Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-16

public Library on Sundays, By . vote Of
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A horrible disaster occurred on the
Hudson River Railroad on the night OF
the 9th. A Pouphkeepsie'di4atf say
aWhen passing New Ham61rg, An ar
of an oil car broke and draggD4 along e
ground till it reachta the drawbrsdge,
when. striking the timbers, II threw the
car of its track and upon the up-track,
and in the face of the second PACING ex-
press tain. An attempt was made y
Rstop the express, which was then approach.
I ing. but there was not time enough, ana !.
struck the Oh car, and fragments OF OIL
! were scattered in every direction, and 1t
once igpited, snyel0Ping the entire cypress
| train In flames. The express uaan was =.
composed of locomotive, one baggage car,
one express car, and i've. Or SIX sleeping
cars. The locomotive was az once nuIiea
INTO the river, and the engineer killed;
! The baggage and express ca1 were paied
on the top Of the engine. A. the same
time the Chicago sleeping car was one
sheet Of fame, and though desperate at
tempts wero made TO rescue Inc
passengers, il il said that not one
got OUT awe. lWO VI LILY VtnSA 49, fAAssS
cars. next to it, were also wrapped II
flames. but the passengers In them all got
ant safely. and then the bridge took fire.
In less than ten minutes aiterward the
whole structure fell, carrying with II the
I Chicago car, and burying it and its in
mates ont Of sight, under the water and
among the ruins Of the locomotive and ex-
press cars. This terrible result settled all
doubts as to the probability of rescuing
any one dead or alive, and then there was
nothing to do till daylight" Ja sshig
The killed, as far as ascertained on the
7th, were: David Simmons. engineer; DR..
Nancreede, New York ~ Vosburgh, con-
Iductorl Of sleeping-car; James Hahord,
New York, baggage master; Vosburgh,,
porter of sleeping car Rev. Aorren Fow-
Ter and wife and two children, Batavia, n.
Y; Mr.. Benedict, editor Of Cleveland
Hsrald; w. G. Curry, Erie, Pa. 1. A.
Root, A. A. Gillett, Messrs. Lowell, Ros-
enthal, Manual and rorbush; Mrs. w. F.
Pease, Buffalo Rollin German, Geo. F.
Thompson, L. Lawrence Mooney, brake
man, New York city. a' 3'a9asa
igtahb The West. 20 q
The Michigan Democratic State Con-
vention has been called 70 meet at Lansing
February II. Hs k{Sf'tt4& 1tt'ts'
In the Nebraska House Of Representa-
tiyes, on the 1st, resolution TO impeach
Governor Butler was defeated The charge
vas tia, he had c0l,cc1ea 81 iae United
States $4,000 for the Nebraska schcc!
fund, of the disposition of which there
was no record. ~ fE astfy
Settlers have, recently been driven into
fort Kearney fron the Republican River.
by Indians, who stole their stock.
A largely attended mass meeting was
held in Chicago on the evening Of the 4th
TO inangursts q general movement for the
relief Of the destitute French An appeal
is made for immediate contributions OF
money and provisions, TO be sent forward
70 France. ~ el ~
The trial Of Rev. Charles II. Cheney,
rector Of Christ Church, Chicago, before
an Ecclesiastical Court of the Episcopal
Church, on a charge Of hcresy, for having
omitted the word regeneration from the
prescribed form used in the service for the
baptism Of infants, closed on the Attn, and
a verdict has been rendered suspending
him as q clergyman of the Episcopal
Church until he shall have given such as
suranccs as shall be satisfactory TO the
Bishop, of contrition for the past, and Of
conformity in the matter wherein he has
offended, for the future. Mr.. Chency's
counsel gave notice Of an appeal to the
Appellant Court Of the Diocese.
President James B, Angel, of the Yer
mont University, has been unanimously
elected by the Board Of Regents to be,
President Of the Michigan University, at
Ann Arbor. President Angel has ac-
cepted, and will enter upon his new duties
August !. Ea tG tsfse4 e 44stu
hto1 Ell The South. "f''aT ~
Florida has voted not 70 change Its cap
iial from Tallahassee 70 jacksonville. =
Mrs Edwin 6poSwo0d, while singing
In choir at church parsonage near
Memphis, which was donated TO the
church by her and her sister, fsll dead, OF
heart disease. ~
Another accident IL reported on the
Jackson d New Orleans Railroad. Two
sleeping cars Of the northen'bound train
were thrown from the track and badly
smashed, and a large number Of passen-
gers are reported to have been injured
many severely The accident occurred near
BAyo Chito, on the evening Of the I'd. :
Tbs statue Of Hon james Guthrie ar,
rived at Louisville from Italy, vtn New
Orleans, on the6eh.
A Little Rock, Ark, Dispatch of the It'll
says the throwing out of three Rcpubli.
oHn members Of the House by coalition
OF Democrats, and Brooks and Hodges
RcpubilDsns, has given the Lower House
% the Democracy, The Senate y strongly
Hepuplican iii nadclaa,; ,as5ta lagf4a
Rersisn. Iatsllissnes. Y ' 'ss
The Berlin Rropincid Corrsepeades Of
the let states positively that the Emperor
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