, 1876-09-23
CASUALTIES.
A Train on the Pan Handle Road
Thrown Down IN Emhank-
ment.
Six Passengers Killed and Twenty
or Thirty Injured.
Tho Daily Record OF Lesser Mis-
haps.
FATAL JUMP,


FATAL JUMP.
Co1rMnur. o., Sept. GA most friChtfu'
accident occurred NJ M carly hour thss mornlnr
at Bask Lick Station, on the Pan-llan1lc ltooa,
about II miles from, this city. Tho train WA
running IT. rate Of perhaps 40 mica an hour,
when, from some cause OF othcl four cars Of the
train jumped the track and rolled down The
cnlaukment, which is WINE Is or 30 feet In this
place. The engine, bHegagcear, ond matl'caf
remained on the track, while those IN ths rear
went oil. This leads somc TO think that ttie ae-
cidcnt vas cnuAed by \ broken mil, while otieff |
aseof the opininn tint Il vas eauscd bJ Jumping
tho track while making TIC curve. The tafs
TINT wc1t down Tho cmhanknens arc m tesn'
ny broken eoo Vhc re se'eTSm e5c n,
10 make knllng-wood, and that there is not
single wflccl on my OF tic carr.
Intelligence was at once sent 70 INC ctty, hnu
In faW minutes hwreckinR-t train and ptystciahB
were OH the scene Of the accident, mud every at-
tcnt!on was given the wounded that c''u'd be-.
Conductor Lacy, who was In charge ot the
train, nud tts usst.tantsa did what Was n Their
TIE BILLED AND WOUNDED
were brought tn the Union Depot, from whence
and National. physic!ans from the city r.
spontlcsl promptly, and were this morning 1usi"
ymtnistcrinV to the wnnts o. steir patsmnS sa.
TO get the nnn,cs Of the KILLED and Wouhuca;
-Four persons arc known to hayc been ks1e, y
| outrlght,-two men ANIL two children One OF
Ill, and Lizzie Brnncroft, OF Philadelphia,
child ypars nld. One Of the ,ncn IL said to Ge
from ST. Louis and the other fsc|n 1Iamtlton,,o.
or y; n9 nax aaefaiSS II tSsn sa t1of shef
regular trains q the dcpot' and dcparted f9r
their homes without reporting TO any ono It
is variousy estimated that there must have
or less injured by the accident. Some Of the
| wounds are very slight, wlilc others nrc quite
ecrtoua, many Of the injuries being about the
head and upper portions Of Thy boay: ,o,.m,,,.
the appearance III ~
The cmgrnnt-room Ind been used to receive
iyeonstruc,c'l i,c<ls, and from which they we're
to tc removed to the hotels. AL but two Ind
bccn removed when tho reporter vlsltcd tho
kccnc this morning, and they were vcry oaa'S
wounded. and nne OF them will perhaps de-
About itle depot, waiting for trains, were =
number of persons with their heads bandaEcdt
their arms In slIngs, OF limp'ng around rs best
Ill wllo were on the train speak o{ the aect.
dent as most frlghtful ono, and arc astonished
that the deaths hsWcre 20 few.
WOUNDED.
Wounded at the Neil House: Mrs: W. H. FL
lis aud her little girl, from New Orleans; Mrs
Ellis Is badly brul.cd about the head and chest
the little girl Is rlnhurt. Samuel Lcntz, Of Phil.
O aaephta, badly bruised about tue body, Sut no'
seriously hurt. All Of tlesc were ia tho sleeper
The woundrl ut Davdso,'s Hotel: ucorgt
Ollulcr, formerly the owner Of the depot res
o taurant iii this city, aud his wife and daughteE
this purity arc principally Internal and body
&, hruiscs. Mr.. Ohmor Is now resident Of Day
- :, ton, Q. J. y. Briggs and wile, ot sprlnghelEa
IL Mo-, ore badly bruised, hut not seriously; NJ
street, OF Louisville, Ky., "a seriously injured
II lIe WIS lying quietly, but IN such q condition
- Tint hc could Give no Information to the re
porter. ,, .s., N =, >,
5, wounded md one q the killed were carried. {
t. Erazclton and wife, Of Polk County, To-, were
unc room. lie was suffering from serious Gu
<, m large e lady, lad one wrist broken and tic otht
d!siocatcl. She was very seriously cut a''
n, bruised about tho faco and head They la
boon 70 tue C9ntenna ana were ao, rstaEing snaing.
70 jur1es arc feared to be internal. Mr.. and Mr.
j. Bancroft and their children, aged respective
k md T. years ars ~ ttis hotel, alt in1S5e t.
croft las received internal Injuries, and three
r., tbs children were Injured mere or less abo'
tho body. Lizzie Bancroit,, little 8-ycar-o
,cr girl, was killed, and had been laid out in Il
room occupied by the parents, md brothers, ni
3D. sisters John WOLF, two couslns and two Eeiitl
mon, were bruised. considerably, and the
LII clothing torn almost In silreds. lilcy cohGrat
lated themselves that their injuries are sq1
lAtutfvcly slight. They arc from Merton, Nc
:el, and lmd been to PlIiladclrllia
S. LATEN.
Additional particulars relative to tac railros
nu- accident near this citv have been gathered sin
led sending tho last dispatch. In additon Il ii,
IuI tloec reported killed, must be added Nl}ia
Kenchllng, supposed to be iIotn Cincinnati, III
n', snas r9fsn n @ 5ou =, ya H. Of na @
ton, is still lying. ut thy dcpot, badly but not
I'm. tully Injured. lie declines to give Ills name,
st, icaf Of tho oIect tlat thu ncws would have up
rrs 'sl.lIrc Rockamp and his family, Of Cine
,a, 'v9s mil wcrc ali somewhat Injured, but wcrc
IVY 10 continue their Journey to-day. OTHER pers.
crs, reported injured also left on the uoon trains
~ vii, 10 the plncc Of the accident shows Il
cry. the tsnck was straight at that point, that
M. roail laid with steel rails aud Is In excel
,cry condition.. THIS morning t!lu whcs!s Of all
,,'S' ,u cars were tosted thoroughly at Newark,
iers miles from Block Lick, and found to t'e
y. sound. What caused tile ace!dcnt Is, as ~
mystery. .. ...-
hnt. COLUMBUS, O., Sept. aA-Aftcr tonr nm
' the hotels w,lcra tic persons injured In the
road accident this noE1linE ore beng cared
,crs an irum Inflammation gathered 1s,nt. 1Fem N
tou. Srty soaIses H. aa a ss rolIaLe h
rncr thu persons injured severely onougl! 70 req
btn mention, apd tle a1tens a @t their Injuries,
-o''' facs ha4Ily cut; c. II: Fay. Of Concord, n.
dry Gnshs' so9st ~ ,G tan5 cut md lcc Gal]y hrnia
,-Av. nua.e!', ~ ,t. % ~ ant"np In hryil r.,t
dry rGtaf IT.. ,.'3t4 hrsc1. Ma ann ,nmstine,
Ankcuy, Ia, head cut and ncck strained Ga
Thornton, oI Dos atoi,cs, H.. lIea.l and
aoo bruised; ]. D. Riggs, of Springfield,
shoulder and legs badly hurt; Mrs. ]. D. Be
|-av. lynn usn'seu ".st ~ mis- b.a,f nni sh
tuas, 53sJt ,Jor,thir ~ nj. Nr. alna]
rect. ~ W., anI i,n,y hdjv I,rn1s41: Ha1l
ank- Jones It s.. 1ouis, @ rs badly H.. hu;t :! 4
st. s'.o - + o,iss,t,n I.It stnui1rr iislnca
anu Mattiu Grubblinghof1, Of Dayton, taco and
IT, bruised; 8. u. bgnnstt, q Gai.o, lli2 foot
Iron lee oaniy I1asl ts,,isc1. r II MrI;o,
dder- 4lu h,.,u hn,t,v ir1tsc. Mrs J. Il,
..,f+ - ,,tn fn.i}V ininfrt1 utNlltt