The New York herald., 1878-08-08
TRAINS FEARFULLY WRECKED
Twelve Persons Killed and
Many Wounded.
LIST OF THE CASUALTIES
[BY TELEGRAPH TO The HnRALp.l

that bleak night In December, nearly I've years
ago, when the bridge At Ashtabula down with Two
train loads Of human freight into abyss either 10
be burned In the cars or drowned In the swollen
river. The accident OF TO day was by no means as
horrible that, but still 1t was terrible one, rssul.
ing in the loss twelve lives and the injury
forty persons somo Of them dangerously, others
50 seriously.
EXPRESS TRAIN.
Tho Great Southern and W westcrn express, which
left New York q, olght O'Clock yesterday morning by
tho Pennsylvania Railroad makes but Tour stops be-
tween Now York and Phtsburg. Arriving there IL tis
divided up, the passengers tor the West
and Northwest taking tho Fort Wayne Road,
those for the South and Southwest taking tho Pan.
Randle train, which is designated the Southern ex
press. This last is another fast train making only
four stops between Pittsburg and Columbus-namey,
At s.eubonviile, Denuison. Coshocton and Newark.
Its usual t,mo ,hrty-ave to forty miles hour.
rHE COLLISION.
This train started out Of Pittsburg at quarler
to twelve r. NJ, being about ten fifteen minutes
late Il bad crossed the Ohio River and stopped at
ssubenvie. had pulled out from there and going
at the rate OF forty miles hour, when turning a
curve which skirts around hill just west Of Mipgo
junction, tho engineer saw not hundred yards be-
fore him the track q freight train under full
steam The whistles OF both engines sounded
down brakes at the same instant and both engines
were reversed, but tho moment tho crash
came and amid the grinding Of wheels, the sound Of
escaping steam the awful jar and crush Of the ains
the engines pilod the other, topplsd over
and rollod down tho embankment distance Of forty
road runs below.
CRASH.
The passenger train consisted OF two postal cars a
baggage car, q smoking car, two passenger coaches
and two Pullman sleeping cars following tho engine in
tho order mentioned. The nrst postal was jammcd aud
pants killed lnstanuy-nsmsy, Frank D. Graham ana
". r Johnston, OF Cincinnati, and A. ". kndrews. OF
Pittsburg The remaining CLERK, George L. Moreau,
had ono, Of his legs broken. The second postal
vas badly crushed, but instnntly
up ondsd ana thrown ovOr tho bank, alGhHne
jured Tho baggage hold Its place ON tho track,
but went crashing forward into tho first postal,
completing It's wreck and ending thamisezy OF thros
Of IT, occupants
ExiGRAsTs KILLED.
Following the baggage car came tho smoking car,
In which some thirty omisrants had stowod them.
selves for the night. This was crushed 10 pieces
and 1ve or six OF its occupants Instantly
killed. and almost avery one injured.
Strangers In strange land, many
Of them unable To mako themselves understood and
al o. them thoroughly terrorzed this car presented
an appalling sght Following tho emigrant or~smoK.
ing vsre tho two coaches In winch were a.nunber
OF lady passengers ana children and most otswhom
were injured moro less.
CAUSE OF DISASTER
Tho disaster was occasionod by u mistake In time
tho watch OF Sterling the conductor OF tho freight
train, being awenty minutes out. When no passed
Alexandria, ,she next station west Of Mingo, with
his train, Sterling took out his watch and
by u tlnt hs had iwonty -four min TO reach
tho sido track at Mingo distancc.of nvo miles This
gave him, no thought, ample time, while. In real
lty, no had but iour ulcs and toy had made but
half that distance when the accident took place.
Following arc Of killed and wounded. as pub
ishsd BY tho Enquirer. 1t Is complete, far
who we're on the smgrant car could not be OBJ
tsined.-
THE KILLED.
AUGUSTUS ANDREWS. Ciarksburg. ". Va, postal
clerk.
hs CULLEN. OF Bridgeport, Conn.
JOHN cUgREY, OF Ircisnd
JOHN DUGAN engineer Of the passsngertrain.
Mr. DrSMAN, Luzsrne, Pa
FRANK ID. GRAIIAM, Cincinnati, postal clerk.
PATRICK CANNON. Of Ireland.
X JOHNSTON. cinGinnAt. postal clerk.
BERNHARD MILLER. OF Germany.
FkED GRoEs MANNHEIM, Of Germany.
THE WOUNDED.
NrA JANE AGSEw. OF Allegheny, left leg fras.
tsred.
W. ID. AGSEw. Of Allegheny, injured internally.
and back hurt
MARGARET BRANDON East bridgeport. Conn.
GEORGE THOMAS. Washington, D. O., iosbroken
JOHN u. THOMAS Philadelphia, leg broken and
skull fractured.
@. 1. wEAsT postal clerk.
JAMES CULLEN, loo, crushed.
FANNY CULLEN, injured internally serious.
H. X. coRNwEI.L, UrichsvilIo, Ohio, log cut,and
badly bruised.
Two on,idrsn ofMra Collin. OF Bridgeport, Conn.
one serious, tho .othor slight.
EDwARDsDomNEY, OF Allegheny. hip joint,dis-
located
JOHN DUcAN, fatally.
j. c..rULroN, Burcestslewn,,Pa. fireman on pas