539

Cleveland Morning Leader, 27 December 1864 (5 inches) ~ See original
p.3, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

539 - L Dec. 27:3/3 - In a letter to the editor, J. H. Devereux, superin-
tendent of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh railroad, expresses the company's
gratitude for the aid and sympathy rendered by the citizens of Hudson to
the sufferers of the recent a scident, and states that cold and frost -
broke the rail, causing the accident. He says, "In the present case, -
the track at the point of the accident had been inspected not an hour -
before the train passed.... The rail broke from cold and frost...cer- -
tainly no finite power could have prevented the accident." . . (5)

Disasters and Accidents / Railroad

Index terms:

Cleveland Pittsburgh railroad; Devereux, J. H.; (superintendent Cleve. & Pittsburgh railroad); Hudson, O.