Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-04-30
rendered an IIl9 assi5Eahoe In lheii

Mr.. Blatesley, OF Olean, New York,
who WAS 10 one Of the cars that.Went
down khb enbanR emf stated thAt tho
igain vas tke Oih0inn1ti express. due ID
New York a. 8 o'clock this morning,
Allfouf OF the cars that went over the
embanknent were completely deuaoi5
ished pnd ] think tbet twenty five or
thirty persons were killed outright. /
saw Ave or six ladies taken from the
ruins quite dead, and o number of
wounded. The rear car took fire from
the stove after the living persons were
taken from IL; aud Iibelieve that there
were lseven dead bodies burned up.
There, were ints addition three
dead bodies taken !. oHtr befpr
the FIRE, had reached, them, The
car ahead Of The one in which I was
sleeping also took fite, but the g flames
were speedily extinguibhed!i The ca
tustrophe, OF Course, took place in the
darkness Of the night and the confu.
sion and terror was appalling, and the
horror was greatly increased by the ag.
onizing shFieksrPnd gr9anssf ff wounded
and dying. 'N' ga" Nn " We
PoSr JERv1s, April 15-Rse n. The
scene of the disaster on the Erie hail
way battles description. Thedmmense
height Of then embankmentY and the
character OF the ground rendered the
calamity, terribly, fatal. Phe wounds ale
horrible. The ,mutilatiCns. broken
limbs, aud sashes form q fearful sight.
Several will die of their wounds, The
loss of life will not in the end be less
thauforty or fifty. ied6 nil
New YoRK, April 16.-EnB4 Phillips
President OF the Michigan Southern
Railroad, and Charles McGray, general
| freight agent OF the same road, were on
the fated Erie train yesterday, but es-
capped with severe bruises.
The unknown man killed was named
Sauss, Of Paris, France. 9g q
Mrs. Snow, of Iowa, was killed.
The killed and most of the wounded
are at the depot at Port Jervis, and
half q dozen physicians are there from
this city, I.a ~, Id III
4 nba anoinaar az tho tyain aava khai
.ha ao,;deot ooonrrsd satjrtoar r,ile,
wSst G ~ Pore JSTv;s AZ nSyy,s Point I,
rUgged bluff, along side of which, 16C
feet above the Delaware, theltfack wal
excavated. The theory is,, that 0 raj
Point tLa engine and fiye cara passint
oyIr tba fract1re safely The forware
trnclr ~ re kirth car fben 6of cff ahs
the lconplinr ,ySrti6g ibis al FOLLOWED
lbS tIs TsmSiniIg sbSee ! vent on s40(
isatr S H. : when q ramin q |. in1'snntaag will
some obstacle. n was thrown down th,
nrpcinice draOoing tha others with \
to the rivers edrea' ~ ,1 'n''
The train was Going at the rate Of q
lto 40 miles Der h6ur The cars which
escaned were three uassen1er oars.
noS,aI oar and ops ftaight eot Tbos,
thrown ovsr ,ba dl;ef u]sre q IjInessanoe,
Sars' S" +btae slaening oars. : JtJwas IN
toaooIu @ dorL n raooh;no tha rfootI n
,baobi1FSs | throa csrl wave ionnd ON,
~ H tbe % r;var en5 enc he iost cav n,
AZ Tbors uJs,a nver tvrIoI bnndreI
,1aU.ona 1. in ths savon co,s .S-T - :
DIT laws disrstcb Isfa isat niob
- = ttSat ~ al s,stad tha.a M Ithot ,E;rtse,
DaIS "croons V"aS ,vsrs consumed in tLa, hn,n;n,
rors Nv hodissS wara recoversd las
O;o O;uht Amona iba yorndeJ are nen
feSnh.r, fSh ad;tor of tha Syracnse Cor
rI. stnstagoDt oftbe R;nsbanto,
o. o. !, Ala. IL # nii1or fvon G;ncin
nSt;. T r HArman T,onisv;lie. n
Fsa,,oS a H. r,on.yn n Ti;lI ~ RrooLlvn
NOS cnm;ro from tba West IN comnsn
.;.,, WI ~ : nnr9a Iad, and cS;lJn The 90
mi'n Gu eo~cS. Ara n,t tha .onn
Ia. w hn st,enaons afforts ssvs6 hin,
uW' - ora Lii, crnaLad ond 4
m'S rn,,,d iT go hnrnad u dseth witbon
| ~ S; IA !. ~'1'T TIT
VI NV, yopr An,;l ~ A Port Jervi
d;snotch states that rohberies wer
cor ro;tted 'nnon the dead and wounde
| after the disaster at Oarr's Rock b
nassenoera who were saved by being i
The forward cars, Money in lare
anna has been taken. cold watche
IsbsTocted from the pockets Of th
! dead and rings torn from the fingers q
ltha women, In one instance fiie wa
nsed In release a diamond ring frou
the Anger of a lady who was at th
time onIy conscious enough TO be adj
| lafterward to tell the story. PeopI
who were at the scene. say tEat the
lcould NOT protect the sufferers iror
this sacrilese Is5d GffJl'lai Z II
The corSnor's iury has brought i
ltba 'followino verdict:sg alnls1
s.From the evidence before MS W
have arrived at the conclusion that fh
deceased Tobias Erich. came TO hi
5eatb from ina track az Carr's Rock
Penn. the accident being caused by
broken, rail. The occurrence, in on
opinion, might have been avoided ha,
tbe sbe rnsata SIu sondition Of the road
/ IThe following persons are missing
T,ew;s r GollinsJ ~ Sontb BYRON. N
v. Susan Soniers Stafford. n. Y: a
tW Gaydiner Ratavia N " q
.irhe ohova ware travalin0 together