Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-08-12
DREADFUL ACCIDENT
ON THE
Eleven Persons Killed.
SEVENTEEN INJURED.

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On Saturday night last, the mail train,
west, met with dreadful accident, near
Allegheny Station, resulting in the death Of
eleven persons and the injuring of seven
teen others.
The train Lad crossed the trestle work at
Jerry's Run and was going over an upward
grade of 100 feet to the mile, at speed of
about 6 miles per hour, when one of the
wheels Of the front truck of the coach next
to the rear broke, dropping, suddenly, that
corner of the coach. This tore loose the
iron coupling from the front car and the end
of tho coach was precipitated over a very
deep, but narrow water-gorge, when the
twisting motion, thus attained by the coach,
tore off the front platform Of the rear car,
thus releasing it, when it fell, end foremost.
into the gorge, distance Of 40 feet, crush
ing the coach from end to end. This gorge
is not more than twenty feet wide at the top.
with the sides sloping inward to very mar
row bed at the bottom, which also crushed
the coach from side to side Between these
crushing forces, the car was hurled and lies
| at the bottom, now, a mass of splinters. 1t
is only wonderful that any came alive from
this dreadful chasm of death. a
On account of the narrowness Of this gorge,
had the breaking down Of the wheel occurred
a few feet either way from where it did hap
pen, the length of the car would have sup
ported itabove the chasm and there would,
probably, have been little or no damage
done.
The following is list Of the killed:
Mai j. G.. Paxton and son, Lexington,
Virginia.
McNutt. Paxton, Mississippi.
John Morrisett, Alabama.
Col. VIM. Boulware, King & Queen
J. Boyd Headley, New Jersey.
G.. d. Cobb, Ex-State Senator, New Jer.
sey.
P. B. Minor, Richmond.
N. M. NorAeet, Richmond
Dr. 7. N. Read, Danville.
Bernard Hooe, Alexandria, Va.
The following is list of the wounded:
Saml. B. Hance, Prince Georges. Md,
severely wounded in the head.
Everett Farley. Charlottesville, badly
bruised in back, cut in head and knee-cap
knocked off.
Robt. Ford, Hungary Station, R. r. &
Potomac Railroad, badly in head and left
shoulder.
John FAINT. Hungary Station, R. F. 4
Potomac Railroad, dangerously in head.
John Green, King George county. Va.
dangerously in stomach and back.
Thomas J. Winston, Richmond, Va,
slightly in the head.
VIM. Clement, Henrico county, Va,
severely in head.
E. 7. Harris. Hanover county, Virginia,
slightly hurt.
Charles b. Hoge, Staunton, severely
though not seriously in head and wrist
VIM. Crump, Richmond, slightly bruised.
J. Pollard, Montgomery, Alabama, Con-
tractor on Chesapeake & Ohio Rail Road,
slightly wounded.
Col. G.. Jordan, superintendent of Mobile
& Montgomery R. R., sprained ankle.
NJ. Kelley, Staunton, hurt internally,
not seriously.
Geo. Tyree. Fayctte, ". Va. slightly
hurt.
John Spencer, Eastern Va, slightly
hurt
VIM. A Moale, Baltimore, slightly hurt
Moore. Alabama, slightly wounded.
The wounded were given the best atten-
ton, possible, at Allegheny Station. but
there being want Of facilities for the com
Portable care of all, as many as it was safe
to move, eleven in number, were taken to
the White Sulphur Springs, where every
attention could be paid them.
A special train, with surgeons and num-
Der Of others left here early Sunday morn
ing, to render what service they could to
the unfortunate wounded Some of them
returned on this morning, and we are pleased
TO learn that the wounded are all doing as
well as could be expected.
Several, who we're but slightly injured,
have lett or their homes