The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-12-27
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BUFFALO,.
,.,. Railroad Aecident-The
inc ,In,sd and WOunded.

,.,. Railroad Aecident-Th
fne Kn,ed and Wounded.
prrs.ro, December 25.-The folio"
are full particulars of tie railroa'
10 r.,sr which occurred yesterday a
o.'.Dsc, u Station, on the Cross Gu
,.5 About sixty rode west Of the sta
,no there ia trestle work SOM
,h;,tv feet high, on which was broker
sl. The locomotive and tender OF
=. eastern bound train passed over il
..t.,v but the baggage and passenger
-. we're thrown from the trestle work
~, thirty feet, and struck top down
-. The weight Of the trucks
a1a'bsa aa in the cars and closed up the
G.' ;nInusso az to render the situation
"" more terrible. The passenger
',.cb .,., va. partially tilted on its side, so
gS .Ts, for occupants OF that side there
-. .u absolutely no means OF escape lm-
~.listelv the cars took fire, the passen-
=, coach burning at both ends:
Some half dozen persons who were
,,iJing at the station were soon at the
'..ns Of the accident, but they worked
:, dissdvsntage. No water could be
IA and the snow that was scraped up
bs5 but little effect in staying the
s,mss Only two axes were available,
ar5 the wood work of the cars was
SnI,si S together so firmly that but little
Sssiwsv could be made. All the time
hose efforts were being put forth the
danes were steadily growing, and the
.by;sks Of imprisoned victims as the
scartbiug heat enveloped them was ap.
Ealing to the stoutest heart. Now aud
hen a rope was put through q crevice,
ts.,euei TO a form and the sufferer
nplled out. Sometimes it would be q
ifitsless BODY, and charred arms, legs or
besd would drop off in the struggle.
In three or tour instances the head was
thus separated from the body, and in
a. mspv more cases the body was
be-eft OF limbs. The body OF a lady
was thus rescued from the flames the
head and one arm slipping off like a
niece OF charcoal while the other arm
Ess untouched. A dainty kid glove
covered the hand and her fingers wore
rbei, ieweled ornaments. The body
will doubtless be recognized with the aid
Of the ringa, but for them it would have
been impossible to identity the body.
The remains OF three other ladies were
tsken out, ueither OF which, is believed,
can be recognized. In all, it is esti-
mated fully ten OF the number Of forms
removed from the burning car are uu-
recognized. 1t is supposed that in adj
dition TO the bodies recovered a number
Of others were consumed in the two
cars and that nothing but blackened
bones will be discovered when the
ssbes OIL the fire are raked over. Add.
iog them to the number of injured that
will die, it is estimated that the total
number OF lives will not tall short OF
thirty. FIVE, the whole number Of the
people in the cars being about fifty-five.
The following are reported among
the killed J. King, Spring Mills, New
York; W. Il. Mayburn and Mark
Height, Brocton, New York; a young
man named Bell, from Sherman, New
York, and Frank Taylor. OF Cory, Pa.
Bell had twin brother on the train,
VINO was severely burned, but it is
thought he will survive. Frank Taylor
was leaning against some object imme-
dstely after the accident. Seeing an
acquaintance passing, Re callei him by
name. The friend turned around and
saw Taylor apparently uninjured, but
suddenly he said, "Tell my wifer" and
fell dead. He must have died from
some internal injury. The inmates o'
the burning car were at this time shrek.
ing for aid, aud Mr.. Taylor's friend did
not see him again until his corpse was
brought in. Nothing could be done but
stand aud zee the remains slowly con-
sumed.
The following is a list Of the injured
now at Prospect station:
Henry Miller, Titusville, Pa, not
seriously; A. S. Tickner, Titusville, in
jured about head and elbow, very seri-
ously U. Eliza Tely, of Ripley, n. Y,
bruised, not seriously; J. J. Borts, Ti'
tusville, shoulder and back, will prob
ably recover W. II. Lee, Cory. Pa,
not seriously; Jacob Berline, Irving,
y. Y, not seriously; J. A. Dunham
Pleasantville, n. Y, quite seriously;
Maggie Curtin, of Titusville, Pa, in.
jured seriously, injuries will probably
terminate fatally; Geo. Miller, Fredo-
nls, n. Y, not considered dangerously
injured. Mrs. Joseph McCurtin, o.
Nlller's Station, dangerously injured
she is delirous and will probably die;
I Z. Bacon, OF Brocton, and Lena
Bridges, o. Letonia, not serious; w. j.
Hutton, Rochester, n. Y; T. P. Land
en-, Cory, the conductor of the train,
both feet and legs seriously burned,
no fractured and back injured.
IL is considered that he cannot recover.
Ihe case Of Mrs. Maccarty is a sad one.
ehe Is delirious most Of the time, bu,
10 her sane intervals she calls for heI
children and husband. The child she
aescribes as being twenty months old
AMI wearing a red dress. Such child
vas taken out of the car almost unin-
IIu'ed: At times the mother calls fol
aer husband, saying he was on the
!fain with her. If such is the case hi
u dead. At other moments she say
nei husband is in the East
Conductor Flanders was in the burn
ing car nearly an hour before he coule
Oe relieved. At first his injuries wer'
9ot considered serious, but later the.
nave assumed an alarming characte
ana now bis case is believed to be crit
cal Previous to the arrival of Dr.
elfong, Of Westfeld. a number Of th
wounded ho1 haan aont - houu,l1a n,