The daily gazette., 1877-07-31
A Smash up On the P.,W.
and BALTIC. Railroad.
Several Persons Seriously
Injured. a. a
TWO CARS THROWN FROM
THE TRACK. .r.'
The Acc dent GaGSGl by a Cow.

About 12.40 this afternoon, as the
south bound New York and Washington
express, drawn by engine No. 70, Edw.
Parsons engineer, was passing Brandy
wine station, at rapid rate of speed, a
COW attempted to cross the track in ad-
vance of the locomotive.
The cow, which was swned by Pierce
Gould, was struck by the engine and
hurled against the platform Of the sta
ton, after which she rolled on the track
between the third and fourth cars.
In twinkling the COW was crushed
under the wheels of the fourth car, but
the obstruction was so great that the for
ward trucks were thrown from the
track. The rear trucks followed suit,
and the whole car ratified along on the
ties, drawing the fourth car off the track
also. 90
After being thrown from the track the
two cars were forced onward for over a
hundred yards, when both were thrown
down the western embankmeLt,a "a distance
of about eight feet
The third car rolled over on its side
and laid parallel with the track, but the
fourth car was turned half way round,
raised up and forced directly across the
other car, as it lay alongside the track.
Both cars were stripped of their trucks
and they were otherwise crushed and
broken in manner terrible to behold.
The engine and two cars remained on
the track ahead of the wreck, and that
portion of the train behind the fourth
car, comprising four passenger cars, also
remained safely on the track.
In the wrecked cars, at the time, were
number of passengers, and after the
accident, all who were uninjured immed
lately climbed out of the windows and
clambered to the ground.
The injured persons were unable to
assist themselves, and it required the
active exeltions of outsiders to extri-
cate themselves from their perilous
position. The employees of Bowers,
Dure d Co.'S car works were the first
on the ground, and by applying their
axes with vigor they released five per-
sons from the first wrecked car and
three from the second. From the first
car they rescued woman ana her two
daughters and two men,.
The woman, Mrs. Slppley, of B .lti-
more, had her right arm broken, and
sustained severe internal injuries, which
it is feared will prove fatal. She was at
once removed to house near by and
placed under the care of DR.. Jones. Her
little daughter, aged about two years, was
scratched in the face, but not seriously
injured.
One of the men had his left leg
badly crushed and his head severely
cut. He was placed on the train un
der the care HS. Maull and Draper,
and taken to the United States Hotel,
His name was II. A. Wells. and he re-
sided in Baltimore.
The other man was taken from the
centre of the car where it was crushed
by the car which fell across IL Hewas
tightly hemmed in by the broken
tlmbers and it required several minu
nf hAr To fria L..
His mother, who had Sustained but
slight injury, stood by anxioIsly waich>
ing the operations of the men, and when
her son was released she threw herself
into his aims, while the crowd greeted
the affecting spectacle with hearty
cheers. The man received no injury
beyond a slight cut on his forehead.
THE WOUNDED.
The following is partial list of the
wounded:
Mrs. SuDpley, of Baltimore, right arm
broken, and injured internally. Her
little daughter was injured on the
head but not seriously, and her servant
Caddie Maiden, was also slightly in
jured.
Mrs. Cochran, of Baltimore, spine in
jured She is Mrs. Suppley's mother.
Mrs. U. S. Pollock, of Baltimore, in
jured in the spine and severely shocked
With the exception of the man who's
leg was crushed, the others were not sc
riously injured.
Immediately after the accident the en-
gineer ran his engine to the depot an,
notified the company's officers of the a.
fair. The physicians of the city wer
at once summoned and sent to the seen
of the accident, where they did all i
their power to assist the injured, which
by this time, had all been removed fror
the cars by the efforts of the crowd ths
mad quickly collected.
An immense crowd quickly collecte
at the scene of the accident, and as Il
news Rnread over the ritv frasb arr;ya