The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-01
The Cincinnati southern Railroad
Disaster.

Disaster.
FURTHER PkRTlCJLARS-A TERRIBLE WRECK
SCENES AND INCIpENTS-TnE WOUNDED.
4 Cincinnati special 10 The New York
Herald gives the following particulars Of
the wreck on the Cincinnati Southern rail-
road near Mason city, NY, Friday: The
train consisted OF an engine, haggage-car,
smoking-car, ladies' car, and two Sleepers,
one the Nickshurg and the other the Jack.
sonville. There i sharp curve ut the
point named and an cmbankment forty feet
high. The train was going at full speed
when the engineer felt q rail Weld. lie in
Stantly applied air.hTakcs. and in an instant
heard frightiul crash. and saw his train.
cxccm the baggagc-car, hurled right and
lcft down the cmbankment.
SHRIEES oFlNJURED PASSENGERS.
For moment all was Still. Then came
shuck> and screams from the injured and
imprisoned passengers. |, was just day
light, aud the scenes at the wreck were
indeed shocking. OF the t20 or more pas
scnccrs on board The train, while not one
was Killed outright. fully one hall were
more or less injured. Others. who were
not hurt, were imprisoned in the ears. The
SmOkmg-caT had gone over and over and
stoned fully 100 feet from the track
Very few were in this car AT the time Of
the accident and nearly all escaped UNI
hurt. The ladies' car was the most crowd
cd Of the train. ana 10 rolled over several
fines on The opposite side 81 the road and
finally >topDod with the floor uppermost
4 Messenger who was near the rear OF this
car when The shock came SAYS not a sound
Was heard from the forty passengers in the
coach during tie frightiul descent. aud
when the ear tnallv alightcd bottom up
ward. he found himself. in some ineXplica-
bic manner. near the front door. Every
seat bat one in the car had broken loose
and fallen down. vet this passenger had
not a scratch o. hruiSe. Kicking the glass
out Of the door, he cot out and Immediately
sci 10 work helping Others ont.
SAVED FRoNA HORRIBLE DEATH.
Bv this time the passengers had found
voices. and screams az terror and cries OF
main were hcar;-rending. The dread OF
being burned alive was added 10 the tcrrors
Of those passengers who were unable 10
get free. NejshbOTing people soon gather
ed and were prompt in their efforts TO af-
ford relief. When the passengers were oil
rescued from the ladies' car it took
fire. Two heroic natives volunteer
ed TO make final search for bodies.
and no the risk Of their lives en-
tered the burning car and threw out the
broken seats and cushions in order TO be
SIRE that nobody was left TO burn. THIS
they accomplished. and the cor WAS burn
ed. The sleepjng-carS were wrecked be-
y0nd repair. vet there were fewer severely
hurt people in them than in the ladies' ear.
They were almost hopcleSSly Wedged into
lcr.hs and eXiricated with great difficulty.
CARING FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Residents of the ncighborhood came with
all sorts of cOnyeyances and gave invalua-
Die help in removing those seriously hurt.
Rain began 10 fall soon after the accident.
making the work OF removing the injured
once great difficulty. Two physicians, who
were on board. were assisted by others
from the nearest town in dressing the
wounds. The most seriously injured were
taken 10 Williamstown aud the others came
to this city. where thew were cared for in
the hospital and at hotels, a. they chose
The wounded number over fifty.
\ later telegram 10 the Times says: SUI
perintendelt Carroll returned from the
wreck tonight. bringing all the wounded
from Wil,iamsiown except NJ. and Mrs.
Welsh. He says the accident was due not
u q broken rail. but 10 the slipping of the
lA'h fAu>tu ~ lu- ItANl IAlh lL>i Hl-uls
The track had been filed ut this point a
short time ago. The rails were stripped
from the ties for q distance OF .forty
feet. Ii could not be definitely ascer-
tanned where Mr.. and Mrs. Welsh
live. They were newly married. and
are supposed 10 have been to Florida
and returning to Cleveland. Mrs. Welsh
could only speak incoherently. Both she
and her husband are supposed to be fatally
injured. The other persons supposed TO
De fatally injured are Thomas Allen. OF
Augusta; Mrs. L. Lowell and three chill
dren. Of Watauga, Tenn; Judge J. IL.
Melleu, OF New Castle, Ind; Mrs. J. W.
Sewer, Of Boston, J. L. Mason, Of Brazil,
Ind, and J. II. Carrick, Of Pratt. Mo.
CISCNNATI, ONO, March 3l.-An the
wounded Of yesterdays Cincinnati South
ern railroad accident were taken to the
Good Samaritan Hospital. and are doing
well. except Thomas Allen. Of Augusta,
Ky, whose injuries are regarded a. fatal.
No deaths are Yet reported.