Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-04
A CHAPTER OF HORRORS.

Terrible Accident on the Grand Trunk
Railroad, by which Tive mtg three Human
Beings Meetan A gonizing Death-Fright-
full Collision on the Pittsburgh, WASH
inet0n and Baltimore RaiIroad-FearfuI
Explosion In New York.
THE GRAND TRUNK HORROR.
A terrible accident occurred on the Grand
Trunk railway, near Belleville, Canada. on
June %, by which some twenty three human
beings met an agonizing death. The details
of the calamity are of the most shocking and
heartrending description. The accident re-
suited from the locomotive jumping the track
The baggage-car remaining on the track, tele-
scoped the smoking and second-class cars.
leaving them on top of the engine. exposed TO
the escaping steam. The Inflated passengers
were confined in their terrible prison for some
time, breathing vapors of death and SUFFERING
all the agonies of immersion in BOILING caoi
dron of superheated steam. The uniniured
passengers finally came to the rescue. and
with axes, crowbars. etc., effected openinps
and dragged the poor creatures from their
frightful cage. Five persons were found dead
The wounded we're dragged out and carried to
the roadside, where they lay for hours in the
most fearful agony. The sight" remarks a
correspondent, was one battling DESCRIPTION
The terrible cries of the sufferers rent the ears
of the lookers-on, who made every possible
effort to grant their requests for water: and
their condition, under the influence of
their terrible injuries, was fearful to witness.
while the prayers and cries of premonition of
approaching dissolution were here and there
heard" Sixty-five men and women were fear
fully scalded and otherwise injured six of
whom died on the spot. Many of the wounded
we're disfgured beyond recognition At last
accounts twenty-three had died, and others
were dying. The medical men say that not
hon civ - Al.
injured persons will live. The sufferings and
appearance of the wounded are described as
frightful.
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION ON THE PITTSBURGH
WASHINGTON AND BALTIMORE RAILROAD.
A fearful collision occurred June % on the
Pittsburgh, Washington and Baltimore rail-
road, near Connellsville, Pa resulting in tbe
death of Henry Paxton, Conductor Robt. Lock-
hart, and Mail Agent J. Blackburn. and fine
serious injury of eight passengers. and slight
injury to about nine others. freight train
bound east, endeavoring to reach Connellsville
before the arrival of the mail train and thus
get on to a new switch, missed its calculation
and at the point mentioned where there is
very abrupt curve both engines came together
with crash that shock the earth in the
vicinity like the shook of an earthquake. Both
trains were wrecked freight particularly SO
and many of the passengers were injured TO
such an extent that they cannot survive.
FATAL EXPLOSION IN NEW YORK.
While the fremen We're engaged in extin-
gushing coniagration in drug store, in
Liberty street, New York on June %. some
carboys of vitriol, which the firemen were re-
moving, exploded with frightful effect. iniuring
some twenty-five fremen-some of them
fatally. The wounded were carefully attended
to, and taken in ambulances to the Park Hos
pital. The effects of the explosion we're
terrible, the contents of the store being scat
tered in every direction. One man was driven
ha Mt of tha or IL
into the street. The whole end of the first
foor-room was blown out, and the fixtures,
bottles, etc., were driven about with the force
of powder projectiles.