Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-12-20
Associated Press kilograms.
FRlGH1FUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Disasteron the Lake Shore Road
Two Passenger Coaches Precipi-
tated Forty Feet,
The Cars Catch Fire and One
of them Consumed.
A Terrible Loss of Life,
List OF Killed aud wounded and
their Whereabouts.
A Terrible LOSS of Life,
List of Killed aud wounded and
their Whereabouts.

List of Killed aud wounded and
their Whereabouts.
BUFFALO, Dec. 19.-An awful accident
occurred yesterday afternoon on the Lake
Shore railroad, twenty -One miles from
here, near a place called Angola. The
+ train from the West, due at 1:30 2. NJ. to
connect with the trains going etst, ran of
the track. One car was thrown down the
bank thirty feet. The coach was burned
up. and some thirty persons consumed by
the fire. Another coach went down a
ledge about twenty feet and twelve OF
thirteen passengers were killed and num-
brr wounded.
As soon as information OF the accident
reached Buffalo, word was communicated
to number of our physicians, and by four
o'clock a number of them had reached the
depot, and in company with VIM. Williams
President, and II. n. Brown, Superintend-
ent. and other officials of the road, took a
train at five o'clock. and the scene of the
accident was reached, which was the bridge
crossing the Big Sister creek, about quar-
ter of a mile east OF the village of Angola
The train to which this accident happened.
as before stated, was on the Lake Shore
road, the New York express, due in this
city at l:30 p. NJ, but it was two hours late,
having been detained by broken bridge
on the Cleveland 6 Toledo road. 1t was
composed of three first class coaches, filled
with passengers, smoking car and two
baggage cars. and was under the conduc-
torship of Mr.. Frank Sherman, of this
city.
Silver Creek was the last station stopped
at prior to the accident, and Angola was
passed about three O'Clock, the train going
at its stated speed OF abo1t twenty miles
an hour. From Angola to the bridge, over
the Big Sister creek, however, the road is
down grade, and it is possible that the
train was going at a greater speed than
that mentioned when the casualty occur
red. Be that as it may, everything was
apparently all right when the bridge was
reached, and when the train had crossed
half way over fearful jerk was expert
enced by those on board, and the next mo-
ment the rear coach was detached and
went plunging off the bridge and down
the abyss to the ice, distance Of some
thirty or forty feet. The brakes were at
once applied, but before the train could be
stopped the coupling OF the second coach
had become broken, and it too got off the
track and rolled down the embankment,
landing on its side at the bottom.
SO suddenly had all this happened that
not one of the inmates of either of the two
coaches had time to make his escare, and
without moments warning some 40 or sc
persons were hurried into the presence ol
their Maker.
The scene which was presented to the
eyes of the inmates of the other cars when
the train was stopped was fearful one.
The car which first went over the preci-
pice took fire instantly, and before any
persons could get to it the flames made
rapid headway, and ii few moments il
was all ablaZe. Those persons on the spot
proceeded to render all the assistance they
could, but only some four or five persons
were saved from the burning car. The re-
mainder, some 40 or so men, women and
children, were consumed with the car
While portion of the passengers who had
escaped injury gave their attention to the
burning car, the balance attended to the
other, which had also taken fire. Fortu-
nately the flames in the latter instance
were eXtinguished before they had much
headway. and as speedily as possible the
injured, dead and dying were taken from
the car, and with the few rescued from the
burning coach were conveyed to the resi-
dences near at hand. .....
How many perished in the burning car
it is impossible, as yet, to say. and it is
some time. The place where the first car
struck after being precipitated off the
bridge was difficult of access. and after
reScuing the half dozen or so persons be-
fore the flames had made much .headway,
no attempt was made last night to disturb
the remains OF those who perished in the
burning car. Ihat Will be attended to this
morning.
The following are the names of the
dead, as far as known: Jasper Fuller and
wife, Spartansburg. Pennsylvania; Mr..
Graves, w. II. Rose Northeast, Pennsyl-
vania; E. b. FOrbush, Buffalo, patent
agent; Mrs. w. Freeman. Norwich, Della
ware; Mrs. Mary Shedden and child, Cor
1u, New YORK; >. b; HsyWood' Northeast,
fennsylvania; Frank walker son OF Ju-
nus w "aiker, Dunaio; tWo men, names eh :
known Mrs. John M. otrohg' Buffalo; Mr.
duoDard' oC. Catherlhes.
Ar An unknown woman was oaoly injured.
Inc 1ollowing are the injured; Mrs.
IN ChIistlana Lang, Minmesota' ny ured about
5he head and oooy; w. Y. fatterson, Oil
Creek' 1nJ9reo' cannot recover; Chas. +.
Woou, 6uHalo' seriously lnJuren' H. Il.
Dack and also lnWardiV; MRS. Mary Shell
don, Corfu' oadiy injured; ID: Il. FISHER.
Minnesota, In dangerous condltlon; w. ID.
moore ana wife, iowa, seriously injured In
PACK anu nead; mary oayies ana MISS Ma
ria Sayles, both OF Corfu, both seriously in
Jured, put not dangerously; Horny Jack
SON. LIMOS, oadiy; MISS l.; Nj. Babcock,
Syracuse' seriously; >. h. Howard, New
York, leg broken and chest injured; Ira
ly; middle aged man: unknown, dying;
Robert Steward and wife. Oneida county.
New York, slightly injured; w. ID. Moore,
Iowa, badly bruised ON head and body;
ROBERT ReeVlnDurgh, AloiOn, seriously IL
Jured; Mrs. L. Hamlln, Buffalo, slightly
injured; Eugene Howard, Buffalo, slightly;
Few others, whose names we could not
!earil' were IN oIher houses In the neigh
borhood, injured, put the number was not