Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-31
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

sons are reported injured, out none Killed.
The place of the accident is forty miles
from here. A train has gone to bring in
the wounded. The injured are just arriy-
ing from the scene of the wreck. They
say that the train was going forty miles an
hour on a sharp curve, when the whole
train left the track and rolled down an en-
bankment fifty feet. Two sleeping cars
were completely wrecked, and the passen-
gers were extricated with great difficulty.
The total number of in ured is fifty three,
several of whom seriously. The only
names yet obtained are those of Mai. Nc
Dowell, of Xenia, o., seriously, and J. F.
Spaulding, of Port Clinton, o., slightly.
The whole train did not leave the track.
The cause Of the accident was a broken
rail. The engineer, Michael, discovered it
and instantly applied the brakes, and re-
versed. This threw Conductor Wood, who
was in the smoking car, forward and gave
him slight bruises. The engine and bag
gage car remained on the track. the smok-
ing car was partly thrown of, and the la
dies car entirely left the track and stood
almost at right angles with the road, the
lower end down the embankment. This
car was subsequently burned Two sleep
ing cars rolled down the embankment and
were badly wrecked. Very few of the pas
sengers escaped without some injury,
though most of the injuries are not serious.
Mr.. n. J. Brown, who was on the train, fur
nishes the following list of wounded:
G. E. Healy and wife, excursion agent
Bee line, London, O., both bruised, not
seriously; Vim. Orr, Thos. Orr, Alf Harris,
of Harmony, Ind, slightly cut hands and
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badly hurt internally and both legs broken;
j. Tragin, Cincinnati, hands cut and back
bruised; James Spalding, Port Clinton,
o., badly bruised; JEFF Folger, colored,
Montgomery, Ala, cut in side, bruised in
the face and arms; S. Alspaugh, Cincin-
natl, hurt in the legs; j. E. Mason, Brazil,
Ind, cut in the face and hands; J. g.
Bargis, Richmond, Ind, cut in the face
and hands; Capt. A. NJ. Mcdowell, Acenia,
o., cut in head and shoulders; James Kill
ton, Sparta, n. c., slightly cut; James
Edwards, Sparta, N. c., slightly cut; I. A.
Sharp, Harmony, Ind, scratched head; Mr..
and Mrs. F. G. Walsh, Mr.. Walsh head and
breast crushed, and Mrs. Walsh internally
injured; Mrs. NJ. CASTILLO, Whitley county,
KY, cut in the head and neck, cut not seri-
ously, j. H. Carrick, Pratt, Mo-, head
crushed and badly hurt; S. Iddings, Lafay-
cite, Ind, bruised in face, cut on
head and arms; Sam Lynch, Brazil,
Ind, painfully hurt about the face and
head; d. E. Marry, Athens, Ga, leg
broken; j. G. Martin, Chicago, scratched
slightly; Thos. Allen, Augusta, KY, leg and
shoulder broken, wife not hurt; J. W.
Leaver, Boston. Mass, and sons, bruised,
not seriously; Mrs. z. Bellumy, Macon,
Ga, scratched and bruised; j. G. Gather,
st. Louis, face bruised and cut, not serious;
James Tupe, scratched and bruised; Col.
A. Baritz, wife and children, one child
badly hurt, the others slightly, Mrs. Bar
itz cut in the head; Mrs. NJ. E. Plat,
Cleveland, o., hurt in head and back;
Mrs. L. H. Thompson and mother,
Saratoga, n. Y, Mrs. Thompson Frustrated
from the shock and her mother not Sc
rious; Mrs. E. Lovelace, Watauga, Tenn,
and three children-one child cut, bruised
in the face, two cut and bruised; Mrs. L.
bruised in the breast; Marshal Caserly,
Ulby, Mich, slightly cut in the face and
hands, and side bruised; Judge J. II. Mil
let. Newcastle, Ind, badly cut and bruised
in the face, and wife slightly scratched;
Mrs. ID. Evans, and two children, all
bruised, cut not seriously; Dan HalIon,
st. Paris, o., bruised in head and back.
The most severely injured were taken to
Williamstown, KY, and the others brought
here and placed in Good Samaritan hos
pital and in the hotels.
Supt. Carroll returned tonight from the
wreck, bringing all the wounded from
Williamstown except Mr.. and Mrs. Welsh.
He says the accident was die, not to the
broken rail, but to slipping off the track,
caused by the heavy rain last night. 1t
had been filed at this point short time
ago, which rain had softened. The rails
were stripped from the ties, distance OF
forty feet
1t could not be definitely ascertained
where Mr.. and Mrs. Welsh live. They
were newly married and supposed to have
been to Florida and were returning to
Cleveland. Mrs. Welsh colud only speak
incoherently. Both are supposed to be IA
tally injured. The others supposed to be
fatally hurt are Thos. Allen, of Augusta,
KY; Mrs. E. Lowell and her children, Wa
tauga, Tenn; Judge j. Willett, Newcastle,
Ind; Mrs. j. W. Sewer, Boston; j. E. Ma
son, Brazil, Ind; J. b. Carrick, Pratt, Mo.
CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE.
SAN Francisco, March 3O.-A slight
shOOh VI u6hO db III y ClOCh Bills
morning. Farther south the shock was
heavy. At Watsonville, Santa Cruz county,
nine shocks were felt, breaking crocksry,
plastering, etc. At Hollister, San Bento
county, plate glass windows were smashed,
brick buildings cracked, and there was
temporary panic. The streets were filled
with inhabitants, and many in undress.
POISONED.
LYNCHBURG, March 30-Mrs. Jonathan
Monroe and son, of Warren, were fatally
poisoned near Brookneal.
MICHIGAN FIRE.
DEERFIELD, Mich, March 3O.-A disas-
trous fire visited this village shertly after
midnight, covering over one-half the bust
ness section of the place, including G. v.
Bailey's general store; the postofice, con-
tents mostly saved; Hoods drug store; the
Gus. Void confectionery store; flames
Manning's store; E. Burton's meat mar
ket; Diver & McMilIan's hardware store,
and Miss Henicka's millinery store. Loss,
$4,000 to $4,000. Insured $500.
THE BRAIDwooD TOMB.
BRAIDwooD, Ill, March 3O.-Seven moro
bodies were discovered in the extreme part