The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-12-05
The Ohio Railroad Disaster.
fvLL particulars OF TuE CALAMITY
TERRIBLE SCENE.

The Cincinnati Commercial gives The
details Of the distressing railroad slaugh.
ter which occurred on the Cincinnati and
Dayton toad On Thursday srsning A.
THE CRASH.
Whistliug tho brakes down, turning its
Whsels with fesefsed motion, doing all
that Il could to avoid its fate, the Frank.
lin, an uawilliag agsas Of death, slid q.
losg Tho vst ssils, Jpropellsd BY the mo-
mentum Of its train, and plunged half i,s
length into that rs,s sslsspss." The
crash was terrible. Ins.an.ly nearly all
Ahe passenger cars were jsmmed into
ssoh other, and the Slsedman was driven
into the caboose Of tho freight train. a
In two Of the cars people we're writh,
ing under the tortures Of torn limbs and
bodies but Ia that last car death was
rereliing. Mr.. Allison escaped, but there
were four women aud man Imprisoned
between timbers and panels, bleeding,
gaspiug and dying, one with her entrails
torn out, and snoths, with her head cut
off. ....r- -.'g----....-,
scsNEs OF HORROR.
II this was terrible, that which iensued
was horrible. While the bewildersd and
frightened passengers in the other cars
were being released, the steam, scsljing
hot, was parboiling these mangied ,ic
tics, the smoke was choking them, aud
soon there Was . whirl OF fire through
ths:r car, from the, sag,us's head light or
the car stove, the only fire Of the train
that lad not been sxtinguisbed az soon
as possible after the accident. The flames
crept oil over thia last fatal wreck, wres,
thed thsnaselvea around Eve human be.
ings, ate up clothing, skio, Hssh and
bones, while the victims .shrieked and
screamed for mercy, for pitt, for aid-and
one for water. One Of the ladies got her
head out Of . window, and an effort was
made to rescue her but ID was made in
vain. Only her head and neck could
have been saved from FIRE, for her BODY
was locked between timbers, aud could
not be drawn out. ' p. '.' ..' - ..
The conductor and engineer procured
ares and attempted to cut into the car,
but failed IN this. Rapidly the Are swal
lowed this car and -strode through and
over every passenger coach OF the train.
It's progress was unimpedsd and ito tri,
umph complete, ssss that Il could end no
moro lives 10 destroy. 4 -.|. rn.' --.r
As soon - possible two physicians, Dr..
Bunker and Miller, came over from Lock.
land and attended faithfully to the ipjor,
ed-nons fatally, fortunately, cave the
unhappy Victims Of the 6ss. Dispatches
were sent to the city, and . special car
bsaring Drs. Wood, Murphy aud Miller,
and containing strstohers and other noe
essariss, was sent to the scene ol the
wreck. 80 '..' .'' A'' r.'i.
When the Gre had exhausted itAeis, ths
wsscR was cleared sway from the track
and search for the dead WAS made. A
headless trunk and . trunk that lacked
limbs we're found, and three othess we're
found lsss mutiiated. While The dressing
Of the wosnded was Ia ps6Rress, these.
ghastly ssmnsnts Of Humanity were pick.
ed ont, al ,cbarrsdq and blseksned, and
sin smoking With heat and carefully
laid aside. 30 far ~ possible, the parts
were placed together. There we're rem.
nants Of two bodies. however chat smoun,
ted 10 nothing bmorss than ssveral usfee.
ognisable massss Of bseiled hsaha and
ofoksn oenes. s,sss q sa Sad, sl.-B OF saas
IpnHzIrruArIoN or THE DEAp--rouR sIs
$500 rEss KILLED roGsrasa.r0-qar o,
Since the above was writer, we have
como into possession OF important fscts-
the Identification, finally, q the victims
Of crush, steam and firs.h Ten pieces Of
baggage, mossiy trunks. were foaod Sss
longing TO the four ladies. Rieht Of thsss
wsss opensd. Thsy gwsss load 70 COO.
tain splendid vasdsobss Of fcur ladiss, oil
neatly packed away ior journey. A
moug the siettefs they contained weYs
some thas fully established the identity Of
the owners, proving than 10 be- fous sis..
tess of q wealthy family Of New Orleans,
Of the name Of Morgan, their given namss
being Harriet, Rebscca, Sarah and Eliza.
beth. One Of the letters vas from 'Gsns
efsI Beauregasd, as Pfesideut Of the New
Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern
Railroad. Recommending them 20 the
kind attention Of railroad men generally.
II appears that they left their horne In
New Orleans ic JuLo iast. and spent the
Summer asd Fail st 81. Csshs hss's
Wells and Toronto, Canada Wsss---
When killed, they were on, their way
home, intending to stop at Louisville AID
spend couple Of days with some oftheir
arqusintsnces thste.R ~. '' sa."s Z. .f'.
Another letter was fron Chsfles Han
rod, cUrner Of Magazine and Matches
streets, New Orleans, signed % their a.
fectionats brother, and indicating that he
was acting % agent Of their property
Thsss was also letter hom bic villa,
Clara u. Haired, siga;as kssself ss she;g
afectionate sister, from which il 10 infer
red that kr. Harsod is .heir broshsr.in,
E''a4dG ag .lgv5 y1rr surslh sir 90.
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