, 1874-02-06

| SEccs1t DisDatch to IHs Chtcaao Tribune,
JASEsvILLE, Wis, Feb. 5.--It being roporte
this morning that 4 serious accident Ind han
poned to tho night express south, ncnr Harvard
your correspondent proceeded to tile scene 0
the wreck OIL tho first train, and found the rll
NOR wol founded. The accident occurred a
kislwau&eo bridge. about fvo mos north o
| Woodstock, ILL.,, caused by about four feet Of th
top of n rail being torn OF. Tho engine ant
express cars passed over in safety
Tho baggage-cas, smoking-car, two pas
aengof coaches, Pullman palace car aut
freight cabooBe was thrown down a loft,
onbankn,ent, rolling over several times, ant
landing in all shapes about TO feet from tht
truck. The cars
IMMEDIATELY TooK FIRE,
md all wore entirely consumed, leaving NOTHING
but the iron-worlz.
Tho passengers all Escaped moro or less in,
1urod by bruises, only ono person being injured
the baggagc-man being caught by Bomo bag.
gage, hut extricatcd himself iuBt iu timo to
escape a terrible dentl 1t is thought that some
oil in this car ca1sed it to burn 10 rapidly. Most
OF the bedding wag Havea III tho Pullman cur,
AL tho bAGGAge WAA burned also
THE CORPSE OF Mrs. clIANLEs GOULD,
formerly Of Appleton, Wis, whose husband was
conveying it to Duprey, Canada, for intormcnt.
Nothing was loft but tho skull and brcaAt bone,
which were boxed up and forwarded by the first
moro or loss bruised, bit
NONE KILLED OUTRIGHT
telograpli-operator named Flynn, formerly
from Clntol'. H., was on tho train, and, having
. pocket-nstrumons, Immediately put himself
in connection with Chicago, reported the acci-
don't, and Us soon as possible train saa sent to
tho wreck and the passengers wero takeu to
Woodstock, aud oil who wero not seriously in
1uroa Wont OH to their destinations
TIE INJURED.
=, The following aro now at tho Waverly House,
Woodstock, being treated: A, II. Miller. of Chi.
cago, badly cut i'll the faco by being thrown upou
window, one cash extending nearly across his
s9co e, from t4o forehead down; Mrs. Josiah Cook,
and back thought not seriously; little slaugl,.
ter of A[ts Cook's, foot cut slightly; Wm Stewart
Wataoka, vo1y badly injured in tho head, it il
thought tho brain is effected, large cut on scalp,
jurcd internally. Thoso aro all being we'll carod
for BY the officers OF tlso Company. George
Copeland, Jofforu0u, Wis, oolur-bono broken;
went home OIL tho afsoInoon tlain U. A. Sim
clair, head cut; j.. D. Dixon. hind brakeman,
who was with tho cabooBc, lload cut and bruised
On tho clloek-bone and log uo went homo to
Shapiore after walking fro,n tho wreck back 10
Harvard, aud stopping tho St. Paul night OK
proaH.
Tho trim was
RUNNING AT ITS USUAL srEED.
scction-bosH John MoElroy, who lives r. fow
rods from the scono, informed INC that lie hoard
the crash, jumped and run out Immediately.
The cars were alroady burning. In half an hour
nothing WIS loft.
No blame ls attached to tho Railroad Company
and 1t LAS alroady paid the claims for baggage 70
q number Of paasongorB 1t claims, however,
not to bo responsible beyond doctors' bills Tor
injuries to passengers.
A wrecking train Inns been ut work all day
clearing away, aud 10 delay haa happened to
other trims III consequence Of the accident.