The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-01-17
Siffiu ASstkIv Tribant,
Dreadful Railroad Accident Rear
Green Springs A Car Thrown
from the Track Woman and
Child hllod-Several Injured.

Green Springs A Car Thrown
! from the Track Woman ant
Child hlled-Several Injured.
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IeG Owing to a pressure Of other mat
ter We we're unable last week to Civ,
THE particulars Of the accident which
occurred near Green Springs on Sat
utday The 5th inst on the Cincinnati
Dayton aud Eastern Railroad. Al
the time Of the accident the train was
running at about eighteen miles pei
hour. After jumping the track, tht
car ran on the ties n dlstSncc Of aboui
lb0 feet, and then turned over on il,
side and w~s thus dragged about ffty
" feet before the traiu could be stop.
ped. The following particulars oi
the accident are taken from the Ddi'
y Register Of Monday ~ ..''a y
/ 1.-The 1lands by, the side Of the
track at that. point, is almost level
and along the grade runs a ditch oi
nearly, a rod in width. Spanning
this ditch, ON each side Of tho track
iisa,small but strong bridge, used b,
farmers to convey wood over tht
grade, the wood being piled upon the
eastysids Of The iood.1 ~ Nas at this
place, about a half mile south Of the
bridge over Green Creek, that the
accident occurred. A.
l." The ear, at the time il Overturn.
ed, COP etaiuod about thirty passengers.
I all Of whom were throw" from their
seats, aud nearly all of whom were
more or less bruised.
"Mrs. DEMIss, daughter Of Mr.
Wilcox, of York Station, a young
woman who was married about two
weeks since, was sitting in the seat
With her husband, aud it is supposed
that wheno7the rear weut yoyer she
sprang to her feet, thrusting one of
them through the window, while the
car was sliding on its side. The foot
coming in contact with the bridge
mentioned above, became entanglcd
between it and the wreck OF the car,
tearing the limb frnmcitss socket at
the, hin. and, horribly muiilating the
body. Itrequired nearly half an hour
Of earnest work TO free the body of
Mrs. Demiss from the wreck, which
was only done by choppipgp out the
side of the car between the two wind
ows. The sufferer was probably 1un-
conscious during these terrible mo-
meuts, aud only lived half an hour
after being oxtricateu. The severed
limb was found by the track several
yards from the body. IfoTIu-t
CAS- stated above, the lady had
recently becomea bride, having been
married to Mr.. Demiss,- at Plym-
outh, Indiana, some two wooks ago.
with herlhusband, she had been Wis
iting her parents at York Station,
aud was now returning to their home
in Indiana home now lonely in-
deed. -
"HARRY STARR, SOD Of Mrs. Full
lar, of Dayton, Ohio was on his knee:
playing in the seat, and when the caI
ran from the track he fell with his
head trough the window into the
ditch. His head came in contact with
the bridge already mentioned, and
was severed from the bodyI' His
mother, who was in the coach at the
time of the accident, was somewhat
bruised. They had been visiting at
Mr.. Clark Center's, in this city, and
were then Son their way to then
home in Dayton. Harry Starr was q
bright little fellow, aged about sever
years, and his loss will prove a severe
trial to his bereaved mother. ~
IA young gil, probably ten year.
of age, a5daughter of Mrs. Hughes, o
Tifhn Ohio, had her collar -bone'bro
ken aud received several severe brui7
ses about the head. AT the time We
visited the scene of the accident sh,
was sleeping. She was not consider
cd dangerously injured, . =
"Mr. JosERH PALUccI, road maste
Twas riding 10 the car near the bo!
Starr, aud as the ear wss tOpPiiui
over he let 60 his hold on the seat t
secure the boy as he was pitching
through the window, but. 3ailed Il
reach him and was himself danger
ously fnjGrOd by being thrown owe
tho seats and falling upon the side o
the coach. ''- t'',''"
} h'Mr. G. s. Yingling, NJ. d.. o
Tifin, who was present, at once ten
dsredfiis services and did dcsit in hi
power to alleviate tho suffering Of tn
wounded. 3 ~, .,.,I ,as
"Tidings Of the accident were a
once telsgraphsd 70 this city, aud .
two o'clock an s1tTe train left for th