The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-02
cu.,,or ne,at,s OF ss,e Accident OF, ahe
louisville and cincinnati isas' ron,
Terribse wreck and NARROW E as,
r.om anosner New Hamburger D's'' rs

Tnuasyss,c and Ciaci,annss ss's ' ,,''s'''. :.
sSsv v,,,e ,vsor,s and Marrow Escape
Vow Hamburger Disns'
Ger. ro,rn,rv q.
r,,a r,,;ls If travelling by rail arc so pat
49,, .h,t NO as.onishmeut is mixed WITH I'M
.h'.;r of horror that sweeps through the a1it
,,r.nn the announcement Of one OF these u't
Reimbursement holocausts to the rauroHt
Wnloci. The train Is running smoothly, aii.
tho Messengers arc engaged in conversions
nnSnsD;cious of danger, when, perhaps WV. W.
ont the ws-nins Of an instant, comes .';S
5Ts,sslfIl crash Which, TO tho horIiDic l'us'S
ns shrieks and groans, blots out W., " ,.;c
Vi s ~ Ettic army OF MANNED, wrecked Wy
t;,r,O 70 endure for years life that ls,put ILL.,
.nn, th,n living death. We read OF IN.
nas,s,,i sacrifices. and, after the motileti,t"
h~.,.or settle back into our iorihc! ..nIn.
nNnact,tion. and wait for the next ''i'"''''
ton of innocent victims. ,,r. hccorne his
80 ~ connection with frlgnliui i' N',,'
disasters. we have the Angola b,luse' e Ia
Pei the New Hampshire piluse; ." ~,
nthnrS whose names are syhoiiS 'ao'Is ~, f
that is horrible, and the mere nieii..on y,
which. even at this remote Gay, :ius !
.b,,dder: and now another DriuSe - "u't ~
70 the already too long list, gives its u.'m. y"
n scene which almost rivals It's fatelu; +. . ,l
cesSors in the fearful associations "h'e1 "'''
bcnceforth be connected with IL. ..o,
About thirty mites from the Guy; prtm ',,;I'
Vernon and Zion stations, on the Lo.''S WV,
Shorc.Liue railroad, 4 bridge h'.nei 49, w So
nosed TO be of the most sll9sehlh.I .'',:
ter spaps a small stream Hso"h is l. ~ ~. -,
creek. The structure vas coiloilL''.on v,
wood and iron, termed the FlAch suspeiis'?i'
trr,ss. The span WAS about seventy leet ~
length, and rested ut either eiiu oil o"2' a.,
tia stone piers. It's cieV'..i" t "'o'' '"0
creek was about twenty-five leet. =,
Yesterday morning, about halt-paSt II
n.clors tGr passenger train which left LOUIS
eiIle nj 40 A NJ. approached the chasln
s,,o,ned hv the bridge, running at. the rate
nj obout twenty miles an hour. Tue tram
was composed OF an engine aua .hucl' vi"
usual baSsage car, all express anu :ii,.'' ~.
and two passenger coaches, III w. Ml'lch WV. W.
seated siXty-fyc passengers. me ens in"e,
and the fireman We're vt their i'oS@ ioon'.':
out ahead upon the track, lotail! on,:,sp u,
cious of danger, knowing that D." d snV -
time before passenger tla!h h1u + So faa;,,.
safety and that Il heavily-loadea lfslSii'
train had crossed it at an earT no.n
in the morning. The engine ran uPGa
the bridge and reached the iurtnei n.a ~.
without even premontlon OF the lti'
pending peril having been conveyed 10 Si.t
senses 0fthose upon the Inflated tram. 6ut
as it reached the firm ground, WIN ahortioiG Z
cracking sound the structure gave way, anu
with its living burden was preclpnateu 10 tie
bottom Of the chaSln with crash lnaI "ohc
the echoes of the hills around.
From the ruins crept bleeding forms,
rhastly faces, turning in temporary beWiider-
mcnt to look back upon the wreck ana the
manglcd figures Of those to whom, lof Tue
moment. they We're incapable OF giving no.
To add to the terrorS OF the scene, TIC "IGch
caught fire from the overturned Stoves ou1
by the presence of mind and prompt actioh
of the engineer, Dallas Pullam, tlllS clE,h!"l
was averted. The engine had passed Tue
bridge in safety, but the tender lay at the
bottom of the creek under the plieu up ii''Ss'
The baggage, express, and passenger cars
were reduced to fragments.
The attention of those who first extricated
themselves was at once directed to"al.
those who were confined in the ruins. alid
after considerable labor all were taken out
With the wounded, two dead bodies were
laid out upon the hank OF the stream. t'n'
of these was that OF 4 passenger named y
Brock, of Sparta, Owen county, NY, oho O
whose Ieys was torn from his body, ant
VIII ose frame bore many terrible bruises ant
cuts. almost any one Of which would have
caused death. The other was that Of H;u'i
son Julian, the colorcd porter of the tram
Julian's skull was crushed luto al mus
tinguishable mass, and his body was shock
was seriously injured, but will recover
Several of the mail bags i'll his Charge Wcr
consumed IN the car, and others were some
what injured. Four Of SIX registered letter
which were III his possession were also los
or burned. Nctrly Ill OF the newspaper
sacks were destroyed.
As soon as the railroad authorities i'll Gov
incton heard of the catastrophe, specli
train. carving physicians and medical ant
surgical appliances, was dispatched to tn
scene. Most Of the wounded, however, ha'
been cared for by physicians resident in tn
vicinity, and they were at once placed on tn
train. which returned to CoyinSton about
O'Clock last evening. The company had pro
yided several omnibuses and carriages, Il
which the wounded were placed and con
yeyed to hotels md the st. Elizabeth Hospital
according to preference. Some eight or tel
of them were seriously injured. The otEel
sustained comparatively slight injuries.
William Tull, OF Louisville, baggage-mas
ter, had both legs broken and both MP
severely bruised, and his injuries will prob'
bly, result fatally.
a physician who lives near Elijton sta
ton. on the road, told reporter III CoVlnS
ton Yesterday afternoon after The accident &C
Cured that the bridge had teen regarded
with suspicion for some time by the people
living in that vicinity.