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■ ^irbe. foilowng:islth^^^f^o; dead .asfurrvToCOjlb' ascertained;^ ;-r ? Tficron' Charles Pe-;terwica, \Qharh^A^i t** G^.;ciatEmer.som, Eliphalet Shorwood^ di /Oslikosh;., hi, J^Tl iottiiiz^vifceit -Stiit€9.Mcirsliil JohnBnardniaii)';^eHiwVMasdnivK^pye9S Isa-'lt;• 9-SicklesS6'f.| y,Forill'dujaCr. '•;;,tniuiJ.GLJJiItJJjOJGi:JSFKB»'^ ^viiar':stuiaiiif^•the,-platform ahd'wns inj tho' act nfjuinpinjfrwhen lie was! crush ed.between th 0 civra. •' 1! ewasl(^’vingtushead'and:^ioiilder8projectirig abovo, 'tliclir^’bjfr*ongnof Hie eyed- g oringwith 'deathly; Wdoou^es^'t an hdur to ‘ex tr iontc- liitii*::,4V.: • Vp xU -I!-::v.: •■•.' ::Jolm Liinti'of; Osiiko«h, -waa -not -supposed’ to‘ bo; fatiillyylnj ur^until tlio trai n 'reaehclt;iv Watertown ' .whcri. he almost instantly.expired^.'{Uf'b~-Mr-/GiUctt'was^ eauglit:jq. the wreck, andcrushed lnnfertrfuT ijVapner.. -It' tok ft 'long time, to exiiioato him, inridafter suffering inten«-ly for two. honrsj/xleatlv put fin end to- his. misery. -■ -The baggage cur \yas.:completily demolished:/; Mr. M.tf:-Thomas and J. B; Mason were in this ehrv was appa-. rently drpwneda^lio.-waa found. l)S on “® l*:Myback in dhe avater apart; trom- the .wreck, and;, g only a few slight scratches on his Aice-g.. j Mason was. haiiibclQit jh'sihe most J®orriblc5sc 10banner.llira#fc,wi cut - and:^ brnised so.;. . .. *... c ; \ .* ^ •••• ’!»•• . . •• * . -that he hardly, looked like .a hiirnhp. beings ami.. the stove falling on him arhid/the riiin« aclu-'ally;burned’a^holc m ihis nMompn so as-to'ex--poac his bowels and Rousting the inside cf his thighs wo^thc tlesh sloughed 0(1’ Irorn- the bone ! llis' clothes wer^e on.fire, when he was extrica-tcd and the .blood /flipwed. freely li-pm; his n;sp and ear?.:;;fo• witness”-the{Writhiisgs and :;c6n-tort 16ns .of t 11 isipoor mam -vras enough- to meltr. the hcnit' of stpWe, hnd affcer sufferirig the most1 exci'uciatiug agony for ovcr nrvhuur, death fell upon liim like a gvent- blessing as it vas. .-r'-v. • .!. T VlsiboHE.S^pw drFohd du Vla-cr Svas found dead in’the same-rl i tch ufniiiii ‘.niid y*atei*;lhat Uy S.'Marshall Thomas ; was. ,thro\yn: .iiito.— Jojin1 Bcvab DM;v^; :his ;:sri«-iT»-iiVTf, - was.'* not dead when taken up, Im t diecl soon after./ ;a0• E, I[- StCKtTis, .of; Fond du, I,acr lnul, his. legs torn off at the kriee^ an’d rcn^ained hlccd-in£,:woi and ikjldi^;t?H4M10/-was brdught. to AYatertown, .\vhei*C; hia moGlicd chunps' 'verti. amputated; he had first rate eounigc,, but was; chilled through, mid soon sank from exhaiis-4!/'« H intones .- ■ ; '
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Oshkosh Courier

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US

Fri, Nov 04, 1859

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