The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-12-20

| Of the two coaches had time to make
his escape, and, without a moment
warning, some forty or fifty persons
were hurried into the presence of
their Maker The scene which was
presented to the inmates of the other
cars when the train was stopped, was
a fearful one. The car which first
went over the precipice took fire in
stantiy, and, before any person could
get TO II. the flames made rapid head
| way, ana N few moments IT was all
| ablaZe. Those persons on the spot
proceeded TO render all the assistance
they could, but only some four or five
persons were saved from the burning
car. and the remainder, Some forty or
fifty men, women and children, were
consumed with the car. " lille a
portion Of the passengers who had
escaped jury gave their attention to
1.-THE burning car, the balance attended
to the other car, which had also taken
fire.
Fortunately the flames in the latter
| instance were ezringuished before
they had made much headway, and as
speedily as possible the Injured, dead
and dying were taken from the car,
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burning car, were conveyed to the resi-
dences near at hand. How many
persisted in the burning car, it is i'm.
possible as yet to say, and 1t is very
probable that it will not be known
for some time. The place where the
first car struck after being precipitated
off the bridge was difficult of access,
and after, rescuing the half dozen or
so of persons before the flames had
made h.headway, no attempt was
made last night to disturb the re
mains of those who persisted in the
burning car. That will be attended
to. this morning. 1e
The following are the names of the
dead, as far as known: Jasper Fuller
and wife. of Spartansburg, Pa; Mr..
Graves, and ". Ell. Ross, of Northeast
Pennsylvania; E. B. Forbush, Bufa
10, Patent Agent; Mrs. w. Freeman.
Norwich, Del; Mrs Mary Shedden
and child, Corfu, New York; J b.
Haywood, Northeast Pennsylvania;
Frank Walker, and, his son, Julius
Walker, Buffalo; two men, names
unknown; Mrs. John NJ. Strong, Buff
falo; Mr.. Hubbard, St. Catharine;
an unknown woman, badly injured.
Thelfollowing are the i~jured Mrs.
Christina Long, Minnesota, injured
about the head and body; VIC. Pat
terson, Of Oil Creek, injured, cannot
recover; Mrs.. Fisher, of Minnesota,
badly injured and insensible; Chas.
p. Wood, ,of Buffalo. seriously iniur-
ed; r. f. Russell, Trenton, Tenn,
badly hurt. in the back, and also,
inwardly IL Mrs Mary Sheldon, I
Corfu, badly injuredS FL. E. Fisher,
Mimi, In dangerous condition y w.
I'll. Moore and wife, Iowa. seriously
injured in back and head Mary
Sayles and Miss Maria Sayles, both Of
Corfu, both seriously injured, but not
dangerously; II. jackson, Illinois, 4
badly; Miss L. NJ. Babcoek, SYRIA
cuse, seriously; S. j. Howard, New
York, leg broken and chest injured
Ira Babcock, Syracuse. bruised, not
dangerously; smiddle-aged man, un-
known, dying; Robert Stewart aud
wife. Oneida County, slightly injured
w. FL. Moore, Iowa, badly bruised on
head and body; Robert Reivenburgh,
Albion, seriously injured; Mis-: Ham
lin, Buffalo, slightly injured Eugene
Howard, Buffalo, slightly.
A few others, whose names we
could not learn, were in other houses
in the neighborhood injured, bat the
number was not great, probably
eight or ten in all.
The following persons were brought |
to Buffalo, ali slightly injured &c. w. |
Lane, Crescoe, Iowa, head and side;
Rudolph Lane, Cresc0e. Iowa, head; |
Garrett Hurdle. Cory, Pa, head and |
internally; Michael Copeland, Mime
apolIs, MINI, head; w. T. Gregory, |
Syracuse, chest; Isadore Mayer, New
York, agent for Madame Ristori, head |
and back; III. II. Thomas. Rochester. /
leg broken; r. g. Morris, New
London, Connecticut, head and |
back; Minnie Mccarthy, Lowell, /
Massachusetts,. head and side: w. L. j
Pelton, New York, head and body |
Mrs. j. TymsOn, Kenosha, Wis, |
badly cut about the head; w. III. |
Teller, Utica, head ana body. In
addition to the above the following |
received slight INJURIES: r. NJ. Rus
sell, Frank lin, Te1 nessee; J.
Brown, Butfato; J. Cuyer, New |
York; j. G. Krib, Salem, Mass.
Mrs. j LII. Thomas. Kenosha, Wis; /
Mary Moore Brooklyn; 3D. Carr, /
Brooklyn.
Among those on the train we're
Stephen Stewart, of Cory, Pennsyl |
vania, President Of the Oil Creek
Railroad, who is missing; George B.
of this city, expected on I
the train, has not been heard from.
and fears are entertained for his /
safety Fran Sherman, conductor
of the train, was injured in the shout
der and on the head. He came here