The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-05-14
Further Particulars Of tho Late
Railroad Accident.
ST. LOUIS, NIuY /.

The trim bearing the bodies that were
killed by the collision at Eureka yester.
day, arrived about two o'clock this morn.
Ing. The coroner will hold an inquest
this morning Tho following additional
names complete tho list Of killed: James
NJ. Smith, Seymour, Ind; Mr.. Ballcntine,
Sctlalia, Mo-; A. 5. Flint, St. Louis, Geo.
W. Kiger, CorncIiA Station, johnson cOnn-
ty, Mo-; f. X. Spalling, Boston; G. W.
Packer, WatcrvilIc, KAnZas; Christian
ItOlGnberg, LeavcnwOrth; L. Il. Wilson,
residence unknown: William Taylor Of
tho firm Of Rest, SOnner, Smith Il Co.,
New York; and Jas. d. Mckee Of Andcr-
son, Kansas. Tho only additional wound
cd are, Ira p. Warner, U. $. Express
messenger, and Maria Clark, COlOred.
The Republican reporter gives the fol:
lowing description Of the collision anu
wreck: The express train had five pas.
sCngcr cars and baggage Cur, and tic
freight train was long heavy one. AT
the point of collision there is m cmbank.
mcnt, fifteen feet high, where the road
curves SO sharply that two approaching
trains cannot sec each other until close
together. A boy standing beside the en.
ginccr, Mr.. jackson, was tho first to des'
cry tho smoke stack Of the approaching
freight engine entering the curve at the
cast, Just as the express entered the west
end. lie pointed 0nd directed the attcn.
ton of Mr.. jackson to the danger. Brakes
were Immediately whistlcd down, the en-
ginc reversed and tho speed Of the train
somewhat checked, but no application Of
human power could brake up tho heavy
freight train anil bring it To halt, under
half mile. The two engines rushed At
each other like malign and cnraged
monsters, greeted with tremendous
crash, reared from tho track in mortal
wrcstle, and icll in helpless and disjOinted
fragments on the ground. The shock was
terrible. The tender, baggHge-cNr, and
the two forward passenger cars Of the cx:
press train on one side, and the tender an1
several box cars Of tho freight train on
tho other, rushed into the crash with their
respective engines, leaving frightiul ruins,
and spattercd with the blood Of 40 human
beings Gntrappcd and mutilatcd beneath
its shapclcss mass. The two engines were
driven with such force into each other
that 1t was almost impossible, after the
collision, to distinguish the parts Of one
from the other. The crushed cars were
Joined together, the cans being shivcrcd
into long slivcrS, and tho seats, wheels,
trucks and irons were blended into
one indcsCribable heap that rolled off
down the Gmbankment, The three rear
cars of the Express train shared the con-
CusSiOn but escaped the fate Of the two
forward. The cars were found standing
stiff and still on the track with the
brakes closed up, showing that the brakes
men had done their duty well In respond.
ing to the engineers whistle before they
le3ped from tile train. Tho spectacle was
one impossible TO view without absolute
horror, rs n soldier passenger said, II have
been through many battles but never saw
such II slckening sight" II was chAos
and death combined. The engines were
both on the same side of the cmbankmcnt
and were but II heap Of battered fragments,
while around OH all sides was the COnlu-
sion Of ruin, thrice Conloundcd. Tho bag
gage cur and the one next 10 it were
shivCred to pieces. The internal explosion
and the mass Of broken timllerS, iron rods,
wheels and other portions Of the car look
Gd like the frantic work of some Internal
agency.
The corOnGr's jury has been taking cvi.
dencc in tho case most Of the day, but
nothing new was elected. The body Of
Andrew W. Stratton, Of New Brighton,
Pa, was clNimcd this morning, and will
be sent home for intermcnt, All bodies
not before claimed will be buried in Belle
fontainc Cemetery tomorrow. Frank
Holt, who, with lis little daughter, was
killed, was en- route from same point in
Kansas to Wcstfcld, Ohio, to see Ills sick
wife, in response to telcgraphic sum-
mOng