Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-04-16

u Juoos ana ChaYioe Douglass, Superin
endent Of the DIVISION. c
About three o'clock in the morning, the
'mcers Of the postal car saw the bell rope
traighten out and break. Conductor Judd
remarked that he had lost his
ear cars. and going to the platform Of tho
ar, the four rear cars we're seen running
Town an embankment from seventy-lye TO
sne hundred feet high.
b. Holisnbach, Of Norris, III states that
he left Cleveland yesterday A. n, and
while In the arst Of the three sleeping cars,
was awokc between 3 aud 4 o'clock this A
H., by violent Jerks, with c,ncussion, and
q subsequent rolling cf tho car down the
eribankmcnt On q cessation 81 the mo
ton, screams of ight and despair, arose
fr n several WOMEN and Children occupy
ing the car. who ed 10, held as tenacious
Is TO their berihs rs male passengers. lie
received q few contusious, but wss uncon
clous Of them at that moment, aud ia cam-
pany with others, at once left the car and
surveyed lie scene. The CA had rolled Oh
an ineiincd plane down tie bank, AZ d stop
ped Al a distance ei one hundred feet from
tho read. Fearful shrieks from the center
aud last sleeping cars were heard. The
w b's beh PCT BSuUttutdi, u ttW iSSs
from calvert, in the stream below, and the
latter had rolled similarly TO this car, but
had caught fire from cindeTs Of the stove.
Both we're much shattered. and blows from
the fragmsnts as the fragments broke, con.
uibutsd much TO wards injuries sustained.
Attention was Immediately given TO the
extrieation Of the sufferers, and the engine,
baggage Car, smoking car, and the other
passenger cars, vent to Port Jervis. and
transferring its passengers &c, to another
train, and immediately returned for the
transportation Of the wounded.
Mr.. liollenbach reached this city about
halt past ~ O'Clock to-day. together with
ABOUT twelve others who had been slightly
nurt, and whose accounts corroborated
his.
Mr.. Bakesly, Of Clean, New York, who
Was in one oi sne cars that went down the
smbankment, stated that the train was tn.
Cincinnati express, de IN New York at &,
this A. NJ. All four Of the cars that went
over the embsukms 1 were completely de-
molshcd. and think 25 or 80 person were
killed outright. ! saw live or six LADIES'
aken from the ruins quite dead, and num-
Der wounded.
The rear car took fire from the stove .
short time af,er the living persons removed
rom II, and should Judge there were about
even dead bodies burned up. There were
| IN addition three bodies removed before The
| fir. reached tn m.
Tho car ahead Of the one in which was
| stopping also took fire, but the flames were
| speedily cxtlngulshed.
The catast ophc, Of course, took place in
the darkness OF tue night, and the coniusicn
aud terror vas appalling. The horror vas
sieatiy increased by the agonizing shrek
aud groans Of the wounded and dying
Many Of the killed could not DO recognized
Seven PERSONS were burned to death. ami
,,N Others we're killed by coming in contact
sith Jagged rocks. etc. The following are
tie names OF the killed:
Ephsa,m Hoyt, al Cuennugo Fork Mrs
loyi, Of Chcnaueo Fork; an unknewn
man Mary l.. Colt, Hurn.lsyil'c; T. Bios
SON, saloon keeper ut Susquehsnna Depot /;
could OF Mrs Tlsdeii, OF ltbaca; d. II
Corwi J, suppo sed TO bc of Verona, N. Y. :;
al unhnosn woman, commonly dressed !;
an unknown boy j. q. Dnrha,n, Bine-
hampton Mr.. y. X. Looms, Buffalo Eniah
). Knapp, Jamestown, N. r.; Thomas X.
Princeton, b2 broadway.
my WV otC AuoWu W uAtc pCeU WyuUu-
ed snu cared for. Several who we're slight.
y wounded have arrived in this city Among
the wounded are:
g. w. Howes. Cochranc, Ind badly
). II. HORTON, Salem, Wisconsin, side and
head l.. T. Snow, Is aksbnry, Iowa, head
and breast j. X. iieenan, Louisville, bad
ly, J. Henderson, Rome. O., breast badly /;
John Balscar, boy from Cincinnati. face
and limbs L. X. Newton. Corniag, Penn,
back aud breast; 4. l.. Gillctt, Mercer, Pa;
Mrs. "A. l.. Giilett, Mercer, Pa Mary Stew
art, Mercer, Pr back and face, badly j.
). Kenny, st. johns. head aud back three
children Of ). +. Snow, hurt seriously, Mr..
II. bailey, LouAonsyisie. Ills, slightly Da-
sid Resin, Corning, head aud limbs; ".
Hayes, head aud limbs; John DUBOIS. a
boy !; an unhnown woman. insens BILE, aged
about 80, bagssge cheek sos, N. Y, in her
possession; Addic Snow. child, slightly;
{. W. Douglas, Division Superintendent ol
the Delaware Division, badly b; uiscd about
the bead and shoulders aud back
TIE wounded persons were brought to
Fort Jersis. which place was reached about
clock this A. NJ. Several surgeons were
immediately summoned and everything done
that could be to alleviate the sutIerings Of
the injured
The bodies Of the persons killed were left
on the ground.
Among the wounded were two Young Ia
dis named Masgie and Emma Hcvt, both
OF whom received serious injuries in the
b east Their father and mother were in.
stantly aill'd They lived at Chenango.
Daniei Z. snow, Of Iowa, was also inlur.
ed, end his wife aud one Of his children
were killed Three other children escaped
vi only slight INJURIES. Mr. Snow and
family werc ON theie way to California
Mi. Horton. postal agent, appeared At the
post-odicc, to-day, covered with blood caus-
ed By Assistance rendered in resouine the
wounded.
The engineer Of the train reports that The
accident occurred At Carr's Point. rugged
blum. along side Of which, 100 feet above
the Dela~sre, the track Vas excav ated.-I
The theory is that rail broke about 400
lece west Of Cars Point, the eurine md |
i've cars passing over the fracture ssfelv.
Ans !orsard truck Of the six,h car then set |
on o. the coupling. parting shis car. fsl. |
lowed oy tee remaining. then went on 400 |
icst. vhsn. coming in contact With come
obstacle, II vas thrown down the precipice.
dragging the others with il 10 the rivers
edge. The train was go'nig At the rate OF
30 to rs miles per hour. The cars whlch
escaped we're three passenger cars. one |
postal cor and one freight Car. Those
thrown over the cliff were In passenger
c,rs-three sleeping. Il vas intensely dark |
Oh reaching the foot Of the buG, aud two
cars were iound to be in the river, and one.
tho last car, on Gre. There were over 200 |
persons IN The seven cars.
Port Jervis dispatch ls.s las, night.
rays It vas stated there that thirteen peo-
p'a s.re consumed ii the burning cars Il
b dies were r.cos, red lat night Amen,
The sounded are. u Wa.,ha,n. engineer OF
ne Syracuse Conritr; A. s. nrdevant, ofthe
Standard; A l. o ivier, from
sincins.sti; Jas. Hecnar, Louisville; Geo.
9ige. F.snchmsn q G. Ollie, Of Brook
IN, who Was coming fron, the west in Gem.
paas vii young LADY and child The
-, ns vas In caught fire, but the
ouhe my, By str, nuous exertions. saved
l'., Mss legs are badly crushed
Ind he would have burned Ia a..,h v;,ho,t
her aid. D II. Phillips, President Of IN.
Michigan Southern RairoAd. and Cha. *
Gray. general freight agent % ths So
road, were on the fatal train Yesterday ~.
Escaped With severe bruises. ~
:, Ihc unknown man killed was namea