The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-13
A RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

about o'clock yesterday morning was
diiched aud partially destroyed by fire az
a point about u quarter Of mile this side
of Olmsted. 1t consisted Of two passenger
coaches, baggage car and engine, and
carried forty or lorty-fve passengers from
here, most OF whom were Masons who had
attended the meeting of the Grand Exam
liners here and were on their ways home.
The train arrived at the point named about
6o'clock and was going at the rate of about
twenty miles an hour when the cars
suddenly left the rails and ran along over
the ties for distance of about two lengths
OF the tram. The engine remained on the
rallsi tie baggage car was thrown across
the embankment, but the two coaches, after
running along on top Of the embankment
for some distance broke loose and rolled
over down the side of six or eight foot
embankmGnt and rested on their sides. The
passengers within were terribly shaken up
and fourteen of them were more or less
seriously injured, one perhaps fatal
y, Almost Immediately afterwards
the passenger coaches took IRE
from the overturned stoves within and il
seemed for while as though the flames
would eStinguish what life the wreck had
Ieft IN tho helpless forms Of
the injured, But as soon Ms the uuipjured
recovered from confusion and were able TO
extrica'C themselves from the wreck,
they went - work with energy To
help The injured FROM their perious post.
tons, and they succeeded in rcsCuing them
all and conveying them 10 Olmstead where
they were laid upon mattresses to await
the arrival OF Dr.. Parker from this city, who
had been elegrsphed for, aud who arrived
on the scene by special trsir shortly after
the accident and gave each of the four.
teen such treatment aud relief as surgery
and medicine could give,
The injured were all from this portion Of
Illinois aud were nearly all Of th1su. who
bad been here in attendance upon the Ma.
sonic meetings. Their names and the D..
ture Of their injuries are as ;0l ows:
J.F. Smith, Of Samoth, MassAc county.
severe cut over left eye, across the pose and
upper lip.
DR., c, 5. Williams, New Columbia, Mas.
sac county, lett shoulder injured aud TEN
porary paralysis Of lett arm.
G, A. Commngs, Tunnel Hill, fracture
of left collar-bone and confusion of hips.
W. J Fern, Tunnel Hill, right side of
spine bruised and night elbow and knee 10
jured.
w. j. Corbitt, Tunnel Hill, spine injured |
and RICH, hip bruised.
j. II. B'aekmln, Stone Fort, johnson |
county cut across forehead up sni down, |
severe cut on right shoulder, temporary !
loss OF right arm AMI severe abrasion near
external corner Of right eye,
w, II. Cover, Tunnel Hill, had confusion
OF left eye, nose and forehead.
WI. EIwell, Shawneatown, bruised and
suffering from general shock,
w. F. Moberly and }. L. Moberly, Of |
Slmoth, Msssac county, generally bruised.
Alex. P. Holloway. Eddyyile, internal
injury, in bad condition and may not re.
cover.
A. Wuterberger, Shswneetown, cut across
inside Of fright wrist aud a 90 inch cut
across forehead.
Warren BartlesOn, lett shoulder disloca.
ted aud otherwise bruised.
81. pake, McLeansboro, fracture Of
left collar.bope.
Mrs, F. Korsmeyer of this city, was the
ONLY lady on the train. She was seated