The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-08-15

which position he dropped down and
was not badly hurt.
ALTTfLE BOY,
a boot cleaner, was killed outright: his !
nose was cut off and his face mangled.
The freight-traiu engine which ccllided
with our train was smashed to pieces,
and three or four carloads of wheat
rolled down the embankment, sowing
the wheat about foot thick. The boil
er of the freight engine was literally
crushed to pieces, and lay about Is feet
from the track, and the machinery was
crushed into old iron. One thing
strange / remarked; the Bottom OF an
iron stove that must have belonged to a
passenger car was hurled so feet from
the railroad track, and was lying over
by the creek It was, doubtless, elected
BY the same force that threw out the
passengers and cushioned seats clear of
the wreck down the embankment. II
was most terrible to see those poor peo-
pie, with legs crushed and, broken, feet
crushed to pieces, on the side OF that
hill They lay there three hours before
assistance arrived l happened to find
a quart bottle of whisky which had
dropped out of somebody's pocket, and
| used the liquor freely among the
wounded. 1t was first-rate whisky. l
saw no one whom | recognized from St.
Louis on the train. | saw a man from
Washington City with one of his legs
broken. / asked him if he wanted a
drink. He said if you have got water
give it to the man beside me, who has
his leg broken and is suffering aud needs
it
WORSE THAN DO.
Most of those injured could talk so as TO
be understood. Some who were injured
about the head were mostly uncon-
scious. The mail agent, Dugan, talk
ed intelligibly up to the time he died,
after we returned to Steubenville. He
was given no encouragement. He was
frightful-looking sight. His face was
twisted out of shape, and his eyes we're
pushed ont from their sockets. One
woman also had an eye pushed out on
her cheek. Some of the passengers, as
| have stated, with the five Germans of
the neighborhood, worked till morning
attending to the wounded. We straight
ened them out, got blankets from the
cars and wrapped them up, and did all
that could be done under the circum-
stances, The FIVE Germans could con.
verse with some of the wounded in their
own language. One woman, q very
good-looking lady, about 80 or 50 years
of age, with coal black hair, had fright
full cash extending from the corner of
the right eye to the scalp, and her arms
were all cut to pieces. She seemed to
be inconsolable and made an effort to
talk, but
COULD NOT BE UNDERSTOOD.
l called German to her, but he could
er, and it was believed that she was
either alone or that her husband had
been killed. At 10 a. M. on Wednes-
day it was expected she would die, as
she suffered from internal injuries. She
still, when last seen, looked up appeal
ingly, but could make no one under
stand her. Some said she was from
Bohemia, but whatever ner nationality
she was undoubtedly stranger
among strangers. l found a woman ly
ing away down in the weeds, which
were six feet high. went down and
Strengthened her up, and all she said
was "Oh! where is my baby?" told
her that her baby was safe and all right,
not knowing it to be fact, but in order
to console her for the time. Most sing
ularly it turned out that her baby was
picked up perfectly unframed and lady
had it in the car taking care of it. But
Wednesday about 10 a. IN. the woman
was in a
DYING CONDITION
And her babe but three weeks old was
shown to her, affording a consoling
thoughtin her dying hour.
A boy or 10 years old cried all night
for his mother, the probability being
that his mother was among the killed as
none of the wounded women were ask
ing for boy of that description. About
daylight a relief train came from Steu-
benville with three or four physicians,
three policemen, and ten or fifteen men
with half dozen stretehers. The
wounded were picked up and put in the
sleeping cars. There were eight killed
outright and five more among the
wounded liable to die, besides some
thirty more among the list of wounded.
AN AFFECTING INCIDENT
occurred in the morning. An old lady,
who was badly hurt, was taken in the
rear passenger car. Her legs hung
down useless, badly crushed. She
made no complaint. In few minutes
afterwards her head fell backward over
the top of the seat and she was dead.
The wounded were taken back to Steu-
benville and the dead were brought in
on subsequent train. Some of the
wounded died on the cars. We re-
manned until the regular train came
along on Wednesday, about IL O'Clock,
and l embarked for St. Louis. In pass
ing the wreck we saw the mail-bags and
baggage protected by the policemen.
The railroad company, think did
EVERY THING POSSIBLE
for them to do. | lost my railroad tick
ct, with somelother papers; the former
| purchasedi in Washington. inform
ed Mr.. Barrett, the Division Superin-
tendent at Steubenville, of the loss of
my ticket, and hereadily gave me a
ticket to st. Louis.
The general opinion is that the blame
is attached to the freight conductor and
engineer. The engineer of the passen
ger train, Dugan, was a great favorite
on the road, and Mr.. Barrett cried when
he heard of his death.
Taking il Out In Trade.