The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-07-16
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Friday Evening, July 10, 1862
ANOTHER ERIE RAILROAD HOLOCAUST


Another terrible butchery has o's"''v e,
on the Erie Railroad, the shocf,ne
of which will probably arouse p"'''e 80, 'e1
ton to the criminal care''SsnesS o' 'n' POI
Of railroad managers TO be sooa '0''o"eu
hrans.s, forgepaIness Of the per'Is which
IL. ,,,sry travaler. The night eX'
rr.ss train over the Erie road which lett
Nav York on Wednesday night, ran into
. freight train which had been left partially
on the main track, instead of wholly on
side track. The engine, tender. baggage
car, express car, smoking car, one passenger
car and sleeping car we're thrown on the
track and smashed out Of all shape Inc
splendid cars and fragments OF tlmoers
cana into contac. with scattered hre from
Tho Locomotive. and a confagration ensued,
in which the timbers, baggage, and wound,
Nd messengers all went to feed the flames.
Seven cars we're destroyed and nine passen'
gers burned to death. Among the passen'
gers who lost their lives by the accident is
Rev. Mr.. Hslleck, of New York, who is re-
ported not to have been injured by the coll
lsiou, but to have been burned alive in a
perfec, state of health in the presence OF
his fellow. passengers who were unable 10
afford him any assistance. The following
dispatch from New York, under the date Of
the 18th, gives the particulars as far IS
known OF that time
A passenger states that the freight train
which should have waited on the side track
Oh the left Of the road, this side Of the sta
ton, had started on before the arrival of the
express The engine of the former had
reached the main track wheait was struck
by the engine Of the express train which
was running at the rate Of forty miles an
hour. The engine Of the frat train was
standing on a frog, so firmly fixed that II
WAS not displaced. The engine of the eX
press train struck the station house, to
which it set fire, and thea il turned around
and went Off the track and was left headed
east. The tender went to the right and
headed west The express car went down
the hill towards the river The first pas
senger car telescoped into the baggage car.
The whole train was burnt except the three
rear sleeping cars. Only dozen pieces Of
baggage we're saved. The freight engine
stood locked into passenger car. After
some vain effort to put out the flames with
water carried from the river, the passen
gers moved the freight cars east. Two car
were moved at time; mary of them wer
loaded with oil. At half past one o'cloc
this morning there was no engine at tn
scene of the accident, Some were suffering
terribly from their INJURIES some were pas
all pain. AT six o'clock this afternoon nine
bodies were counted. Some distressing
scenes of suffering occurred and tilere were
some remarkable scenes. The engineer Of
the express train stood brava'y at his post
and turned over several times With his en-.
CINE but fortunately escaped injury. 4
young German said his father was burned
When the ruins Of the burning car were
removed be recognized tho remains of hi
father by his watch and some coins The
fault of the disaster is attributed TO the en-
gneer of the freight train, who started out
before the express train passed him. He has
disappeared.