This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: BasketLady420 Surnames: Meyer Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.meyer/3224/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Isaac Meyer (married) of Cleveland, Ohio and his daughter Birdie, age 5 are listed among the dead in a train accident. The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Train No. 5, The Pacific Express left a snowy Erie, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of December 29, 1876. As The Pacific Express plowed through the snow and crossed a bridge over the Ashtabula River, about 100 yards from the railroad station at Ashtabula, Ohio, the passengers heard a terrible cracking sound. In just seconds, the bridge fractured and the train plunged 70 feet into a watery abyss. I am not related to this family, just passing on this information which comes from a website called "Ashtabula Bridge Disaster." The link for the site is listed below. Joyce http://home.alltel.net/arhf/bridge.htm Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.