Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-08-14


Pittsburg kilograms Of the 9TH inst,
state that the. fast line on the
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis
railroad, which left this city at 11:45
last night, met With terrible accident
at point one and a half miles west Of
Mingo Junction. Ohio. The train was
composed of two sleepers, one hotel
car, one baggage +. car, two postal cars
and two passenger, coaches, the latter
being occupied by emigrants. At A.
NJ. at the point named, the fast line
train, which was behind time. and run
ming at speed of forty miles an hour,
collided with freight train. The en-
tire train, except the hotel car and the
sleepers, was thrown from the track and
fearfully wrecked. i'm Twelve to fifteen
persons are reported killed, and fifteen
or twenty seriously % wounded. No
names have as yet been received. Ali
the passengers in the sleepers escaped
serious injury. The loss of life was con-
fined to those in the forward cars, occu-
pied by postal clerks and emigrants.
LATER ACCOUNT.
The Cincinnati postal car was
thrown over an embankment of
80 feet, and was completely de-
molished. The postal clerks, Frank d.
Graham, A. w. Andrews and w. Johns
ton were killed. 3, George L. Moorean
had leg broken. ...... = .,4..... '..'''
The St. Louis was thrown over an
embankment on her side, and badly
wrecked. The postal clerks, G. w.
West, w. H. Houston and G. G. Mat
thews, were injured, but it is supposed
not fatally. E.. .,. q natal I,.t ..
The baggage and emigrant cars We're
thrown from the track and badly
wrecked while the last coach and sleeper
remained on the track, and occupants
escaped almost urhurt Owing to the
fact that most of the killed and wound
ed are emigrants, great difficulty is ex-
perienced IN getting a list of the casual
ties. f..4..
The killed and wounded were taken
on a special train to Steubenville, Ohio,
where the officers of the road did every
thing in their power to make the wound
ed comfortable. Both public and pri-
vate houses were opened to receive
them, and they received the attention
Of the best physicians of the town.
STILL LATER. n I.. .t..
The following is an accurate list of
casualties at the wreck at Mingo
Junction. .la a.
Killed: Frank d. Graham, w. R.
Johnston, postal clerks, Cincinnati;
Augustus Andrews, postal clerk, Clarks-
burg, w. Va; Mrs. Cullen. Bridgeport,
Conn; Bernhart Miller, Germany;
John Curry, Ireland; Fred. Grass, Men
helm, Germany; Patrick Cannon, Ire
land; John Dugan, engineer passenger
train These are the killed that have
been identified, although the list foots
up 10 who We're either killed outright
or have. died from injuries Many of
the killed are emigrants and cannot be
identified .--..+ .."..'.t .'. 90
. WOunded-R. R. Cornwall, Urichville,
O.; Margaret Boarder, East Bridgeport,
Ct,; Sam'l Semple, Philadelphia; Moses
Mccormick, Glasgow, Scotland; Mrs.
Bomerine, same place, and two child
rem; Mrs. Mary Haley, New Rochell,
n. Y. ..,..,
Dying George Thomas, Washington;
Edward Downing, Allegheny, Pa; Mrs.
F. w. Owens, Bridgeport, Ct, and two
children; Mrs. Maria Cullen, same
place, and her husband and daughter;
Mrs. Edward Burk, Louisville, KY;
J. w. Harris, GAINESVILLE, O.; John B.
Thomas, Philadelphia; ]. ?. Shooter,
Monticello, Ind; w. w. Agnew, Ale
ghany, Pa; ]. F. Cullen, Burghton, Pa, J.;
the passenger fireman, Charles Ora
ham, and the freight engineer, Evan
Hobson. N. Y; Mary Mcdonald, Lon
don, Eng; Mr.. Phillips, Tippecanoe,
O.; w. III. Houston, Indi annapolis: Pos
tai Clerk Geo. West, Cambridge City,
Ind; Postal Clerk J. G. Malbur;
Postal Clerk Charles Mccain,
wreckmaster Of the Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl and st. Louis, railroad A large
number Of Swedes, Danes Cand Swiss
are among the Wounde4, names mot
known. - sss,se.as, IS -, 49,
The list Of wounded wiz foot up fifty.
Many badly injured are not expected
to recover The wounded are at the,
railroad hospital inSteubenville, receiv-
ing every care and attention. The dead
have been neatly coffined and are being
forwarded to friends. 7a l-a.'..