The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-12-05

DISASTER AND Loss OF LIFE ON THE N. G. R..
| W.-About four o'clock p. m, on Monday last,
the iron truss bridge on the N. G.. r. w., over
the connecting strait between the two portions
OF Lake Roland, gave way under the pressure
of two passenger trains, the Cockeysville ac-
commodation bound south, and the York ac-
commodation bound north. Both trains struck
the bridge at the same moment-notanu unusual
| occurrence. Each train had about seventy
passengers aboard. The engines reached the
| opposite sides OF the bridge when the structure
| gave way with a terrible crash and fell into the
water. One passenger car, one baggage car and
the tender of each engine fell into the water,
which is about twenty-seven feet deep, the
track being about ten feet above the water
| The baggage cars rested on the bottom of the
lake while the tenders rested one end in the
| water and the other against the abutments Of
the bridge. The passengers rushed out of each
train frantic with fright. Some jumped from
| the windows into the water and would have
been drowned but for the assistance rendered
| by others who escaped by the doors. A num-
Der of ladies were badly bruised in the rush
and scramble made to get out of the cars. Sew.
eral persons at the depot at the Relay Station
rushed to the spot. Two ladies who saw the
disaster from the opposite side of the lake,
jumped into skif and rowed to the scene and
rescued three men and boy who had fallen
into the water Their heroism deserved as it
received the admiration and gratitude of all
aster resulted in the painful death OF two I'M
fortunate young men-Upton Young, of Wood
| berry, and George Wisner, of Black Rock, Bal
| timore county. They were on the York accom-.
mediation train, in the baggage car, with their
guns and dogs, starting on hunting expedi-
tion. Young had his skull fractured in four
| places and death was almost instan taneous.-
Wisner had his left leg and knee fearfully
crushed, was seriously bruised about the head
and injured internally. He was removed to
the Washington University Hospital, Balti-
more, where he died about one o'clock on Tues
day morning. Both were unmarried.
jeremiah Coulter, of Cockeysvlle, in falling
to the ground, in his escape from a window,
fractured his arm. Edward Kile of Phoenix
was badly bruised by an avalanche of baggage
striking him as the baggage car fell into the
water. Himself aud Mr.. Harrison, the bag
gage master on the south bound train, were
taken from the car by workmen cutting hole
in the top with an axe. Young and Wisner,
the unfortunates of the wreck, were in the other
car with Mr.. Carter, the baggage master, who
escaped uninj ured Mr.. Purdy, the engineer
of the south bound train, was severely bruised
about the face and body. Jane Marshall
lady passenger, was considerably bruised by
being trampled upon in the excitement to get
out. Harvey Winder, passenger from Balti
more city, received a number Of bruises by be-
ing pushed from the platform ia the general
rush
wrecking train, with a force of about one
hundred and fifty men, was sent to the scene
to repair the bridge Trains now regular
ly running, though freight trains were stopped
for several days. 1t is singular and fortunate
that the loss of life and injury to the living
were not greater, under the circumstances.
The bridge was inspected about two weeks
previously and pronounced safe and sound.
School BoARD.-At the last meeting of the
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