The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-04-02

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A destructive railroad accident oceurres
abost halfpast Z o'clock, Saturday nigh
on the Vandsl,a lin. near Troy, ILL.,. result
ing in the ditching Of I've sleepe.s, the &c
we're injury Of one passenger, and slightly
bruising number Of oihen. The passen
ger tain which left the union depot .,
half-past o'clock with several coaches and
Eve slecpers had reached . point where
there is high embsnkment midway be-
tween Highland and Troy, when, from some
cause not clearly explained, the sleeper'
jumped the track and pitched down the
embankment With the ends toward the
track. The passengers had not retired to
their berths, aud we're considerably shaken
up, but fortunately only one was seriously
injured. The injured passenger was DR.. J.
Ward Hall. dentist Of this city, Whose
Office Is at No. 1887 Washington avenue.
He received internal injuries in the region
Of the stomach. hut il not thought to be
dangerously hurt. The Western bound
train came along soon after the accident.
and vas delayed several hours. arriving
here at half past o'clock yesterday morn
ing. Some Of the wrecked cars we're lying
across the track, and il Vas necessary Ia
send to the city for locomotive and car to
bring in the passenger Of the intercepted
train. DR.. Hall was brought back with
them.
On the wrecked train vas Hon. Simon
Cameron. Of Pennsylvania, who was on his
way home from Hot Spring.. His muscles
had been 70 hardened and his He-h so tough
ened by the repeated boil,ngs at the springs
that he escaped without a scratch, although
he performed several double somerssul,s
that would have done honor To the Sieerist
children. When the ex.Secretary emerged
from the wrecked sleeper ard found that he
vas unhurt, he exclaimed, "That's not 90
bad Tor man Of eighty" Ii is . remark
able fact that there wss rot a single lady on
the train-but il il not believed that the
presence Of the great Pennsylvania had
anything to do with the absence Of the fair
sex. Mr.. Cameron arrived here iron, Ho,
Springs on Saturday morning, and spent the
day riding about in carriage, looking al
the sights, aud dexterously avoiding the in.
reviewers Of the press.
Capt. Joseph Brown. who has been spend.
ing some time in Washington, came in on
the train from the East, and put up at the
Lindell Hotel. Mr.. Charles p. Kennedy, q
commercial traveller from New York, Gas
also passenger. He will be remembered
~ the gentleman Who made such q miracu.
lous escape from the Southern Hotel fire, By
his wonderful presence Of mind and the dar-
ing exertions Of Phe!im Toole, the fireman
Mr.. Kennedy. since that event, always
roos,s low while stopping at a hotel. lie
visited the wreck, and interviewed Simon
Cameron, and congratulated him upon his
escape. Mr.. rs says the accident was caused
by defect in the switch. The rails we're
not displaced, nor the track torn mp at all
The locomotive and forward cars passed the
switch in safety, and the Eve sleepers ran
oA, and remained With their ends toward
the track, but did not become uncoupled
The windows Of the sleeping coaches vers
broken and some Of the timber cracked, but
the coaches themselves were not very much
damaged. A number Of the passenger, -
stated, were slightly bruised and scratched
but DR.. Hall Was the only one whose injuries
were considered serious.