg broken; Letitia Canaan, daughter o
> r. H. Canaan, out of danger; Lowmar
Barclay, slightly; little son of Samuel
. Lenhart not seriously; Rose Gels, seri
n ously; Barbara Gels, slightly; John Tit
= tie, back badly; Rev. B. l.. Agnew
v slightly in ankle and breast; Sarah Glib
> son, both legs broken; f. f. Lytle, o
q Ebensburg, seriously; Capt. VIM. b. Bon
# acker, collar bone broken; Jacob Hamil
le ton, seriouslyin shoulder; John H. Fish
er, severely, child, slightly; Henry NJ
Lewis, saddler leg slightly; George Koh
Ter, leg broken Mrs. Henry Fritz, bruis
N ed; Peter Clarkins, shoulder and thigl
" broken; Col. John S. Buchanan, slightly
w Louis Beemer, bruised; John Brown
arm; Mary Ann Rees, arm; David d
y Rees, leg broken; Joseph Rodgers, Ie
broken; Joseph Carver, leg broken; w
P. Patton, slightly; Samuel and William
N Dumfee, severely; Mrs. S. II. Maclay
n bruised Daniel NJ 'Laughlin, esq, slight
e. ly; John Parfit, seriously; Daniel I'm
Ia versaght, thigh broken; Daniel Mixer
IN ma, both ankles dislocated Jacob Hof
u man, slightly; Henry Howard, face
Alexander and b. f. Cover, slightly
er daughter of VIM. Bledsoe, seriously; {
~ Taylor, dislocated hip; Robert Bridges
81 leg broken and cut seriously; twin chill
- of VIM. Layton, seriously; Horace I
10 Young, dislocated elbow; John Pfar
IT. ribs and back, seriously; Casper Easl,
re, severely Frank Benford, severely; Mis-
Ter Vowinkle, slightly; Lizzie Harris, bot
Oh shoulders broken; James Owens, arr
Cii broken and chest bruised; James and c!
1N rus little seYerelV: John Brady. lee hrt