The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-22
tIelegrdphed TO the Rock Island Argas.l
SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCT
DENT
On the Pan Handle Route.
-Four Cars of Passengers Roll Down a
Thirty-Foot Embankment.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED OUT
RIGHT,
Many Passengers shockingly Wounded
QUITE NUMBER OF IOWA PEOPLE
AMONG THEM
Nobody Can tell How it Happened

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept ga most |
frightful accident occurred at an early !
hour this morning at Black Lick station,
on the Pan Handle road, about IL miles
from this city The train was running at
the rate OF 40 miles an hodr when, trom
some cause or other, cars of the train
jumped the track and rolled down an em
bankment 80 feet high. The engine, bag
gage aud mail cars remained on the track.
/ hose in the rear went oft.
Wounded: Sam'l Jones of St. Louis, !
badly hurt about the breast, head and
arms; Mrs. S. S. eastwood, Louisville, left
shoulder disIocate6; Matte Grubblinghotf,
Dayton, face aud head bruised; ). b. Bur-
nett, Of Cairo, foot and leg badly crushed;
Mrs s. =. Burnett, hand cut and should
ers badly bruised; T. L. Mccoy, Louis
vile, badly bruised; Mrs. j. r. Bancroft,
Philadelphia, badly injured about the
shoulders, and two of her children badly
bruised, one being killed; Mrs. Vim, Ellis,
| New Orleans, wounded and it was supp0s-
ed was badly injured, but in fact is only
slightly injured about the head; W. j.
Williams, Viucennes, bruised about the
chest and legs; Mrs. Lizzie Shankton, Ev-
ansvile, shoulders and head bruised;
Sam'l CIV, junction City, Kan, head and
legs badly bruised; John WOLF, Burton,
Miss, head and hand cut and arm sprain-
ed; Mrs. s. A Ort, Louisville, badly hurt
about the back; Mrs Anna Brazilhon, of
Greenwood, Ia, seriously injured Internal
ly: Sarah Udonale, Burton, Miss, wound
ed, badly bruised; r. S. Hornbrook, Lex
ngton, leg badly bruised.
| There were no other persons than those
given above who were seriously affected
The railroad officers are doing their utmost
TO care for the sufferers.
One gentleman who was on the train
D states that the ears are fine enough to
make kindling wood and that there is not
! a single wheel on any of the cars.
Q Intelligence was at once sent to this city
: and in few minutes wrecking train
D and physicians we're on the scene of the
e accident and every attention given the
| wounded that could be given. The killed
4 and wounded were brought to Union de
: pot from where the wounded were re-
r moved to hotels. Physicians from this
city responded promptly and were this
morning busily ninistering to the wants Of
e their patients.
r In the confusion which prevailed it was
: hard to get all the names of the killed anC
s wounded Four persons are known tC
, II have been killed outright-2 men and
d chi dIen. One of the killed is a son of S
a F. Bennett, of Cairo, HIS, and one i:
n n LIZZIE Bancroft. Of Philadelphia, a child
years old. One of the men is said to b'
from St. Louis and another from Hamil
ton, Ohio.
OF the wounded no adequate idea cal
be given of the number Many of then
1 took their regular trains at the depot ant
\ left for their homes without reporting t
= any one Itlsvariously estimated that ther
must have been between so and 40 per
is sons more or less injured by the accident
e some OF the wounded are very slight
: while others are quite serious, many c
the injuries being about the head an
upper portion of the body,
The Union depot this morning ha
SOM ewhat the appearance of a hasty Gt
= vised hospital The emigrant room ha
). been used to receive the wounded, wheI
ed they we're placed on hastily constructe
beds and from which they were to be n
: moved to the hotels All but two ha
to been removed when the reporter visite
be the scene this morning, and they wei
lfe very badly wounded. one of whom wi
. perhaps die.
,rs. About the depot. waiting FOR trains, WEI
MI a number of persons with heads bandage
arms ID sings, or limping around as be
5. they could. All who were on the ira
speak of the accident as most fright
nte one and are astonished that the deaths a
! to so few.
the Wounded at the Neil House: Mr.
W. H. Ellis and little girl, New y
JSs leans; Samuel Lentz, Philadelphia, bad
W. injured but not seriously hurt.
| w "a ~. botol. GoAr
Ohmer, formerly owner of the depot re
" taurant in this city and wife and daughtt
and are seriously injured. ID. Briggs and vii
Springfield, No, badly bruised, not serior
ly: L. j. Mccoy. of Louisville, seriously
aeH iured; G. Brazelton and wife, of Gree
rec wood, Polk county, Iowa, were In o
Sew room. He was suffering from serio
n. cut on the thigh and head, and Mrs Bl
= zelton. a very large lady, had one wr
broken and the other dislocated. She W
,HM very seriously cut aud bruised abe
~ the face and head. Lizzie Bancr
~ a little three year old girl, was kiilC
- John Walse two cousins, and gentlem
ss u from Norton, Missouri, were bruised c.
&c siderably and their clothing torn almost
yict shreds
COLUMBUS, Sept 22.-In addition
- those reported killeu must DC dQueu w
rug Heuchling, supposed to be from Cincinn;
and Isaac Thornton, of Van Meter, Iov
a man supposed to be john Weedenb
n ker of Hamilton is still lying at the dep
Chi badly but not fatally bruised. He declil
%Y to give his uame for fear of the effect
y news would have on his wife SOU
~. Rockamp and family of Cincinnati W,
. .ses somewhat Injured, but were able to cont
ion ue their journey to day. Others repor
Sis7 injured also left on the noon trains
Ny other points.
rn, A visit to the place of
accident shows that the track was strail
. at that point; that the road was laid "
steel rails and in excellent condition. /
morning all the wheels of all the cars W
tested thoroughly, at Newark. few mi
from Black Lick, and found to be all SOU
What caused the accident is as yet N
q terry.
LATEST. The following is consider
- a reliable list of persons severely injul
- by the railroad disaster;
eau. MIS-. Mary Banning, Pleasant Rid
ex- head and face badly cut, 9. II. Fay. g
ents cord, N. H., shoulder and legs broken;
'H' s. Leyman, of Goshen. o., head cut; a
leg badly bruised; Peter Lumshine,
GO. Ankney, Iowa, head cut and side ba'