Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-09-20
FRlGHTFUL. ACCIDENT! /!
FALL or = PLATFORM.
SEVERAL Persons KILLED AND THREE
HUNDRED WOUNDED.

SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED AND IHREE
HUNDRED WoUNDED.
On Friday last, Johnstown was visited
by the most frightiul accident in its histo-
ry About eleven o'clock A. NJ. the train
from Pittsburgh, containing President
johnson and his party, arrived at the
Station and stopped few minutes to
allow large crowd of citizens, of both
sexes and all ages, to obtain a sight ofthe
distinguished gentlemen. The President
was introduced by Hon. Edgar Cowan.
The crowd then called successively for
Grant, Faragut and Secretary Seward,
who also made their appearance on the
platform Of the car. At this moment,
and before any opportunity had been Of
fered for making speeches, the platform
which spans the abandoned canal at the
Station suddenly gave way and precipita-
ted several hundred persons a distance Of
twenty feet to It's bed, now occupied by
the track Of the Johnstown and Cone
maugh Railroad. The scene which en-
sued can better be immagined than de-
scribed. 1t was appalling to the stoutest
hearts. As soon as possible those who
were not on the platform and those who
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