, 1874-05-04
RAILROAD ACCIDENT,
Five 0ars Upset and Burnt on the
Fort Wayne Road.
Several Employees Wounded, but No
Lives Lost.
An Open Switch the Cause.

Az tho Eastorn-bound Atlantic Express, whion
loft Chicago ut 5:f5 Saturday afternoon, Vas
within two milos aud halt Of Plymouth. 1hd'.
whore It was due ut B:60, tho locomotive, running
ns about twcnty-fiyo miles m hour, WAS thrown
from tho track by misplaced Switch. Tho train
cops]sted Of llreo Bloepors, tirst-oasa coaotl'
seoond-olass coach, 4 refrigerator car, Aaamh
Express car, and two baggage cara. All nos tho
throe sloopeEa and tho arHk-claas passenger wont
oil the track, tho rear cars being hoavier, break"
Inn tho conuocting-rod Of tho switch mud atop"
plug ehort.
Eep]iugor by nnnlo tho Aronan tWhoee natno
could not 10 lonrncl); Dnruoy, tho express mos
sengcr; Hoover, tho haggage-master, and two
bageagorner, Gray aud hicLean, who wore dcad-
hoadlng ride with him, wore oil moro or less
injured. Tho fireman and express messenger
were badly hurt, tho former boiug found solno
distance away ii, an insonsiblo condition. while
tho exprass messenger, WHO was badly burnt,
waa found with tho hoayy iron aafc piled on t'iH
buck, aud was o1tricated Just In tirno to escape
afs os sss ssa ap s,h sse
not 80 badly hurt but that ho could so on with
tho trim. Tho cars .woro pilod on top Of one
another, and tho shock caused
THE urgETT1Nu OF THE sTovE
In tho second -uaBs car, which instantly took fire
and burned 10 rapidly thai nothing could be
done to check tho 1amoB. Tho baggage car aud
pontonts we're almost wholly destroyed by fire,
only fyo piecos OF baggage being saved. Mose
though tho car was burned. Tho locomotive,
Nc. 20, almost a no" one. was completely dis.
ablal.
THE THREE sLEEpEns
and tho passenger coaoh wero drawn away by
freight locomotive and saved. Tho loss to the
Company Ia heavy, especially in tho matter OF
baggage. The General Baggage Agent, Mr.
Starring, loft Inst evening tor tho East to adjust
those Losses. 30 far va our informant could
learn, mono Of the passengers woro seriously in
3ured.
AMONG TIE PASSENGERS
On tho train wero alr. Pcach. tho Secretary Of
tho SQata- -Zeitung Company. Mr. Wm. Westlake.
Of Dana Westlako, with his vito and child, on
their way to Europe, Frank lawlor, and =. =.
Misch, who received somo slight bruises, he
being In tho forward borth Of the foremost
nleeper. Hoveral European capitalists, who havo
boon out West on a tour OF inspection, aud =
number Of ladies' wero on tho sleepiug-car. A
special train was sont out yesterday mornt.n3s,
East.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Special Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune.
hnU rnT noa dn ha{ Boioro Shas easnng,
ger train No. 6, on tho Pittsburgh, Fort
serious accident at Summit, 81 rnilea weHt OF
Fort WaYne. Tho train was proceeding ut tho
1R[e OF dpouE 5u u1lltA nn AoAE WuoH " IbACuoa
Summit, aud ran OF an open switch. The en-
Rine, two baggage, ono hmoking,. ono refrigor-
ator car, and ono passenger coach ran over thu
rough ground about 150 feet from the end Of tho
Switch Tho coaches caught fire from atova
which was upturned, and soon the train hogan
vanishing into smoke. Tho ongine, No. 219, is a
total wreck. Three Pullman sleepors, attached
to tho train, remained On the truck, except tho
forward trucks Of tho first coach.
Engineer Jacob Keplinger, residing in this
city, when he frat noticod tho open switch,
olutchod tho reverao- -loyor, but too late to aave
the train. When the cngino left tho track Kop-
ainger was thrown violently against tho cab and
rendered unconscious. Tho next thing he know
he was standing up alongside Of the wreck,
having only sustained slight brt1faes. The fire.
man, Harvey Slagle, had two ribs broken. aud
other ipjuiies Tho baEgnge-nnster,. YIN.
Hoover, aud express- messenger, name unknown,
received painful bruises. Remarkably, no ono OF
the passengers Hustaintd even q scratch. Tho
wreck WIS cleared away in about seven hours,
and the passengers arrived in thus city about 8
this morning, ''Rght aldo up NTH caro-" and
much pleased at their miraculous eHcape from
ntc-mortom cremation.
4 largo amount OF baggage. mail, and e1presa
matter waB consumed in tho fire. The switch Ia
said to have been left open BY Clinton Arnold,
freight conductor, but the latter declares be
locked it.