The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-07-23
RAILROAD DISASTERS.

We have received in. the last few days
accounts Of several railroad disasters
that are truly distressing. We learn by
the dispatches that OH July nth a spe-
cial train with the. excursion party of
Eastern railroad men on the Kansas Pa
cifc railroad, broke through bridge
that morning while eastward bound.
about eighteen miles east of Law
renee, in consequence of the unprec-
edented high water. The train was run
ming at the rate of ten miles per hour.
The engineer and fireman were instant
Ey killed, and thirty-five passengers Sc
rfousfy wounded. The engine and one
car were completely wrecked. Messrs.
Noble and Anderson, Superintendent
of the Kansas Pacific road, were both
injured, Mr.. A. seriously. The Rail-
road Company did all in their power to
alleviate the sufferings of the wounded,
who were taken to the EldEidge House
I'm Lawrence. No blame Is attached to
the Company or employers, by the ex-
CurSioisists.
Fl seems that an unusually heavy rain
tiers of the creek suddenly, sweeping
away one of the bents of the bridge,
but leaving the iron rails and ties ap-
parently intact, from which fact the en-
Gineer was given no warning of the
danger.
We have another account of disas-
ter near MiddletOwn, New York. 1t
seems that the night express train on
tho Erie road, from New York, on the
night of the 10Th, ran into freight
train which had been left partially on
the track instead Of on a side track,
about thirty mites from Camp Rock.
The engine, tender, baggage car, ex-
press ear, smoking car, one passenger
car and n sleeping car were thrown off
the track and smashed out of all shape
The splintered cars and fragments of
timber came into contact with the scat
tered fire from the locomotive, and q
con6agrTtion ensued, in which the tend
er, baggage ear and the wounded pass
engers all went to feed the flames. Sew
en- cars were destroyed and six passen-
gers were burned to death. Two of the
passengers were from New YoIk. One
is supposed to be the Rev. Il. Hallcck.
Another despatch says that all the
through mail was burned in the post
Office car
Another smTsh-up occurred on the
Union Pacific railroad July 10Th. a
train raN on rhe track near Antelope,
in consequence of the washing away OF
an embankment. Malcolm Spear OF
Michigan, John Dwyer of Emmetsburg
Maryland, Alexander Wagstaff of St.
Louis, and three other passengers, were
injured. Three passenger cars, bag
gage car and engine were smashed. A
freight train also ran off the track there,
and a passenger train going east had al
SO run off the track. killing some dis.
charged soldiers. Rains had been very
heavy there
We have still another from the Law
renee Tribune of the 10th. On the
evening of the Fish the railroad bridge
over the Marais DIES Cygnes, Hine miles
below Paola, gave way, owing TO thC
excessive rains, precipitating twelve
men, who were at work on the bridge
into the raging stream. They fell dis
lance of seventy feet.
Five were killed instantly, and six
were severely hurt. Two can hardly
survive, as both have both arms broken
Only one of the twelve escaped with.
cut injury.
The bridge is n fetal loss, every YES.
tige, except one pier, being carried of
by the flood.