The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-11-28
ANOTHER HORROR /
Shocking Railroad Accident Near
Lookland.
FIVE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH

that occurred on the morning Of tina
day on tho Cincinnati, Hamilton
Dayton Railroad;
One Of the most shocking calami
ties which il has been our mission foi
long time TO record, occurred hal
mile beyond Locklond, in this coun
| ty, and about thirteen miles from
this city, at 10 minutes before siS
o'clock this morning, resulting in The
death Of four ladies and one gcp'ic-
man--all at the time lying in " sleep.
ing car, which came from Toledo.
Tho particular., so far as VIC were
able 10 obtain them. were as follows :
Tho pilot o. the engine "Becket, "
attached to freight train, broke
down rhort distance beyond Lock
land. and there being no way of get
ting the cars off, a hagman was sent
back TO stop the approaching traius,
who succeeded in doing so, so far as
tho express train from Toledo and
New York was concerned; bat as the
morning was dark aud foggy, the
Hamilton Accommodation, which was
on its way to this city, failed to stop
at the signal, aud the consequence
was that the engine ran into the
sleeping car OF the Express train, aud
set IL on fre-the flames making such
hoadway that two passenger and two
sleeping cars, from the A. & G.. w.
X. H., were consumed. as were also
one sleeping car and one passenger
coach from the D. Il NJ. II. Il. The
train, ms we have heard, was partially
from New York aud partially from
Toledo, the two having joined togeth.
or at Dayton. -Four ladies and Que
man, IN the sleeping car, were burned
to death and several other persons
were injured. Three of the ladies
were sisters named Morgan, and had
tickets from Detroit to Louisville, but
the place at which they lived is, as
yot, an uncertainty. Some say thcy
were from the South and Ind just rc
turned from Europe, while others
claim that they lived in Toronto, aud
yet others that they were from De-
troit. Their bodies woro completely
charred. The ualnc of the man was
Jackson, aud he hailed from Boston,
but where he was going we do moi
know. lie was from 25 to 80 years
of age, The other lady was large
woman, weighing perhaps 200 pounds
she lived in Detroit, but no ono knew
anything about her, whether she wa,
married or single, or what was hcl
uamo. She appeared to be from thir'
ty to thiriy-live years of uge. but u,
her features were badly charrcd, thi.
was a matter of uncertainty. Scycra
other parties we're quite badly, though
not dangerously, injured by the shock
which resulted from the collision.
The scencc at tho place of tho ac
ciAnnt was. mo.t hoera-rendiup. w
learn that the screams Of the unfor
tuuato parties in the sleeping car
previous to their death, were beyon,
all description. However, nothiu;
could save them; tho flames sprea,
on every hand, aud to move was a
certain death as to remain in thci
borths; but few moments only suf
feed to end tho terrible agony Of thr
unfortunate parties and ssve will
respect to the unknown female from
Detroit, little else is left Than tn
ashes of the doomed ones,
Tho trunks of the three Morgan
sisters, as well as of tho other vic
tins, are now in the hands of tn
Railroad Company, aud will be hand
ed over 10 their friends,
As soon as the fact of The accideu
b,camo knows, Superintendent Nc
lnron, With his usual promptness ant
energy, departed on an extra train
with a corps Of tho best physicians il
the city; aud all that was possibl,
WAS done to alleviate the condition o.
those who where injured by the
shock but, as We have said, these
were not numerous, aud their injurie,
were triIling, with one exception til,
name Of the man constituting tha
exception not being known to us.
LATEp.--Wo learn that Que of tn
sisters Morgan reached the door o
the ear and broke the window but wa
urablc to obtain an cgress. Her sit
uation was observed by other parties
aud an ak was procured from tn
train and at effort made to relieve hel
but while the party was attempting
to batter down the door of the ear
sudden burst of tho flames struck he
aud she fell dead. Her screams
before her death, were terrihc.
Still later, from a passenger VIII
witnessed tho disaster, We learn tha
burning of the hindmost car was oc
easioned by the breaking of tho lam
on the locomotive which run into III
train, the oil spilling aud the fir
spreading rapidly, The three sister
were seated near each ether, and th
water was thrown upon tho QUO near
est the window, whilo tho other
shielded their faces as much as pos
siblo from the flames, until death cam
to their relicf. lie informs us that
was one Of the most distressing spec
tacles he ever Witnessed. Tho youn
woman pleading for life even aite
the flames had burned away tho hal
from her head, aud yet all efforts I
release her from the rubbish wit
which she was ineumbered ofno avail
was most appalling. A large an
powerful man climbed to the side {
the car aud placing his arms aroun'
endeavored by an immense effort
rescue her, but it was without avai
aud he was forced TO- relmduish b
task.
!, Al half.past twelve au anxior
crowd was at the depot awaiting II
arrival Of tho train, Those who ha
come in from the wreck by the cas-
ern train were surrounded IS group
to whom they rocounted tho detail