The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-12-25
ANGOLA RAILROAD SLAUGHT Err.
HORRORS UPON HORROR
The KILLED and wounded.
RrFFALo, Decamher 19. 1867

BUFFALO, December 49, 1867.
The total number of killed by the recent
Buffalo and Erie Railroad accident, so far
as known, is torty-one. The wounded will
probably exceed fifty. Those burned are
mostly unrccognizable, the remains being
blackened and charrad, and in some instances
almost entirely consumed. The body of
Stephen Stewart, Esq. President of the
Oil Creek Railway, OF Cory, Penn, how
ever, has been identified. On the remains
Of one ofthe burned passengers some cards
were found. barring the name of Charles
E. Fink, G. e. Papers found on the re-
mains of another bear the name of Alexan-
| der Brown. A lady's gold watch, partly mel
! ted, was found among the embers. The
back Of the case is engraved with the fgur-
es of 4 man, woman and child. One man
was removed alive from the buring car,
| with both feet burnt off, who died shortly
after in an unconscious state, but frequently
murmured the name st. Cath ,rines before
his death. Thirty-nina of the dead reached
| this city this mornidg; also large number
of wounded. The latter are distributed
among the different hospitals and hotels,
receiving every attention at the hands Of
citizens and resident physicians. The dead
arc being prepared for nterment, and await
| the action of the coroner and application of
friends Two little children, unhurt, whose
friends are either dead or dying, excite
much sympathy.
The cause Of the accident has been a>cer.
tanned to have been owing to break in the
tread surface of the wheel eighteen inches
long and one and half riches wide, next
to the hange This caused the rear car to
leave the rails, in which position it was
dragged nearly the entire length Of the
to point at the east end, which is the
highest place. The car Immediately in
front also left the track, but not until it had
reached nearly the center of the bridge.
The rear Car plunged off the bridge near
the east end, falling about seventy feet
The next car passed over the bridge, but
finally rolled down the earth embarkment
The rear car at once took fire, adding hor-
ror upon horror, standing as it fell, upon
end, with the entire number of over fifty
passengers piled in confused mass, togeth-
er with two stoves and broken seats, in a
place difficult of access Those not instant.
| ly killed were slowly roasted to death. The
cries of the dying were heartrending, and
! lasted fully twenty minutes, while tho un.
| injured passengers and employees were una.
| BILE to render any assistance.
| The train to which the accident happen
| ed, as before stated, was the Buffalo and
Erie Railroad, New York Express from
| Cleveland, and due in this city at l:30 P.
NJ. but was two hours late, having been de
tanned by broken bridge on the Cleveland
and Toledo road. 1t was composed of three
first-class coaches, filled with passengers,
and smoking car and two baggage cars and
was under the conductorship Of Mr.. Frank
Sherman, of this city. Silver Creek was
the last station stopped at prior to the acci-
dent, and Angola was passed about three
o clock, the train going, as it is stated, at a
speed OF about twenty miles an hour from
Anglia to the bridge over the Big Sister
Creek. However, the road is down grade,
ind it is possible that the train was going at
greater speed than that mentioned, when
the casualty occurred. Be that as it may,
every thing was apparently all right when
the bridge was reached, and when the train
crossed half way over, fearful jerk was
experienced by those on board, and the
next moment a 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 be.
fore the train could be stopped the coupling
Of tho second coach had become broken,
and it to1 got off the track and rolled down
the embankment, landing on its side at the
bottom. So suddenly had all this happen
ed that not one Of the inmates of either Of
the two coaches had time to make their es
cape, and without q moments warningsome