Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-02-20

yond, where 1t was lying on the side
track to await the coming ofthe wrecked
train.
The fireman Of the incoming train in
formed the REGISTER man last night
that the appearance OF Birchfeld, IS ne
drew near. was CHASTITY in the extreme.
He was bleeding profusely from several
severe gashes on the head and the
blood had clotted on his hair and lace
Birchheld came to Bellaire on the en-
gine with Booth, the mail agent. He
met with a severe accident near the
same place some time ago, from the ei-
iects of which he has just recovered.
OF THE BOWMAN FAMILY,
mentioned above, five children we're on
the train. On last Monday the father
and mother, with . young. brother.
went to visit friends in the vicinity, Oh
Woodsield. On Tuesday the father
suddenly died and in response to the In
t~elligence of this, the children were
going to Woodsield when the accident
occurred.
The baggage master, Steve Hayden,
and the engineer and fireman
ESCAPED USHURT.
The passengers who escaped together
with those not seriously injured, were
taken on to Woods6eld in the engine
and tender.
The list Of the wounded, as given
above, is complete as can be ascer-
tanned at this writing, on ccount OF the
lack OF telegraphic communication to
the scene OF the accident
AT THE s. TREsTLE
the scene is almost beyond description.
The four cars are piled together at the
bottom i'm the most inextricable confusion
and blood is scattered far and wide.
The view resembles d hospital scene on
a battlefield and the whole, lit up by
the improvised torches, is altogether
yierd and terrible. Here is a child,
unhurt, crying over her injured
brother, and there a mother, wringing
her hands and searching, agonizingiy,
for a missing child. Physicians are
busily engaged examining the wounded,
and all of the neighborhood, reused up,
is lending assistance. The track is un-
hurt, and the trucks of two OF the de-
molished cars are still standing on 1t.
THE Widest RUMoRs
were afoat in Bellaire, and the story OF
the accident, exaggerated by the uncer'
tainty which enyeloped the affair, clrcu.
lated like wild-fire. The greatest OF
excitement prevailed, and the streets
were full OF people all night. The
absence OF a complete list OF the IN
iured has tended toward increasing
the fear there, as many OF the cit
liens had relatives and friends on
the i'll iated train. The above
report can be relied on, however, as
true. Drs. Woodbridge and Satter'
thwait, of Bellaire, and Piper and Mitch
ell, of Glencoe, with the REGISTER rep
resentatiye, went to the scene OF the dis
aster on the special train from Bellaire,
and the latter remained until the latest
possible moment.
THE d. & 5. W. ROAD,
! though a new one, has heretofore en-.
loved a fortunate immunity from accl'
dents, largely owing to the care OF the
engineers, all of whom are veterans
During the building Of the road a trestlt
at Standing Stone Run, beyond Jacobs
burg, fell while in process OF construc'
ton and Bruce Capito received fatal in
juries. -,
A short time ago a passenger coact
was overturned on the road and Judge
VIM. Okey received slight injuries, these
with the accident to Birchfield, already
mentioned, and the present serious on,
are, We believe, all that have happened
in the history of the road.