Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-10-11

cts. The hospital is filled with the vic
TINS. Many o! them are delirious,
skreking. laughing, bowling, dying by
the tick'of the clock.
Two yoUng girls, wrapped in blankets,
jumped out Of their cOuches every iaw
minutes in the insanity OF their intense
agony, and danced around the room.
SUNDAYS DISPATCHES.
The Loss OF Life Greater than at First
uppossed-Twenty-One Persons Dead,
and Many Others Too Badly Injured
10 Recover.
PiTTsEUEGH, October l0.-The fright
ful collision that occurred last night ct
midnight on the Pennsylvania railroad,
near the Twentv-eighth street crossing,
was more disastrous than AT first report
ell. Nine people were killed outright,
aud eleven more have died since, max
ing twenty deaths in all, while as many
more are dangerously hurt, and whom
the physicians say cannot recover In
addition 10 these there are large num-
bcr who are but slightly hurt.
As stated last night, tine first secticn
OF The WalS accommodation going east,
lett the Uuion depot at I:3O l.. ~, hay
Ing large crowd oi passengers, who
had been tO the city TO participate IN
the closing exercises Of the Exposition
and witness the Democratic demOnstra
ton. The back platform was SO crowded
that the headlight on the second section
following could not he seen. The first
section stopped at the regular station at
LII. tl..,, ~t,.n
DELAYED on account OF another train,
which Was in the next block. The sec
ond section come along nj good rate oil
speed, but owing t. the crowds on the
htrk platform Ol the first section,
The Si9ual Lights Were Hidden from
the Men,
and consequently the engineer OF the
second section aid not see the train
ahead oi him until he Was SO near it that
lis train could not be checked in time
to arrest The collision, and the engine
went crashing into the rear coach OF the
first section, packed rs It was with
human beings.
ANON. .hosa unGOrtunates the engine
buried itself 10 the very ear windows
among tie screaming and suffering men,
women and ch,ldren, mangilng all who
were in irs course. tn" boiler head OF
the cUliiiu. ,ngine was pushed Oft by
the shock, and the scalding water and
steam
Poured Over the Occupants OF the Car
a. i. bent or completing the horrible
WORK that had gone before.
|, is Impossible 70 describe the fearful
scene tha, followed. The mOans of the
dyin. and wounird ami the shricks OF
those vino hal lost their friends was
iri.htiul. Wcrl VIZ. Immediately tele-
phuhrd to the Mayors Office for aid
and - policemen, with a iuiI corps OF
physicians and wagons, were dispatched
III once to the scene Of the disaster,
where they were soon buSliy employed
in a!cvating the suilerings OF the vie
tins aud clearing the wreck. The
wounded who were unable To care for
themselves were carried 20 The soldiers
Hospital, located but a short distance
from the scene Ui the accident.
The name OF the engineer OF the sec
Ind locomotive is julius lluey, and that
Of Tie fireman is Rdnbo. Both are resi-
dents Of Pi,tsbCr-, and escaped unin-
iurei, Notwithstanding they stuck to
the engine when it plDwed through the
rear car OF the other train.
Up to the present time, 9P NJ,
Twenty.onc Deaths Have Occurred,
as follows: Edward Bretner, Pitts.
barsh. aged -, scal'icd, died this morn
ing: Homer kcppie, East End, aged ~,
sea, lci; Margaret Jacobs, Pittsburgh,
a.cl -. crushed and scalled; John J.
Torl,v. Pitt>hnrch. aged ~, scaldcd and
hnrrrd; Katie Torlcy, daughter OF John
!. Tngi-v. a.ed l6. scalied; Miss Jessie
Simcox, West End, eyed lG, inhalttion
Of steam; Annie ". Schus,cr, East End,
ayri -, inh,lltio OF steam; Ml!-
ton \. Elwards. son ct Hon:
Malrnln Edwards, GG'd -, scatds and
inhalation; Miss Sarah Taylor, of Fits.
hur:E, about - wears oi ag", Inhalation;
James O'Ncal, ni California, Pa, aged
81 wars, died this morning from sCaids
received: Chas He.GrI, OF the East End,
WAS scaldyd; Edward Butler, baggage
mlSiCg, AGED II wears, crushed and
burned: Isaac X. Love, OF Edgewood,
/ Pa, aged Il wears, crushed; VIM. III.
| Love, brother Ot Isaac, aged ID years,
| sra'dtd and ir.hliul.y mutiliatcd: Mrs
/ Elizabeth Boyd, Pittsburgh, aged -
wears, inhalation; Miss RoSsnna Boyd,
/ sister in-.aw Of Mrs. Bovd, aged 70
vcays, inhalation; David Dallinger, rail
road cnuloye, head cut from body;
samuel ". Elliott, conductor, aged =!
vclra. crushed: James McMerhan. Dali
I las station, aged 80 wears sciIdcd; Nm.
| l;uuhadt, Fast End, died from internal
iniuri,s anil inhalation; Miss Winnie
lrg. aged l9Ncars. Firtshurgh, scalded.
Those dangerously Injured.
now in the West Penn Hospital, whom
| tine physicians say but few will recover,
az. a. i,lIowS: George Young, East
| End: Frank knsincey. Est End; jeff
/ i. MYERS, Frcwsbur., Chatauqua coun-
~. New YORK: Frank F,favic. East
/ Eat: Jas. Ilez II, Ei-ewool; II. W
| Back, Swiss va,,. Eob,. D;cSson, Swiss
vale: David Atkin, Cherry ann, v. Va.
| George Cummings. East End, Jas. Law
rncr. E,St End. Hugh MuliOon, Spring
( llAl. Pa, James Dempsey, Spring HitI,
! ~, William J. Smith, SpTirs Hill, "a,
Annie Quinn, Shady Side, Hiss Mollie
StineLaugh, East End, Miss
Matte TAYLOR, Eicewood, Miss
Mary Dawson. East End; Mrs. J. T..
Richmond, Edgewooi; Miss Rose Me-
Cabt, East end; Miss Kate Leslie, East
End.
Those injured painfully Iut not SER
ously are: Nancy Manly, colored,
/ Catherine Manly and Wilkinson Manly,
all 81 Waynesburc, Pa, and Miss Bes-
sic Ricmonl, OF Pittsburgh.
PiT7sRUIGu. October II, l a. M
/ Three uorc deaths have just occurre l,
swcl.ir. the list 20 "a. The names ni
two are Ella lie!zrl and Charles Biaci.
/ Tie other is an unknown man.
AMAx asleep at the top o! telegraph
pole was recent spectacle IN Boston,
lie was drunken repairer, who had