The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-04-21
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Three Cars Thrown Down am
Embankment.
List Of the Killed and wounded

List OF the Killed and Wounded.
New York, April 16 The train on
the Erie X. r., which left Buffalo at
twenty minutes past two clock yester-
day afternoon, in charge Of Conductor
Judd and Charles Douglas, SuperinteHd-
Eentof Division, consisting Of an eBg:ae,
tender, three sleeping cars, two 6rst-class,
two baggage and one postal car, proceed
ed on time, making the usual stoppages,
until evening, when the passengers in the
sleeping cars retired for the night, and
about three o'clock this morning, Mr..
Ames and Mr.. Horton, of the general
post Office department in charge Of the
postal car, saw theabell rope straighten
out and break in two, when Mr.. Judd
remarked to one Of the officers that he
had lost his rear cars. They ran to tho
platform, when the four rear cars were
seen running down a :precipioe from 75
to 100 feet high.
The scene Of the accident is t3 miles
beyond Port Jarvis, on the Delaware di-a
vision of the road. The sides Of the
|precipice are formed Of ragged rocks
In the descent the cars we're broken 20
pieces. At the bottom is cniSerf,
through which flows 4 stream Of water,
|emptying into the Delaware. The i'm
|pression prevails that the disaster Was
caused by a broken rail, which threw the
rear car from the track; this displaced
the three cars running in front, and con-
Inections breaking, the whole were preci-
(pitated down the embankment. Con-
ductor Judd.and Division Superintend-
ent Douglas we're both slightly wounded.
The cars in going over the embark
ment t1rned several times before the bot
tom was reached, and were nearly de.
moliahed. The sleeping car was entire-
| ~ consumed BY fire, The passengers Of
the cars left standing on the track im-
mediately began to rescue the wounded
and remove the bodies of the killed;
many Of the latter could not be recsg-
lnized. Seven persons were burned TO
death and six Others were killed BY COM
ling in contact with jagged rocks, &c..
The following are the names Of the killed:
sHphraim Hoyt, Chenango Fork; Mrs.,
E. Hoyt, Chenango Fork; unknown man;
Mary e. Cobb, Homesyille; Eras Bios
som, saloon keeper at Susquehanna de-
tpot, child of Mrs. Tisdell, Ithaca; Hs
| B. Coryin, supposed of Vervena, MI;
woman unknown, commonly dressed boy
unknown; J. G. Dunham, Binghanpton;
Mr.. G. K. Loomis. Buffalo; Eliza j.
Knapp, jamestown; Thos. r. BriDcton,
New York city.
Fifty-two persons are known to Be
wounded and have been cared for. Sey-
eral slightly wounded and have arrived
in this city. Among The wounded are.
q. W. Howis Cochrane, Ind, badly; j.
Henderson, Rome, o., breast badly; a.
3. Gillett, Mercer, Pa; Mrs. A. T. Gil
lett, Mary Stewart, Mercer, Pa back and
face, badly; j. T. Kenny, ST. Johns, head
and back; three children of s, P. Snow,
hurt seriously; Mrs. H. Bailey, Loud
|enyille, Ohio, slightly; John Dubois, 4
boy; unknown woman, insensible, aged
about thirty, baggage check SOC, N. Y;
Addie Snow, child, slightly.
The wounded persons we're placed on
the train and brought to Port Jarvis.
which place was reached at o'clock this
morning. Several surgeons were imme-
diately summoned and everything done
that could be to alleviate the sufferings
Of the injured. The bodies Of the per-
sons killed were left on the ground.
Among those wounded were two young
ladies, named Maggie and Emma Hoyt.
Both received serious injuries in. the
breast. Their father and mother we're
instantly killed. They lived at Chenan-
go. Daniel P. Snow, Of Iowa, vas also
injured, and his wife and one Of his chill
dren killed. Three .other children es-
capped with only slight injuries. =
Mr.. Snow and his family were on their
way to California. Mr.. Horton, postal
agent, appeared at the postofice to-day
covered with blood, caused By assistance
rendered in rescuing the wounded,
PoRT JARVIS, April 15.-This after
noon the scene at the disaster on the Erie
road, battles description. The immense
height OF the embankment and the char
acter of the ground render the calamity
terribly fatal g
The wounds are horrible. Mutilations
broken limbs and gashes form fearful
sight. Several will die Of their wounds.
The loss of life will not in the end be
less than forty or fifty.