Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-22
ARALRoAD HORROR.
The Recent Collision nc Pittsburgh, rn,---A
Number % Persons Kiiled Outright, and
Many Others Fatally 1niured,

HlTIhhUN0Ht fust OCtOber lUs
THE frightful collision that occurred
last night at midnight on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, near the Twenty-eighth
street crossing, was more disastrous
than at first reported. Nine people
were killed outright and fifteen more
have died since, making in all twenty.
| four deaths, while as many more are
dangerously hurt, whom the physicians
say cannot recover. In addition to
these, there are large number who
are but slightly injured. As stated
last night, the first section of the
Walls accommodation, going east, left
the Union Depot at 1881 p. M, having
alarge crowd passengers who had been
to the city participating in the closing
| exercises of the Exposition, and to wit
ness the Democratic demonstration.
| The back platform was so crowded that
the headlight on the second section
following could not be seen. The first
section stopped at the regular station,
| Twenty-eighth street, where they were
| DELAYED on account of another train
which was in the next block. The sec
ond section came along at good speed,
but, owing to the crowds on the back
/ platform of the first section, the sig
| nal lights were hidden from view,
and, consequently, the engineer of the
second section did not see the train
| ahead of him until he was so near it that
| his train could not be checked in time
/ to arrest a collision, and the engine
went crashing into the rear coach of the
| first section, packed as it was with hui
man beings. Among these unfortu-
mates the engine buried itself to the
very car windows, in among screaming,
suffering men, women and children,
mangling all who were in its course.
| The boiler-head Of the colliding engine
was burst of by the shock, and scald-
ing water and steam poured over the
occupants of the car, as if bent on COM
| pleting the horrible work that had gone
before. tits impossible to describe the
fearful scene that followed. The means
of the dying and wounded and the
shrieks ofthose who hadlost their friends
were frightful. Word was Immediately
telephoned to the Mayors office for
assistance, and twenty-five policemen
with full corps of physicians and wag-
ons were dispatched at once to the
scene of the disaster, where they were
soon busily employed in alleviating the
sufferings of the victims and clearing
the wreck. The wounded, who were
unable to care for themselves, were
carried to the Soldiers Hospital, located
but a short distance from the accident.
The name of the engineer of the Sec
ond locomotive is Julius Huey, and
that of the fireman Rambo. Both are
residents of Pittsburgh, and escaped
injury, Notwithstanding they stuck to
the engine when it plowed through the
rear car of the other train.
Among the more prominent of the
killed was John j. Torley, who was for
many years connected with the City
Government and a politician of consid-
cradle note. One of his daughters was
also killed. j. II. Hetrel, an artist of
National reputation, was peculiarly un-
fortunate, three of his children being
among the killed One of them, a
young man of nineteen, who was pre-
pairing to enter West Point Military
Academy, died early this morning. The
other two, one of them being a beauti-
full girl of fifteen, expired in great
agony tonight. James H. Love,
the first engineer employed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad, lost two
sons, both of whom we're almost in
stantly killed by inhaling hot steam.
The Rev. Roup and his two sons, who
lived at Roup's Station, are among the
dead. They were dreadfully disfugred
by scalding.
A lady's glove was found in the
coach this morning containing the skin
of her hand as perfect as if it had been
taken off with knife. She had been
scalded.
THE STORY OF AN EYEWITNESS.
Edward Earnest, the watchman who was
on duty at the Twenty eighth street cross
ing when the collision occurred, made
the hefollowing gstatement tonight: There
was another east bound train on this
block when the first section of the Walls
accommodation arrived, and she was
held here until the other train could
get off the block. don't know that
ever saw train more crowded. Ev-
cry platform was packed. Between the
last two coaches 1 don't think it would
be possible for any one to have found
foot-room. On the rear platform of the
last coach you couldn't see the
platform for the people. The
crowd on this platform was packed SC
that no one behind could see the light
and when saw the other section com.
ing / knew there was going to be a col,
lision. / shouted at the people in the
car, and some of them scattered, but
before the breath was out of my mouth
the engine was into them. 1 dom
know whether you can imagine how
felt or not. There was, crippled anC
useless, and with all those people dying
before my eyes, for all knew. All
could do was to hobble around anC
shout for help. could have cried atmy
own helplessness. The scene must have
been terrible. After the crash-I don
know why it was-but it seemed quie
to me in all the excitement that wa
in. And there wasn't, or at least
didn't think there was, as great crasl
as one would expect. have heart
more noise made by the humping o
freight cars when they were beinl
coupled up, and the people in the ca
did not do much shrieking. l gues
they were half suffocated with tn
steam. Anyhow, there were a few
that acted crazy-like, and they wer
badly scalded, and the crowd soon tool
them away. 1t seemed to me that il
less than fifteen minutes all the injureI
were out of the cars and on the way t
be taken care Of
An URgallant SchOOI-BOy.
Barryville, Sullivan County, N. Y.
lies OppOsite this village, Its distric