The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-10
TERRORS OF THE WRECK.
SHOCKING DETAILS GIVEN by AN EYE WIT
NESS OF THE RAILROAD COLLISION AT
MlNGo JUNCTION.

SHOCKING DETAILS GIVEN BY AN EYE WIT
NESS or THE RAILROAD COLLISION AT
MINGo JUNCTION.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
A Commercial reporter boarded at Love
land the train due here at Sp. m. on the
Little Mama, which was DELAYED until 10 45,
and gained some particulars from persons
who had been in the accident.
One of the passengers, Mr.. 5. +. Cushing,
clerk in the assessors office, Boston,
states that he was sitting near the rear end
of the fifth coach, and no: feeling sleepy
had lighted a cigar and was smoking. The
car was comfortably filled. A majority Of
the people were sitting pretty well forward.
The first n,mation he had OF the accident
was hearing the crash and seeing all lights
90 out, and feeling himself thrown across
the aisle under one of the seats. His
first thought was that the Tain was gong
dowa through bridge, and he prepared
himself for the second shock by grasping
hold of the toot-rests This Impression
left him as he felt the car rising almost up
right, AN act that brought all the detached
stuls anu blbhth llill'''ls rs N'll ~ WV
wounded aud dead passengers down with
great force over the place where he was
ly,ng He then crawled from the wreck
and found everything in darkness. On all
sides he could hear the cries Of the wound
ed, some appealing for water and Others to
be taken from the ruins. AS soon as
matches could be procured a bonfire was
started, supplied with broken pieces OF the
cars, and the uuhurt went to work tOl the
relief OF the sufferers, Three bodies
were killed in the smoker occupied by him,
one Of whom was woman. Her son, a lad
of nine years, had all the toes cut from off
his left foot, The grief of the lite fellow
on learning the death Of his mother was
heart-rendering. He took the boy to one
of the Pullman cars, both of which had re-
NAMED ON the track but was refused adj
mittance, as were all the wounded He de-
nounces in unmeasured terms the conduct
of these officials, and says they persisted in
this course until the arrival of the road
superintendent on the wrccking train, who
compelled them to open their doors,
The physicians commenced arriving at
about haf.past o'clock, and as quickly rs
possible the injured received the best atten.
ton that could be given under the circum-
stances. The car ahead, filled with emf
grants bound for the West, went over the
bank, distance Of twenty feet. In this
conveyance the greater number were killed.
When our informant applied 10 the tcle-
graph operator at Mingo to forward II
message to his employers in Boston, stating
that he was unhurt by the accident he was
told that it could not be sent. After some
argument he induced the young man TO
send it. When the train from steubenville
arrived the wounded and dead were placed
on itand taken TO that place. On the way
three died.
The total dead he thinks will amount to
fifteen in number
When searching for the wounded, Il leg
was observed sticking out from under some
debris. A space was cleared about II and
the owner, strange to say, was found to De
asleep and had to be Weakened, His name
was NJ. Newman, claiming residence in
New York. The whole affair was an utter
surprise to him. He acknowledged having
been drinking freely after leaving Steubcn-
vile, and then going to sleep, He com
! planned little of Il sore shoulder when our
reporter saw him.
The conductor of Pullman ear No, l3O
stated that they wore four minutes late at
Stcubcnville, and We're running between
thrty-fve and forty miles an hour the
collision detached the car coupling ana
caused his coach, as well rs the one in the
rear, to recol II distanc, of twenty feet
None Of his passengers were hurt,
| Robert Rcsor, Il son of Mr.. VIM. X 'sor, Jr"
of Clifton, was in this car
Mrs. Mark Simonton Of this city and Tcr
young nephew, were in one Of the slccprrs,
They were thrown out of their bcrtlls and
considerably bruised, but fortunately escap-
ed without the breaking of any bones
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