Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-30
4 Terrible Bridge Disaster.

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4 terrible accid ut occurred at Ashtabula,
Ohio Yesterday evening. A Like Shore tram
bound west weur ,il0uyh u iron n dye sew
e1tv five la"t 10 me river below. Ii Is report
d s"gcn coaches aul all the bagg:g ald OK
Dress cars we're Uurocd, aud about Que out OF
, very Eve persons killed. y heavy snow storm
or, waited It the time.
Tie Gene Of the #rc!dert Is a lew rods eas'
!. ttc tvpot. TIN ron bridge spans Ash.a
,ul; ti.eE, - iGci above water. On both slGcs
alr tigii talks. Sntw lad been lailing almost
CONSTANT, for trrtA-tiuhi hoGrs, aud I. drl:l6s
,iorn VAS raging, uiaklng 1t very diincut u
2ct eus irum the wrecked aud hurnlnS traiG.
lciy !cw particulars could BE- learned at a late
hour last uirht. !tt ct zcns at Ash'abuia,
wir ii a collpe eut corpse physicians, are dolog
cyc.ythlcs possible for the sufferers.
The fo!.aw.ng is q ~lar.ial list OF tie wound
ed: George ". Waite aud wife, Ash;abala,
baby nurt; }. w. Martin, wife aud mother,
thought TO DC from East Avon, Livingston
county, y. Y, fatally i.iucrd; II. ". Shcp.
ard, Brooklyn, y. Y, leg broken; Rnbt. Mon
roe. Rutland, Mass bad y aur'; E!"ari Iru
wort y, OaSlauu, Cab, badly hurt; 1t Is feared
Mr.. lruwuTthy's vii. aud daughter were both
Killed; a ci.i!d Of Mrs. Mary Bradley, IT SAP
Franc scp, wa, killed: Mr.. Barlow, OF Chicago,
vas badly hut; Minerva Biughau, .! Chicago,
WIS dangerously wounded.
\ later dispatch say: Tie storm at Ashta-
tula has somewhat abalad. HE weather Is
fast growing colder. Ii seems that the talllne
'rain and br.ise smashed the ice IN the creek,
,.u,. gDusc 40. killed by the tall or aurHen by
lie turn:ag ears VT hrll Il Wn % IN! wreck
air! JroAn.l beinr. they cuu.d DC 'Xtrlcaled.
Macy too viii be. o. nave u"cu lr.ztA. l!tc
cit zyDs 81 .A,hta';uia are at the wreck, ana rs
ma a. can arc working to rescue those not
atr.4ly clMm2i by death.
At TINS tiuc we are u,able to learn the name
o! IA single Que Of the killed except The baby OF
Mrs. Bradley. Il is koown that there We're a
large numDur oI !!aStelu people Oh the III .fated
.ratu. |. is SAT-; .nr seven coaches were all well
IiisG. Inr express intsScugcr Tor the Amcricin
Express com psny Is 'uiSSl &.
y. m.--A special rain, With physicians,
nas,.s aad everything Tor the comfort of the
souuird at he wreck. left the Union depot,
Cleveland. al 10 o'c!r OK. The weather is still
glow ~ colder at A-htahula, and only fur
b1ulrs 20 II: have been taken from the debilS.
the night here IS quite clear, ard now tho
| Saow has Almost c.3S.d.
Mary Frame, Rochester, \. T., was fatally
i, inrcd. /; i, cSlmatcd there were LIS passen'
ycls on the tram; at least one-tnird Of these
wcr. Killed. burned to death or irozaD.
The train was drawn by TWO engines. On
engine retuaiY&d On the bridge; everything else
Uert donn. ihu ,nsloeer aud hr@mao on the
| engine that went down were badly but not sc
! r.ousIy Injured. The work Of removing tht
dead bodies still goes very slowly on.
The weather at AshtahuIa IS becoming ex
tremaly cold.
22Ua a. m-Thc wreck is still burning. Nc
more bodies have been recovered than already
! reported. 1t is impo>sibtc to get the names OF
the killed. The iit Of W uoded will be swe!leo
considerably. Public aud private houses are
| th!rwa open 10 ;he wounded and destitute.
As gear as can be asceriaiued hity per
sons w,rc wounded. How many escaped IN
hart it is Impossible to hnd out at this hour,
| l. is reported that the fire IL still burning, buI
going down fast. The express car was smashrc
to spliaters. The traip Is Known as the Paciht
express. There were Six coaches and one OF
Two drawing room cars.
l.2O a. m.-The wreck has now burneC
dowu, cut it will be daylight before much Cat
DC done toward. getting out the dead.
The sp cial train which left Cleveland a.
10. 81 was drawn by two engines, tut OWING L
| the deep Snow on the track was two hours get
ting to PaiucsviiIe, thirty miles from Cleve
land, aud exactly halt way between CLEVELAND
ADD AShtabu!a.