Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1871-02-15
Horrible Railroad Aeeadest.5

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PouGnKEkpslEs Feb. 7th .-Ane oil
train gong south over the Hudson River
Railroad, bfoke "A axle at Hamburg
Che car with the broken axle was drseg-
ed sill il reached ths draw. bs;..sss ;;..sss phere
striking the tfmber.. it threw ths ear o6
its track md apon the rack in The face
of the second Pacific express. An at
tempt was made to stop, the express
train, but not in time, and it struck
the oil car. and fragments Of the oil car
were scattered in every direction, and at
once ignited, enveloping the entire tx
press train in flames. ."''
The express train was composed Of a
locomotive. enc baggage car, one express
car, and five or six sleeping cars. The
locomotive was at once hurrelled into the
river aud the engineer killed. aud the
baggage and express cars were piled on top
of the engine. AT the same time the Chi
cago sleeping car was one sheet Of fame,
and though desperate attempts were made
to rescue the passengers, it is said not
one got out alive. Two of the other
sleeping cars next to it were also wrapp-
ed in flames. but the, passengers in
them all gut out safely, and then the
bridge took fire. ~ l"''--
In less than ten minutes afterward the
whole structure fell, carrying with it the
Chicago car, 'burying it and its inmates
out Of sight under the water. and among
the ruins Of the locomotive and express
cars. 81 -fsiaI3 aatau saea- 1 -.
This terrible result settled all doubts
as to the probability of resciing any one,
dead or alive, and there. was nothing to
do until daylight. .-i..- '9. :
Charles Cossum, the conductor of the
train. states that there were sixty FIVE
tickets, and that ffty-two of
them have have found owners, Indicating
that but thirteen persons are missing -
The passengers say, however, that the
Chicago car contained twenty-five or
thirty persons, and not one got out alive
All the. trains are stopped at the break
this morning. and the work of recovering
dead bodies has commenced
As fast as the bodies are raised to the
surface they are placed in a baggage car,
where fire is kept going. so as to thaw
their clothing, in order that search may
be made for anything which may lead to
.f-i p. .plz- -.
The following is as complete list of
the victims as can now be given -
William F. Pease and wife, C. BENZ
diet, editor of the Cleveland Hrald; r.
A. Gillett, of Buffalo; Rev. Merrill Fow-
Ter, wife and three children, who were
en- route to Salt Lake City; DR. S. Nan
creje, of New York; l.. A Root. George
F. Thompson, of No. AZ Wall street.
New York James Stafford, from New
York; David Simmons. engineer of the
express train; Lawrance Mooney, brake.
man, Peter Vosburg. conductor of Buff.
alo sleeping car; James Vosburg, color
ed porter Of the sleeping car. 4'' .7 '.e'
There are three bodies which remain
unrecognized, and one of them cannot
possibly be identified. The body of the
engineer has not yet been found. The
friends of the victims are arriving from
all quarters, and are conducted to the un-
1ertakers room on Main street, where
the todies are located. A vast Thong
IS congregated in front of the building,
endeavoring to get look inside. s
New Hamburg, near which the terri
Die dis aster here reported is said to have
occurred. is a post village of Dutchess
county, New York, on the Hudson River
Railroad, near the mouth of Wappingees
creek, sixty-six miles north of the city
IF New York. and eight miles south of
Poughkeepsie,, The drawbridge, which
was the scene of the disaster, was over
he creek here mentioned, and in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the town.