The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-24
CINCIN ~ ATT.
Another Railroad Horror
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
List of Killed and Wounded.

accident occurred on the Louisville and
Cincinnati railroad to-day, about thirty
miles from this city. The lightning
express, consisting Of two passenger
cars and baggage and express cars, left
Louisville at s A. NJ, with about sixty
passengers, and as it was crossing what
is known as Ten Mile Bridge, the bridge
gave way, precipitating the passenger
baggage and express cars and tender
down twenty-five feet. Two persons
were killed outright, and fifty-three were
wounded. The following is correct
list of the killed and wounded, taken on
the ground by reporter for the Ameri
can Press Association.
Killed-Harrison Julian, colored
porter OF the train, residence Louis
Vile; John j. Brock, Sparta, Ken
tucky.
Wounded--S. Halbertson, Browns
vile, Tennessee, head and shoulders
Mr.. G. Levy, Columbus, Mississippi
badly wounded, head and body; Craig
Mitchell, Louisville, back and head
badly hurt and teeth knocked out; n
B. Jacobs, Warsaw. Kentucky, head
hips and legs very badly hurt; B. S
Timblin, Mount Seer, Kentucky, arm
broke and head smashed; P. NJ. Kent
Cincinnati, head badly hurt; j. Scrag
gin, Bagdad, Kentucky, back and leg:
hurt; John w. Harce, New Liberty
Kentucky, shoulder and side; S. Allen
New Orleans, face bruised; J. W. ODell,
Brownsville, Tennessee, arm broken
his wife wounded in breast and back
her two children slightly hurt; Nellie
Clark, ChilIicothe, Ohio, and Carrie
! McGee, Liac1ln, Tennessee, slightly
w. Clarke, Chillicothe, leg crushed ;
G. L. Tiff, Oakland, Kentucky, slight
"; S. Halle, Memphis, Tennessee,
slightly; Samuel Fox, Cincinnati, head,
badly; II. Klodsepak, Newport, head,
shoulder and side, bad; Maggie Romers,
East Rush creek, back and head, bad,
(.he was a pupil of St. Celia seminary,
Nashville, and was on her way
home on a visiD; F. Dammert
Portsmouth. Ohio, badly hurt in the
head and back; r. Sheriard, Can
ton, Mississippi, side and leg badly
bruises; Andy Pieron, Portsmouth,
Ohio, severely cut on side and leg; G..
W. Brown, Portsmouth, Ohio, nip and
head; Mike Walden, brakeman and
fireman. and S. B. Worries, conductor,
all of Louisville, slightly hurt; J. p.
Worseley, Lagrange, Kentucky, slight
"; C. A. Coffin, Cleveland, Ohio, bad
cut in face and head; Fred. Shape,
Cincinnati, slightly; R. c. Hewitt,
Derby, Connecticut, badly bruised, arms
and shoulders; Charles B. Degratt, La
Degratf and Mrs. Ira Degratf, Winona,
Minnesota, all slightly hurt; B. Mar
tin, road agent, Louisville, cut in heacl; ;
he b ad barelyrecovered from an accident
he met with in being thrown from his
car; Preston Childs, Covington, leg
broken and badly bruised in the head !;
w. P. Couess, Zion, Kentucky, slightly;
w. Tull, baggagemaster, leg broken
and badly bruised, will not live; Th'os.
Covle, New Liberty, X entucky, knee
and thigh, S. Woddox, Poplar Grow e,
Kentucky, side and head; Calvin Wcd-
dox, back slightly; E. McMichael,
Anchorage, Kentucky, hip and back
severely; Jas. NJ. Hall, bridge carpe n
ter, slisht; J. S. Lehman, Adams Ex-
press Messenger, leg and foot slightly;
G. Martindell and wife, Racine, Wis.
consin, and S. Ball and wife, Of same
place, all badly hurt; Murty Stay,
CoviDgtou, severely hurt in the head
and body; J. S. Todd, Louisville,
slightly; Mary Martin, colored, Spring
field, Ohio, and little daughter, badly
hurt in head and face; Davis Pullman,
engineer, was the only one OF the train
men. who escaped without accident.
The bridge has been in use for three
wears, and has been subjected to
the severest tests. 1t is known as the
Fink Truss Bridge, built on the same
plan as the one over the Ohio at Louis,
vile. The span is about seventy feet
in length. The wreck was complete,
the ears being torn to splinters.
DR.. Green, President OF the road,
who was in the city, dispatched train
at once with surgeons, and made every
arrangement possible for the comfort OF
the wounded. A portion were taken
to Louisville, portion left at Walton,
Ky, and the balance, some thirty in
number, were brought to Covington.
The railroad company had carriages
ready to receive them, and the most
seriously hurt were conveyed to the
Covington hospital.
Passengers state that the bridge gave
way without any warning. The engine
had just reached the shore when the
bridge went with a terrible crash. The
fireman jumped off and was badly in
jured.
Mr.. Brock was terribly mutilated,
one Of his legs was cut entirely off. A
large amount Of money was found upon
his person and was taken charge OF by
the officers of the road.
Julian, a cclored porter, was also
badly msugled.
The wreck took fire from the stoves
and some few OF the wounded were
somewhat burned before the flames
could be extingulshed. There was con-
siderable water in the creek when the
train went down, aud was used with
effect in subduing the fire.
1t was reported that an old man and
a boy were missing, and probably
drowned. 0fthis we could learn nothing
definite. The surgeons are OF the
opinion that not more than FIVE or six
OF the wounded are fatally hurt, and
possibly not that macy.
Trains on the railroad are discontin
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