The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-16
CoNNECTICUT

HARTFORD, Jan 16.-The greenback
men in convention yesterday, passed reso-
lutions favoring the reconciliation of
silver, and appointed delegation to the
national convention at Toledo Feb. 22d
Fearful and Terrible Railroad Accident.
HARTFORD, Jan. I6.-The railroad ac
cident at Tarritville occurred at trestIe
bridge crossing the Pennington river just
west Of the village. The train was bound
for Millerton aud carried passengers for
all stations between this city aud that
place who came in to attend the Moody ana
Sankey meeting. Two engines, baggage,
and three passenger coaches went down on
the western eud of the bridge, the engines
touching the shore, three cars breaking
through the ice, and one car resting on the
end of one pier, Seven bodies were re-
covered at A. NJ, and others were be-
lieved 20 be in the wreck. Among the
dead are Mrs. Benz. Carman, Miss Minnie
Allen, daughter of Henry Allen, two Misses
McCargeral, OF Winsted, one woman and
two men not identified; Miss Janet W arner
Of Canaan, and Mr.. VIM. Whiting of
Winsted are missing 1t is almost certain
other bodies have not been recovered
The more seriously wounded were Rev. II.
Thomas. Methodist pastor OF Ninsted,
both legs broken and side injured; en-
eineers Franny aud Hatch Of hart
| ford, badly scaided, the latter probably
fatally; W. L. Ptpey, of Wiosted,
| head and right side; Frederick Hathkiis,
| ofCanton, ribs broken; Dwight Case, Bark
halsted head and ribs j. c. Riggs, Nor
! folk, leg broken. There are a large mum
Der of less seriously injured; the wounded
may be numbered at forty; special trains
from Winsted and Hartiort bearing sur
| geons reached the scene at and l30 a.
NJ. The Factory and Church bells were
] rung and the Citizens rallied doing all that
was possible. The bodies were taken on
planks or rude sleds across the ice to the
lTarrifvllIe side The wounded and dead
were mostly put on the Hartford special;
few were left at Tarrifville and Hartford,
and the train took the rest round by Plain
vile on the Fishkiil aud Canal roads to
New Hartford on the western roads
HARTFORD. Jan, l6.-Nork at the
wreck of the Connecticut western train at
Tarrifyile continues. The relief train
has just returned to this city; So far, ten
dead bodies have been recovered, all
eastern people.
LATER.-Fred Hotchkiss is fatally
Injured. Ten or. more wounded, in the
houses in Tarritfvllle, are doing well twenty
wounded have gone home; many missing
persons are from places west of the break
not yet in communication; it is thought
most of them will be heard from
One car lies in the river still,
several bodies are supposed TO be in it
Two other cars lie head down in the river
resting on the bridge The passenger
climbed up out of these; the baggage ca
with Conductor Elener and three others il
it broke in two in the fall and all escaped
! Geo. Z. Hatch, one Of. the engineers, diet
j this morning. Several of the dead shov
, cuts and bruises, but most of them wer,
: drowned or were suffocated by steam
caused by the heaters in the cars. Th
railroad commissioners examined th
bridge two months ago and pronounced /
safe They will hold an investigation a
once.