, 1873-04-08
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
The Disaster on the st. Louta d. South,
euStGrn MOQd.

Eho Dl5uster on tho st. Louta d. South.
custcrn IRond.
From tho st. Louis 7Y,1es, ApritE
In yesterdays Times ,wo gavo slcl particulars
ma could then ho obtained Of tho terrible acci-
dent that occurred Thursday evening on tho ST.
Louis sonthea9tern kqa at Eroneh Village
- A freight train coming West was belatcd ut
French Village. At 4,40 p. M. tho Eastern
bound passenger trim reacled this station. from
four to five minutes behind time Az theao two
trains wore switching of 80 as to secure for tho
passenger train tho right OF road, construction
train, rushing along at tho rate Of from twenty
to Twenty-Five miles per hour, plunged into tho
SsaF of tho tran carrying with it do
Tho excitoment on tho train 1T tho time OF tho
clash was intonHo.; ovor twenty Of the thirty
passengers rushed to tho platform and lenped
from the cars: soyeral Of item, including ct.
20 foet, and landed OIL tho. Shiny bottom OF Il
drained ditch. This lady fell hend foremost, aud
would have smothored to death llad 1t not been
for, tho chivn1rio newsboy on the. train, who.
Singular to vay, not q single truck on either
train VAS Displaced. Had tho passengers. TO-
niained in their 'soats, no ono would hayo been
rear end Of the ronr car. Tho monitor roofs
and tho patent platforms preyontol teloscoring,
tho only imminont danger to ho feared,
aon 5ohn Mat Ct hcaa Chester It iI Tas one .,
business, and was returning to Lis homo via st.
Louis. Last night, Ais manglod remains did 20
home OIL the Belle Alomphis-a sorry apology for
tho hearty old man that LETT Ills wife but 4 few
days ago in full health and yigor.: Watt lost ha
life BY reaaon: Of his exoitolnont. He walked
righ. into tho face Of doath and fn bis bowl1t'er-
ment, seemed to Intentionally thrust bimsolf in
front Of tho locomotive. lie waa horribly man-
gled, almost beyond recognition. Tho deeoaaod
was . prominent lawyer Of Chester, about, 50
years Of ago, cllildtoss but Wooded to worthy
daughter Of an Episcopalian rector. 10 was
wealthy landholder, worth from $4,000 to
. pillnr In the church, IN exemplary citzon his
death will be grehtly lnmontod at lin home.
= 4 lady named Lnsk was ornahed to death on
tho platform. sho had her 4-ycar. old boy In
llor arms and sacrificed hor life to savo that Of
her infant son. Hor husband, with an infant
child, escaped unharrnod. This family had been
South for over o year for tho in-fatcd wifo's
health, aud were Just returning to Morgan Conll-
ty, Mo. The husband III almost crazod BY this
unexpected dispenantion a robust, hearty old
man, seated on his wfo's coffin, with tho tears
streaming down his faco, WAS Bcono of horror
calculated to move tile stornost hoart to pity.
In:the rear car was all elderly lady Will hcr
three daughters, nil on route to Poplar Bluffs,
Mo-, to visit relatives. They. remained in tho
car and would have escaped with innatoral
bruises, had it not BEEN for tho break of . Pipe
IN, tue locomotive Of tho @ construction train
All were injured by tho steam but little Julia, IL
yonrs old. was terribly acallod, her oyca beinG
literally burnod out by the stean'. Tho n niotAoF
md her children wore removed to the sistera ls
paid thom by tho Sisters Of Charity. But human
all waa nnnyaling In Julsa's case.
Calvin Atwood, mannfacturor and dealer in
cit CT on tho head, % but not seriously ri hurt
A German laborer on the construction train,
residing at Beloville, ILL.,, broke ono Of hia
legs in jumping from tho traln. Ho was takon
homo.
Thc Deputy -shorifr of White County, H., waa
on tho train in charge Of q lunatc. The Sheriff
pushed tho luuatio from tho train, md thon
Jumped aftor him. Both were badly bruised.
or Ieas ssTosy Thoso MSao ady auped
were tnkon to tho 6iatorB Hospital.
Tho coroncr's jury brought In tho following
"That Conductor Miohasl Ward and Engineer
John Tanning, OF the construction train, nro
grossly and culpably negligent, tho conductor
Tor starting out after tho passenger train had
passed. him ahead Of time, and tho ongnoor for
running ut too g">at Bpood :; alao, TINT tho con-
ductor Of the passenger train n"glooted llia duty
and violated tho rules OF tloroal In not sending
out tlagman to warn tho construction train Of
impending danger also, that the railroad COM
pnny Is aomowhat rosponnihle In not Informing
tho conductor Of the freight Of tho discontinue
anco Of certain trains, thoreby dotanng his
train and occasioning tho nccidout."
Tho latest "worker" heard from is from
h6AtNcHY. ln0 lCEllOcIAtb AHRlNb pouktlt uP I'LL
means Of lint advantage to carry tlo election Of
q Democratic Congressman, this dovoled rntrlot
oponol MI illoit tlatillery for tho Republican
carlao. Lis application Is now fod, with $40
other applications for pardon. with tile Depart
mont Of Justice. He only distilled: fltteen gal
Ions, but tho great faot bearing on liH case ia,
whethor tho hopublican was olooted or not. II
he wasn't the poor dovil ought to "cateh it" for
not "workiug Aarqor.
"A st. Louis lady whoae foot had !,oen pressed
in q streot-car bya gentleman, thought sho would
mako m example OF Him, Bho returned tho
pressure, looked languishing, and all TINT sort
Of thing, mud, when gho aliglltod tacItly
invited him to follow. Arriving at hor homo,
ehe invited him In, aud ho, acceptlng,, was
Bho requested tho lattor gontlou,au to "wada
into" tie former and detailed tho oiro,in,stnnoos
Of tho affair. Tho huBband politely dlsInlaso9
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