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Frightful railroad accident at Whitesboro injures many
A bridge on the Central Railroad over Sanquoit Creek near Whitesboro collapsed after a collision between the Cincinnati Express and an Utica Westbound accommodation train. The crash killed at least several and left many more seriously injured, with a long list of passengers and bystanders named as hurt or dead. Coroners blame the rotten bridge timbers and calls grow for accountability at higher levels.
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Umies
Central Railroad
Sanquoit Creek
Whitesboro
A. Moore
Rising Sun
Tnd
Abraham Mack
Cincinnati
Utica
Curt Hoover
St. Louis
James Ward
Schencetadly
H. H. Perkins
Grocer
Rochester
Waller IL
Schube
Rome
Richland Oy
Ohio
A. T. Etuman
B.P. Tucker
Dry Ridge
Grant Co
Bo Cole
Mr. Riley
Albany
Brekeman
Mr. Haley
Schenectady
J. Z
Tracy
Chicago & T. R. RB
John Clemens
Erie
Miss Cook
Sunbury
Delaware Co
N.Y
5. S
Haston
Tiinghampton
Wimtart
Cleveland
A. A. Langworthy
Sinclarville
Chautonque Co
S. M. Allen
Niagara Falls Co
BR. W. Bulkley
Mary
N. Y
Josephine Troubley
John Wallace
Gayle Tarbor
Lake Sarpeer
John Munroe
Greenbush
Ungke Lislay
Minnesota
Dover
Mr. Yules
Fulton
G. FE. Knowles
Sanjornton Bridge
N. 1
Michael Broderick
Boston
Mary Bacheldor
L. W. Farywelle
St. Johns
Mich
Texpress
Sunquoit Creek