Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-03


can be moved Alex. Monroe, Somcr-
vile, Mass, fractured leg and scalp
wound, can BIO moved; Walter s.
Hazleton, Charleston, ILL.,, injured
about head and compound fracture
of leg, can be moved; Mary Frame,
Rochester, N. Y, badly burnt and Sc
we're scalp wound; Walter Hayes,
Lexington, KY, slight injury; v.
Nusbaum, N. Y. City, fracture of
skull; Chas. Patterson, Chicago,
slight injury, can be moved; T. c.
Wright, Nashville, Tenn, injured
about back, can be moved; I. w. La
bell, Troy. N. Y, injured in side and
small of back, can be moved; Mrs
Bingham's little girl, injured about
the eye slightly, residence not given
Jno. j. Labor, Chicago, injured about
the eye, not serious; w. b. Saunder-
son, Upham, Me-, slight injuries, can
be moved; Mr.. Judson Martin, JEFF
ferson Ohio, injured in chest; Mr..
Martins two children injured about
the face and slight burns Mrs. Lew,
Rochester, N. Y. slight injuries, can
be removed; Mr.. Hern, conductor,
slightly injured Robt. Monroe, Rut-
land, Mass, flesh wounds, can be
moved; Mrs. T. Davis, Kokomo,
slight injuries; VIM. Vosburg, Buffa-
10, N. Y, brakeman, injured about
the back, can be moved; 7. Osborne,
Tecumseh, Mich, scalp wound, can
be moved; ii. ID. Chaplin, Cleveland,
scalp wound, can be moved; Mr.. and
Mrs. +. e. Swift, North Adams, Mass.
Mr.. Swift, conclusion of spine, Mrs.
Swift, injured about the side, not Sc
rious; II. Austin, Chicago, slight con-
fusion about limbs, able to 60 on.
CLEVELAND, Dec, 3O.--The Leaders
special from the wreck at Ashtabula,
says: AT the base of the arches of the
bridge great heaps of ruins cover the
dead. Three charred bodies lay
where they had been placed, while
men went about in wild excitement
seeking some track of lost one
among the wounded or dead. The
list of the saved and wounded having
been already sent, the sad task re-
mains Of discovering who may be
among the dead. The latter will be
most difficult of all.
All the witnesses, SO far, agree rs to
the main facts of the accident. It was
about 8 o'clock and the train was
moving along at a moderate rate of
speed. Ashtabula station being just
this side of ravine, suddenly and
without warning the train plunged
into the abyss, the forward locomo-
tive, alone, getting across in safety.
Almost instantly the lamps and stoves
set fire to the cars and many who
were doubtless only stunned and who
might otherwise have been saved fell
victims. On arrival of the Cleveland
train the surgeon of the road organ
lied his corps of assistants and made
tour of the various hotels where the
wounded were attended to, such help
being given to each as was possible.
The people of Ashtabula lent a will
ling hand and all that human skill
and mercy could do to save life or
ease pain was done.
The Cleveland train which came
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 to the hospital
or their homes. The scenes among
the wounded were as suggestive al
most as the wreck in the valley. The
two hotels nearest the station con-
tanned majority of these. As they
were scattered about on temporary
beds on the floors of the dining
rooms, parlors and offices, various
scenes of horror were transpiring,
while over all these brooded that aW-
full quiet that always accompanies
such caldmities. Toward morning
the cold increased and the wind blew
fearful gale, which, with the snow
that had drifted waist deep at points
along the line, made all work ex-
tremely difficult. At six o'clock the
beds in the sleeping car of the
special train were made up, and such
of the wounded as could be moved
were transferred to it.
BY an interview with Collins,
Chief Civil Engineer of the road, i
learn that the bridge was a Home
truss, built entirely of iron, and elcv-
en- years old, was sixty-nine feet
above the water and had an arch OF
one hundred and fifty feet long in
the clear. The whole length Of the
bridge being one hundred and fifty
seven feet. 1t had been tested with
six locomotives and at the time of the
disaster was considered as being in
perfect condition. 1t was built in
the Cleveland shops. Collins gives
no opinion as to the cause of the &C.
cident, expressing himself as being
utterly unable to do so. The esti.
mates loss on bridge at near seventy
five thousand dollars but has no opin
ion as to the total loss by companies.
AS soon as the debris is cleared
away, and the bodies all Ia
ken out, which will occupy a
couple of days, q temporary bridge,
which was built for Wilson Avenue
crossing, and is now at Collingwood,
will be put up. He expects 10 have
a running connection made within 10
days. have just returned from the
ruins and have seen the Wondering
remains of at least dozen bodies,
only one Of which has any scmblance
whatever of human body. BY the
side of another heap Of embers was
found pair of scissors, also a tuft of
| grayish hair. No other means of
Identification could be found, altho'
the hunt may be more successful
when the removal Of the upper rub.
bish begins. The iron. of the bridge
is twisted in endless confusion with
that of the cars, while the locomotive
is wreck i'll every part. BY this
time nearly all the woodwork is
burned away.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 30.-The follow
ing special to the Leader, is the very
latest received here up to one O'Clock.
Charles S. Carter, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
says he was sitting in the palace car
with three others, engaged in a
friendly game of cards, suddenly he
heard the window-glass in the for
ward part of the car breaking, and
almost instantly the car began to fall.
He was seated with his back to the
front of the car, and as he went down
he sat quiet and held on. When the
car struck at the bottom of the ravine
he found himself almost unhurt, al
though one Of the gentleman playing
with him, but whose name he did not
learn, was killed instantly, while the
other, a Mr.. Shepherd, of New York,
had a leg broken. The front of the
car was much lower than the rear,
and the flames in front began to eat
their way upward, and spread with
great rapidly. He turned to the as
sistance of Shepherd, and with great
difficulty succeeded in getting him out,
his broken leg impeding their adj
vance. When Shepherd was fairly
out, Carter returned to the
RESCUE OF A WOMAN,
who was calling for help at the front
of the car. He got her out, and as she
was quite thinly clad, he gave her his
overcoat. After reaching the hotel.