The daily gazette., 1877-07-16
FIRST EDITION!
A Smash-up at the Tunnel

ACCIDENT TO THEME YORK EXPRESS
Two MEN KILLED, AND ONE Sc
RIoUsLY INJURED.
Ol Saturday evening, the New York
express, which leaves this city at $40 o.
clock, met with a serious accident at
Thirty-second and Market streets, Phila-
delphia, just as the engine was drawing
out of tunnel.
The regular engine was detached at
Gray's Ferry and the drilltr, in charge of
Daniel Eager, engineer, hauled the train
up the Schuylkill and through the tunnel
between Chestnut and Market streets at
ordinary speed. When nearly 100 feet
from the northern entrance of the tunnel
opposite the baggage room of the depot,
in the deep cut, The engine suddenly Slip
ped the rails, and, bounding along over
the ties for short distance, turned COM
pletely around and then capsized. A pos
tai car, which was behiEd, was torn from
the rails and dashed over the locomotive
and into a shanty and platform to the
right, while the passenger cars were
brought to with jerk. At the moment
the engine jumped the fireman, Joseph
Miller, caught hold of Samuel Hazellon,
messenger boy employed at the depot,
and quickly flung him up ON tho stones
OF the the embankment, out of danger.
Eager the engineer, leaped from the en-
gine moment later and saved his life,
but sustained severe injuries. Miller was
in the act of jumping of when the engine
capsized, burying him among the burning
Goals that escaped and killing him in
| stantly. The other occupant of the en-
gine was man named Samuel j. Frame
whose leg was nearly severed, below the
knee, from which injury he died shortly
after noon yesterday IN the University
Hospital, where he was taken. The clerks
in the postal car, James w. johnson, of
Cecil county, Md, and John Steik, of
/ Philadelphia, escaped with slight bl uises,
and the passengers suffered nothing great
er than sudden jolting and panic. Be
fore he left his post Eager put on the air
brakes, thus helping to stay the cars. As
soon as the postal car passed over the ELI
gine there began a loud roar, occasioned
by the escape Of steam, coupled with
which were confused exclamatons of the
excited passengers, and before many
minutes a large throng of people had
gathered around, both in the deep track
way and on the banks.
The victims of the accident were re-
moved from the wreck as soon as the
situation was realized. Masses of red
Goals were found around Miller's L cad
and when Frame was extricated his leg
hung by shreds. He bore the pain with
surprising tortitude and sat on the plat
form for quarter of an hour, paying
more attention to the wreck than to his
wound. In the midst of the excitement
the passengers were directed into the de.
pot, taking the 1856 train thence to New
York. The work of clearing the track
was so far completed by ten minutes to
ten o'clock as to permit the passage OF
the Richmond express, which was delay.
ed one hour, Early yesterday morning
the engine and postal car were removed
and new rails laid in the place of the
twisted and broken ones from which the
engine was thrown. Miller was a mar.
ried man, aged tweDty-six years, an6
lived at Thirty-siXth and Sycamore
streets. He has been an employee of th,
Pennsylvania Railroad Company foi
about three years and was good fire
man. The other man who me this death
Frame, was not connected with the rail
road, though former employee of thu
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimor,
Company. He got on the engine a
Gray's Ferry, as he had done on severa
occasions prevsousy. He was young
unmarried and lived at Thirty-eightl
street and Darby road. Eager, who wa
; doing well yesterday, hyes at Wyoming
and Bell streets. The Coroner was mott
fed on Saturday night of Miller's dealt
and yesterday afternoon of Frames
Nothing positive is known regarding
the cause OF the accident. The leap o
the locomotive occurred between froj
and switch. The former was found L
be all right after the mishap as was ais
the switch. The depot-master and sew
, say that they saw the switchman perform
. his duty when the train was signaled.