Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-16
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Forty or Fifty Persons Killed.

NEW YORK, April l5.-The train on. the
Erie railroad which left Buffalo twenty,
minutes past two yesterday afternoon, in
charge OF Conductor Judd and Chas. Dang
lers,. Superintendent of the Division, an
engine, tender, three sleeping cars, two
first class cars, one second class car, two
baggage cars and one postal car, proceeded
on time, making the usual stoppages until
evening, when the passengers in the Sleep
cars retired for the night.
About three O'Clock this morning, Mr..
Armes 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 Mr.. Judd Immediately remarked to
one of the officers that he had lost his rear
cars. They ran TO the platform of the car,
when the four rear cars were seen running
down precipice from seventy-five to one
hundred feet bigh.y yyri--
The scene of the accident is thirteen!
miles beyond Port Jervis on the Delaware
division of the road. The sides OF the
precipice are formed of jagged rocks. In
the descent the cars were broken to pieces.
At the bottom is a culvert through which
flows a stream of water, emptying into
the Delaware. The impression prevails
that the disaster was caused by a broken
rail, which threw the rear car from the
track. This displaced the three cars i'm
mediately in front, and connection break
ing the whole were precipitated down the
embaDkment.
Conductor Judd and Division Superin-
tendent Douglas were both slightly in
jured.
The cars in going over the embankment
turned several times before the bottom was
reached, and were nearly demolished. The
sleeping car was entirely consumed by
fire.
The passengers of the cars left standing
on the track Immediately began to rescue
the wounded and remove the bodies of the
killed. Many of the latter could not be re-
death and six others were killed by coming
in contact with the Jagged rocks, &c. i'
The following are the names of the killed.:
Ephriam Hoyt, Chenango Forks; Mrs E.
Hoyt, do; unknown man; Mary e. Cobb,
.Hainesville; Eras Blossom, saloon keeper,
Susquehanna depot; child of Mrs. Fissell,
Ithaca; III. B. Corvin, supposed to be of
monty dressed; boy unknown; j. o. Dun
ham, Btnghamton; Mr.. G. X. Loomis, Buff
falo; Elijah j. Knapp, Ballstown; Thomas
; r Brinceton, New York city. Il
Fifty-two are known to be wounded,
and have been cared for. Several slightly
wounded have arrived in this city.
Among the wounded are G. w. Howes,
Rome, Ohio, breast. badly; A. T. Gillett,
Mercer. Pa; Mrs. A. T. Gillett Mary
Stewart, Mercer, Pa, back and face, badly;
j. T. SRenney, S. N. johnson, head and
back; three children of S. p. Snow. hurt
seriously; Mrs. 81. Bailey, Loudonville, O.,
slightly; John Dubois, a boy unknown;
woman, insensible, age about 80 years, bag
gaze check 506, New York; Addie Snow,
child, slightly. 9s..a.2 @
The wounded persons were placed on the
train and brought to Port Jervis, which
place was reached at o'clock this morn
ing. Several surgeons were Immediately
summoned and every thing done that could
be to alleviate the sutferings of the injured.
The bodies of the persons killed were left
on the ground.
Among these wounded were two young
ladies, named Maggie and Emma Hoyt.
Both received serious injuries in the breast.
Their father and mother were instantly
killed. They lived at Chenango.
Daniel P. Snow, of Iowa, was injured, and
Three other children escaped with only
slight injuries. Mr.. Snow and family were
on their way to California.
postCfflce to-day, covered with blood, caus-
ed by assistance. rendered in rescueing the
wounded. sos
- PoRT JERvIs, April 5-Afternoon.-The
scene at the disaster on the Erie road baf-
fes all description. The immense hight
of the embankment and the character of
the ground render the calamity terribly
fatal. The wounds are horrible. Mutila-
tions, broken limbs and gashes form a
fearful sight. Several will die of their
wounds.
The loss of life will not, in the end. be
less than 40 or so.