Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-11
WEST n sOUTR.

By the bursting of an immense beer cask
in Finlay's brewery, Toledo, o., on the
2Sth, John Benke was instantly killed and
another employee probably fatally injured.
Capt. Eads telegraphed from the Jetties,
on the Goth, that he had secured the requi-
site depth and width through the channel
20 feet deep and 200 feet wide-to entitle
him to the first installment of pay from the
Government.
Another terrible railway accident &C.
Cured on the Michigan Southern and Lake
Shore Railroad, near A~shtabula, Ohio, on
the evening Of the Doth. The Pacific Ex-
press train, comprising six coaches and two
drawing room cars, drawn by two locomo-
tives, left Erie for Cleveland one
hour late. About s p. m.
the train reached the bridge over
Ashtabula Creek, and, in passing over,
the bridge gave way, precipitating the
whole train, with the exception Of one To-
connective, to the frozen bed of the stream,
70 feet below. The cars were completely
smashed in pieces; the ice was broken
and portions of the train SUBJ
merged, while the remainder of the
wreck took fire and burned. The night was
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ed were terrible, while it was almost inn
possible during the night to recover the
dead and rescue the dying, who were
fatally bruised, burned, or drowned
About 80 of the wounded managed to
escape from the wreck, and were removed
to Ashtabula, where they were tenderly
cared for. 1t was believed that from Is to
100 lives were lost, but at the hour this dis
patch was forwarded it was impossible to
give any positive information.
Capt. c.. H. Tyler, of St.. Louis, one of
the survivors of the Ashtabula disaster,
gives the following estimate of the fatali-
ties resulting therefrom: He thinks there
were at least 200 persons on the train at the
time of the accident. OF these, 100 were
killed in the fatal plunge, So were
more or less injured, and 5 escaped unhurt.
OF the So wounded, 40, and all the dead,
burned with the wreck, making a total loss
of killed and burned of 140. OF the go
saved, IS are reported slightly wound
ed. The cause of this is that no
one could be taken from the mass
ofthe debris, and only those able to extricate
themselves got out. 1t has been stated
that many were frozen to death, but this he
believes to be a mistake, as the entire wreck
was a solid sheet of flame within 30 minutes
from the time it reached the ground. =
Among the victims of the AshtabuIa dis
aster was MI. z. 2. Bliss, the we'll known
evangelist, together with his wife.
. Judge Albert 81. Horton, of Atchison,
has been appointed Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of Kansas, uice Judge King
man, resigned.
Hon. Stanley Matthews will contest the
election of Gen. Banning as Representative
in Congress from the Second Ohio District.
On Christmas day a party of feur men
were attacked by Indians within 16 miles Of
Red Cloud Agency. Two were killed and
two wounded. The latter succeeded in
reaching Red Cloud. ID
Seven young men were drowned in the
Ohio River a. Augusta, KY, on the Goth.
The Omaha and Republican Valley Rail-
road was completed to Wahoo, Saunders
County, Neb., a distance of "a miles from
Omaha, ON the Goth, and the completion
of the road is to be diligently pushed for
ward.
At Cincinnati, ON the I'd, Chris. Kalt-
meyer, a butcher, stabbed his wife with a
used for disemboweling hogs, and