Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-06-22
IFrom the Dayton (ohio) Journal June 1.
Starvation ON the Cars

IProm the Dayton (ohio) Journal June l.
Starvation ON the Cars
CHILD STARVED TO DEATH IN rTs MoTHER's
ARMs-nELrEF OF TIE SURVIVING SUFFER-
ERs.
Yesterday morning family of Germans,
consisting of a man and his wife and three
children, evidently in very poor circum.
stances, arrived here on the Atlantic and
Great Western train, en- route Tor Cincinnati,
to which place they had secured transpor.
tation from New York. AS the train failed
to connect with the forenoon train on the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Road, the
family was obliged to lay over here for the
evening train
For while the poor family remained on
the platform, until some one invited them
to 20 into the ladies' room and be seated
The people seemed to shrink from observa
ton, and were grouped together in one cor
ner of the room. The woman was holding
an infant in her arms, and a lady who hap
pened to pass close IN her noticed that it
looked like corpse, and, as she could speak
the German language, she asked the poor
woman what was the matter with her child.
At this question the poor woman burst into
uncomfortable lamentation, declaring that
her child was dead.
AS soon as the grief stricken mother could
partially control herself, she informed the
, lady that they were very poor; that they
, had just means enough to get to New York
, and purchase a second class ticket to Gin
cinnati, where they had friends that they
J had no money to purchase food, and were
/ afraid to ask anybody for something to eat
and that they had suffered in silence, with
/ out morsel of food for themselves or chill
I dren from the time they left New York unit
D they reached this city.
About three hours before they reached
: here their babe-a child about year old.
f died from starvation And tlat poor, starv
!, ing mother carried her dead child upon he
n bosom, hoping to reach their friends il
n Cincinnati before they should all be starved
|, The countenances of the man and wifi
/, bore painful evidence of the progress o
a starvation, and their uncomplaining chill
e dren looked little better than the corpse @
l. the little sufferer that had just passe
s through the gate of death to the land @
il plenty
e The moment the terrible condition q
g this poor family was made known, the
n found friends in everybody around then
e The mother was instantly relieved of he
e dead babe, and while messenger was dii
e patched for an undertaken, the survivin
], members of the sorrowing family wer
IS taken to the waiting room in the depot, an
Y, given all that they could eat. By-standel
e tell US that the scene in the depot, whe
u the suffering mother gave vent to her per
d up grief was one of the most affecting an
a borrowing they ever witnessed. Every or
d was affected to tears.
N Mr.. Richard Lane, the Infirmary directo
d took charge of the interment of the child
1t and Mr. Snyder, the clever baggage maste
r collected some twenty-five dollars from ii
j. bystanders, and presented it to the poe
is man, who was utterly overwhelmed wit
ID this unlocked for generosity.
l. The child was buried yesterday afternoon
ell and the bereaved family, after being mao
as comfortable as possible, were sent on |
lie the evening train to their friends in Gil
le cinnati. A word about their situation
it any point on the route would have secure
rs these suffering people all the food the
It, desired but they were actually so diffidei
er among strangers that they would all ha'
il, starved to death before they would ha,
a made their situation known or asked fl
he food,