Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1875-03-20
Run Off ON The p. w. & u. IL. IL.

#lS FxPRERd TRAIN wREcKED--THE LoCoMoTIy
4 BADLY DAMAGED - FOUR CARS ovERTuRNED-TH
ACCIDENT OF UNAocoUNTABLE ORIGIN.
4 A run of occurred on the P. W. d B r. Il.
3sl1ng the Folly Woods" three-fourths of
3nle this side of Newport, last evening,b by whicl
Bic Baltimore evening express WAS wrecked.
The first intmation which vas had of tho acci
hient was the
SUDDEN oyERTURNING OF THE LOCOMOTIVE
Ind its fall across both tracks while the trair
b.. running at about the speed of twenty mile,
b. hour. After its fall, the locomotive sic
3long for probably fifty feet. tearing III
n 3e track and bending the rails out of shape
une OF the rails were entirely displaced. The
locomotive was badly broken, and portions of il
Mere scattered around in all directions. The
3enjer turned completely around, WAS broken
s3tom the trucks, which were left upon the road
Del IN the rear and falling flat upon the track
3SSs jammed up against the bott )m of the en-
S5ine Against the tender was piled the forward
'ficas OF the baggage car Which, overturning,
Na- partly buried in the bank, it's forward end
lbeng abont even with the forward end of the
b. motive. The Pullman car, next in the train,
ga- also thrown upon it's side, the forward end
kigg
$MMED INTO THE REAR END OF THE BAGGAGE CAR,
ID also plowed into the ombankment The
20 following cars were also overturned. The
3ucas were wrenched from the baggage,
altnan and first passenger cars, and being
4lyen into one another were considerably bro
n The fourth car did not leave it's trucks,
N overturned. The five other coach
II of tile train remained upright, although one
n them was driven from the rails. The body
q the cars were not much broken, and all the
mssenssrs escaped unhurt, except one Balti
1preau who was slightly cut and bruised. The
HPfIuau ROmawb At ont abntlt tha hpa6 and
sfnl-ed about the body, but not seriously. The
- pc without loss of life IN run off of such a
otardcter is remarkable, and the passengers
vle freely congratulating themselves that such
- the case as they viewed the wreck.
% TIE CAUSE Of THE ACCIDENT Is UNKNOWN.
ue engineer says he saw no obstruction upon
~ track The first he knew of the accident was
~ rolling over of his engine and himself being
ttlnLled about in the runs. His escape was
E1hacuious The locomotive wheels we're all
prlect, and there were no evidences of brok-
D9ra which were Of steel. Some of the pas
lc4gels discovered q rail lying close beside
NJ position, perfectly straight and without
38ect, the bolts gone and fishplates which con-
plSd 1t with the others nowhere to be found.
l4s forced the conviction upon some of the
pessengers that the fastenings of the rail had
bfn removed purposely TO produce the acci-
14f We are not prepared to accept this con-
~ ION fully, for the spikes were all either bro
~ or bent in the rail, although such thing
Sht be possible.
N THE EXPERIENCE
Mtle passengers was the sensation OF a car off
~ track, then crash was heard, an overtnru.
M Of the cars and sudden halt. The ladies'
ehdvtd themselves well, and only one faint
a9fam WAS heard in any of tho cars. Tho pas
9eer. were pulled ont through tho doors or
e8mied out through the windows.
#upefylsor of tracks Fuller happened to be on
AReisllt train coming north, and was near New
p@ when the accident happened consequently
ny~a5 early on the ground, and began to clear
a$y tho wreck. Sending to Wilmington for a
xsRck-tian he overturned the locomotive into
aA ditch, replaced the north bound tracks by
E4Eo freed all the trains going in that direction.
nv switching off all soutll-bound trains to the
eqh tack at the junction, run them around
lns wecS and upon their proper track at New
Rq thus enabling an earlier resumption of
ENrl than was expected. The wrecked cars are
AZ wing where they fell, but the trains are
.knS time to-day.
Clas G. Rumford. +. L. Gilpin, and Mr.. Bid
Y, " Pusey Jones & Co., were in one of the
elturned cars, but escaped injury.