The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-05-15
COLLISION ON THE BALTIMORE q
OHIO RAILROAD.

An Emierant Train and . Freig ht
Train Meet and are Thrown from
| tho Traek-TwO fIrenen killed.
| Several Persons WOunded-Totai
| Wreck of Beth Engines-Fnli Par
| ticuIars.
] VIXEN we arrived at Bellsire this
morning we found flying reports
through the town that there had been
an accident on the Baltimore 81 Ohio
Railroad. At the delot we could gain
no further information save that the
$50 freight, going east, had run into
an emigrant train at Neffs Siding
about four miles up the railroad, and
that several were killed and wounded.
There had been dispatch sent to Bel
laire for help to clear away the dctris,
and for physicians 10 care for the
wounded. Procuring horse and bug
~ We started for the scene OF the disas-
ter. Proceeding up McMshon's Creek
about four miles, through one oil the
widest and most beautiful portions o.
Eastern Ohio; now past high hills Gov
cred thickly with forrest trees clothed
with vivid greer, interspersed here aud
there with the white blossoms OF the
dogberry, and the bright hues of the
red birch; now rugged rocks, ledge
after ledge high above us, sometimes
With cool, pure water trickliug down
their sides, then fordiug the creek,
whose clear bright waters are one mos
ment lost as we wind around
the hill, and the next they
flow through some green mead
ow where cattle are grazing.
We cross the creek again and again,
Sometimes a substantial farmhouse apS
pears, and again we see rude cabin
| away up on the hillside as though it
had slipped hslf way down and stopped
there. Then we see little country
station, q few white houses, and, in
curing, find that the accident was
short distance up the road. We walk
a few rods and
A FULL VIEW OF THE RUIN
ia presented to our gaze. Down
steep embaukmept on the side o. the
creek is one of the emigrant coaches
turned completely upside down below
this in the creek lies the baggage car
upon its side. All along the railroad
are strewn corn, machinery, coal, and
portions OF the broken cars; on the
other side OF the railroad track is piled
the ruins OF the two gines, 60 COM
pletely wrecked as to be scarcel y rec
ognizable, while the ground is torn up
where they ran into the embankment.
Scattered all along the track for some
distance are men, women and children
in all sorts of costumes, some OF the
men in coats made OF buffalo robes,
women in short pettcoat and sack and
with = bright hued handkerchief tied
over their heads, the baby in arms,
with a quaint little gown and knitted
cap upon it's head, all jabberipg away
in the German tongue. Down the
creek we see many OF them fishing
tn cir baggage, which seems all in bum
dies, out Of the water and hanging it
on the bushes TO dry as composedly as
though collisions were an everyday oc-
curreuce where they came from. Find
ing the conductor Of the freight train
we gained from him the following
PARTICULARS OF THE ACCIDENT
When the freight train 7l2, engine
No. Is reached Glencoe, she passed the
morning express going west, which
had two red flags displayed.
The conductor OF the freight train,
E. T. Smslk noticing the signals.
only saw one flag. The engi-
neer, whose business it is to attend
to the signals, trusting to Smalk, only
gave q hasty glance and saw but one
As one flag displayed means that there
is an extra train coming. but running
on special time, no trains give way to
it; and two flags show there is an extra
train coming running on regular time
and all other trains give way to it.
This caused the freight train to dash
on at it's usual rate, and just as it turn
ed the curve at Neff's siding the eDgi-
neer, George Greaves, saw another
train coming at full speed. Seeing that
nothing could be done to avoid co.,
lision be jumped off the engine, while
st the same time Smaik jumped of
the caboose. When first discovered the
emigrsnt train was only about elk or
eight car lengths away and in a mo-
ment the engines came together with
terrible crash, the force being so great
as to turn them off the track, and they
were thrown up the eide OF the bill
about thirty yards. For a moment all
was confusion, aud screams aud grosns
were heard. When the steam and
smoke cleared away it was discovered
that the first two cars belonging to the
emigrsnt train had been thrown off the