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▲ train or cam mcmriTro nrTOA STREAM.•mi M'mndrtd RiriMW MUIUd mmd W^mmdtdOne of the most shocking disasters we have been called upon to record for years, occurred on the Ohio Mississippi Railroad, one hundred and forty-three miles west of this city, about half past eight o’clock last evening. The particulars of this disastrous affair, so far as we have been able to gather them up to one o'clock this morning, are as follows.On Saturday last Col. Turchin’s Illinois Regiment, the “Bloody Nineteenth,” as they were generally known, at that time stationed on the Kentucky shore of the Mississippi river, about eight miles below Cairo, leceived orders to proceed to Washington. Some delay attended their transhipment, and they did not leave Cairo till Monday night.Arriving at Sandoval or Odin,they were transferred to the Ohio Mis-sissipi Railroad, and left on two trains for this city. The first train, composed of ten cars, passed Vincennes about two o’clock yesterday afternoon, followed by the second, composed of eight cars some ten minuteslater.While crossing a bridge that spanned Beaver Creek, three miles west of Huron, and about fifty this side of Vincennes, the second train broke through, precipating six of the eight cars to the bottom of the stream, and killing and wounding a large number of the regiment; some reports placing the number as high as one hundred and fifty, though it is impossible to ascertain, at the present writing, the mortality, with any degree of certain tv.VThe engine, fortunately, became detached from the train, and the engineer at once ran it to the nearest station for assistance. The firsttrain, containing the remainder of the regiment, which had safely passed over the bridge a few minutes previous, was stopped at Mitchell, twelve miles east of Hudson, and sqp^back to the scene of the disaster.The Express train for St. Louis,which left this city at five o’clock, was also telegraphed, and hastened to the spot, taking along all the surgeons that could be found on the route. Surgeons also left Vincennes for the scene by special train, j Intelligence of the calaiv.ity did I not reach the city till a late hour last night. Superintendent Lewis, of the Ohio lt;Mississippi Road, at once prepared a special train, and, in company with Drs. Judkins, Musscy, Wood, Norton and others, left for | Huron to render all assistance possible.WipaCO:thlt;caiailfulwcapwcanstiquenbhtomssellesavedetilthismlt;nomfo:thItlifdaahthwPlt;leaicistMith1*€WP1SCtltlflwITCetlfiVgtlTPi1fI.ATKlt FI’OM Till: DISASTER.Since writing the foregoing, wc have received the following dispatch from the scene of disaster, by an operator who went down from Mitchell on the return train, and addressed to the Superintendent of the Rosid in this city. It is dated “Ten minutes past one o'clock:”Bridge No. 48 is broken in two— it let four of the passenger cars down into the bed of the creek, and one on top of them. Engine and one car came to the east side; engine all right the car off clear of the track, and it will be necessary to transfer it. There arc about 100 men wounded, and as i many as ten or fifteen are known to be killed. One of the brakesmen is under the ruins, not to be found; another got his leg broken, and otherwise injured; one of them all right. We sent .him to Shoals as soon as got off; had to walk all the way, as some of the soldiers got the hand car.— Two ears with officers and a baggage car were left on the west aide I expect all right. Patterson, brakesman lived in Vincennes and was buried in the ruins. Don't know but that fifteen will include the number killed j until the roll is called. The Colonel says that is about the number killed, although nearly all of one companyare missing.It is thought that the bridge was weakened by some malicious persons. It gave way in the center, from the best information we can get.tlci*'«(C81dCPonVtJ5Itt10do11ed■f
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Covington Weekly Northern Indianan
Covington, Indiana, US
Thu, Sep 26, 1861
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