The Worthington advance., 1879-01-02
BEIVEEE TWO TRAINS,
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Another terrible railroad accident occurred
in Jeffersonvlle yesterday, resulting in the
death Of Pinckney G. Schel worthy and
estimable young man of that place. The
particulars are rs follows: About 6 o'clock
the early freight tram on tho j., M. & 1.
railroad, iii charge Of ycung Sohell, left the
Jefferson yard for this city. The train was
so heavy that two engines were required to
hantle it-one in front to pull and the other
| to shove, rs is the custom. The engine in
the rear OF the tr'tin, the Tiger, was in
charge of young ScheIl. When tho train ar
rived at the bridge fill. on the Indiana side,
steep grade at that place. Just then Schell
discovered that the O. & NJ. passenger train,
backing over to this city to go out on its
regular morning run, was close upon him,
and he gave the clarln by whist
ling down brakes four times. For
some unaccountable reason. no atten-
ton seemed to be paid by the
employees of tho approaching train, and it
came tearing down upon the jeff. train
which was standing still. Young Schs Il and
his fireman, Ed. Perry, could not help but
see that collision was inevitable, and the
latter jumped from the engine and escaped
unhurt. Schell, however, strange as it may
appear, remained on his engine. The crash
came, the rear passenger coach of the o. and
N. train striking The tiger. There is no
water tank attached to this engine, there
being only q sheet iron box to hold fuel. with
no trucks under it. The concussiou. was SO
great that the trucks of the box car next to
the tiger were run under the fuel box, while
the body of the car was forced on top and
forward to within six inches of the bulkhead
of the engine. Schell was caught between
tho body of the freight car and the bulkhead
Of his engine. It was horrible. His left
knee was crusfrd to pulp, bis right leg
below the knee mashed to Jelly, his hips
crushed, and otherwise injured internally.
He was wedged fast in space of a few
inches, and the agonizing cries of the poor
injured, dying young young man were pite-
| GUS in the extreme. It required hard work
for an hour to relieve him from his terrible
situation. DR.. T.. A: Graham, of jefferson
vile, had arrived in the meantime, and after
! has;y examination pronounced the in juries
fatal. The injured man was taken home,
| where, after suffering intense agony for sever
| al hours, the opiat. administered not having
| the desired effects, death came to his relief.
He was fully conscious, and gave as a reason
for not jumping that he did not want to
leave his engine. The deceased was urmar-
ried, and ouly IS years of age. He was a
good boy, and tne sad news of his death
caused universal regret in Jefersonville,
where he was so well and favorabiy known.
He has been in the employ of the JetI. road
since 1861, and was regarded as safe and
careful man in his business. He was Vice
Dictator of the Eureka Lodge, Knights of
Honor, and will be buried by the members
| Of that order.
The coroner of Clark county summoned a
| jury and viewed the body of the deceased
yesterday at noon. The inquest will take
place day.
| Frank Wilson, an old engineer on the Ohio
& Mississippi road, was in charge of the en-
CINE at the time of the accident. William
McCleary was the bridge conductor of the
train. 1t seams to be the general opinion,
from the present facts in the case, that the