Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-03-09
HORRIBLE DISASTER /! !!
NARROW PASSAGE BRIDGE.
SEVENTEEN CARS WRECKED,
Ill o. board killed o. wounded,
Eleven killed, seven Wounded.

Monday night a few minutes after twelve
O'Clock. The bridge is the highest OH the
road. The distance from the rail TO the
stream below is one hundred and fourteen
feet. About one hundred and twenty
five feet of the bridge fell with the train.
KILLED.
1t is certainly known III at eleven per.
sons were killed and seven wounded. The
following is list of the killed:
w A. Wightman Edinburg Va, Chas /.
L Noel Shenandoah county, Va, Reuben
L. Hannah. Shenandoah county. W., r.
L. Wood, Washington, D. c., c. Fl. Hol g.
son, Berkeley Springs, West Va, 4 member
Of the West Va. Legislature, and Editor
OF the Morgan Mercery, this body was
taken in charge BY Hunter Lodge. S. A.
Bald win, Baltimore, iAd., Mr.. Quantz
Winchester, A. G. Bowers, Commercial
Drummer, Baltimore, Md, T. Donnavan,
Engineer, Sandy Hook, Nd. j. Chapman,
brakeman, Winchester, 7. Jefferson, VIM
chester.
.woUNDED.
Julius Sibert, New Aarget, arm broken
snd bruised.
Jacob Haun, OF Shenandoah injured,
about the head. Severely but it is thought
not mortslly. He is doing we'll.
II. {. Bsker, thigh fractured.
Bernard Hughes, Fox Lick. Dodge
Co. Wisconsin, fractured leg and clavicle,
He is now at the residence OF Mr.. r.
e. Hughes, Of this place and is doing we'll.
Jas. Russel, conductor, badly cut on
the head,
T.C.nnisg, Fireman, arms broken and
badly scslded His injuries it is feared
are Of very serious character.
7. S Bird, Slightly wounded shout
the head.
Ar. W. 4. Wightman was a resident OF
/ Edinburg, in this county. Fer number
and was an active business man. He was
member OF the Masonic Fraternity
He was inv Woodstock on monday When
taken from the wreck he was conscious and
spoke to Mr.. Caruthers, who carried him
, out. He lived aboat ten minutes. He
leaves wife and five children.
Mr.. Charles l.. Noel, WAS an extensive
cattle dealer well known III this and adj
joining counties. He was not married He
was very popular smong his large number
Of acquaintances. He deserved better
fate.
Mr.. Reuben E. Hannah, of the neigh
borheed of Mt. Clifton was cattle dealer.
He was very popular in this county, and
was elected Assessor OF the Bird District
last summer. He leaves wiis and sever
al children.
Il. l.. Wood was for many years mer-
chant of Alexandria, and a member Of the
Washington Lodge and of the Southern
Methodist Church. His body and the eff
tects found lpon his person were taken in
charge by the Masons of Ednburg. He
wore the jewel of Royal Arch Mason,
The most fortunate was Mt. r. NJ. S. BIRD
of Mt. Jackson. who was but slightly in
jured about the head. He says he felt sew
eral jars as if the cars were running Oh the
cross ties. when suddenly he became con-
scious of the fact that the train was going
down. In few seconds there was terri
Bile crash Of tbs falling timbers. He aseis.
ted some Of the wounded in their efforts to
extricate themselves from the wreck,
The two men sitting on ths seSt ID mont
of him and one sitting on the same seat
were killed. His was truly wonderful
escape.
The father and brother Of the eneinear
reached the wreck about o'clock A. II
Workmen were engaged with ropes in
| pulling out the heavy timbers in order to
reach the bodies of the engineer and a
brakeman who are buried under the
wreck. The father apparently unconscious
of danger rushed forward as if be would
certainly reach his sons body, and with
cries which touched the heart Of every
bystander exclaimed My son. Q my son
II was utterly impossible for him to reach
the body of his son AID he WAS taken
away by some friends.
This catastrophe was witnessed BIZ Mr..
Fansler Young man who lived on the
pi Ike i'll full Wow Of the bridge. It was a
| bright moonlight night. and he distinctly
saw one car after another as with their
livin. freight they plunged down dis
lance Of about ninety feet, and settled
almost into solid body composed of dead
and dying men. cattle, hogs. sheep, flour,
engine, cars, and bridge timbels The cars
were broken into splinters. The wreck
is piled up to hight of abont thirty feet.
AT the bottom lies the engine and IN
der or near it the body of the dead en-
gineer. The dead are lying in the cars be-
longing TO the camp Of workmen who
were preparing to rebuild the bria &C.
LATER.
The train consisted of cattle cars. three
or four cars loaded with -four, tobacco,
bacon, eggs, &c, a passenger car and a
drovcr's car. There were 81 cattle, two
cows, 36 sheep. 81 hogs. and 8 calves. A
large force of hands arrived on the
grounds by extra trains. They were as
sisted by a number OF volunteer workman
and Notwithstanding they were diligently
at work all day, at night they had no:
reached the bodies Of the engineer aud
brakeman. Thousands of people had
collected during the day to see this most
frightful wreck. The noise of the falling
bridge and train was heard in Woodstock
| and a + ro;rts fn,,r mr. fi,o rr;Iae I:et.,,j
Tho engine lies at the bottom, turned up
side down. From the position of the en-
giile and cars it is evident that The brinu We