The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-30
VOL. XLlY.-N0. l2l.
FIFTY PASSENGERS KILLED
AN ONO RAILROAD TRiTN BRE4R-
ING IHROUGH q BRIDGE.


Failing sevsu,v-nve Zee, into the River Bc-
low seven Conchts Burned aud MANY
Passengers Niiicd aud wounded. and some
Believed to have Prrishcd IN the snow.
CLEVELAND. Dec. ga terrible accident
has occurred at Ashtabule. Westward bound
train No. on the Like Shore road fell through
an iron fridge. n distance OF sevcnty-nvc feet
20 tho river below. heavy snow storm { re-
walls there. II Il reported that seven passenger
coaches and all the baggage and express cars
were burned. About one out OF every i've per-
sons on the train was Killed.
Tho scene OF the accident is few yards east
OF the depot. The ircn bridge srans the Ashta-
bula creek seventy 1--WE feet above the water.
On the bill siues are high banks. Snow has been
falling almost continually for the past forty
eight hours, and now driving storm Is raging,
making It very dinlcult to got news from tho
wrecked and burning train.
Train No. 3, Conductor Hem, loft Erie for
Cleveland one tour late and neared the bridge
at Ashtabula about 8 o'clock. Very few par
ticulars can be learned at this hour, but assur-
anoes are given that the citizens OF AshtaOuld,
with n competent corps Il physicians, are doing
everything possible for the sufferers. The lol-
lowing is a artial list Of the wounded:
Geo. w. Waite. wife and SON. Of Ashtabula,
badly hurt; J. W. Martin, wife ard mother.
probably from Est Avon, LIVINGSTON county,
N. Y. fatally lnj red J. ". Murray, Hartford.
Conn; W. II Nosburg, Buffalo. y. v; ~. w.
Sheppard B,ooklyn, N. Y, leg broken; Her
nard Sawyer, Whitehall. n. ", slightly bruised /;
Thomss G. Wright. Nashf,pe, Tenn, slight
iy injured; II. L. Brewster Rochester,
N. Y, slightly injured; MIS-. Lew.
Rochester. N. Y. slightly injured: Robert
Monroe, Ru, nd, Mass. badly hurt;
Edwnrd Trustworthy. oakland, Cal, badly hurt; T;
X. Austin, Chicago. ILL.,, shghty bruised; X. kar
roll, Chicago, H.. slightly hurt; Mr.. Barlow,
supposed to be connected with Woods Museum
OF Chicago, ILL.,. b dly hurt; A. Burnham Of
Milwaukee. slightly burned; Minerva Bing-
ham Of Chicago, ILL.,. dangerously wounded
IL is feared trat Mr.. 1rustworthy's wife and
daughter are killed. \ child Of Mrs. Mary Brad
ley of San Francisco, Cal. WAS killed
Tho Mis-. Lew mentioned % ( ON Rochester
N. Y, It l. now thou,ht Is from Delaware.
1925 l.. N.-lhe storm 80 Ashtabula has some
what sbsted. The weather X T st srowing cold
or. II seems that the falling train and bfidso
smashed the ice In the roek, and those not
killed by the fall or burned in the cars were
held down by the wreck and drowned before
they could be extricatei. Many, too. will be or
have been frozen. Citizens Of Ashtabula are at
the wreck and many can are working TO
rescue those not already claimed by deIth. The
work, however, goes on very slowly. Many
liken the scene and the difficulties In rescuing
the bruised and maneed ones to the An
Fola horror OF few years ago. At
this timo we unable to learn the
name Of single one OF the Killed
except that Of the little babe OF Mrs. Bradley.
II Is known that there were a large number OF
Eastern people on the n-flte train. 1. Is SAID
the seven coaches were all well fllied. The ex-
press messenger for tie Americ m Express Com
pany is missing, and the local agent at Ashta-
bula fears he is among the killed.
II r. MA special train with physicians
nurses. and everything for the comfort of The
wounded at the wreck left the UuOa depot AZ
10 o'clock. The weather Is Still growing colder
at Ashtabula. and only four bodies have SO far
been taken from the de1ris. The nigh, here IA
quite clear, and now the snow has almost ceased
falling.
Mary Frame Of Rochester, N. T., is fatally in
5ured.
1t is said that there were 175 passengers on the
train, ana at least one-third oI these were Killed
burned, or frozen To death.
The train was drawn by two engines. One OF
the engines rempined on the bridge. but every
thing else went down. The engineer ;nd fire.
man on the engine that went down were badly,
but not seriously Injured. The work OF rcuov-
ing the Z ID bodies SIN goes on very slowly.