Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-04-22
TERRIBLE DISASTER ON THE
NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD.

NEW ORh, ApFll lJ.-lHe HdlE on
the Erie Railway which left Buffalo at
500 on Tuesday afternoon in charge of
conductor Judd, and Charles Douglass,
Superintendent of the division, aud carry
ing three sleeping-cass, two first class and
one second. class car, two baggage cars,
and one postal car proceeded on time,
making the usual stoppages, until even
ing. when the passengers in the sleeping
cars retired for the night. At about 5
o'clock yesterday morning, Mr.. Ames and
Mr.. Horton, of the General Post Office,
in charge Of the postal car, saw the bell
rope straighten out and break in two,
when conductor Judd Immediately re-
marked to one of the officers that he had
lost his rear cars. They ran to the plat
form of the car, when the four rear cars
were seen running down a precipiee from
seyenty-fve to hundred feet high. The
scene of the accident is thirteen miles be-
yond Port Jervis, on the Delaware Divis.
ion Of the road. The sides of the preci-
pice formed of Jagged rocks. In the
descent, the cars were broken to pieces.
At the bottom is culvert, through which
flows stream of water emptying into the
Delaware. An impression prevails that
the disaster was caused by broken rail,
which threw the rear car from the track.
This displaced the three cars Immediately
in front, and the connections breaking,
the whole were procipitated down the en-
bankment Conductor Judd and Dlvis-
ion Superintendent Douglas were slightly
injured. The cars, in going over the en-
bankment. turned several times before the
bottom was reached, and were nearly de.
molished, The sleeping cars were entire
sly consumed by fire The passengers Of
the cars that were left standing on the
track, Immediately began to rescue the
wounded and to remove the bodies of the
killed. Many Of the latter could not be
recognized. Seven persons were burned
to death, and SIX others were killed by
coming in contact with jagged rocks, etc
The following are the names of the
killed Ephraim Hoyt, Chenango Fork;
Mrs. r. Hoyt, Chenango Fork and I'M
known man; Mary e. Cobb, Hornells-
vile E. Blossom, saloon keeper at the
Susquehana depot child of. Mrs. Tisdell,
Ithaca ; B. Ell. Corwin, supposed from
Geneva n. Y; woman unknown, cons
monty dressed boy unknown j. O.
Durham. Bnghamton Mr.. G. K. Looms
is, Buffalo Elijah J. Knapp, jamestown,
n. Y; Thomas r. Princeton, l52 Broad
way, New York.
Fifty-two are known to have been
wounded and have been cared for Sew
eral slightly wounded have arrived in
this city. Among the wounded are G..
W. Howes, Of Cochrane, Ind, badly;
J.. H. Horton, of Salem, Wis, side aud
head; d, z. Snow, Teaksbury, Iowa,
head and breast; j. r. Heenan, Louis
Vile, badly; S. Henderson Rome, Ohio,
in breast badly; Jno Balsier boy, Gin
cnnati, face and limbs e. r. Newton,
Corning. Pa, back and breast t. A.
Gillet, Mercer Pa; Mrs. 4. L. Gillet :
Mary Stewart, Mercer, Pa, back and
face badly; j. T. Kenny, St. Johns,
head and back ). three. children of s. 2.
Snow, hurt seriously Mrs. FL. Bailey,
/ Londonville, o., slightly David Rodgers,
Corning, head and limbs; W. Hager,
Corning, head and limbs John Dubois,
boy, unknown; woman, insensible, aged
about 80. baggage-check 500, New York;
Addic Snow, child slightly : G. W.
Douglass, Division Superintendent, Della
ware Division, badly bruised, head should
ers and back va 9"' asa
The wounded persons were placed on
the train and brought to Port Jeryis,
which place was reached at 9. o'clock
yesterday morning. Several surgeons were
Immediately summoned, and everything
was doae that could be to alleviate the
suferings Of the injured.
TIE bodies Of the persons killed were
left on the ground Among those wound
ed were two young ladies named Maggie
and Emma Hoyt; both received serious
injuries Ia the breast Their father and
mother were instantly killed lived at.
Chenango Danial ? Snow, Of Iowa, was
also injured, and his wife and one of his
children were killed three other chill
dren escaped with only slight injuries
Mr.. Sno \ and family were on their way
to California. -.sz55
TAX DEEDS IN WISCONSIN, The i'm
portant act of the Wisconsin Legislature
relating to the issue of tax certificates
is officially published. It provides as
follows ~
Section one of chapter one hunded aud
twelve Of the general laws of 1867, entitled,
San act for the limit of tax certificates, !"