Links
Other Counties
Dreadful Railroad Accident
A melancholy accident occurred at Madison, Indiana on the 28th March. It is usual in descending the inclined plane to detach the wood and freight cars and bring them just to the head of the plane, to wait till the passengers have gone down. In this instance the way was slippery, and when the wood car was brought to the head of the plane, and the passenger car was descending, the former accidentally got under headway, and running with great velocity, struck the passenger car and dashed it into pieces! --leaving four persons killed, and five very badly wounded!!
The following were the names of the persons killed and wounded, viz--
Mr. Bundrant of Madison, killed
Enochs, of Bloomington College, do
Bransun, of Wheeling, (Va.), do
Delner, of Brownstown, (Ia.), do
Roberts, of Madison, limb broken
Luekard, do do
Miss Craig, do do
Mr. Crane, of Brownstown, do
________, of Columbus, do
The dead were killed instantly, and the others have had some limb broken. Miss Craig’s was amputated yesterday afternoon.
Source: Spirit of Democracy May 31, 1844