The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-02-11
Accident on the Allegheny Val.
ley Railroad.
Three Killed and Fifteen
Wounded.
ScRuBaRAss, February 10.

north on the Allegheny Valley Railroad,
met with an accident involving the loss Of
three lives and the injury Of several passan-
gers, at point abont eight mhes this side
or north of place called Blacks Siding,
,su miles south OF here. The train is a
mixed one, leaving Brady's at 1898 p. m,
aud is due at the siding at 8 p. IN. To-day
1t was made up with engine No. 81, next
eleven loaded oil cars, and last an iron c ad
passenger ceacb. 1t was 10 charge Of con-
duc.or James Bonner and engineer Samuel
Wsigle, and at the time of the occurrence
Of the accident was nearly thirty minutes
late, and was running twenty miles pei
hout.
The precise point of the accident is a
curve one mile eouth Of Rosedale, and when
rounding the curve, the fireman noticed that
q piece about four feet was broken out ol
one Of the outside rails. He no tilted the
engineer. who whisted for brakes, but the
warning came too late to allow of an effec-.
tual application of them, and the seventh
car Of the train, in passing over the, gap,
was thrown from the track, dragging four
oil cars aud the passenger coach ia the rear
down the bank. The embankmsnt at this
point is about fifteen feet high, and the
coach was turned once end one and u half
times over, and landed bottom side up out
In the river, and in about four feet of water
The coupling Of the oil cars broke, the tanks
which contaiLed about eighty barrels oil
each, large portion of which ran down in-
to the passenger Car and catching fire from
the forward stove, soon enveloppd the hole
car in h ,mes. There were at this tine
about twenty-five passengers in the car, who
of course rushed for the doors and windows,
and with the exception OF those killed, got
safely out, although a few of them were
more or less burned. Efforts which soon
proved successful, were nude 10 exuu,ui.h
the flames, aud then the budes of tne dead
were recovered, and the injured properly
cared tor by the company's surgeons anu
employees working under the direction OF
Col. J. J. Lawrence, Superintendent OF the
DAD, who fortunately arrived auou after the
accident occurred.
scRuBGRAss, PA, February 10.
The following is q correct statement Of
the accident on The Allegheny Valley raih
road which occurred this afternoon:
The Oil City accom- nodstion, with q
train OF oil cars when running on time near
Blacks Siding, ats o'clock p. M, o few
miles north Of Emlsntou, broke q rail-, aud
five cars of oil and the coach were thrown
from the track down the bank. The cars at
once took fire, but all the passengers eseap-
ed except three who were killed. The kill
ed we're Scott, q nswsboy aud Willism
Casey, said to be a sporting man, and one
unknown.
The injured are John L. Hanna, 81
Wood street. Pittsburgh, badly burned,
sent to Emlsnton; Michael Kane, Peters
burg, track lsborer, gone home; George P.
Riddle, Emlenton, lips cut slightly, gone
hons; c. W. Kidder, slightly burned on
the head, gone TO Franklin; A. G. George,
Of Housewife. burnt slightly, gone home :;
Mathew Collins, Hamilton, Canada, head
and baud burnt, gone to Oil City; R. c.
Coulter. Petersburg, burnt in head, gone
homr; j. B. Hoover, Franklin, head and
ha nds burnt, gone home; Alfred s. Hamil-
ton, Greenburg, Pa head burnt, gone to
Parker's; Harry Wilbur, Cory, head ard
hand bprn. gone home; o. Is. Singleton,
Parkers, slightly iojured, gone home
John Dehanty, Tidioute, burnt on head
and hand, will go home to- morrow.
The injuries to all are slight; except Mr.
Hanna, who is the most injured, but it is
hoped not seriously.
The track at the Mace of The aoci6aut w a .