The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-21

THE B. & S. W. RAILROAD ACCIDENT,
Our Bellaire correspondent telegraphed
Us Thursday evening that an accident had
occurred on the BellGire and Southwestern
railroad near Bethel. by which several per
sons. including Ex.Congressman DAntord,
OF st, Clairsville, Mrs. A. B. Caldwell, oil
Caldwell's Mills, and others had been ser:
iously hurt. This was about the extent Of
Information obtainable that night, the
scene OF disaster being disconnected from
Bellaire by telegraph, and the nearest
telegraph station being located at Glencoe,
some miles distant. The difficulty in the
matter OF getting exact information, gave
an opportunity for the widest and most
distressing rumorsto be put in circulation.
An obituary notice Of Mr.. Dantord, was
furnished, and the deaths oil several
others, known to be passengers on the
train, were predicted.
Two parties were organized at Bellaire
to 90 at once to the scene OF the disaster.
One which included Drs. Satterthwaite,
Woodbridge and others, took q hand car
and met the engine on the narrow guage
which brought in some OF the slightly In
iured passengers, and the other including
Drs. Kurz, Sanders and about twenty
others, went out to Glencoe, and walking
over to Bethel, spent the night in the
neiphborhood OF the accident. Your re-
porter accompanied the latter expedition
and cleaned the following particulars.
The afternoon train for Woodsield con.
sisting Of two mixed coaches and n coal
car, left Bellaire at $3.50 !. N. Thursday,
and while crossing tho 6" trestle between
J~acobsburg and Bethel, the rear coaches,
from some unexplained cause, supposed
to be the dropping OF a brake in front o.
one OF the wheels, left the track and were
precipitated 10 the ground beneath q dis,
lance oil about eighteen feet. The Goa
car was pulled partly;over and threatening
TO drag the engine with 1t, was uncouplec
andfell on the wreck below. There wer'
about forty passengers on the train and i
was supposed at first that many would b.
~seriously injured, but when they werl
extracted it was found that but n man
Mi, A. S. Wiley, who lives nes Burr.
Mills, was dangerously hurt. Mrs. A. b
Caldwell, before mentioned, had her col
lar bone and n rib broken, and Capt
Dapford had his scalp cut open and sui
tered some painful bruiseson his back ant
limbs. Among other PASSENGER
bruised and cut less severely, wer'
Mr.. Pannell, Of Philadelphia, seal
wound; George Brooks, Of Bellaire, lac
cut: MI. Henry Wendle, shoulder dislo
Gated; Mr.. William Trigg, out about hea'
and face Prosecuting Attorney Spriggs, 9
WoodGeId, badly scratchedj Mr. Bore
man, a book seller, Of Parkersburg, seal
wound. Captain Burkhead, conductor il
F., HAYDEN and Mail Agent Booth, receive
cuts and bruises, and out Of four brother
and one sister named Bannlan, who resid
I'm Beaver County, Pa, and were on the
: way to Woodsfeld to attend the funeri
7 of their father, three, including the sistel
were more or less hurt, one oil the brotl
ers having an arm broken.
All those requiring attention weE
kindly cared for by the hospitahle peopi
. residing in the vicinity and were reporte
as doing we'll last evening, Mr. Wiley b.
/ inc considered out OF danger.