Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-27

greater speed than that above when the
casualty occurred. Be that as 1t may,
everything was apparently all right when
the bridge was reached, and when the
train crossed about half way over. fear
full jerk was experienced by those ON boaro,
and the next moment the rear coach was
detached, and went plunging OIL the
bridge and down the abyss to the ice, q
distance of some thirty or forty feet. Inc
brakes were at once applied, but before
the train could be stopped the coupling OF
the second coach had become broken, anu
it, too, got off the track, and rolled down
the embankment, landing on its SIDE az
the bottom. So suddenly had this all nap
pened that none of the inmates OF either
of the two coaches had time to make their
escape, and without q moments warning
some forty or fifty persons were hurried
into the presence Of their Maker.
The scene which was presented to
the ewes of the inmates of the
other cars, when the. train was
stopped, was fearful one. The car which
first went over the precipice took fire in
stantly, and before any person could get to
it the flames made rapid Roadway, and in
few moments it was all ablaze. The per.
sons 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 remainder, 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 the burning Car,
the balance attended to the other, which
had also been on hre Fortunately, the
flames in the other instance were ex.
tinguished before they had made much
Roadway, 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
residences near at hand.
The following are the names Of the
dead as far as known N
Jasper Fuller and wife, ,Martinsburg, Pa; Mr..
Graves, W. 81. Ross, North East, Pa: e. B. For
bush, Buffalo, patent agent Mrs. W. Freeman,
Norwich, Del; Mrs. Mary Sheldon and child,
Corfu, N. Y; J. B. Haywood, North East, Pa.
Mrs. John M; Strong, Buffalo; Mr.. Hubbard, St.
GATHERINGS; s. 3. Hubbard, Of Port Dalhousie,
Canada; c. T. Metcalf, Erie, Pa; Z. o. Gibbs
A. E. Fisher, Minnesota; Miss Bartholomew, An.
COLA, N. Y; Emma Teller, Utica; James Brown,
Buffalo; E. T; Hervey, Pottsdam. N. Y; Stephen
cester, Mass. J. A. Martin. Erie. Ps.; w. " W
Towner. Erie, Pa; r. B. Graves, Brooklyn; A.
II. Spier, North East Pa. james Sheridan, resi-
dence unknown; Norman Nichols, residence un-
known.
Eighteen of the charred skeletons had
not been recognized up to the 21st. A
bunch of keys was found amongst the
rubbish Of the burnt car marked Elan
Porter, Cincinnati, o. An English gold
lever watch, numbered !, 424, with the fol-
lowing inscription on the case; "Present-
ed by John Abel to A. Johnson" was
also found Another charred body had on
a pair of spectacles and pants of gray,
flannel vest, striped shirt and white over
coat.
The following are the names of the Sc
riously wounded:
B. Robbins, Buffalo; s. E. Howard, N. T.; Ira
Babcock and wife. Syracuse; Mary Chidvne, Cor.
fu, N. Y; w. G. Patterson, Oil Creek, Pa. ; Maria
Sayces, Corfu, N. Y; Mrs. Christiana LANG, Min.
neapolis; John @. Grips, Salem, Pa; Robert
Stewart, Oneida; Robert Dixon, Buffalo Mrs. FL.
M. Sayle, Buffalo; Lizzie Thompson, Worcester,
Mass; r. M. RUSSELL Franklin, Tenn; Charles
Wood, Buffalo; j. @. Whitney, Nashua, n
H.; Henry jackson, Illinois; A. II. Thomas,
Rochester
Between twenty and thirty of the pas.
sengers received only slight injuries.
The funeral ceremonies of the un-
claimed charred remains took place in
Buffalo on Sunday, ed, and an immense
crowd was In attendance.