, 1869-07-19

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ONLY few da,a ago we ruhllshed the nancs Of
party ol txcu1sionlsts, who h1d Come nom
Cleveland. Indianapolis. and other cities, for the
and ENJOYING baIlalo hunt. The parry passed up
the road Monday, ami every accom-: We received
from them was thai they we're enoyl lng themselves
Jos. Perkins William Collins, L. B. Hut1blt,
George wotthlngton, Joha Miller T. ?:
Flint, General superintendent; Frank Ford, Chief
and E. l. ForI, General Passenger Agent, oltleers
Il diaaatolis M Rauway, All Gea. T. = Morris Presi-
dent; J. D. He1klIutr, General superintendent;
Edward King, secretalF aud Treasurer, o1lcets ot
ofsceEs We're accompanied b j. u. Stone, General
James barnett, Charles H!ckoz, Prof. Vii:
nuz and D: T: Ee,s, leading citizens Of
csSala Of 'afSs Ssaa san Rf Rss.s 3n' e9sa
t'c,. President Wabash College, Crawfordsyll1c.
a1d 9nes am, sTsy E. q waa nam
Esq, banker; General ch:-ics Crult S. 4 ucI-
Esk eash'sr ia Of Fst S4t:ona 1aaS sI,no.a "; +
banker, from Greenwich: E, Soscs, q Mattoon,
and J. G. NoFes.. The lauEes were Mrs Wilbur,
GoLb, oi vlEcen1es, lnsliaaa. Joined TIC parry Al
ii; o'clock yestert1ay morning lie party passed.
sn,Tits, and htztly r!ea@esi with tnelr trip.
II Lawrrnce, General anderson, sunertutent-
ent ard Geor<s Noble Ell, s ass;'ans nj, ,sapssa;,
ethcrs, Joined the cscursioni5ts, o. their return
ut, for tne purpose, we believe, Of accompanying
Between . ana ia O'Clock yesterday morning
this communttr was tnthWn INTO q st1ie Of fever
lsh excitement from a rlElut that prevailed On the
Creek. one mile east Of Lenape aud nineteen
1n.cs east Of lawrence, hai given way s,d pEs>
c!ptatc.l the parts into the stream. killing nun
ftnr1 NJ T3adf f{tYSF
around, and the truth could not be learned. On
going tn the railroad ci;lce, re could only hear
that there had teen sad accident, md . telegram
had teen sent for surgeons md other assistance
tro1n tile clty. a eIH-cLal ran vas immediately
gu Ii readiness, all, ID company With msny
others, We started for the scene Of the disaster.
Tae physicians v ho went dong were D1z $, K
Hueou, Med1cott, Newman Wilder, Morse, $. l.
rrehtiss and J. L. Ftent!ss-
At q quarter pas. ~ o'clock the Eicclnl train
left the depot. to which Was attached hospital
car and wrtcE car. 4 humber Of citizens vo1 1n-
te+rrd thtrFesv1ces ami *Pnt down to nsast IN
an5 maaneI WHEREIN their services might be need.
Ell. The first Ineligible accoul. thai ne could
get was when TIE tram reached Stranger station
about twelve niles from Lawrence, and some stx
OF se'en from 1he p!ace where tne aeerlent &C
Win the wounded Here the scene was exciting
beyord description, Everybody vas fnquit1ng
after some ore whom they thought or knew TO be
could Ee huIT,edis fold was soon known, and the
wounded uAnstetTed 70 more comfortable qaAt-
LETS Atli Drought u l3NItQCtf aQG thEl4 a4ktNluu
eaoWu them thAt possibly could be-
The C:luse 0f tho accident Vt gel nom meInbets
Of the p4rtF, who AlE unlte III declaring that no
aecss Of the Kansa. Pacific Road, and thar the
ace1itLt WAS wholly unavoidable. T5c facis, IS
We gathered them, are that there as1 heen very
heavy rain The Fer.lous utghi, which had raised
VOL Greek ao much as to wash asaE The fouuda-
ton Of tie rantvaa bridge crossing the Same
This had heen wast:e1 away only alont rfteen
ti,Eares before the train relcted the fatal sTos,
ard the truck vas left TO all Appearances perfectly
safe The eass were running At the rate Of
ssou sen miles a. an hoa and a. I,on = n
e1eek, e u ind " tnslsnsl5 tlli1r tne engineer
ana rIsman Ine Si't s1rTnatendenss .sd caf
vas upset the next cas, known IA III" "C!evelsnd
cas," WIS completely wrecked, and h said to have
car, a vgIy dne anl substantial one, tngned COM
pletely ozeT, l,lt E2s not injured materially 1nose
On tie train IuIosla lis fhst the wssck Vas sae
rer.eucc rpop railroads, AID the crest wonder Is
fha: .ee los CT life uct frshtfEl and how aaE
enc escaped uuhuft IS mystery: as It Wae, fce
tured. most of them slightly. Those Eh2 could
DO 70, n1nedlate!s went to WORK to e1tEleate fhe
helpless, whtca Nag tooa acconpli.nea. ihsy
Eefr put on cars and sent bscE 70 Stranger, Vhcfe
.ns snectsl t1ajn reeetyeI see:!- TIE following
embraces fun l., Of G. a5uaaes:
KILLED.
E Llb.,y the engineer, ~1s iaI1n'l3 fl!eo-
He had taxea crest pride in haGin. hrs enstae
cleaned and rosaed Win nc hiSaess hosE, aa1
told soEe Of the e1cussoG1sss L1a. " psa.t
Them the day tesose, and nag p!sp.su ~
all On the rpa4. N1en ne o4sogss!su III ~ - -
ep2iEe was going dosp, he wn!ssled ~ nonn ~:
liz lived Ii Wy.ndo1.e, and leares wife n2d
eryetsl c1lI1le1- ,.-
The fireman. whose nat2e we did not learn, y
Vas We atr 4p.orz-e1. SEeGc. and had 1ust
ueen enpIoyed on The coad Tt,= VAS hts nrst
TIM and unfortunately, h!s last: lof ne was n
c1iHey1
T. Il. He,timer. Geue:ai Superintendent Of the
dence & ans.
Ja-'es psrktus. President Of the Bauk Ct Con-
r,erre f,.eye1aru D. wounds Comparatively