, 1873-08-25
4 Train Wrecked on tho Baltimore
l. Ohio Railroad.
Four Persons Killed and Fifteen or
Twenty Injured.
Belfast, Me-, Visited by q Dcstruc-
tive Fire.
One Hundred and Thirty Buildings
Burnod-..Estimated Loss,
$500, 600.

Mv.rn,a Auc o. .tooroor r,,io orrvod
han oho. - 1,,,l,% tn-5,,. ,,s,na,,.. ,,snat -
tho survivors OF tho ill-iatol George "olf'
among thon Capt Harry 3. Carter, her COM
manlor, who was considerably bruised about tho
hoad, aud Loft lar hadIv brn;aod. Giant, Cortor
atntoa that ahorf tf,ns boforo ~ tIo os,,,oa;on ho
lad gone to his room to take nap, leaving tho
A[ate on watcb, aud tho first thing ho know of
the accident hc felt hin,son lifted into tho mir
gith . ,cvero aboc, and fo,, ,s,t,, ,,n 3,,r;a ~
W. aos ana 'o. WIZ .aa ~
inc 4o"ef oecA' AS BOON as 10 could extfacato
himaclf. ho glancod around and saw that
the forward part Of tho cabin and texas boon
blown away aft to tho boilers, and that. aomo
tlmnora had saken fire. His first thought was to
e1tlneulBh tho namos, which, with tho aid of o few
otho1s. and heavy rain that WAS falling at tho
time, ho aoon succeeded in doing. In the ruoa,,~
+,,, tr.. ,,,,, 80 49,, 80 ,,,.r T., tt
seeins that the wreck had dritted noar The shore,
jumped out with a headline and made her
fast, vhen it Was found tlat tho boak
Ind boon but Ntt1o iniuro1 cxcoot "a
atoAos h'a,'a: 40 eoou "7 sNo 'iso "aa
e1tingnlshcd. Everything possible was dono to
relieve tho suftorers Tho Captain states that
he had only ton or twolye cabin passengers, only
wv ~ n.W', ".'' to' 80 49, t'o.0oA' p'An''unof
fo,n ~" tolN' agea apoas ~,
Owing to tho condition Of Capt Wider, clerk,
who was ucvero1y burned about the chest and
tlroat, II waB impossible to obtain 1iYt of pas-
songers FROM him, al the books were lost. Miss
Robecca COIN, of Jotrorson, Texas, WHO waa &C.
companied W hcr cousin, ": solomon~
sky, Of paria, statos that sllo was on
tho tGrward I'd guard Of the b9at and owing to tho
markod, "Let's 60 into the cabiu," and, Just III
blown into tbo riyer. seeing > man near Lor
she graapad lin BY tho neck. and he told her to
which sho did. and soon after n spar camo float
ing BY which they Hcized and held to it, floating
down the rtyof for . long distance, un.
IL the ?, barber of the boat camo to
hos proaorvor caught, aud still holding on to tho
spar they were B.fely landed on the shore, MisB
Cohn was considerably bruised. She could hot
learn the name OF tho man who saved her, but
he was one q party Of four belonging to tho
PAEaeugors speak in tho highest terms Of tho
officers, especially Of Capt. Carter and tLo Stew
ard. notwithstanding that tho former waB &c.
verely injured, he was most active in the work
Tho following is lBt OF tho lost, al Tor aB IT,
cor.ainod:
Potter 11elper, second engineer; Mr. Nelson,
Now York; Dawson, vito anu two children,
Shreveport; J. II. White, Of Michigan, belong
ing to the Trans tlantic Circus and soven col
ored rouBtora, four Of whom wcro fouud aud
buried.
The following arc wounded, and nll reside in
St. Louis except when otherwise gtated:
Capt. Carter, John II. Widor, clerk, Boycroly
head and chest; JamoB Donaho, pilot,
left log badly spraiued; Jamcb Con-
ahan, bruised about tho head; Cole
Boren, pilot, slightly, head aud body; John
Coarson, engtnoor, right shoulder Bprained;
Mccarthy, barkoeper, slightly bruised and
gcnlded: Hiram AIahafroy, Steward. slightly:
JA1nos Smith, third cook, Left arm and foot
eculded: Mrs. Frisbeo, Shrcyoport. cut IN rielt