New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-22
PARTICULARS or THE DIsAsTER-A FRIGHT
Full COMMUNICATIONS ESCAPE FROs

PARTICULARS OF THE DIsAsTER-A FRIGHT
Full sCENE-MIRACULoUs ESCAPE FROM
DEATH.
The excursiOnists injured in the late terrible
railroad accident the Kansas Pacific Railroad arrived
in st. Louis Saturday, en- rOute for their homes IN
Cleveland, Indianapolis &C., and left as soon as the
river. The train consisted Of engine, tender, and
three cars The first car the one next to the tender
Anderson 1t was what is known as a business car and
had an office IN It, The second was coach OF the e. a. =;
finished The third was palace car supplied by the In;
fallen on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning,
dougng the country and laying portion Of the track
proved saob disastrous one was attributed The point
where the accident occurred was one mile east OF enap
aud u miles east OF lawrence Kansas ara several miles
w wss pT ri WOW orG The danGs from
G twenty Re ss The length of the bridge was only
about thirty feet The water In the bottom OF the ravne
was about three feet Deep and there was considerable
deposit OF mud Above the ravine the ground was very
high, and the heavy rains had caused large quaDu
to pass down the creek The track apparently all
safe The train ran at moderate rate OF speed, ana
when 1t went the bridge was going at very SLOW
rate The bridge seemed ali right and the engineer dd
hesitate No sooner however had the engine moved
on II than 1t gave way and the lOcomotiCe was R
sons forced headoDg over to the other sde Oh
the raviDe, and the coach Of the G. c. C. and X X was
thrown on its side with end IN the bottom OF tne
ravne. The lifted off the track but not thrown
over IL was jammed against the second ear ana TINS
prevented it from going any farther The second car lay
end OF U the bottom the other reached 10 the top
Tho shock and smash terrible. damned be-
the engine and the tender the engineer and hre
were instantly killed, The first car was wrecked
and the second scarcely recognizable, except as
Of splnters One end OF this Knocked out
Immediately upon being thrown 10 the bottom OF the
ravine, and the falling tmbers Of the bridge completed
the general destruction Excepting Mr. Lords car every
thing smashed, even the massive engine
and tender were entire wreck. 1t can
be conceived how tho excurslonists Jared scarce
ly in the frat and second escaped injury many
seriously injured. The CONSERVATION was awful,
and the and shouts for help OF the moro unf0r
together with the crash OF timbers and the
flying spllners combined 10 make the scene most ter
rife Everyone seemed either to have crushed OF broken
limbs bruises or gashes. As the second car ie te OK
cursiOnists in il could nothing but tmbers falng
and when they descended the car and the whole De-
came confused mass there almost total darkness
The passengers who able began 10 e1rlcato the
selves possible, and with those IN the rear car
proceeded with the utmost vigOr to aid those VINO hau
been seriously injured. The task was hereulean one
Those but slightly and many badly hurt took no notice
OF their own Injuries, and abored strenuousy IL wac
about threequRrers Of hour before the WORK Oh
eating the injured and carrying them to the upper
ground was finished. IL was miracle that only TWO
men we're killed. About rs, however, were injured.
lSt. Louis Republican