The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-12-27
Dreadful Ra!lroad Accident Near
Buffalo 20 Lives Lost.
IirFEAIn. Dec

BUFFALO, Dee 10
An awful accident occurred yesterday at-
ternoon on the Lake Shore Railroad TWEEN
ty -one miles from here, near the place
called Angola. The train irom the west,
due here at Lac, to counecs with the train
going east, ran of the track. Oae car was
thrown down a bank thirty feet. The
| coach was burnt up and thirty persons con-
SuDled by hTc. Another coach went down
d ledge about twenty feet sld Twelve or
fourteen passengers were Killed. &ll u naa,-
Der wounded. As soon as ia4o......isu Of
the accident reached Butf..o, ..or,. was
IcoDVeyed to a uuulIUr oi our pnysiclau.,
and BY four 0 clock number of them hail
reached the depot, and in COMPANY with
" Nllliam Williams, President, and r. Y.
Brown, Superintendent, and other officials
OF the road, tool, train, aa1 a. Eve o 'c.oc,;
the scene of the accilent was reachad- The
bridge crossing the Big Sister Greek. about
a quarter of 4 nn'e cast OF the VILLAGE OF
Angola. The train to which the accident
happened, as before stated, was the Lake
Shore road New Iork express FROM Ceve-
lana, and due III this city at /: 80 p. NJ,
but was two hours late, having been de-
tanned BY u broken bridge on the Cleveland
and Toledo road. 1t was composed of three
first class coaches filed with passengers, a
smoking and two baggage ears anl was
under the conduetorship OF Mr. Frank
sherman, Of this city. Silver Greek
was the last station stopped at prior to the
accident, and Angela was passed about
three clock, the train going, as it i;
stated, at speed OF about twenty miles an
hour, from Angola 10 Tie bridge over the
Big Sister Creek. However, the road il
down grade and it Is possible that the trais
was gong at greater speed than that
above when the casualty occurred Bs
that as II may, everything was apparently
all right when the bridge was reached, and
when the train crossed half way over, a
fearful jerk was experienced by those on
board the train, and the next moment the
near coach was detached and went pl,,np-
Ing off the bridge and down the abyss TO
the ice, distance Of some 80 or 40 fnrtv
feet. The breaks were at once applied,
but before the train could be stopped the
coupling of tie second coach had become
broken, and 1t, too, got oft the track and
rolled down the embankmeut, landing on
ITS side at the bottom. So suddenly had
all tuls happened, that not one Of the IN
mates OF either Of the two coaches had
time to make his escape, and without IL
moment > warning, some forty or fifty per-
ssons We're hurried into the presence of their
Maker. The scene which was presented
to the eyes OF the inmates Of the other cars
when the tram was stopped was a fearful
one. The car which first went over the
prccipice took fire Instantly, and before any
person could get to it the flames had made
rapid headway, aud in a few moments it
was al! ablaze. Those persons on the spot
proceeded to render all the assistance they
could, but only some four or five persons
Irp,,, tbn b,,.
malnder, some forty or fifty, men, women
and children, were consumed with the car,
While portion OF the passengers who had
escaped injury gave their attention to tho
burning car. The balance attended 10 the
other which had also been on Ere For
tuuatcy the flames in the latter instance
were eXtinguished before they had much
headway, and as speedily as possible the
injured and dead and dying were taken
from the car, aud, with the few rescued
from the burning track, were conveyed to
residences near at hand How many per-
lshed IN the burning car it is impossible as
yet to say, and very probable will not be
known for some time. The place where
the first Car struck after being preciptated
off the bridge was difficult Of access. and
after Iescuing the hail dozen or SO person,
before the flames had made much h>a,lwav,
no attempt was made, last night, to dis
turb the remains Of those vino persisted in
the burning ear, but that will be attended
to this morning.
DuGllo, Dec. 2.
1t seems pretty certain that the real
cause of the horrible railroad accident was
the breaking Of a wheel on the hind car.
The majority Of the persons in the burnt
car were instantly killed BY the concussion
when it fed and struck the ice There
were 1t dead recovered from this car % in
a condition to be recogaizsd, and Il So
chaFrtd as 10 b, uugecognza5le.