The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-08

morning, and trains are moving again;
The scenes in the neighborhood OF the dis
grants who were safe were running wildly
about, searching for friends and relatives
among the killed and wounded. Children
were huddled together In the darkness, cry
ing loudly, and every one was too busy TO
cara for them. When the train from Steu-
benvile arrived with the doctors order was
obtained. The houses In Steubenville and
in the neighborhood OF the wreck were thrown
comfort Of those saved rs well as the vic
Tins. None Of the sleeping car passengers
were hurt.
PITrsBURG, Aug. 7.-Eye-witnesses from
The accident resulted from the carelessness
Of Conductor Stirling, Of the freight East,
who claims that his watch had stopped. for
minutes in which to run from Alexandria to
Mingo, O distance Of five miles, instead OF
| twenty minutes as he supposed.
| The fast line left Pittsburg at IL o'clock last
benville seven minutes late. Itwas composed
| Of two postal cars, one for Cincinnati, the
other tor st. Louis, baggage car, an emil
grant car, two ordinary coaches and sleeper.
Morrill,, Of Columbus, aud being behind time
was running unusually fast. At Mingo juno
tion, three miles below Steubenville, at 80 a.
m, just after crossing the creek where the
road leaves the Ohio river, and while round
of the cross creek it dashed with
fearful velocity into freight train No 10, Con-
ductor Stirling, which was off her time, the
engineers watch, 1t is said, having stopped
twenty minutes without his knowledge. The
trains rushed together and @ fearful wreck
ensued, both engines being demolished and
thrown down the embankment thirty teet.
The first postal car was completely wrecked,
| pth broken second
was more fortunate, being only thrown down
the embankment, where it stands on end. All
the inmates escaped with slight wounds. The
baggage car was q total wreck and the bag
gage strewn in all directions. The emgrant
car was also demolished, and here the great
est loss of life and limb occurred. The first
passenger car was partially wrecked and
| some injuries were received in it.
| News of the accident was brought to Steu-
| benville by an employee, who ran the whole
distance, and train with physicians was inn
mediately dispatched to the wreck, arriving
at 3 80 a. IN. The killed and wounded were
being done for the living that is possible.
The number Of dead, SO far as known, is
thirteen, though there are several others who
will die. The wounded are estimated at about
fifty, some Of them being slight, about twen-
ty-five being seriously hurt, great major
ity being emigrants it Is impossible to learn
their names. They are in the railroad hos
pital here.
|
known, as follows:
All on passenger train, the employees on
the freight train havi ing all escaped-A. W.
Andrews, w. r. Johnston, Frank d. Graham,
all in the Cincinnati postal car, killed; Geo.
s. Mooreau, leg broken, same car; all in st.
Louis ear slightly wounded; Engineer John
Dangon, of Burgettstown will die; j.. q.
Fulton, fireman, nose smashed and jaw
PfHedn Piled four mrS ni pend son.
are wounded: Mrs Frances Owens and
three children, Bridgeport, Conn: all
hurt; Maria ria hg cqllen p'dgonff Leg frfctnrsd mann
foot smashed; Mrs. Ed. Burk, louisville.
head cut; Mrs McCash, Glasgow, Scotland,
scal1ed; twin boys, sons of Jane Domaine,
all hurt; Mrs. Jane Agnew, Allegheny, leg
burg, hurt slightly Ed. Downey, Allegheny,
hip joint dislocated.
The latest revised list of casualties gives
the following additional names Of killed and
. 4. K. Connell, Of Pittsburg, leg cut and
bruised; S. Sample, of Philadelphia, bruised
and cut about the head and chest;, Mary
Brannin, OF Bridgeport Conn, bruised on the
head and body; Evan Potter, Of New York,
injured internally; j, B. Thomas, of Philadel-
phia, leg broken, scalp wound and skull frac-
tured; Fanny Owens and three children,
Gertie, Mary and kittie, We're on the train
Gertie has confusion about, the hip, Mary a
no injury. Mr.. Phillips, Of Harrison
county, Ohio, has concussion Of brain, and
, will die; E. Lowney Of Allegheny, has the
! pelvis fractured; J. r. Shaffer, Of Monticello,
| Ind, @ tramp on the freight, was bruised; q
man, name unknown, sustained fractured
!. leg; Mrs. Z. Burke, of Brooklyn, had her
{ wrist sprained, leg bruised. also bruised about
) the head; P. Cannon, Of Barry Hill, Mont
gomery county, Pa, was killed; j. W., Har-
ris, of Pittsburg had his leg broken and was
taken home; ". .. Agnew, Of Allegheny, had
| fracture of the leg and is hurt internally
Mrs. Mccormick, of Ireland, was seriously
hurt; John Dugan,. engineer, had his jaw
, smashed and was internally injured; John
/ Fulton had his jaw broken and is cut about
the head; Mary Mcdonald, Of England, had
serious injuries; Mary Haley, of New Ro,
> chele, internal injuries; G. L. Moran, postal
clerk, leg broken and otherwise hurt; George
Thomson, of Washington, D. G., was hurt on
the body and had leg mangled.
J Chas. McCann, the wreck master from
} Steubenvile, was seriously injured this morn
ing while clearing away the wreck. A car OF
which he was standing fell over on him. As
t the great bulk of killed and injured were emf
grants, it will not be possible to get the names
t correctly for day or two, and some will
5 probably never be identified. The injured arr
Q dying in many instances. Twenty dead ane
: fifty more or less injured will not exceed thu
9 number Of casualties.