, 1876-07-06
TIE FIRST REGIMENT.
A Melancholy Return from Madi-
son to Chicago.
The Train Wrecked Yesterday a Few
Niles from Beloit.
Tic Fireman Killed mud Three Members
Of the Regiment Wounded.
General emash-Up Of Drums and Cunt
The March to Beloit,

'"en. Jcstc'""! 'o'e.'op, ~ wiz ."'to.' W
rcm,rt hnd It that tbe special Northwestern
Wa,,.tar .-at4, h,a.tno I'm hrs fo,, t,ccn thrown
into He1o,t sl nycr. Ind twenty-five lives lost.
several fatally injured. kilograms xcro sent 10
I,,,o,t .nd ,cor sf,or-,rt, rcnorf. wcro rcrrtv.
I'u,, a.u so .''aa. ~ ,,a r.nont
c" sta'h's ',,at t.iec ",en' % ,no wv
were severely inlllfcu, hut none ksileui INC IRE
man Of the locomotive wAa killed, and the
engineer slightly wounded: the train was mar
ttalIv I,crke1. thc engine wing In The river.
WI, s'I' 49, saros~c.cnr @ ant ~ ,,as.c,1cr'
tara torn to pieces, ana that was tho
full extent OF tho catastrophe. Rcla-
tIycs and friends Of the members Of the First
itegImsn, tnade anxious inquirics a. tue Arrnory
OH Lake street, ara NJ INC MILWAUKEE, aepot'
and anxiety was expressed on every hand con-
corning tho feports. Tile rnilway officers dis
nat,ir1 a sr,ecial train with surgeon 1than and
o1ncrs 70 Tue secne o' VIC ~.eeh u. ~ ,. vcsosS' M
md tho ruin was male In ono hour and iltty-lvc
minutes. On arrival there. Or. 1sham found
james Tay,or, Of COMPANY Il, at tho Goodwin
' fata,1y' iaurc,'. n. s. EyctIart aud Franl; Dud.
iry. sI,rhtly Injured about tho fuc and head.
H. sirour ranl Utter phys,cjaus IN Uciolt ut-
tendri Tie Injured nc,i. and DR.. Islam also
utI n t1lntr rfInfoft. The 0GDHlE III Hpl0it
% did nj IN tjsIr puscr to rciicyc tGe sufferers.
and a.m, I hos,,ta6ir tuok carc of tho regiment and
tlc!r nrrn,ntnnyi,,r friendx.
Lon Lcot,art], tic fireman Of the 1ocomptlrc,
So; s5, was killed, md when the regiment left
thc water, wclrcd in the wrecked
cre,fnc. Thc engineer, F+othinrl,um, ha,i
a very narrow cscai,e, md was slightly bruised
fe cut 1spa, B9,a s 1 sef a ;psc 9t J ab5sa where
' TIE ENGINEER STATED
that when n,iirs south Ut HrjIt. and yh1e
running at tic rute OF nlnut il miles OF less
IN lour,-tint slow speed hciua necessary on
%rcnunt Of thr tlnnrcr which hn feared from tie
cuvy rnin wllirh it'd falIcD since ,nitInirlit nnl
fiolyxi thr ruiirc country-llis curiDc Hlitldcnly
bounIrd aver portion II track wGicI, haI been
washed ont, and In n,o,ncn. there.
wuehout, anil the lnconotiyc tore nlour
Tho tics fnr a few wards and then pitched ints,
isnrk River, strcaIn 20 feet from thp track.
md orcriiowing its banks with The tlnol OF VII
md daylight haIl inst begun to break through
III" hlaik md nurtonto,,s clouds. which were
every ,c % now and then lighted IN With flashes of
lightning when Ills casualty occurred. Tic
,1rT'e t}Irowinr iieut.Coi. Hubbard. Ounrtcr.
moaatcr Sorrcsp, War,,ickc. tLe General t;uiIrs
ami Con,na,,y ounrterr,astcrs, and blankets,
harrage. runa. md other stuI, into one pruU,js.
lin " forwsn] fcnd of the cer. The officers
."Icossi t',sn .rirc. frot1, thu wrcrt onI r.t
ont ] If Inc windows. With tIo exception q q
few siisht bruises and a terrible shaking up, uo
u:her h M serious or a. T Injury w lappened. Tic stall Of
% II" na,Joi,ai for Yas b,oken in two, N -
'''o '''', w rnp ~ p1.,sr NE ~ ~ ssrynrR to.cn
Dru,n-Maior Ncyans and lis corps Of twenty
twn hnvs. viii, flnir drums and the EIrin Brass
R,,T n,,,n,hertnr twrntv.fnnr men. With thrir
instrl,mn,its. wr1c seated. nearly iii asieen and
,.rcnnscm,sf ri Tho fnnc,,,ng il,nrrr. Su,l,ien-
" tS"y wcrc iii pit.kcI iuiwnTJ and drums
and instruments were hcaycd upon THEM.
,1e nenth tic mass for moment Or two, aud then
n,l thc men a,,,l toys managed to crawl trourl.
The a VII winJows Thr}r escans from scrious inl.ry
wn. ,nira,.,,io,s. Tor not u seat was lelt w{olu
II M am n l1e xerc rln and hut
s;r .frnIns NH NJ thn twrntv.twn wcrr snvr,l
fr1,, r. hrsar rsrs' Mai. Seyans Stated tn II Tim.
;nr rrnortrF Inst eycnint, that Inc men aud boys
Ichayoiu & i adm!ra!y M I % md I iii 10 10 work viii .
""' ~ 'p COMPANY n,
| Cant Dewitt In co,ninanil. waa IN thc sccond
cnr nn1 Il wus in lint cnaIi, whcr,s tn. rrratest
in;rv @ wa. =. I'm s,nc " There wrre few uthsrs ron,
wms ncs.,in(,ai i,y two t1c1,. When the ucci<tut
"c"urre tIe tair nitc1,cI VIOLENTLY fvrvar,l. and,
viii, tin sudden rrGmt,,u Of thc other cuachcs
forward i tssssep.d lnto t1!c sas q iront d +
inn.ne.' @ n wjt,, tSrn md mingled In onu con-
i,,ac,I 1nass, Jn,nrs TAYLOR, Young uan yu,-
niny.i ~ t,,c Wrstcrn Nexs C1nt,,Ii,y. and IN
es eestsc,ac1 n'e,n'er @ al thc rcgunt, xas shock.
tnviv intrrr,S ofn,,t The h,otis fnct nmi c]tst.-
sn a"rIn"siy. in fnrt. t],nt his chu1tccs
for rccnrnrw nrc n,nm,1,nr..i vcrv douhtfni.
he III lnys We're not lpnr II, cxtrcating themselves
fron H. wrrrE> md u,,,]cr tie lS.ulcrshin Of
f,o,'t i,tVftt wtn nnttirl r., 1rreat rrcit fnr
IL S;npt ,.nn,".as' and "","1 punS,,rsnrnt' t,cy
hrn,,n,,t n",,r Taviur frnt,, thm r,1cI t.r. hseI
tn', ,trf,isuSr n,.H smIfrSi,,r t"rrfv. W.r.I wna
iia,piahn,s liz u Bnt nv Cul. Davis: wl,p was nso
",{Fl,lv m hand mi fir. 81 rt,t,r md other nl,y
iin. ,,,,,. 1"T n,i nr,vn III, i,,iurrI whit,
,,,a1 o,,I, p,ifnf ~ III ,v ,.,,I1 .v tIr.ssjn liz
w.,4,s uu 1ae'. a,,,i ",mnistrin" ,nci,l.nr NV.
MnHo w.. ,us. VI" n1t,r".ori taEm,e ~ i,",nit m
inn,,,caS i ~ '.u1 mi ~ nla,rI in tho GOODWIN
Jim,sc vlrrn Wr Fitrl, wns lift in rart. Uf him.
a. I"st ar%n,,nta ,,,t VAS In II criti,s,l rmtit,,.
md IL. fsta1n cnnss,crs l,ls recovery doubtful.
III. tn1,ti.na i,or., war. mntitu,, ~ hts ro,,.
tt;,, ".,,i th, rn,Ir'j NJ nc to Tia hr,slr
"fio's II H1S Evsrh95rt 5 aiso ~ ~ coununy. wns
,va,,,1,i =. s"xartJ M " not - ,1nnrrr,s5v ~ t
.H M ea a; ~ ai ~ liz. cSr" ~ lin.
"' .nir Er',r 11u1i"v hnd NJ. ,,cIv wound i,t-
H.. ID ~, ~, 's"I and ftn., nr iwr,,tv "Ihsrs
.ni.o ~ t, uai1 r,,Ism., n,j sratrss III, n
..e na " h,.r, .,,sT ~ tt ".,,sEcts
wrr,, tristr art IT .hnn nl rendered. useless,