Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-12-11

wife and child. and directing that ar
rangements be made to transfer their
bodies back to their late home at Prince
ton Wis. and have them inferred at the
expense of the House Adopted.
Three persons were injured G. II
Remy. of indianapolis, Indiana. il
right foot. Mr.. T. NJ Sayre of N. j..
about the head and hand. and Mrs
,sayra abou. the aukles| where she was
caught by huge pile of millions of spin
tiers of wood. broken pieces of lookiu {
glass, bolts Of iron. and car dejris gen
orally, broken, bent and showed togethe,
by the teies coping of the cars.
Her body wars entirely free and lay III
the aisle of the Plymouth. She did moi
appear in the least disconnected, and dur
ing the hour and more that was required
release her, she did not once lose hel
self possession, but calmly directed those
who were eagerly engaged at work fol
her release, where their labor could be
expended with the most effect. Iers is
the spirit of the heroine and martyr
She was able to walk when released
The train was lot long delayed by
this accident, that was so destructive OF
life, for the road was not obstructed. -
Only the front trucks Of the silver pal
ace car were knocked from their place
and showed toward the hind trucks, not
however, interfering in the least with the
removal of The broken cars to a a siding
down at the station, where hundi eds OF
persons visited them the next morning
fhe wounded pursued their journey, and
the bodies Of the unfortunate dead
-trangers were taken to the Patterson
House. where an inquest was held, 0!
which the following is a correct copy. as
on file in the Prothonotary Office;
The Commonwealth OF Pennsy lvanis,
JunIsia County, IS.
An Inquisition ndented and taken at
Patter. on. in Juniata county aforesaid,
the 9th day of December, A d., 1872,
before M, Middsgh, Esquire, of the
county aforesaid. upon the view of the
bodies OF George T. Bacon aud Mathew
kno wes. of The city of Chicago. State
of Illinois and W w Dontz. wife and
child. of the city of Milwaukee; State OF
Wisconsin, then and there lying dead
Upon the oaths of II H. Wilson. John
g. Noser S. Il. Notesline. b. A Dough-
man, Robert Nixon ana w Ii. Egolf.
good and lawful ;nenof the county atore-
said, who being sworn t" inquire on the
part efsthe Commonwealth when, where
how, and after what manner the said
George F. Bacon Mathew Knewles,W
W Dontz, wife and child, came TO their
death, do say. upon their oath that pp"n
the evening OF the 5ih day of December,
A. d. 1872, about one mile north of Mif
fin Station, st about zen O'clock of said
evening sn accident happened, caused by
the engine Of tie fist section of Cincin
natl Express east getting out of order
between NcVeviown and Lewistown,
md thereby csnsing said first section of
Cincinnati Express train to lose time, and
the engine of SECOND section of tMcin-s
matt Express train. with one express c,c,i
broke loose from the train. and it became
impossible for the engineer to stop bis
-ngine in so short distance without he
assistance of air brakes. and the higmsn
on the first section of Cincinnati east
failed to use his proper signals which are
provided for him 10 use in such cases