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Terrible Disaster oxiMe Pacific Railroad,■ • ■ • v. “r • ,r.^_ •, :• •■ .~~y;.■ V*V 4 • ^*lt;v - V; ' -life -r :V : • * “'MessrsV-Rumcitizens Of l5t.;e ven i ng ivU^^e^m^la nfcKoly i htelU^ejiajJof a terrible d isaster w hich dft acificRailroad yesterdav, between one and ivvbo*-dock, P. M., to the excursion^City, We have no lahguage at comniantPto express our feelings. Never did we recei ve 6*’8aof:e-eu \ in n $ to9 •have occasion to record more shockingJ alelli-•': .. .* . '• °.....• r- : -» ■gence.is-HShe2S. 10 to l to sfc, the he ss,the ted theforroomav-thee\vThe gentlemen who bring . the sad tidingswere on their way to the ci ty as passengers on the Ben Bolt, and saw the traio of cars pass u p wi t h t he coro pa ny on board, and exchangecJ salutations. The boat soon came to a landing, and the train proceeded on to the Gasconade river, about eight miles distant; Before the-boat left the landing, a locomotive which had:; followed the train for the purpose of rendering assistance in case of accident or of seeing tbax^: all was right along the road, caroe back from the river with the word that the bridge over the Gasconade, standing thirty-five feet abbve the water, had broken down while the trainfwas crossing, and that ten or eleven cars withI their oocupanis had been, precipitated iinto 20-ine' feet water. “i’as j The consternation of the men with the lo-.e co motive was so great that they coulcl bareiy -announce the fact, only adding tbit they, thought .at least one hundred and fifty had got a“ ! out of the cars to walk over the bridged There r S were probably five hundred persons in the company. Two of our military companies were along—the Grays and the National Guards JV” —as were also many members of the press, -ky I and private citizens.The locomoti ve ca me down to 1 he. train”1® | bound for St. Louis, which was irainbdiately *ns taken by the Superintendent and his -men back to the scene of suffering, and may have be?n the means of saving many lives.inS j Messrs. llumbold and Bishop at once pre-mej vailed upon the ticket agent and engineer, at ion Hermann, to come immediately to the city with the news, which was consented to* and a locomotive and baggase*car were dispatched de- j on which our informants look passage to bear'his j the mournful tidings to the friends who had,■vas j with joyous hearts, but just before an it w tv :ase j bid fathers, brothers, husbinds, and iissociates pot j God speed, and regretting that they themselves had - were not of the party.ors | The eentlemen deserve much ere lit for the ken j promptness with which they acted in getting j to the city with the heart-rending news. They also state that the Ben Bolt would !ay-to at Millers landing until something more;was !. ! heard from the scene, and hold herself in readiness to take on the wounded, and bring them rep- to chy. The Polar Star was also expected along every moment, and would of course stop jat IJermann, where it would be in her power , Qf | to render assistance, which we hope has beencan 1 case-tjle j As we are writing, we hear that an expressthat i lra*n has gone up the road, and we defer anyads I father statements or comments until'itsreturn,i'or until intelligence is received by some otherleni ■ t , o jj channel.j Later.—List of Kill'd and Wounded.—Bead.\ Rev. Dr. Ballard, B. B. Dayton, E. G. Black* j burn, Henry Chouteau. Mann Butler, Gapt. jyur | 0‘F(aherty, Thos. O'Sullivan, Thomas Gray, ;n | Judge Lackland, E. C. Jeflfrees, Rep. Franklin \on- i county, Adolph Abies, M. Mott,Rep. Dunklin county, Mr. McCullough, of Dunklin, Capt. that I f*'* E, C. Tosti (firm of Shields Yosti), mtil ! y°seph Harris, of St. Louis county, Chappell, father of J. T. Clrappell, George Ebeele. Our informant thinks there could not have been less than iwentv-five killed.V M r—Jromafts rec-ou r2 ml,‘de-next.»r the t re-ss tot the n or-idianrew-y gun sixty rrew-: thetlves Wounded.—Geo. K. Budd, leg broken; Dr.tie.*) j Post, leg broken; Hudson E. Bridge, slightly ite a \ injured; Mr. Taylor, firm of V/a rren Mer-ted [ rttt. leg broken; engineer, badly injured; a mem-y, is | her of National Guards, ieg^brpm; Thos. C. ihing | Chester, badly hurl; Mr, Littlejohn, badly ° hurt; Mr. Layton, Representative of Perry county, badly hurt; Carlos S. Greeley, sligntly injured; John Leach, slightly injured; L. M. Ivennett, slightly injured.The following wounded have been sent to Uni-! the Sister’s Hospital: Ileber Livermore, leg broken; Wm, Edge McClea, of Cape Girardeau, leg broken, Mr. Moore, of St. Genevieve, badly wounded by fractures—will die; Mr. Jecko, firm of Hart Jecko; Henry C. Hart; Rufus Iv. Lewis; Mr. Griswold; Frank Lane, leg broken; Mr. Hitchcock; John Parker; J/ a .ichardson; Capt. Couzins, badly hurt; J. B. Carson,do.; Mr. Roberts, paymaster; do.; J. M. Wimer, do;. Peter Brown, of Jefferson, do.; Mr. Radcliffe, brakeman, do.; Jos. ; White, iddle j Representative from Ripley, ieg^hfpken; F. L. Billon, arm broken; Mayor King, badlycut; Col. D. H. Armstrong, do; C. D. Sullivan, arm broken; Dr. Vanzant, bcidly hurt; Mr.Hendle, druggist, badly hurt.Doctors McDowell and McPherson were I fortunately among the guests, and gave their with f best skill to the alleviation of the wretched sufferers. It was impossible., however, for them to apply bandages and rese;t limbs under the circumstances. The accident occurred Cou*! where no houses are to be seen—in a wjld for-vice« ! esi—am during the time a hea vy storm of rain,! jgt * | accompanied with thunder and lightning of ;toi; I the most vivid description, fell wlthoutinter-;-hasl mission*Couriers were dispatched forthwith to Hermann for another train, and in an hour or less, ihe wounded were in comfortable caisson their way to the city.It was an awful spectacle—c*ne that appals the stoutest heart—the dead a od dying lying without shelter, save that afFobted by the bandof friendship or philanthropy, exposed to a lytroi Ptfiless storm, and supplicating the succor of 1(l fry the more fortunate. .*,r j For most of the above list rreare indebtedlions 1to a from the Republican.erica, I\ ttUigencer.Thisrench Nic -riz^tl,9.lajes-) the i andnewt re-ntml id bvmrotec-voiu-B Y E X? R S\r :will From Philadelphia and Gittmhairl
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Newburgh Warrick Democrat
Newburgh, Indiana, US
Tue, Nov 13, 1855
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