The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-08
TerrIbIe Railroad Accident.
TWELVE KILLED AND "A LARGE NUMBER SER

TWELVE KILLED AND "a LARGE NUMBER SERt-
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PITTSBURGH, August THE fast train on
the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and st. Louis
railroad, which left this :citY ut 11:47 las.
night, met with terrible accident as point
one and f1nlf miles west OF Wingo juno
ton, Ohio. The train was composed Of
swo sleepers, QUE hotel-car. one baggage
car, two postalcatss and two coaches, the
latter being occupied by emigrants. At
/ A. M., at the point named, the fast train,
which was: twenty minutes behind time,
running at the rate Of forty miles an hour,
collided with the freight train, and the en-
tire passenger train, except the hotetcar
and the sIeepers, were thrown from the
track and fearfully wrecked. Eleven or
twelve persons are reported killed. Fifteen
or twenty were seriously wounded. All
the passengers ON the sleepers escaped
without serious injury, the loss OF life heIng
confined to those in the forward cars occII-
| pied by the postalclerks and emigrants;--c-
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE DIsAsTER-THE
KILLED AND WOUNDED. a..
PITTSBURGH, August THE Cincinnati
postal-car was thrown over an :embankment
thirty feet and completely demolished. The
postal-cIerks. Frank D. Graham, 4. W. An
drews, and W. Johnston, were killed, and
George L. Morean had leg broken. The
St. Louis postal-car was thrown over an
/ EN- bankment on its end and badly wrecked.
The postal-clerks, G. L. Weast, w. Fl.
Houston, aad j. c. Matthews were injured,
but, it is supposed, not fatally.
The baggage aud emigrant-eara were
thrown from the track and badly wrecked,
while the last coach and sleepers remained
on the track, and their occupants escaped
almost unhurt. ., !
The following is q partial list OF the
killed and wounded:
K,Ned.-Frank D. Graham, 4. W. An-
drews, W. z. Johnston, Mrs. Cullen, of
Bridgeport, Conn, and Patrick Cannon, OF
Barry, Pa. ..-r. -. E.g4 RI ~
Wounded Maria Cullen and four grand
children OF Mrs. Cullen, OF Bridgeport,
Conn.,; Mrs. Frances Owen and three chill
dren, OF Bridgeport, Conn.,; james Cullen,
foot mashed; Fanny Cullen, injured in
lternaliy; Mrs. Edward Burke. of Jones
Vile, leg spained and back hurt; Mrs. Nc
maine OF Glasgow, and two twin children
seven years old; Mrs. Jane Agnew, of Ale
ghany, left leg fractured; Edward Downing,
| OF Allegheny, hip dislocated; J. W. Harris,
of Allegheny. right leg broken; W. D.
Agrew, of Allegheny, injured internally
William Mccormick, Of Ireland, Mary Nc.
Dowell, OF London. Eng, internally; Mary
Haley, of New koselle, seriously internally
George Thompson, OF Washington, D. c.,
body and leg mangled; R. K. Cornell, leg
cut and badly bruised; Samuel Sample, OF
Philadelphia; bruised head and chest; Evan
Peter Obsone, Of New York, internally
- Thomas, Of Philadelphia, leg broken
and skull fractured; - Phillips, OF Har,
rison county, Ohio, serious conclusion Of
the brain; Z. Downing, OF Allegheny City,
pelvis fractured; John +. schatfer, oil
Monticello, Ind, bruised; Mrs. Z. Burke,
| OF Brooklyn. wrist sprained and head
bruised; Conductor Graham, hurt about
the head; j. c. Fulton, Burgettstown,
Pa, nose smashed and iaw-bone broken:
Owing to the fact that most OF the killed
and wounded were emigrants, great ditfi.
Guilty is experienced in getting the list .ol
casualties. The killed and wounded have
been taken on 4 special train TO Steu5en.
vile, Ohio. where the officers OF the road
did everything in their power TO make Tie
wounded comfortable. Both public and
private houses were opened TO serve them
and they received the attention OF the best
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