Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1874-10-14


THr LATE AoclpENy.-Thc Clarion
Ds~ssvs', 10 allutlng 10 W lats accidese vh,,b
occurred On the Low urads rAlIssad, al
haPPears the To-" Of life was much greater
than At first rsPortsd--four persons having died,
a"a other persons injured may no, recover.
Ar,9. v, Painter Of Milville, ;sallsa stour
ounce last Saturday aud gave US an account Of
inc catastrophe. lie was In the ftont passenger
coach, and jumped on just before the looom olives
struck. lie was silting BY the dor, and wss ihc
only passenger who got OUT hs escaped unhurl.
hs says the engineer who was killed, put on the
air brakes, reversed his engine, aud stood a, bis
post, and was killed while nobly dscharging bis
duty lie had almost suesssded in stopping his
'rAin' and had the oil train been equally checked
up the eoision would not have been % disastrous.
Meme Of the passengers who were In the pas.
sehs'r cars received any injury. siccpt slight,
bruises Doyle, Mcdonnell, Strong, and other
passengers who were wounded, had gouo iu,o
the baggage car. One Of them had a dog, and
TOOK the others In along to see IT, 1t Is doubtful
" the company can be held responsible for passen-
gcr' who were not in the proper place provided
for them. ff'f tfi 49,
gentlemen from Now Bethlehem gives us the
Following information Twenty Ave oil cars are
a total wreck one baggage car with express and
mail burned one passenger car wrecked james
E'ler, engineer. killed instantly Michael Kilian
sesldsd and died soon afterwards : Richard Doyle.
wounded and died same day; Harry wirtr,
wounded internally, aud died Friday morning.
The remains Of the dead were sent to their friends
II lii'rePorted that Johi sirosg. 81 Troy. one
OF the injured passengers died last Sunday.
The wreck has been all cleared away. The |
locomotives were put on wheels and taken to
Pittsburgh for rspsirs. 1N $50 0 jsisntl
MIR. VIM. Philips. Superintendent Of the Low
Grade Division, (as tho Benueu's Branch Ia nosv
ealled). made information last Saturday before
J. y. MeNutt, Esq.. Of New Bethlehem, against
samael Mcfarland. the telegraph operator at that
place who neglected to deliver tho message TO the
conductor Of the passenger train. The charge Is
neglect OF duty and failure to obey orders. lie was
arrested aud gave $4,000 bail Tor his appearance
at court It seems Mcfarland thought Of the
message just after the train started. and sent a
boy up to Faifmount, the coal station Just above
town, to deliver II. but before he got there the
train had started, and very soon afterwards the
crash Of the collision was heard at that point. )
The only two Of the entire crew Of the mail
train who escaped death or serious injury are the
conductor, Mr.. james @. Beggs, and the mail
agent A. c. Scott They were both in the mail
car, and were both hurled through the car win.
dow over the embankmcnt and into the swamp, a
distance Of hity feet. Mr.. Beggs received some
severe bruises. Mr.. Scott escaped with slight
bruises bu, his clothing was nearly torn from
bis body The escape of Messrs. Beggs and Scott
was, indeed, u miraculous one, as the mail and
baggage cars were hurled bottom upwards down
The embahkment, while the oil cars were hurled
prsniscuously upon them. These. .cars immedi-
ately took Gre and were destroyed With all their
,ontents. VT flkA II
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