The New York herald., 1872-12-28
TIE GOOSE CREEK SLAUGHTER.
Further Particulars of the Latest
Railroad Murder.
ONLY THREE PERSONS uNHURT T
Nineteen Charred Bodies Taken
Out of the Debris.
LIST OF THE WOUNDED SURVIVORS.

wEsrFIELD Dec. %, 1872.
The frightful disaster OF which sent you partial
details yesterday proves more terrible as its hor
rors are disclosed and rivals the saddest cases OF
the kind that have ever been recorded.
AS train No. o-afternoon express going North
on the portion OF the Buffalo, Cory and Pittsburg
Railroad known as the CrossCut, neared Prospect
station the rear truck OF the tender was thrown
from the track by the breaking OF a wheel twenty
nve rods before the train reached high and dan.
gerous trestle.
There was but one brakeman on the train and he
was at his post, but owing to the high grade OF the
descent the train could not be stopped, and as 1t
reached the trestle the weight the tenoer broke
and swept or the ties, and the one baggage and
one passenger car which made up the train were
THROWN OFF TO THE LEFT
oft the trestle. completely overturned and In mo-
ment ignited and In flames.
Two or three OF the employees who were unhurt
and the Inhabitants OF the nearest houses
rendered all the assistance in their
power, and help was telegraphed for
to Mayville and Brocton both seven miles distant.
In short time two trains were on the spot with
physicians and help, and the work Of rescue went
forward as fast as possible.
Twenty-one persons were taken alive from the
wreck. One died at once, and only three
of the others are in q dangerous condition. Only
two persons, as far as known. escaped entirely
unhurt.
have been taken from the remains OF the train,
most OF them so iearfuy burned as to be unrec0g
nizabie, and they are At present in Mayville await
ing inquiries.
THE CONDUCTOR, FAY FLANDERS.
nally. He reports the train to have con-
tanned fOrty-two persons, exclusive of EN-
ployes. ,,G g, H. Hilton, OF Rochester who escaped
with dlslocated arm, reports the passenger car
to have been full and three or four standing. The
car seated fortyeight. The number OF persons on
both cars ranges d0ubtfuIy between fortysix and
ffty-six, and Of this number forty are now ac-
THE NAMES OF THE SURVIVORS
are as folows:-
Fay Flanders, conductor, seriously wounded and
burned.
Henry Miller, Ttusville severe bruises.
N. II. Iicknor, Ttusville, very seriously wounded.
Eliza Seely. 1ftusvle, wounded.
]. J. Bartis Ttusville bruised.
w. II. Lee Cory, bruised head and shoulder.
Maggie Curtin, '''',i iitusvie, very seriously
wounded.
Jacob Berline Jovine. head and shoulder.
George Miller Fred0nia.
Mrs. James McCartn and child, Miller's Station.
Husband not found
Levi Briggs, Angola.
-Cowdry, Cory.
Douglass, Canada.
Earl bacon, Brocton, mall agent, unhurt
Augustus Reeks, Westfeld, unhurt
Brakeman, unhurt.
been found The child is of light complexion.
BROKEN WHEEL THE CAUSE.
The engine and tender crossed the trestle In
intense darkness Of the evening unable to
broken Wheel At an early hour this
morning l was on the spot and found the
first fragments, which were broken from the ten
der wheel on the spot where the fracture occurred.
The accident was undoubtedly Occasioned by the
wheel coming in contact with the end OF q sound
rail which projected above the one next II, which
THE TWO CARS UPSET
and fell on their tops and the weight OF the trucks
above crushed them IN and helplessly entangled
the poor wretches underneath mass OF timbers,
rods, and chains, which held down the noorng
Of the car and retarded all efforts for assistance.
Even at this late hour there spots under the
trucks OF the passenger car still unexpOred, and 1t
Is feared that
SEVERAL BODIES ARE YET TO BE RECOVERED.
The treste Is thirty rods In length.
fell twenty feet in height, few PAGES
further thrty-fve feet IN height, and Is now
burned as to be unsafe. Such OF the wounded as
could be moved have just been taken to Mayville
where they will receive every care or the dead
four are recognized as women, and 1t is probable
that
SEVERAL MORE WOMEN WILL BE FOUND
to have pershed.
The inaccuracy OF the reports sent to Cleveland
and Cory determined me to send no names OF
killed or wounded last night, when 1t WAS impossi-
|. bic to procure reliable facts.