The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-02-08
ANOTHER STATEMENT OF THE DISASTER
"A TERRIBLE SCENE. : ..
.PououKEErsrE, My, February I.

A dispatch sent from here this morning
incorrectly stated the cause Of the disaster
on the Hudson River Railroad. An oil
train while bound south, and when the
passenger train was at Hamburgh, an axle
of an oil car broke and dragged along the
ground till II reached the draw bridge,
when striking tho timbers 1t threw the
cur off It's track and upon anup track, and
In the face Of the second Pacific express.
An attempt was made to stop the express,
which was then approaching, but there
was not time enough, and 1t struck the oil
Cur and heterogeneous were scattered in
every direction and Mt once ignited, en-.
veloping the entire express train in flames,
The express tralnwas composed OF loco
motive, one baggage cur, one express cur
and five or six sleeping cars. The loco
motive was at once hurled into the river
and the engineer killed. The baggage
and express cars were piled on top OF the
engine. Atthe same time the Chicago
sleeping car was in one sheet Of
flames, and although desperate attempts
were made 10 rescue the passengers, II Is
said that not one got out alive. Two oI
the other sleeping cars next to 1t were
also wrapped In flames, but the passengers
in them all got out safely. The bridge
then took fire, and in less than ten min
utes afterwards, the whole structure fell,
carrying with 1t the Chicago car and bur.
rying II and lis inmates outof sightunder
the water among locomotives and Express
cars. This terrible result settled all doubts
as to the probability ofrescuing one, dead
or alive, and there was nothing to do till
daylight, The names Of the killed, thus
far known, ore Simmons, engineer;
Peter Vossburgh, conductor OF the Chi.
cago car, and breakeman, named
Bhimc. II Is also thought that DR.. Deems,
pastor Of the Church Of Strangers, New
York city, and his wife, arc among the
dead, as d gentleman stated that they Oc:
cupied berth in the Chicago car. Chas.
Cossum, the conductor Of the train states
there were sixty.tiye cleeping.car tickets,
and that fltty.two Of them have found
owners, Indicating that but thirteen per.
sons are missing. Passengers, however,
say that the Chicago car contained twen.
ty.tive or thirty persons, and that not one
Of them got out. All trains arc stopped
at tho break this morning, and the work
OF recovering the dead bodies has com
menced. Coroner Andrews, of Pough'
kecpsie, has been notified and is waiting
fora train to convey him to the spot
Upon the ice near the break body was
found with the entrails torn out, and the
head and legs crushed. II has not beer
Identified up TO this time.
NAMES OF TIE VICTIMS.
CLEVELAND, February Z.
Dispatches received here this afternoon
state that Geo, s. Benedict, one OF The
proprietors Of the Cleveland Herald, ant
wife, were killed by the New Hamburg
accident, and their bodies recovered.
PouGuKEErsrE, Fcbruary7.
The following are the names Of the per
: sons killed by the railroad accident, as fa
as NscGrtAined: David Simmons, en-
ginecr; Dr. Nancreed, Now York; -
VOsburgh, conductor Of the sleeping car
James Stafford, New York, baggage mas
ter; -Vosburgh, porter Of the sleeping
car; Rev. Morrill, Fowler, wife and twt
children, Batavia, New York; Mr.. BenC
dict, editor Of the Cleveland Herald, anC
vile. In the pockets Of - Vosburgh
conductor, was found memorandum o
the berths taken, containing the names o
Samuel Fowler Peasc, oil Buffalo, G. s
Germanuel, OF Rochester, DR.. NancrCed
0t New York; RoscnihAl and Forbush
Nineteen bodies have been recovered, bu
none have been found since IL O'Clock
The report that twCnty-four bodies hat
been found Is untrue.
STILL LATER AND MORE ACCURATE &C
COUNT OF TIIE AWFUL AFFAIR.
l NRw YoRK, February Z.
The following are additional names O
those Killed In the railroad accident W
G. Curry, Eric, Pa; L, A. Port, A. A
Gillett, Lowell, Rbsenthal, Manuel, For
bach, Mrs, +. s. Pease, Buffalo; Messrs
llollln, GerrhAin, g. F. Thompson, \
Lawrence, and Mooney, the brakeman
oil Of this city, VI
The following particulars In regard L
the terrible accident on the Hudson Rive