The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-05
We could not learn his name. He moan
ell most piteously ali The while.
Our car, the Palatine, was better PR .

Our ear, the fa1atine, WAS pettsI pr
The others we're = of -;
IRON. pieces Of glaa .sc AM
md sections of the ridge W,
ID in with the car There
,nce whatever fror. the FIRE d
but ] was told that there were tan ks of
water there at the engine-house which
could have been used BY the fire engines,
and we wondered why they were not Q
used. ] only saw one Of the COMPANY,
officers there but he was doing every q
thing h D: 'ist the wounded. &
our bird from the last,
and, from ~ it fell, judge it
was fairly ~, eand fell with it,
Inc last AVA udwi.e, the rear
resting l. tne abulment. think
',econd car was the one climbed
and I think everybody In it must
perished.
eft Ashtabula Saturday afternoon
o'clock, and arrived here this af
ternoon. lost all my portable baggage,
but my trunks probably feft Albany by
an earlier train, and hope to find them
awaiting at the Milwaukee. Every body
in our car escaped, although more or
less injured, almost every one getting
out through the windows. As said
before, ] concluded to try the door, and
succeeded in making my escape by it.
| CAPTAIN DEHAvEN-ANoTHER AC-
COUNT.
Captain Joseph DeHaven arrived in
Chicago yesterday afternoon from Cleve-
land. He left Ashtabula at o'clock
Friday afternoon. His story is interest
ing.
II left New York on the train that
was wrecked, Thursday night. We ar
rived safely at the eastern side of the
Ashtabula bridge, though running slow
ly. We had terrible, binding snow
storm to contend with. and at Buffalo, |
think, the second engine was taken on. !
did not 60 through the train, but
should judge, from what I could learn,
that there were one hundred sixty four
passengers in all.
~ was standing in tie 'PalatiIe,' q
sleeper, the eighth car from the engine,
when the accident occurred. was IN
the front part of the car, looking out Of
> the door. | saw there was some irregu-
= larity in the movements of the. cars, and
= l suspected something wrong, though l
did not know what the trouble was. II
e struck me that the cars were off the
9 track. knew nothing Of any bridge
Is and had no idea that We were approach.
e ing one, or on one. ] started for the
's center of the car and was thrown off my
d feet, and lay for time insensible.
e felt the car falling. though could no
's see anything from where I lay. At th'
: time hadn't the slightest idea how fal
8, we fell, but have since learned that i
r. was about seventy-four feet.
re "After / regained consciousness,
ii arose to my feet. The car was standin,
- square on its bottom. 1t was not on fir
1e at that time. 1t was full of passengers
who were lying around in all directions
some more or less injured, but non
X. dead. The car was thrown out of shap
re considerably, but there were no splin
- tiers. The water where the car lay wa
In very shallow, not more than two fec
ay deep. I raised the window and locke
ed out. There was car close by, throw
ds on its side. 1 crawled out the windo
nj upon that car, and from that wer
ny ashore. As walked along saw tn
zee parlor car lying directly under tn
ZIP 'Palatine.' 1t was splintered and masl
De- ed, and l have no idea that any one In
to ever escaped.
en THE Palatine lay about ten feet fro
me the western bank. There was nothir
or, between her and the bank, and the e.
re. gine and the other cars were scattert
= around or lay behind her. She seem'
na- TO have run off to the left side.
her 81 waded ashore, and walked up Il
OF bank about fifty feet south Of the ru
me of the bridge. 1t was showing fast, al
the the wind blew swift and drearily.
on went up towards the engine-house.
ned had gone about one hundred yards, VIII
en- | looked back and saw the train was
to- on fire. / could see people struggling
clip. get out, and could hear their cries a
and screams for help. Some of them got {
was but most of them were killed. w
do to the engine house, and from there
hen could see the wreck. One engine was
men the pier, and the other and the cars W
Mr.. piled up in heterogeneous mass, bu
'wn. ing like a bonfire, and in the flames W
the arms tossing wildly for some assistan
Mr.. A great many had iumped oyerbo
face where the water was deepest, and I
over inclined to think that a great many
and them were frozen to death or drown
.cci- "From the time I left the car mt,
ns saw the flames it was about ten minu
rest and any who were saved must have
III saved in that time"
S 70 70 Gov. Hayes's Annual Message
way, The Ohio General Assembly
who Thursday afternoon, January I'd