The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-12-25
ASHLAND UNION, WEDNESDAY, MORNING DECEMBER G5 7
oner arrived from Buffalo, under order Of
the railroad company. and the physicians

oner arrived from Buffalo, under order Of
railroad company, and the physicians
Immediately set to work with q will
They did what was in their limited pow
er, but their assistance availed but little,
in cases of triaiug injuries. Most
of the victims were beyond the help Of
man.
Then came the frantic inquiry after
friends, the rush to and fro of passengers
who had been saved and had friends or
relatives on the train. The appeals and
opportunities of many Of these we will
never forget. Shocked almost beyond
endurance by the scene passing they
could only ask for information in that
feeble frantic way which cannot be ans
wercd at such times to their satisfaction
All of them found that some cherished
ono was missed, but whether dead or dy-
ing could not be Immediately as~certained.
SCENES AND INCIDENTS.
We found in q small house on the
north side of the track, near the scene of
the disaster, where there were several
others wounded, a lady who had been
completely scalped. She had received q
blow on the forehead which peeled the
skin and flesh. entirely from her head,
leaving it hanging back upon her pillow,
where she lay, in a pool Of blood, attach
ed to the back part Of her head by a
slight connection. We saw in the same
house a man with a ghastly wound in the
face, which made him appear as if his
head WAS almost cut in two. And in the
same house was another mar whose right
foot had been severed from the leg, and
he was dying. if not already dead, from
loss Of blood. ...
At the Hotel near the station was q
man named Hubbard, from St. Gather.
ines, G. w., who was one of the few ia.
ken from the burning Car. His feet and
legs were burned to a crisp. His body
was blackened and blistered to the waist
His right arm was torn from the body,
and remained attached only by the skin
He lay there two long hours in agony,
and at last death came to his relief.
Conductor B. +. Sherman was in the
last car when the conclusion Of the acct
dent first occurred. He sprang to the
bell-rope and thence to the brakes on the
same car. After turning up the brakes
tight, he again pulled the bell-rcpe aud
flew into the next car. Before lie was
aware of what was transporting he found
himself wedged against the car with O
stove across his stomach and the car
whirliDg down the embankment. As
soon as the car stopped he managed to
extricate himself, and was the first to get
out, with his left shoulder badly jammed
and his body so severely injured as to
make it impossible for him to render as
s%istance to others, but he called loudly
upon those at hand, and for some time di.
rccted their movements in extricating
others from the car.
The brakeman located on this car was
thrown high in the air when the car part.
ed company with the one behind it, and
before be reached the ground, in the
middle of tho track without injury. the
car passed under him and was rolling
down the embankment.
SCENES AMONG THE DEAD.
The dead taken from the cars, and
those who died from their injuries, were
removed to the freight house at the sta.
ton. At the time Of our visit there were
sixteen of those bodies, laid along close
together as they had been brought in,
presenting a ghastly and s%ickening sight
Some Of them were burned. The atmos
pbere was loaded with the odor of burn.
ing flesh. Most Of them seemed to have
been killed outright by the conclusion Of
the rolling car which was on fire. There
we're fifteen Of them we have said, bu'
three of these, so far as we could discov
er, had been burned. The balance hat
been killed or died Of wounds received
in. the car that did not burn. And &C
cording to the best estimates there wa
at least t~hirty-two who went to ashet
with the car which burned. We looked
along the line, and W. II. Ross, of Norll
East, was the only face we recognized
but the Coroner was ready to commeuc,
an examination. The claim agent of tn,
road was also present. A Buffalo physi
clan proceeded to divest pockets Of thei
contents, which he handed to the CorO
ner, who examined them and called then
aloud to the reporters, after which the.
were delivered to the receiver. 1t was
sorrowful task.
THE WOUNDED.
There were about forty wounded.
OTHER PARTICULARS.
A book taxed from the charred re
mains contained fifty dollars. The nam
in the BOOK is Alexander W. Martin.
Surgeon r. j. Uurio and DIR. O. "
Becksmith, of Angola, were on til
ground twenty minutes after the aCcidenl
The citizens turned out en- masse, an