Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-09-29

Mrs. w. III. Ellis, OF New Orleans badly
hurt about the head and chest; Samuel
Lentz, of Philadelphia, badly bruised
about the body; George Dinner, fomerly
owner of the depot restaurant in this
city, and wife and daughter were seri-
ously injured. The injuries received by
this party are principally internal and
body bruises. Mr.. Dinner is now resi-
dent of Dayton, Ohio. ]. d. Briggs and
wife, of Springfield, Mo-, are badly
bruised; Mr.. J. Mccoy, of Louisville, Sc
riously injured; Mr. Brazelton, of Green
wood, Iowa Whose wife was killed., Sc
riously cut in the thigh and head. They
had been to the Centennial and were re-
turning, ria the South. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
b. Bancroft (parents of Lizzie, who was
killed. and three children, of PhiladeI-
phia, all injured. Mrs. Bancroft re-
ceiyed internal injuries and the children
body. Mrs. Mary Banning, Pleasant
Ridge, head, hand and face badly cut !;
G. II. Fay, of Concord, N. H., shoulder
and legs broken; L. s. Leyman, of Gosh
en-, Ohio, hand cut and leg badly
bruised; Peter Lumstine, of Ankeny,
Iowa, head cut and side badly bruiscd;
Mrs. Lumstine, head cut and neck
strained Calvin Thornton, Des Moincs,
Iowa, head and legs slightly bruised; J.
d. Beggs, Springfield, Mo, shoulder and
legs badly hurt; Mrs. J. D. Beggs,
head bruised and shoulder badly
sprained A. Shockey, st. Louis,
head and shoulders considerably cut;
Mrs. Shockey, legs cut and body badly
bruised; Samuel Jones, of st. Louis,
badly hurt about the breast, head and
arms; Mrs. S. Eastwood, of Louisville,
left shoulder dislocated; Matte Grub
blinghotf, of Dayton, face and head
bruised; S. B. Bennett, of Cairo (whose
son was killed., foot and leg crushed;
Mrs. Bennett, hand cut and shoulder
badly Bruised; j. M. Mccoy, of Louis
vile, body badly bruised; W. J. William,
of Vincennes, Ind, bruised about the
chest and legs; Mrs. Lizzie Shanklon, of
Evansville, shoulder and head bruised,
Samuel Orr, of Junction City, head
and legs badly bruised; John WOLF, of
Burton, Miss, head and hand cut and arm
sprained; Mrs, S. A. Ort, of Louisville,
badly cut about the back; Sarah Oden, of
Burton, Miss, badly bruised; r. S. Horn
brook, of Lexington, leg badly bruised.
A man supposed to be John Weedenber-
gen, of Hamilton, Ohio, is still lying at
the depot badly but not fatally injured.
He decliRed to give his name for fear of
the effect the news would have upon his
wife. -
A visit to the place of the accident
shows that the track was straight at that
point; that the road was laid with steel
rails and is in excellent condition. This
morning the wheels of all the cars were
tested thoroughly at Newark, few miles
from Black Lick, and found to be all
sound. The immediate cause of the
terrible wreck appears to have been the
breaking of one of the journals of the
forward truck of the first passenger
coach or smoking car, which let one
corner of the truck down on the axle.
The train had evidently been running
for long distance after the journal
broke, as the axle had almost buried it.
self through wearing in the hard, oaken
cross-piece of the truck. Some $50
yards east of the scene of the disaster is
short switch, at the east end OF which
the disordered truck first jumped the
track. The wheels bounded over the
ties, pressing against the main rail on
the one side and against the switch rail
on the other, until the west end of the
switch was reached, when the coach was
forced almost straight forward again for
some distance; but it's connection with
the baggage-car being broken, it sudden
ly plunged aside, and in an instant four
coaches were tumbling down the en-
bankment.
One of the most unaccountable feat
ures of the accident is that the third,
or middle, coach remained on the track,
the two in front of it and the two Sleep
ers behind going off. The passengers of
the middle coach saw the cars in front
cutting some grand gyrations, and felt
their own car careen slightly and then
fall back to its place and dash onward
through the darkness after the engine
and two baggage-cars. Mr.. Chapman,
General Superintendent of the new Sci
oto Valley Railroad, being on the middle
car, ran to the platform and threw on
the brake, thus preventing collision
with the engine and baggage-cars, which,
being without brakes, ran almost mile
on a slight down grade before the en-
gineer could stop them.