The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-12-07
RAILROAD ACCIDENT IN PENN.
SYLVANIA.
Several Persons Killed and Wounded

Through carelesOness OF the pres
agent or teleEraphers, the first dispatch Ii
relation to the following has not beel
iurniShed.-EDs
SECOND DIsPATcH.l
PHILADELPHIA, December CA dis
patch from Harrisburg states that W. W
Dantz, who with his wife and child wa
killed by the railroad disaster near Mif
t1tn, is supposed to have been recently
elected member to Congress. The frs
section OF the Cincinnati express was hal
an hour behind time, and tho second sec
ton, which ran into the first, ought Il
have been one hour behind 1t.
THIRD DIsPAToH.
HARRISBURG, December 6.-The engine
OF the first Cincinnati express was maEinG
steam badly, and when about q mile cas-
OF Mithin, the rear car Of the first tran
was run into by the second section
knocking the rear car on to the bumper
and halt way through the car immediate
ly in the front, killing the persons already
named. II Is supposed that they were
killed instantly as their bodies were cold
when extricated from the ruins.
II Is rumored that there Is another BODY
in the debris. The five persons injured
all continued their journey in the same
train. Their names are unknown.
The following particulars of the rail
road accident have been receivee here
When about one and half miles west o.
Mialn, the engineer Of the second sectior
In rounding curve, discovered the rec
light Of q train q short distance ahead, HI
promptly applied the air brake, and ar
rested the motion of the train. The sud
den checking however, parted the coup
ling between the express and baggage
cars. The engine and express car dashed
ahead, controlled by the break OF the en-.
gine alone. The accident was the imme,
diate result Of the coupling breaking
When the coupling parted, the rear trair
came to a stand still, but when the engine
became detached It lost the control OF the
brakes, and flew with lighting rapid
ity into the first train, which was
running the time at full speed, IS
miles per hour. The result Of the crash
was that the two rear pullman cars OF the
first train were violently driven into each
other, with the fatal results already stated
The rules OF the company are imperative,
that where two sections of passenger
trains are running, the rear section must
be kept at least 10 minutes behind the
first; to insure this the telegraph operator
are required to show rcd light for Is
minutes after the first section passes, as a
precaution 10 prevent the contingency Of
the first train losing time between the
stations, the rear brakeman is provided
with English fuse signals, which will
burn fifteen minutes under all Circum,
stances. These signals he is required to
light and throw of at frequent interv vals
whenever his train is found to be losing
time. The conductor is required to sec
personally that this Is done.
The officers Of the road are not We,
able to give any opinion In regard
to responsibility for the disaster, buI
have instituted searching investigation
WASHINGTON, December 6.-Mr, W
W. Dantz, one Of the victims Of the rail-
road accident near Mitflin, Twas an en-
ploye OF the House Of Representatives and
resided at Princeton, Wisconsin.
HARRISBURG, December 6.-Amenr
the wounded by the railroad accident al
Mitfltn last night were Thos. N. Syre
and wife, Of Elizabeth, N. J., and G. a.
Remey, Of indianapolis, Ind.