The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-07-22
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

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90 TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. g
Another Angola Horror-The Cars Fired
from the Locomotive-Six Passengers
Burned to Death-dan Car Burned. e4a
New YORK, July I5.-A dispatch to-
the Democrat, from MiddIetown, this
State, states that the night express
train on the Erie Railway, from this
city last night, ran into freight train
which had been left partially on the.
track, instead of side track, about
thirty miles from Cave Rock. = tf'4<i
The engine, tender, baggage car, ex-
press car, smoking car, one passenger.
car and a sleeping car were thrown
off the track and smashed aoat of all
shape. The spIintered cars and fras-
ments of timber came in contact with
the scattered fire from the locomotive,
and confagration ensued i'm which
timber, baggage and wounded passen-
gers all went to feed the flames. on4 81
r. Seven cars were destroyed, and six
passengers burned to death. Two of
the passengers are from New York !;
one supposed to be Rev. Benjamin d.
HalIock, ist i5iii -:liod 50 Z '17i
q Another dispatch says All TIL &
through mail was burned in the Post
Office car. i''' 40 24o3a +5ts@ts3
q The Coroner's jury, at Port Jervis,
last night found James Griffin guilty
Of cnlpable negligence for not attend
ing to his duty as all engineer of a
freight train, and thereby causing the
deaths of Halleck and others. Griffin
has been arrested. - y '+5'-'4 % =
The Erie Company have settled with
the injured on the latter's own terms.
The st. Louis Democrat of. the
10th inst, has sspeciale from Law
renee, Kansas, which contains the fol-
lowing complete list OF the wounded
by the accident to the excursion train
near Lawrence on the 18TH: s.A @
j. ID. Herkimer, General 3Supefin-
tendent of tfesLouisvillc and Indian
apolis railroad, slightly Joseph rer1
kins, President of the Bank of. Com
merce, Cleveland, slightly; Frank
Ford. Chief Engineer, @. G. & g. r.
r., uglywound in the head and 9TH
erwise injured seriously but not fatal
ly; e. S..Flint, Superintendent of the
C. c. s. c. r. r., wounded about the
head and otherwise injured, but not
dangerous; E. King, Treasurer of the
G. G. & 1. Railroad had a right arm
fractured !; j. C, Noyes, freight agent
of the st. Louis and Indianapoli:
road was badly, but not supposed te
be fatally injured /; Ellen Noyes, %
ST. Louis, slight; Gen. Crdft, of Ter.
re Haute Express, badly injured aBou,
the head and shoulders 81. d. Beach
banker, Terre Haute, badly bruised
and jammed; B. w. Hanna, attorney
of the St. Louis and Indianapoli:
r. r., left leg hurt and otherwise
bruised; VIM. Mack, of Terre Haute
bad wound on the nose and face Gen.
-eral Coburn, of indianapolis, Slightly
| injured; General -Barnett of Cleve
land, seriously injured !; RedericI
King, slightly; James Barnard, con
ductor, badly hurt James Roberts
colored porter for the party, badly
hurt; ---- Barnard, a. brakeman
supposed to be fatally injured iChas
i, Hicks, of Cleveland, slight; III. N
Johnson, of the Cleveland Herald
slight fracture of the arm; Osca
Townsend, President of the G. C. am
1. r. r.; slightly hurt in back; Sten
Russell, porter of the Superintendent
of the Kansas Pacific road, badly in
g jured Gen. q Cobb, of.l5Vincennes
slight; Prof. Wilbur, of Vineennes
slight, and Mrs. Wilbur,i slight.is q
, MRs. RoBERT McCoRaIIcK, opposit
Paducah, was murdered last nigh
llth inst, by two scopndreIs ,froT
: Kentucky, who first came to the hons
in the morning, demanding breakfas
: which Mr.. Mccormick and bo
: cooked, as his wife was sick. At, l
: P. NJ, they returned and rashed int
r the house, firing upon McCormic
e and wife in bed. Mccormick eaugl
t up a pistol and ran ont Of the lhonsI
!: fnlloMed by one of the men llnn