The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-01

i .s : -
|, CLEVELAND, December ga terrible ac-
cident has occurred at Ashtabula, Ohio. "A
Lake Shore train bound west went through
an iron bridge .seyenty-five feet to the
water below. It Is reported that seven
coaches and all the baggage and the express
ear were burned.
The scene OF the accident Is a few rods
east of the depot. The iron bridge spans
Ashtabula creek. On. both sides are high
banks. Snow has been falling almost
constantly during the past forty-eight
hours, and now driving storm is raging,
making It very difficult to get news from the
wrecked and burning train. Very few
particulars can be learned at this hour.
The citizens Of Ashtabula, with compe-
tent corps Of physicians, are doing every
thing possible for the sufferers. y
The following is partial list Of wounded !:
George W. Waite, wife, and son, Of Ashtab-
ula, badly hurt; j. W. Martin, wife, and
mother, thought to be from East Avon,
Livingston county, New York, fatally in
iured; 81. w. Shepard, Brooklyn, New
York, leg broken; Robert Monroe, Rutland,
Mass, badly hurt; Edward Truworthy,
Oakland, Call, badly hurt. It is feared Mr.
Truworthv's wife and daughter were both
killed. A child of Mrs. Mary Bradley, Of
San Francisco, was killed; Mfr. Barlow, Of
Chicago, was badly hurt; Minerva Bling.
ham, Of Chicago, is dangerously wounded.
Mary Frame, Rochester, New York, fatally
injured.
The storm at 1890 had somewhat abated
The weather is fast growing colder. 1t
seems that the falling train and bridge
smashed the ice in the creek, and those not
killed by the fall or burned by the burning
cars were held down by the wreck and
drowned before they could be extricated.
Many, too, will be or have been frozen.
The citizens Of Ashtabula are at the wreck,
and as many as can are working to rescue
those not already claimed by death.
| It is known that there were large num-
Der OF Eastern people on the ill-fated train.
| It is said the seven coaches We're all well
filled. The express messenger for the
American Express Company is missing. A
special train, with physicians, nurses, and
everything for the comfort Of the wounded
at the wreck, left the Union depot, in this
city, at 10 O'Clock. The night here is quite
clear, and the snow has Snrost ceased.
It is estimated there were 175 passengers
on the train. The train was drawn by two
engines. One engine remained on the
bridge Everything else went down. The
engineer and fireman on the engine that
went down were badly but not seriously
injured. The work Of removing the dead
bodies goes on very slowly.
12:45 Il. Mt is impossible to get the
names of the killed. Public and private
houses are thrown open to the wounded
and destitute. How many escaped unhurt
it is impossible to find out at this hour 1t
is reported that the fire is still burning but
going down fast. The express car was
smashed to splinters. The train is known
US the Pacific express. There were six
coaches and one or two drawing-room cars
1920 a. M.-The wreck has now burned
down, but it will be daylight before much
can be done toward getting out the dead.
The special train which left here at 1890
was drawn by two engines, but owing to
the deep snow on the track it was two
hours getting to gainesville, thirty miles
from here, exactly half way between Cleve-
land and Ashtabula.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, December 30.-The
train consisted OF two drawing-room cars,
with the usual express, baggage-cars, &c.
A relief train was sent to its assistance,
and after two hours reached the scene OF
disaster, although drawn by two engines,
and the distance was only thirty miles.
Daniel Mcguire, engineer Of the forward
engine Of the wrecked train, relates that
the train was running at slow rate, and
lust as they had fairly crossed the high
bridge, which is not more than forty rods
distant from the depot, he felt violent jar,
and in an instant the coupling between the
two engines had broken, and the whole train
4 was prccipitated with the bridge into the
river below. Mcclure says that his engine
: was pulled back nearly to the edge of
the broken span before the coupling
severed, and it rcgained its forward mo-
ton barely in time to save itself. The
bridge over Ashtabula river was an IRON
trus bridge, and had been in use about
eleven years. The span is about one hundred
feet wide, and through the space between
flows the river, about sixty feet deep, at
this time thickly covered with ice. In this
space were the eleven cars and one engine
and tender precipitated, the fall of sixty
feet, of course, breaking through the heavy
covering, shivering the cars as II maya
zine OF nitro-glycerine had exploded be.
meath them. The seven passenger coaches
altogether contained about one hundred
and siXty-five adults, besides a number
of children. In the drawing-room
car, which was bound for Cleve-
land, were nine persons, all Of whom
are supposed to. have persisted by drowning
or fire. On the two sleepers, bound for
Chicago, there were thirty-fve passengers,
and most of those in the forward car are
saved, with injuries more or less severe.
Within few moments after the crash the
flames burst out simultaneously from nearly
every car. The latest statement gives sixty
wounded and one hundred killed. Among
the wounded was T. c. Wright, Of Nash:
yilss, about the back-he can be moved
Waller Hayes, of Lexington, Ky, slightly.
... . by telegraph.
AsHTABULA, December 30.-There are one
hundred and twenty persons missing. The
dead are disfgured beyond recognition
All the cars were burned to cinders.
The Latest from the Disaster.
INTERESTING DETAILS FURNISHED BY Mr.
! CHARLES s. CARTER, OF NORTHUMBERLAND,
RENDERING sCENEs-GREAT SUFFERING, &c
CLEVELAND, December 3O.-The follow
ing special to the Leader is the very latest
Charles S. Carter, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, says
he was sitting in a palace-car with three
other persons engaged in a friendly game Of
cards, when suddenly he beard the window
glass breaking in at the forward part of thu
car, and almost instantly the car began t.
fall. He was seated with his back towards
the front of the car, and as he went dowr
sat as quietly as he could and held on. Wher
the car struck the bottom Of the ra
vine he found himself almost unhurt
although one Of the men who was playing
cards with him, whose name he did mo-
know was Killed while another a Mr.