The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-12-31
SHOCKING RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

A horrible railroad accident occurred on the
Carolina Central railroad, near Lincolnton,
N. c., by which six Of the nine persons on the
| train lost their lives. A passenger train, CON-
posed OF the engine, three box-cars, one COM
blnation car With the mail, express and bag
gage In it. and one passenger coach, was going
from Shelby, to Charlotte. When the train
reached what is known as the Indian Greek
trestle, and just as the engine had crossed it,
the whole framework gavsway, and the entire
train, except the engine and tender, went down
with fearful crash into the rayine. o distance
Of seventy feet. There was only q small rivrl-
let at the bottom of the ravine, and the cars,
IN falling, were unooupled and turned ever,
the combination car on Its side and the passen-
ger car bottom upwards. Scarcely had these
fallen, and their creakiDg tinlbers ceased trem-
bling, when the whole Of the huge trestle-work
| came down upon the passenger and mail cars,
literally fattening them, and completing the
work of destruction. The only two witnesses
OF this fearful slgnt we're Engineer Hall and
Fireman Smith. the engine itself was stopped
for moment by the lie of the falling train.
and before 1t could start again the engineer
stopped it, and the two jumped off and went
to the wreck. viii h was only reached by taking
clrculSous route. They we're Mortified at see
ing flames bursting from every part of the pas
senger and combination cars. in which there
| had been red-hOt stoves, which were upset
IN the fall. The engineer cried "My God /
Smith, we ere the only survivors left to tell
the story" He caught up his ak and began to
knock down the side OF the passenger cal,
from which the flames were bursting in several
places. He saw inside one Of the passengers
| +. N. Smith, who had been caught under q
seat, which was pressed down On him by on
immense beam that had fallen from the trestle-
W Jrk. The engineer made heroic efforts to
save the unfortunate mans life. He rushed
Ill the burning debris and attempted to lift him
up, but found that this could not be done until
| the big timber which pressed down upon his
legs above the knees had been removed. With
the assistance of the fireman he found he could
rot lift the timber, and he set to work to cut it.
Smith was perfectly conscious, and, as he saw
the flames nearing him rapidly, be piteously
struggle under the weight which nned him
50 heipiessly IN the track of the devouring
element, and called upon the axman to
do his best. The engineer worked with super
human energy, snd rained the blows upon the
brittle wood thick and fast in the few minutes.
which were hours of suspense to the engineer
and the poor feloWwho was hold in vise-itke
grip. The brave man with the ak could make
but slow progress in his efforts to rescue the
victim. Soon both the engineer and Smith
were III the midst of the circle of flames, The
timber was half cut through. The sweat
upon the engineers face was boiling from the
| heat, while the skin upon the back Of his
! hands was cracking and shrivelng in red and
white streaks. The victim was slowly roasting
Glive. His face and hands were already bis-
tering, while the scorched remnants of his
garments were falling from his body
IN his mad eontortlons. His agony was
iYNkar p.1% lto ho.n I. eFor
s. man, and called bravely to the heroic
axnlan For Gods sake try and save my Ire ! ="
To which the other replied urging him to be of
good cheer. for he would save him if human
effort could accomplish anything. But the
flames went faster than the ak could cut and
the engineer had 10 see the man he was trying
to rescue roasted alive. He was soon
forced to abandon his POSITION; but
he dill not do so until his clothes
were literally burned from his body The inn
prlsoned passenger was burned alive, and re-
tanned Consciousness until his arms were nearly
burned from the trunk. Before going he
than. ed the engineer for his heroic efforts The
other passengers were all buried under the
cars. and were burned, Only their charred
bones remained.
The bodies OF the dead were disfgured be-
yond recognition.
The engineer and fireman at first counted the
conductor among the killed, but he was after
ward found IN The woods, a raving maniac,
aud blood oozing from ghastly wound in the
mead.
The Government Printing office.
John D. Defrees Public Printer, in his an
nual report, shows the actual expenditure on
account of printing, binding, engraving, litho-
! graphing, ETC., for the Government of the
United States fer the fiscal year ending June
/ 80, 1880, as executed st the Government
/ Printing Office, amounted to g, 034, $50. The
! value of The stock on hand at the end Of the
/ fiscal year was S3i,79S.
/ Dining the second session OF the Forty-sixth
/ Congress there were plintedfor the Senate ], 649
i biiis and joint resolutions, 2i6 executive docu-
ments, 104 nj ceilaueous documents, 725 reports
! of committees fifteen rysolut ons. and five con-
fidential documents. Fer the House there
I were printed 3,S05 bills ami joint reso-
/ l1tIens, 1lnety executive documents, forty
8 seven miscellaneous documents niue resoIl-
+ tions. and 1898 reports of committees. Dining
he year there was received from sales of doeu-
/ ments. records, waste paper. etc., Sic 5,403,
i which has been deposited in the treasury. Re
/ garding the enlargement of the iuilding, De
/ frees says: "The enormous increase of pub
/ lie printing and binding is such as to require
/ the enlargement of the building in which the
! work is done. There is not half room enough
/ to store the printed matter rs the printing pro
i crosses. Fifty thousand copies of the last an
] nual report Of the Commissioner of Agriculture
! have been printed, but, for want of storage,
! the printing Of the remaining $4,000 copies
/ his been srlspen1e until the edition OF 5000
i now printed can DO bound and delivered.
i Other public documents are delayed for the
/ ssmersason. As an evidence of the increase
i OF work in this Office, the number Of blanks
printed during the fiscal year ending June 80.
j 1879. exceeded those printed during the
previous year by 80, 1854, 93S, and blank
books by 1851, and the increase Of
blanks printed during the fiscal yesr ending
+ June 81. 1880, over those pril ted during 1873
/ is Is, 454, SO, and of blank books a. l95. The
increase of work during the first quarter of the
I present fiscal year, as shown by acquisitions
/ from the Executive Department, excst DIS that
! OF the last fiscal year during the same time by
20 per cant,