Morning journal and courier., 1884-07-21
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THROWN INTO APCOL An Accident To An Fix
 cursiOn Train. A THOUSAND LIVES IN PERIL Thousands At The Scene
 Of Disaster. The March Of The Cholera. Its Deadly Effects Seen By
 A Tourist.
ATHOUSAND LIVES IN PERIL
The March Of The Cholera.
Its Deadly Effects Seen By
 A Tourist.
THROWN INTO A DITCH.

An Excursion Train Wrecked-The
 Cars Thrown Into a Stagnant Pool
 Thousand Souls in Deadly Peril
 Fortunately only TWenty-tUO In-
 jured.
 CANTON, O., July 20.-The employees of the Caultman & Co.'s mower and reaper works of this place held their annual picnic at Cuyohoga Falls yesterday, which was at tended by nearly twenty-five hundred per sons, the excursionists filing two trains of fifteen and seventeen coaches. The first sec tion, made up of seventeen coaches, arrived in Canton at eight o'clock, where the happy excursionists formed monster procession, headed by the Grand Army band and marched to the public square. Hardly were the ranks broken when telephone message from the Valley depot brought the intelli- gence that the second section of the excur- sion train had been wrecked just beyond the city limits, that the cars were overturned in pool of stagnant water, and that scores of the excursionists had been drowned and of people were on their way to the scene of the disaster, and as the fearful news spread over the city the multitude increased to thou sands. The mayor issued an order to the livery stable owners to send out all available vehicles at the citys expense and all the physicians and surgeons within call quickly responded to the appeal for assist ance. The wreck was found to be near the Valley Coal company's mines, about two miles north of the Canton passenger depot The track here runs for some distance be- tween the Numisilla creek on one side and a pool of stagnant water on the other. The accident was caused by the spreading of the track by which the wheels of the tender struck frog, breaking it and throwing the cars behind it over the embankment into the stagnant pool. The first coach was hurled down the bank on the east side of the track and in an instant the lower side of the car was in four feet of water. The second coach was also whirled into the ditch and filled with water to the seats. The third car was found lying directly across the track, while the fourth went down the embankment on the west side Five other cars left the track, but were not thrown down the bank. In an instant the air was filed with the shriekS of men, women and children struggling to gain egress from the cars which were rapidly filling with water. The pas sengers in the rear cars rushed to the rescue their unfortunate fellow excursionists and imprisoned passengers were rapidly extricated and conveyed to the cars remaining on the track. At this time it was believed that several persons were drowned in the ditch, being held down by the overturned cars. The platforms had been crowded and it seemed almost impossible that all had escaped with their lives. A relief train from Canton was immediately sent to the scene of the disaster. Station Agent Fred Leid established a temporary telegraph station at the wreck and wrecking train was ordered at once from Cleveland. The following is 8 list of the injured as far as can be learned, though many others are believed to have been more or less seriously hurt: Albert Travel, aged F, arm broken; Miss Mary Slumski, aged 20, foot crushed leg broken and injured inter nally; Frank Fife, aged 1T, head bruised and internally hurt; Mrs. Andrew Grovemiller, severe internal injuries; Mrs. Walter Moseley, spine injured; Miss Agnes Lispert, foot crushed; Miss Lena Hubacher, internally in jured Miss Minnie Glass, spine fractured; Julius Hubacher and wife, both severely bruised and injured internally; Charles Heckaman, head cut and bruised; Mrs. Joseph Dick, badly cut and bruised John Bair, of Liberty street, and Harry Der ger, of North Cherry street, Canton, are missing. The wrecking force of forty men engaged in clearing and repairing the track have almost completed their labors, and It IS expected that trains will be run through on Monday. The wrecked train was in charge of Conductor Batcheler, with Frank Kuhn engineer and Charles Metzger fireman. All of the above escaped without injury.
 LATER-Fully five thousand people visited the scene of last nights accident on the Con- otton Valley railroad to-day. Carriages, buggies and other vehicles were wedged to- gether as closely as they could be driven, their occupants being anxious to get as near as possible to the spot where the lives of near ly a thousand persons had been endangered. So great was the crush that double team took fright and plunged through the throng, smashing wheels, bruising horses and creating a general panic. One lady was thrown from buggy and seriously injured and others were more or less severely hurt. The wounded have all been removed from the wreck and are doing well as can be expected. So far no deaths have resulted, but several are so badly hurt as to render their chances of recovery very doubtful The track has been entirely cleared and trains will run as usual tomorrow. Three cars are still lying on their sides in four feet of mud and water. The loss to the railroad company will be about $50, ,OOO. The total number of injured, far learned, is twenty-two, three of whom it is expected will die