The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-01
BY TeIegraph
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
~ THE DAILY lN4ELLIGENCER
THE RAILROAD HORROR.
The valleyof Dean n
ahasuy Scene which Daylight Brought.
THE DEAD UNKNOWN.

CLEVELAND, o., December 3O.-0A. NJ.
The following is as complete a list Of
names Oh the wounded and killed in the
accident at Ashtabula as can at this time
be obtained. There are sixteen slightly r
injured who are located in the village
some distance from the wreck, the names
OF which will be given as soon as it is
possible to get them together with the
nature Of their ihjuries: NP. LiSernen,
fireman, Cleveland, serious fracture Of
the leg; Alfred II. Pnrslow, Chicago, in.
juries about head and back, not serious:
J. NJ. Morey, Hartford, Conn injured
about the chest, back and head, not seri.
Gus; +. ]. Jackson, Waterbury, hurt in
the back, not serious; Charles Kicker,
BiddefOrd, Me, hurt about the head, not
serious; Andrew Gibson, WyandottO, O.,
hurt about the head; ?. B. Iewellyn,
Parker, Ind, hurt about The head,
not serious; James Drap, Parker,
Indiana, hurt about the head aud right
hip; VIM. Dinnan, Niagara Falls, right
leg and hip injured; Chas. n. Gage,
Charleston, Ills, dead; H. W. Shepherd,
Brooklyn, New York, ankle fractured;
Mr.. Folsen, engineer, ankle fractured and
hurt about the head; Mrs. NJ. Burgham,
Chicago, compound fracture OF the left
limb, and injured about the hip and
back; ". II. Vosling, brakeman, arm
bruised and right leg injured; Mrs. W. H.
Bradley, left leg injured Dr.. c. A. Grass,
Fulton, Ills, hurt about the head; a. B.
Burnham, Milwaukee, arm injured; Jas.
A. Clincher, New York, scalp wound; H.
1ilden, Sup.. Of the L. SANS K. R,hurt
slight; Mrs. JudAon Martin, Of Jefferson,
Ohio, confusion abdomen and disloca-
ton Of shoulder; Mabel Arnold, North
Adams, Mass, bruised badly; Alex Mon.
roe, somerville, Mass, fractured leg
and scalp wound; Walter S. IIazleton,
Charleston, Ills, injuries about the head
and a compound fracture OF the leg; Mary
Frame, Rochester, New York, badly burn.
ed and several scalp wounds; Walter
Hays, Lexington, Ky, slight injury; v.
.Nusbsum, New York, fractured skull;
Chas. Patterson, Chicago, slight injury;
TIC. Wright, Nashville, Tenn, injured
about the back; T. W. Labdell, Troy, n.
y, injured in the side and small of the
back. Mrs. Bingham's little girl was in.
jured in eye slightly; residence not given;
John J. Taylor, Chicago, injured about
the eyes, not serious; W. b. Anderson,
upham, Me-, slightly injured; Judson
Martin, Jefferson, Ohio, injured in The
chest; Martins two children, injured
about the face slightly; Mrs. Lew,
Rochester, n. Y, slight injdfies; A.
Hern, Concord, slightly injured; Robert
Monroe, Richland, Mass, flesh wounds;
MEs. 7. Davis, Kansas, slight injuries;
H. D. Chaplin, severe scalp wound. A.
Burnham, Milwaukee, scalp wound; +. L.
Swift and wife, North Adams, Mass,
both severely injured; R. Austin, Chicago,
slight confusion about the limba, but
able TO 60 on. -.s
The following from special 10 the
Cleveland Lraasr is the latest from the
wreck at Ashtabula: ..f f'F 't'
The haggard dawn which drove dark
ness out Of this valley and shadow Of
death seldom saw ghastlier sight than
was revealed with the coming of this
morning. On either side Of the ravine
frowned the dark and bare arches from
which the treacherous timbers had fallen
while at their base the great heap oI
ruins covered the hundred men, women
and children who had so sudden.
ly been called 10 their death
The three charred bodies lay where
they had been placed in the
hurry and confusion Of the night. Piles
Of iron lay on the thick ice or bedded in
the shallow water of the stream. The
fires shoulder in great heaps where many
Of the hapless victims had been all con.
sumed, while men went about in wild
excitement seeking some trace of lost
one among the wounded or dead. b.,
The list OF saved and wounded having
been already sent, the sad task remains
OF discovering who may be among the
dead. The latter task will be the most
difficult Of all, until the continued ab.
Sence here and there Of 4 friend will al.
low Of but one explanation, that he was
among those who took this fatal leap.
All witnesses so far agree as to The
main facts Of the accident, 1t was about
8 o'clock and the train was moving along
at a moderate rate Of speed. The Ash,
tabula station being just this side of the
ravine, suddenly and without warning
the train. plunged into the abyss, the for,
ward locomotive alone getting across ia
safety. Almost instantly the lamps and
stoves set tre to the cars and many who
were doubtless only stunned and who
might otherwise have been saved fell vic.
Tins to the fury Of the flames.
The following has just been received
from A:htabula Depot, dated LEO p. NJ:
General Superintendent Paine Is here,
and says there is no prospect at present
Of Sscertaining the names Of the killed
and wounded. The railroad folks are
doing what they can to get the names,
but it will be late before anything will
be known. On the arrival OF the Cleve.
land train the surgeon Of the road organ.
lied his corps OF assistants and made a
tour Of the various hotels, where the
wounded were attended to, such help
being given M was possible. The people
Of Ashtabula lend a willing hand, and
all that human skill and mercy could do
to save life and ease pain was done,
The train which came from Cleveland
for the purpose was Immediately backed
into position and long before daylight the
least wounded were being prepared for
transportation to Cleveland, to be sent
10 hospitals or home. The scenes among
the wounded were .as suggestive almost
as the wreck in the valley. The two
hntalS naa raat the station ronioiDel n