The daily gazette., 1876-08-24
THE SHEHlER'S RUN ACCIDENT.
Further Particulars
A TERRIBLE COLLISION.
FIFTEEN OARS DESTROYED.


FIFTEEN OARS DESTROYED.
TWO wILMINGToNIANs INJURED
FIENDrsH TRAMPs AT WORE ON THE
WRECK. ...E
The ACCIDENT atStemmer's Run, on taep
". 4 y. 4 early yesterday meraips, was
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wfapt in = deep siumber. be was awakeueI'
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pSsi!e side Of tie ear. Before ore Il as co could
wna nas haa taasn place sa the il
nov took fire. and he found himself envelop-
Cd in fames. AT this jancture. a man burst
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| vigorous pair OF arms and rescued him from
l the burning pile. Mr., schoen afterwards re-
lr2.niaed this man to be a tramp, and says
Il "Hos ho VIA AoVUi AAOIt 6Dub6 tEht unLOr-
tqnate class of men. to one of whom he overs
his de'iverance from q horrible death, His
arS n0 ssud Of
SION Of the left eve. About the other young
cir he knows nothing. 5ut thinks that be e.
eaRsd pphsIt, lhs FIRE vas caused ~. ~
position. at the time the &C cident oocu red.
He described the freight train as q total
wreck and from az iny.s!l cation made al s6s
aFle had broken, aud was the cause 81 ths
disaster. When the axle gave way, the ear
loa led with mercha noise broke down. and
the cars rushing fDIwsrd b. their 9w9 pomen
passenger cars caught fire. and for miles
around, the country was illuminated with the
lutid flames. Crowds of people soon gathered
upon the spot, and were anious to render any
assistance in their power. Fortunately how
ever, the only man said to be wounded other
| than Mr.. Schoen. Is the fireman whose ipiar-
Mr.. Schoen was taken to Baltimore, and
last evening was broughs to his home ip this
city. He is rapidly recovering from his in
| Tho cars destroyed by the above accident
gn addition to the new passense er cars) were
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
aud Ohio stock cars o.O4a and 6473; p. VI. 4
aad Ohio gondoias aiii PhiIadslphia and
sSpsSr aH M hs CAR Whh s
and Baltimore cars 3l5, $50, 1924 and 149S; the
two last named are log cars.
iAEoTHER ACcIDENT-A TERRIFIC CeL.-
LISBON.
While the compauy's employees were en-
gagged in saving the other portion of the train.
s1a IRON Ssaot ss
wreck: @ Il consisted Of % locomotive tive ~ sSS IA
about twelTe freight oars. The hands en-
ksged On it vent 70 york with will Vi in help
were sufficiently, cleared TO allow 20 10 psss.
/ II had just sounded the whistle and compep-
csd tc m5ye when the SO passenger sxpfess
speed. Owing to bend in the road, the
| engineer had no knowledge Of the
nearness of the train ahead. and BIC had
scarcely given thesignal down brakes" be-
4 Tl- Tue SECOND DISASTER
occurred. The locomotiys Of the expres,
ran into the rear car Of the freight with .
| Tremendous crash. doubling its smoke stack
into into atoms four q tie fIsisht cars. Ctssss
Bacon. of WILMINGTON, fireman. who jump
ed the engine on seeing the accident vas ter
Abercrombis. bS Su q news sag agent. had Ms face
badly lacerated. ,,t.-.-..a
WHAT TUE PASSENGERS STATE.
The passengers on the express who had NO
knowledge of the danger ahead. state that
the shock of the collision betH cen their train
WI Wmns.on sns asfh id Who Tsfussa mss IS
name to the reporter had noarly. all Of her
fne teeth knocked from her mouth, and Mr,
"a o sns aSa
and severe abrasion on his hand.
Several other passengers were slightly
hurt, Ofths train hands besides the one
jarsd Vas condaosos Osborn 'S Who e's was stand
ing on q platform at the time of the accident.
The shock pitched him to the ercund and
that his right thigh was badly bruised and
his land slightly scratched. He did not con-
slider his hurts as serious. A storekeepsr
named Walters. residing at Stemmer's Run
was injured about the back, and q .coiored
tramp who was stealing ride received several
hard knocks.
CLEARING THE wREcK-sERIoUs ACCIDENT.
At11.30 O'Clock the wreckers had the track
sufficiently cleared to allow the delayed
trains to proceed to Baltimore passed on her
way north, A trackman named Charles
Roberts. while assisting in moving the shat
tered locomotive Of the express was stru Sk IN
ny nost was %
his home in Wilmington on the next North
i THIEvING TRANPs.
While the cars were burning from the ef-
fects disaster a number of thieving tramps
got around and stole box of tobacco end a
bag of cotton. They were arrested at 10 o.
clock by Special Offer Stuart OF Stemmers
Run but allowed to go free on disgorging
their booty.
Bacon, Osborne aud Roberts are now under
the care Of DR.. Kane. at their homes in the
city, but none of them are severely injured.
except Roberts. who received serious inter
nal injuries. This morning, however. his
condition was quite favorable,
BY three o'clock. yesterday afternoon. the
track was cleared and trains.were running as
usual.