, 1874-01-03

body in better condition than would naturally oe
ernocted. The baggage and two passenger-ca1s
Of the Chicago irain we're thrown togstner, "An
such force that the platforms we're 81 proAop1 n.
fhe floors wrenched up from the sleepe1s, aud
and most Of the windows broken. Fortunately,
no passengers wero injured.
4 nagsepcer on the Indianapolis car, who saw
the locomotive laundering down the road behind
bis train, ran forward and jumped on the 1fonE
platform to safety on tho ground.
4 surgeon, who vas passenger On the train,
dressed the wounds Of the passenScrs. Conduc~
tor Barber removed the wounded TO tne locomo-
tive, and carried them down to the city, while .
w1ecking engine steamed up to the scone to c1ear
away the wreck and move the remainder OF Inc
passengers to tue city.
party Of three or four ladies' got on the
traiu at Winton Place, on tho rear platform OF
the Cur directly i'll front of the Indianapolis bag
gage. Before reaching the door, q ooy VINO ac-
co,npanied them to the station screamed out at
runipr rn1 eHp into Ito you Quick And the ladies
Jumped. If they had not done 80 they would
either have been thrown from the platform by
the collision, or havo boen seriously injured oy
the smashing OF the platform.
4 Gazette reporter who rode from Hamilton IN
the teloscoped Indianapolis bagSaGe-car, with
the bagga3eman, first heard the lndistlnct
screaming OF enc or two boys voices. while the
trim was moving from Winton Place. Rising
from his chair, tho reporter heard terrific
crash behind him, and ut the instant Was thrown
forward on his facs, while stove. stoyepipe,
chair, tirewood, and broken timber fell upon him
| aud tho baggageman, and the trait shot for
ward with accelerated speed into the mldd1o OF
the graveyard, where it stopped.
THO Toledo train carries tho mail. and stops,
consequently, at every station. The Chicago
train is an express. stopping at only the
moro important stat'ous. As before stated 1t
startod from Hamilton, under Conductor Fairly,
but few minutes in rear Of the Toledo train,
aud zhould have moved carefully all the way
down to Cincinnati, 80 as not to crowd upon thc
time of tho. train ahead. Tho rear s'gna-ught
/ OF red was hanging Mt the window OF tho for
ward train ~ usual, md vas still burning after
the collision took place. There was blnnde7ng
| or carelessness somewhere, and it ought to DC
| worth Investigating.
The Accident on the Cincinnati.
Hamilton l. Indianapolis Railroad.
| F4on, the Indiana polls Sentinel, Jan. 1.
| A fughtfui railroad accident happened last
| evening about 7 o'clock on the G., f. & !
horror. The train due here 1T 8 o'clock =.
m., when about mile and half this side OF
Brownsville and = few miles below Conuorsv1ue,
| broke wheel OF the last coach. The train ran
reached trcstle bridge, and when nearly across,
the las. car broke looae and fell over the bridge,
a distance OF 90 feet. and against the enbank"
ment, literally smashing the car into thou
sands Of pieces. The rear brakeman rushed to
his brakes as soon Is he discovered the broken
wheel, ut the game tims signaling to the en-.
! eineer, who reversed the eng inc, but the speed
was so great that it Was impossible to CHECK
the train up before reaching the bridge. The
brakeman, seeing that this was inevitable,
! jumped from tho train, and SO escaped injury
| Alr. John Fisk. one Of tho injured passengers
Was the first to extricate himself from tho coacl,
but not without eeriously cutting his arm With
the glass of the window. A lady with her child,
| o boy OF 4 or years, whose name could not
| be learned, had come on board the train at
| Brownsville. and jus: taken her scat when tue
accident occurred The child wns killed out
| right 4 gentleman by the namo OF John Lines
WIS also killed outright. his body being horribly
mutilated past recognition. Two other gentle
men passengers wero injured, so seriously al te
give no doubt but that death will ensue. The re-
mains of tho dead aud those that were seriously
| injured wefc left ut ConnerBrilie, whcrc tho IT.
most attention was in waiting. Mrs. Perry Little
who was c1t and injured severely in the head,
| came through. aud Was taken to 23o South Della
| ware street. The forward coaches came through
and arrived here at balt-past II. Conductor
Highly and tho train men did all in their power
to help the sufferers, and on the arrival here the
conductor kindly offered to take ell the injured
| passcugers to hotel and kindly cared for To-
ken in all i: was ono of tho mcst frightful accl'
| dents that has occurred in long time, there De-
ing but one OF two persona in the wrecked cal
that escaped without more or less injury There
We1e twenty or twenty-five IN tho coaen ~ .us
| t;u1u OF tho accident, and tho dltuay and conin'
sion we're indescribable. The coach turned upside
| down, and was completely demolished. Fortu,
uately there was but little fire in the stove. nne
not sufficient to set the car on fire. 4 passenge1
| WHO was on tho train and among the injured
whose unme is John Fisk. from Tippecacoe City
Ohio states that he WAS on the lower side OF the
car when it commenced tipping. 4 man whe
was on the opposite side, fell On 1lm ant
iammed him 80 hard against tho side of the cal
a. to bruiso his chest. 10 also sustained othe'
injuries on his left arm and forehead, whlct
| wero properly attended to when he reached tn:
city. Conductor Highly and the other cmploye'
have the thanks of tho passengers and injure@
ones for their noblo conduct III providing fo
their comfort and eafety. Tho train was goint
at full speed, and everything seemed all f!@h
lust before the accident Tho night was jus
waning. and the moon shono forth beantifall!
from 4 clear sky. which the passengers had OBJ
served sud wero talking about when the czast
cano and they we're precipitatod twenty FEC