The Indianapolis journal., 1883-07-30
Later Accounts of the Accident

kNowLEsvILLE, n. Y, July 29.-The wreck
OF Friday night at Carlton is fully as terrible
as first reported. There have been no more
dead bodies found. One lady, who was in
Jured, died to-day; her name is Mrs. Lafevre,
of Bay City, Mich. She was badly bruised,
with the left leg broken above the knee. Her
husband arrived just in time to be recog-
nized by her. The suffering Of those injured
is great. All those who could be were re-
moved in sleepers, and the rest taken to
neighboring houses and cared for People
were very kind, and everything possible is
being done for them. The throng visiting the
scene OF the disaster was immense; it is esti-
mates that fully 5000 were there to-day, some
coming from a distance of twenty miles.
Many of them carried away as relics pieces of
the wrecked cars
Undertaken L. w. Perham arrived last
evening and the dead were placed in caskets
and boxes and shipped to their homes. This
afternoon the railroad company placed DR..
j. w. Eddy, OF OSwego, an eXpe rienced
physician at the services of those injured,
and have been prompt and ready to do all
they could to help relieve suffering and care
for the dead,
1t is estimated that the company's loss
will be hall million dollars, and may reach
a greater sum, as litigation in various ways
will probably grow out of it.
Mrs; Mary Th5Toop' reported dead,
seventeen killed. The following are injured:
Meserva Mundav, of Bay CIV, terribly
bruised; it is thought she will recover Mrs.
w. t. hall and daughter, of Leslie, Mich.
Mrs Hail Is injured about the head. and the
daughter has spinal injury; both will re-
| cover Mrs. B. Salisbury, OF Battle Creek
Mich, hip dislocated, double fracture of the
right side of the neck and head badly bruised;
| 1t is thought she will recover Rev. E. S.
Gould, of Carthage, Mo-, severe cash in the
back of the head will recover. Mrs F.
| Ireland. of Grand Falls, Mimi, bruised
about the head. Mrs. Moses Sweetzer, OF
Parkersburg, Va, spine bruised and head
cut; will probably recover. Mr. l. G. Fuld,
OF Parkersburg, Va, eye confused, ankle
recover. Mrs. A. L. Bugs, of Salna,
| Mich, cut about the head; will
recover; she is at Lyrdonvlle.
Miss Anna McMasters. of Ireland, wrist
| fractured and ear cut off, Miss Alice jaime
son, of Philadelphia, broken ankle; Mrs.
Prof. c. W. Stone, of Battle Greek, Mich,
| fracture OF the arm and otherwise bruised;
Alex. Tower. of Lansing, Mich, injured in
| the head; will recover.
| At2 o'clock a special from Oswego arrived
with General Manager H. w. Britten, of
Oswego; General Freight Agent f. NJ. Moore,
of Oswego J. A. Sawyer treasurer, of Water
town; J. d. Remington, trainmaster, of
| Watertown; Conductor Garrison and DR.. Il.
]. Cochran, coroner, for the PURPOSE of
holding an inquest, and jury was i'm
paneled. The engineer OF the first locomo-
tive testified first. He said the car was
about three rods ahead; he blew for brakes
and reversed the engine, and the next thing
he knew he was in the ditch Albert Percy,
trackmaster, testified that he went over the
track about half an hour before the collision,
and everything was all right, and yet in
seems from other testimony that the freight
car was blown 12S feet with the brakes set,
as testified by a brakeman, which seems
hardly credible. The depotmaster says he
did not examine or look to see if everything
was all right. The conflicting testimony Of
witnesses was so great that the jury has beeu
unable to agree Oh verdict and adjourned
until Wednesday.