The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-05-01

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the passengers, Sc to another train, i'm
mediaIey returned for the transportation
Of the wounded.
Mr, Uollcnbach reached this city about
hatfpast twelve o'clcek "a day. togothef
with a dozen others, who wero slightly
hurt, and whose aceounts eorreborated his
own. Mr.. Lyons, Que OF the wounded, is
an alderman Of The city OF Bmghampton,
Nv Faitnan, senior partner Of the 'Emira
Advertiser, is among the wounded. He
was on his way TO this city, to attend
meeting of the State Associated Press.
A Port Jorvis dispatch states that fifty
wounded are still there, sOmo being cou.
sidered fatally injured, 1t is now stated
that twenty lives were lost.
The people of Fort Jarvis threw open
their houses, and all the ladies in town
rendered all the assistance in their power.
Mr. BlakesOy, who was in Que of the cars
that went down tho ombankment, Gays the
train was the Cincinnati express, due in
New York at s o'clock this morning.
All four of the cars that went over the
embankment were completely demolished,
and, | thiuk, from twenty-five to to thirty
were killed outright. | saw hve or six
ladies taken from the ruins quite dead, and
u number wounded. The rear car took iile
from the stove short time after tho living
persons were removed from it, and should
Judge there were about seven dead bodies
burned up. There were, in EDITION, three
dead bodies taken out before tho fire
reached them. The car ahead Of tho ono IN
which | VIVA sleeping also took fire, hut
tho llimos were speedily eNungulshed.
Tho catastrophe, OF course, took place in
the darkness of the night, and tho confusion
and terror was appalling, and the horror
was Increased by the asouizing shrieks
and groaus of the wounled aud dying.
LATER. t.
POEr Juayis, April lj--p NJ
The recent disac.cr ON the Erie Railroad
battles description. The immense hoiSht OF
the embaukment, aud tho character of the
ground. rendered the cMtnity terribly ia
tal The wounds arp horrible. Tho mutjl-
lations, brokeu limbs aid gashos form q
fearful sight Several will die OF their
wounds. The loss of life will not in the
end be less than forty or fifty.
sr.a sTuI, LATER. .- ...a
NEw York, April lG.
Il. b. Phillips, President OF the Michigan
Suutheru Railroad. and Charles Nj, Gray
General Freight Agent of tho same toad
we're on the hted Erie Railroad train, yes.
terday, but escaped with severe bruises
The unknown mau killed was pamed Sauss
of Paris, France Mira. Snow, OF Iowa, was
killed. The killed aud most of the wounded
are at Port Jervis, aud Il half dozen phySi
Claus are there from this city.
| The engineer of the tram says the acCi
dent occurred fourteen miles west of Por
Jcrvis, at ,CIrrs Point, rugged blnti
alongside of which, one hundred and fifty
feet above the Delaware, the track was eX
cavated,
The theory is that a rail broke about rou
hundred feet west OF Oarrs Point, the en-
| glue and five cars passing over tho trac
ture safely. Tho forward truck of Tia,
sixth car then got Off; the coupling part
ing, this car followed by the reWainnl
three, went on four huudred feet, when
coming in contact with some obstacle, i
was thrown down the preci pice, draggin.
the others with it to the riv er's edge
The train was going at the rate Of twent.
to twenty Eve miles an hour "i' B"
The cars which escaped were three pas
senger cars, one postal car, and one freigh
car. Those thrown over the cliff were a
passenger cars, including three sleepiuI
cars. II was intensely dark. , ,.a..t g.
0u reaching the foot of the bluff, tw
cars were found to o.in the river, and on
/. (the last carr on fire. There were owe
two hundred persons on the seven cars.
A Port Jervis dispatch, late last nigh
says it is stated there that thirteen person
were consumed on the burning cars. 81.
bodies were recovered last night.
Among the wounded are Guernoy Lap
ham, editor of the Syracuse Courier
Slurtevant, of the BinghAmpton Stdnaard
! A. l.. Oliver, from Cincinnati; James h
Heenan, Louisville; George Faye, a French
man. ...
c. c. Dixie, of Brooklyn, was coming iron
the West, in company with o young lad
and child, The car he was in caught fire
but the young lady, by strenuous exertons
saved him. His legs are badly crushed
and he would have burned to death with
| out her aid.
In ahe disaster gentleman named A
bert E, Burbank who was in seepin
car, was thrown out, and az soon as he re
covered from the Consideration, lie SNATCH
ed up some clothing lying sirewn arOuu
to shelter himselfirom the piercing air. |
tue pocket 0f 4 igtt over coat he took NJ
was card Of admission to tho Chicag
Exchange, and inside tho coat itself WA
the name of w. B. Hancock, of Cleveland
OhiO, name which does not appear on th
list of killed and wounded.
Tho deaths from the Erie disaster nun
her tweuty.four. Six bodies are unreeog
nizcd All the dead, aud nearly all tn
wounded, remain at the place where tn
accident occurred.