Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-07-09

Stony CREEK, July, 9.-The train
from Connecticut Rive to New Ha.
ven ran of . bridge near here this
morning. VIM. Wilcox, Supt. jump
ed from tho train and was killed by
the cars falling on him. The baggage
and five passenger cars went of and
turned bottom up. As far as ascer-
tanned fifty persons are injured, most
" by bruises. A large force Is clear
ing away the wreck. Various ru-
mors are afioat as to the cause of the
accident, the most probable being that
. switch was turned before the last car
left It. The bridge IL about ten feet
high. Six physicians are on the ground
attending the sufferers.
NEW HAVEN. July. 6-The latest &C.
counts place the number of wound.
ed, ct Stony Greek. ct Is, nearly all
slightly. Its impossible to obtain
the names at present. Every car Of
the train was overturned. The en-
CINE 10 partly upright. The accident
was caused by sswitch becoming mis-
placed before the whole train had pass
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FlTTSDUR0, fa., July IA very de-
etructive nre occurred ~ Alleghany
City, Pa, Saturday afternoon. A
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totally destroyed the Court House 10
10 ruins. Inc records Arc Ill saved
Union Block, the hnest business block
I'm the city, consisting Of seven brick
stores, were Oil burned to the ground,
WIN their contents. The stores were
occupied BY Kugg q Reid, hardware
merchants; Hunter 2 Pillsbury, gro
certes bartram q Norton, furniture
lawrence g COOK, hardware ana gro
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