The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1871-02-09

Collision ON the River Rail-
housekeeping Cars Immediately I'm.
VeIOPed I'm FIames-Thfrteen Persons
Known 10 be LOst-GeOrge A. Dene-
diet, OF the Cleveland "HeraId,'
Among the Victims.
PouoHKEEPsIE, February IAN accident on the
Hudson River Railroad last night. at New Ham
burg, was caused by an oil train, bound north I
Satchlng hre, and setting the bridge at New Ham
burg also on fire.
The Pacific express come up and ran into the
~ traln and caught fire also the bridge gave
way unae5 ne weight when the train went down.
ihayumbled mass. The locomotive, express car,
naggsgs car, Pullman car and coach, and sleeping
a TS Sa sne express vent down with a crash
also, the conductor OF the Pullman car and brake
Several passengers on the Pullman and sleepin0
cars, unable to get ont when the crash occurred,
The scene atthe track is a fearful one. A corps
OF physicians are here from Poughkeepsie 10 at
tend 70 the wounded and dying, a search is now
being made for the dead bodies.
Further particulars and the number OF dead and
wounded cannot be ascertained at this hour.
Doc Simmons, engineer; Peter Vosburg; con-
duetor Of the Pullman car, and the breAkman, are
known 20 be killed.
SECOND DISPATCH.
PouGHKEEPsIE February IA dispatch sentfrom
the disaster on the Hudson River Railroad. An
on train was bound south, and when passing New
hAMDu5s an axle OF the oil car was broken, and
dragged along the ground till It reached the draw
bridge, when striking the timbers it threw the
- - 10 II upon the Union racine track
In the face Of the Pacihcl express. An attampt
was made TO stop the ex press, which was approach
ing, out there was not time enough. and it struck
the OIL car, and fragments ofthe oil car we're scat
tered in every direction, and ut once ignited. en-
veloping the entire express train in flames. The
express train was composed Of a locomotive, one
baggage car, one expresslcar, and five or six sleep
ing cars. The locomotive was at once hurled into
the river, and the engineer killed, and the baggage
and express cars were piled ON top Of the engine
at the same time. The Chicago sleeping car was
one sheet OF flame, and though attempts were made
70 rescue passengers, tits said that not one got
out alive. Two ofthe other sleeping cars next to
II were also wrapped in flames, but the passengers
lnthem all got out safely: Then the bridge took
hre and in less ten minutes afterwards the whole
structure fell, carrying with IL the Chicago car and
burying itand its inmates out Of sight under the
water and among the ruins of the locomotive and
the express car. This terrible result settled all
doubts as TO the probability OF rescuing one dead
or alive and then there was nothing 70 do till day
light.
The names Of killed thus far known are. Sim
mons engineer Peter Nossburg, conductor on
Chicago car, and a brakeman named Bh1ne. It
is also thoughtthat Rcv. DIR. Denis, Of the Church
Of Strangers in New York and his wife axe among
the dead, as q gentleman stated that they occupi-
ed a berth in the Chicago car. Charles Cossum,
the conductor ofthe train, states that there were
sixty-hve sleeping car tickets, and that ffty-two
OF them found owners, indicating that but thir-
teen persons are missing Passengers say, how
ever, that the Chicago car contained twenty-five
or thirty persons, and that not one got out
All the trains are stopped at the break this
morning, and the work of recovering the dead
bodies has commenced. Coroner Andrews, OF
Poughkeepsier has been notified, and is waiting
Tor a train 20 convey him TO the spot. Upon the
ice near the wreck a body was found with the en-
trans torn out and the head and legs crushed.
It has not been identified up TO this time.
CLEVELAND, February 7--Dispatches received
here this afternoon state that Georges s. Benedict,
one OF the proprietors Of the Cleveland Herald
and wife, were killed by the New Hamburg acct
dent, and their bodies recovered.