, 1870-10-20
RAILROAD DISASTER.
Accident Ncar Ess>t Sss R.ouis, on the
Toledo. Wabash 4 NEestcru IInit.
rond.-Tyvo s1cn Killed aud several
Others Injured.

Accident Near E1,&t Sss R.ou1., OF the
T'nicdo. Wabash Il we>tcru Ienii-
rond.-Tyvo s1cu Killed aud several
Others Injured.
From the 81. Louis republican, OF. Is.
A vcyy sorioun accident occurred yesterday
afternoon, about o'clock. near East ST.
1.onis, on the Toledo, Wabash, l. Western
Railroad. resulting in the killing Of two men
and the injury OF seven others-all employed
al laborera by tie company. The particulars
Ct The deploralle affair are as folloTa.
A gang Of nlcu WAS sent out from East St.
Louis, yesterday morning, to do some work in
Rising the track about eight miles from town,
| r,,dcr charge OF Mr. James Stout, foreman.
= lie day proving wet, about o'clock An en-
.,ino with two taat cars was despatched to
| the workmen crowded on board the fiat cars
and the foreman took place on the engine
! Will, tho engineer, Afr. Wor1ll, and the train
started, the engine pnshing the cars ahead.
The trnin with its jolly freight OF workmen
ran at speed Of about ten miles an hour
shout half way Here como cows were OBJ
served on tho track and the engineer slack
encd speed. Tho train had passed portion
Of tho drove when one Of the men IN front
ing this started again and = minute attesward
the accident occurred, and before tue tram
llad gained much additional speed, COW.
| which had boon running along one side Of the
track, suddenly vecred about and jumped right
in front OF the train and 80 close to it that
the engineer had barely time to f1oar the shout
from tho men and reverse the engine
before tho front car hal caught the
| ani1nal and forced it down under the wheels.
Tho cars elantcd mp and tlicn sprang from the
track and rol1ea down the email cubAnkmsnt.
while the otLcr car also left tho track and
went down the other side. Tho engine re-
maincd on the track. As tho accident occurred
enme Of the men jumped from the cars, and,
curiouely enough, il is said that i: WAS among
this number that the loss Of ltfe and injury
occurred Tho train wss running quite SLOW.
hut the mcu in jumping OF stumbled down
the emlauku,ent, and before they could get
ont Of the way the cara came crashing down
| upon them. In moment there uaA shock
ing 1ragciy cnaeted in the rural erot, And the
pis rcinG cries Of tho crushed and manSled
sufferers filled the air.
The engineer anh the foreman immediate
IL went TO work to cxtricate the bo!isa Of the
ceNd ani wo1n1etf. having summoned all the
assistance possible Tho cars were not tnuctl
trukcn hy the accident, aud lencs the bodies
were t,ken ort ftom the wreck without m1ch
difficulty.
The following is list Of the victims:
Two OF tie men We1n taken out deau. THEFT
names were Ju1,n Ei.zulcr1is and Thomas
Crane both single ncn and recently cm'
rloyed ly tho conlra1y.
Tie Woundcd-Wiiliam Conway. arm and
hip i,rrken au.l Injured internally: recovery
doubtful. Tie is single msn and lives In thit
city.
J Michsel Co.way, back ard hip injured
skull fractured. 1.ivca III this city:
Jollu Mccormick, leg broken and head bkd
ly cut. Lives in this city
Patrick Flanne1y. left leg badly tn1utet
nhaye the ankle-rcrortcd broken. Lives o!
B'dJle street, between Sixth and Seventh
!. | Streets
Lawrence Durham. back broken and heas
s.,cckiusly cut: also o.herwiac injured. Ihi
man was not expected to live through tn.
+ night lie IS maz11cd man, aud lives in Eas
St. Lonis las wife and no children.
Hartley Kearns. injured danGerousiy in tn
hack. Lives on the corner OF Seventh au
! l}ildle.
.. John saschae'd, two ribs and right aru
! broken. Residence On Di1dle street, besweel
I Fifth and Sixth streets.
: ratr1ek Haley, slightly iujurcd. Lives il
I Fre.,chtowp, and walkcd home.
John Hantey, slightly injured in the leg.
There were between thirty and forty men o
tho cars that went OIL the track, and it is state
that had they all remained on the cars but fa'
n,r. rrnu1i1 1,A "a h1ey infnrfd