Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-12-27
Trightful Accident on the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie Railroad,
Near Bolivar, o.
A Passenger Coach With Fourteen
Occupants Tumbles from a
Trestle Thirty-five Feet
from the Ground.
Four Persons Killed and Number In
jured, Several Fataily-A Broken
Truck the Cause of the Acci-
dent - Names of the
Victims.

MAssrLLoN, o., Dec. ia horrible
disaster occurred at Bolivar, twelve
miles south Of this city, on the Wheel
ing & Lake Erie railroad, Thursday
afternoon, only two of the fourteen oc-
cupants ct the rear car of the mail train,
No. 8, southbound, escaping serious in
jury. Tho train, which was composed of
two coaches and baggage car, is due at
Bolivar at 1851 p. m. About mile and
half north of the town, tho head
truck of the last car left the track just
as the engine started across a long tres
tie bridge thirty-five feet high. Almost
before the fact that any thing was wrong
could be known the locomotive was
dashing across the bridge, the rear car
bounding along on the ties. When
fairly on the bridge it swung over the
side down to the ground, turning bottom
side upward in its descent. The coup
ling connecting this car with the for
ward part of the train snapped like
thread, and the air brake thus suddenly
put on sent the people in the first car
flying against the seats. The scene in
the ravine-the car complete wreck,
the trucks in the air, and the flames
bursting from the debris-is described
by those who saw it as frightful one
Robert Cook, a brakeman, and one of the
two men who escaped uninjured best real
lied the situation. After crawling from
his dangerous position, ne at once gath
cred up loose snow and began to pile it
assisted by w. L. Tingle, of GAINESVILLE,
o., travelling man, who rode in the
smoker, and between them they smoth-
cred the flames. One of the first to get
over the broken bridge and down into
the valley of death was DIR. William
Garrett, of this city, who happened
to be on the train, and also Jonas
Lutz. Both men worked manfully
in relieving the distress OF the
wounded. The brakeman, Robert Cook,
having helped to extinguish tbs
fire, hastened to Bolivar, summoned
carriages, and sent word to this city for
physicians. With the exception of Ira
Cowan, a Wheeling &c Lake Erie en-
gineer, at the time off duty, who could
not be carried SO great distance, all of
the wounded were taken to the village
hotel. News was late in reaching Mas
sillon, and three ephysicians-Drs. Riden
our, Reed and Miller were sent off on a
special train. The dead are:
Miss Ada Hall. of Sherrodsville, O., died in
the hotel shortly after being moved from the
wreck.
Henry Hill of Tower Hill, Shelby County, Ill,
died in the hotel.
Miss Carrie Hill, of Tower Hill, Shelby
County Ill, found dead in the wreck.
A woman, thought to be Mrs. Hall, of Zanes-
vile, taken from the wreck dead. There were
no papers about her person to identify her.
The wounded are:
Charles A. Conrad aged twenty-five, son Of
ex-senator Silas A. Conrad, OF this city. Whole
OF scalpula gone ana a cut through the pleura,
slight injury to the arm, and scalp wound;
chances for recovery about even.
w. w. Graham Norwalk, badly bruised; will
recover.
Ed Tandis, conductor bruised across the
back; will recover.
Leonard Whitman, of Marietta, concussion;
chances very doubtful
William Gorlinger o; Ada, o., now urcon-
scious; will recover
William Hall, of Sherrodsville left shoulder
and hip injured; will recover
Mrs. Louisa Ripple Piper, of Pike Township,
Stark County, concussion OF the BRAIN will die.
Ira Cowan, of Norwalk, not seriously injured.
Great interest is felt here in the case
of Charles Conrad, who is leading
hardware merchant and highly es-
teemed young man. When tho car
overturned he fell upon the lamp and is
wounded in a most distressing manner.
DIR. Garrett extracted twenty pieces OF
glass from his back and side. A hole
penetrated to his lungs, and altogether
his condition is as bad as we'll could be.