The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-11-25
WRECKED BY A LAND SLIDE.
BAD ACClD- MT ON THE plTTsBuR6
CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS.
Sieepers Crushed ny Mass OF f"h-
Ing Isock-A Number or Passengers
Painfully Injured.

A despatch from Pittsburg, Pa, Nov, Is,
saws: The limited express coming east on
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati s. Louis rail-
road, which was duo in this city at u 81
O'Clock this m rning, was wrecked by land
slide at Jones' Ferry, on tho outskirts
of tn, city, and number Of persons
were injured, two of whom it is though
will die The heavy rams OF the past 80 hours
had looSeaed the earth along the road, anu
the conduc or of the lin ted had been in
strnc,ed to proceed carefully. The train was
running slowly, not II aking more than zen
miles an hour, Ju I ut the time 1t reached
Jones Ferry, mass of rocks and earth came
tumble g down from precipice 40 feet above
! The frs part OF the train escaped, but the
| h &c mass crashed into the sleeping cars,
which were in the rear. The interior OF the
first of the sleeping cars was almost com
1 pletely demolished, ms was the Cincinnati
| car, which fortunately had a smaller number
of pa ,sengers on it than any that had gone
out of Cincinnati on tn limited for months
| All of the occupants had arisen, an most Oh
them were in the forward part of the car,
making their toilets Tho two other se'p'
| ing coaches were badly wrecked.
| The scene following the accident was lnde'
scribahle. Women shriekel and children
screamed while above all was heard the
groans of the injured who We're wedged III
| between the berthS and the rocks unable TO
move. For moment the passengers who
had escaped injury We're so dumfounded
that they stood motionle:s. The sleepers
were c; implicitly filed with dust, aud it was
| difficult to determine which of their numb.r
had been most seriously injured. The moment
the crash was heard the engineer stopped tie
| train but as soon as the conductor saw the
frghtful results, he cried: Hurry Oh to the
-, .t.,tt .nsNNF n IL a
moment, as we must care for the injured.
| The train was then started, and in few
minutes the station was reached, A full corps
of surgeons and company attendants were on
hand to carry out and care for the injured
1t was found that eigh passengers had been
seriously hurt, while PROBABLY as many more
had received painful cuts and bruises.
Among the injured We're two who may die.
The list of injured whose names have thus
far been obtained is as follows:
David Arnheim of Pittsburg, head badly
cut. and body ami breast crushed. s. A.
Bennett of New York was wedged IN under
the upper berth of one section. He has two
long, ugly ga-hes on his head, aud one
shoulder blade aud two ribs are broken.
head and slightly bruised. Mrs Lieut.. Glass
of Fort Bayard, N. NJ, one limb bruised and
several cuts on her todv. A lady named
E. A. Curtis of New York, struck on the
back and leg by large pieces of rock
j. E. Lyman of Indianapolis, bad cut about
the head and body. A young lady from
Terre Haute, Ind, whose name was no
learned, struck by flying pieces of rock ant
hurt about the head and body. Mr.. Fowler
of. Washington, D. c., slightly hurt about
the body; he was within foot of where the
largest rock landed in the sleepe". In ad
diton to the above names, a number of tht
other passengers, as stated before, were
slightly injured. The persons hurried on
to the different hotels where they had thei
bruises dressed. None of them but thos
mentioned were seriously injuiei.