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1 n« WOkUllllW W V/V- *»•[ r-i Cartwright; ! Mrs.; €olc» ;iBa«lilwl:^p.?Siy^T ^yerl'HWiDR Barber; Miie^qvellB^. Kraipp;..; Mi^TV^eikiL ^ ^' Among the wounded the grentest sufferers. ^ Tvtro E. ; R. Baldwin, ‘ who had both legs tin)- ^ kon; Mi** Forcihftn. -Mrs. Cartwright was *oseverely brui'a^ And. fe,cut that her recovery wjib hardly thpugH^poa-; %•■• 8iblc*. The' others were hurt more or less b«- elt; vercly; but were, in no danger;' •;'/V; :: U1Mr; Charles Pctersilcitj an Estimable■.■citizen i ai muV one of onr first '• business' men,:,had been left at WuterUwn witil both.lega crushccl,Jand C) in a dying condition.i{o expired tliA ^ m£t t[ morning; • = -ljThe cause of the accident as stated to us by Mr..Robkrt Campbei.1i, ; of this city, .Cdiief|;n-Ergineerotlhe- Compaoy,. w.lm was on tlie lo: slt; comotive when it oeeuired,. was briefly as foU rl lows: The t«in was id^oiit . eight miles from ; Watertown, running’ u. the rate of, fifteen or' 0scyeutobn.niiles per h:cwr.^;;.Mr. Q. was look-: ^ iiig^ead;rou|^C tbo enginf^inclow; Aiyj*ob--sorve'ddi sinaff herd of cows pn. the left -of tho track-.v .As the train ajijiroacbed; them they ran inti) •„ the bushes,; find seeing there was likely to be no trouble on i their -account, 'hb turned his eyes to the opposite'; side of the crack just in time to’“see ,:n: large steer .com* out of-the- thicket on the right find attempt to cross the 'Arack about two; rods ahead oi -.thp engine. The engineer; who was on the alert, instantly shut oil the stennyoivd sbafcehedat the whistle strap to brake down, but missed it, rind before he cpulcV yecover hiaiaclf the •-. covr-catchor had struck the steer, rolling.the ; animal over and over, and :tmaliy.under the engine, which loft- the-track,;;anii running ofl’ to the right about sixty;feci:.topplelt;l partially ver in the .ilitoh andtstopped.,, The tender vas thrown ocross the track,' the baggage car was precipitoted on that, broken into -a thou-and fragments, and then followed the pns-onger cars, .one after the other, with a dull rashing sound, as they stove into and through trul over each :pt.her;.:; All this tools place in I ess time than would be occupied in reading bo last three sentences;-; When the ciiisli oc-mrrcd there was a momentary but appalling dill ness, followed at .first;‘by-faint cries,, and groans, tUeii by shricks/apd shouts' from thp' wounded and excited ^passengers, who were extricating themselves- from the ruins. The first person Mr. Campbell’ «mv after forcing ; himself through tho cab;window of the engine, was the engineer who was unhurt. The fur-mcelmd just been filled* with wood, which vns blmiug fiercely. and- fearing am explosion’*•* *1 _ » * * \ * v i *** | * m ' ‘ '■fr «...nt;■t;aptItatie■»»v -.iiivrxtatcul ♦ i*v ♦ 1*
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Oshkosh Courier
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Nov 04, 1859
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