Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-12-31
4 Dreadful RAILROAD DISAS
TER.

Under date of Cleveland, Dec. go. We
have the following account Of q dreadful
railroad accident
An accident Is reported at Ashtabula,
Ohio, on the Lake Shore railroad by
which seven coaches and all the baggage
and express cars were burned, and about
one out of every five persons killed, at 10
o'clock, this evening. The scene Of the
accident is few rods east of the depot
iron bridge, which spans Ashtabula creek
seventy.fve feet above the water. On
both sides are high banks. Snow has
been falling almost constantly for the
past As hours, and now driving storm
is raging. making it very difficult to get
news fromthe wrecked and burning train
Conductor Hem lef. Erie for Cleveland
an hour late. and neared the bridge ut
Ashtabula about s O'Clock. Very few
particulars can be learned at this honr,
b1t assurances are given that the citi-
zens of Ashtabula, with . competent
corpse Of physicians, are doing every
thing possible for the sufferers. Follow
ing is a partial list of the wounded -
Gdorge W. Waite, wife and son of Ash
tabula, badly hurts W. Martin, wife
and mother, thought to be from East
Doom. New York, fatally injured; J. NJ.
Murray. Hartford, Connecticut, injured;
W. II. Vosburg, of Buffalo, New York,
injured; II. W. Shepherd Of Brooklyn,
New York. leg broken; Bernard Sawyer
Of White Hall, New York; Thomas C.
Wright of Nashville. Ten; Fl. L. Brews.
ter of West Chester, New York; Mrs.
Lew of Delaware, Ohio-all slightly hurt;
Robert Monroe of Rutland. Massachu-
sets. badly hurt; Edward Unworthy OF
Oakland, California. badly hurt.
Many other names are here given, but
their repetition is not needed here. 4
later dispatch says;
OF the one hundred and sixty five per
sons on the train less than sixty are
known to have been saved. The lost
are SO totally destroyed by FIRE that it is
impossible to identify them; but a few
burnt stunps Of the limbs remain.
The following is jus. received FROM
Ash,abula: General Superintendent
Payne Is here. and saws there is no pros.
pect at present of ascertaining the names
of the killed aud wounded. The rail
road folks are doing what they can to
get the names, but it will be late before
anything is known. On the arrival Of
the Cleveland train the surgeon of the
road organized corpse of assistants and
made tour of the various hotels where
the wounded were attended to. Such
help has been given to each as was pos
sible. Ali that human skill could do to
save life was done. The scenes among
the wounded parties were as suggestive
almost as the wreck in the valley. The
two hotels nearest the station contained
q majority Of these, and they were scat
tered about on temporary beds on the
floors of the dining rooms, parlors and
Offices. Toward morning the cold in
creased, and the wind blew a fearful gale,
which, with the snow. which had drifted
waist deep at points along the line, made
all work extremely difficult. At 6 o'clock
the beds in the sleeping car Of the spec
ial train were made up. and such of the
wounded as coald be moved were trans.
ferred thereto.
The bridge was Howe truss, built
entirely OF iron. and IL years old. 1t
was GS feet above the water, and had An
arch $50 feet long, the whole length of
the bridge being ISL feet. It has been
tested with six locomotives, and at the
time of the disaster was considered as
being in perfect condition. The iron of
the bridge is twisted in endless confusion
with that of the cars. while the locomo-
tive is wreck in every part.