The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-10-11
DASHED TO DEATH
TERRIBLE COLLISION AT PIrrsBuRo
SATURDAY EVENING.
twelve Persons sealded aud MsnsIed te
Death-Two Crowded Trains Strike
Each Other and are Badly
wrtcksd-FulI List of
the Ipjured.

roada oave chean excnrsion rates, an
ha,L p;.,.L..aL "a Allanhon, c;,v wa,
oosn fi.sSuufsn ahu +aAskueH' S' "S'
1ammed with people.
The, Walls accommodation train was O.
its way from the city, and the Greensbur
.,.s;., ,...,, .h;.h h,or,ht Fxno0;,io,
'PeS.at .. s'atu' "u,'" % ~ 80
excursionlsts 10 the CITY, ioiloWed IL I"
minutes aiterward. There was some mis-
take In the block signal. and the Greens
-, ;.,e .ha wa1,. ooonn,no
ouiB SPeoiai ian ia'' tuo aus "ss".A,lS ~
dation, which stopped at Iwenty'eightl
street, the scene OF the great riot in 1877.
Both trains were badly wrecked. Eigh
,n..o L;,,od ond ,wont, no,oon
passensefS meie A'''eu anu s"ens' po'0on
were wounded, most OF them seriously
Several cars were demolished. Report
were aent 10 the Mayor that one hundred
people were Killed, and asking him to sent
a mi eoyDs of pbysjciana. Al this writip.
the town IL greatly excited.
1:15A.MeNine are now counted killed
and fiftv IN seyenty.fi va wounded, Amons
tbe killed was j. ]. Torley's daughter.
i. .3OA.M.-Reliablere reports now mt mine
dead bodies at me Round House and sew,
eral AT the Pennsylvania Hospital. There
Ia great excitement in that vicinity. and
neonle ara carving dead bodies away In
every direction. lust as fast as they did on
The night OF the great riot. In this way
the total number Of dead ia not likely "a
be ascertained tonight.
1:35 A.M-Tbe chances are that fifteen
at lesst are killed.
l:40 A. M.-Twelye people are found 10
be Killed. Among Them are DR.. Elliott al
Brinton. Pa: Ed. Butler and Miss Butler,
Mrs. James Bard, Miss Lizzie Bard. James
lawrence and Mrs. Boyd. At least FORTY
persons ara wounded. the most OF whom
viii die.
F. H. Anderson was scalded till the
f,esh has peeled from his bones in
many pIac.s. He ia still living mi enl,
not recoyer. Many Others were nearly II
mot fnlly as badly scalded. but their names
can NOT ha ascertained.
2.I5 A "A large force Of workman
were Immediately placed at work remoy.
;no the bodies and clearing ont the wreck.
The scene was even more heart.rendinp
than tbe terrible scene at the July riots In
1S77 Hundreds of people gathered at tbe
oates of the round.house, shrieking for
sdmission. and shouting for loved ones
m;ss;no whom ,hev knew were on the m.
iatsd ,sa;na
Tha ;nan;mate iorms of two beautiful
oirls twenty wears Of age. are laid side by
side mntilated most terribly. while around
the f,oor were scattered manrled bodies OF
Sao5 and av;no filing the ar with an r;eks
and moana
Tha add;,ional daad and wopnded ara
1obn Wilson and Fdgayd Rnrk whose
head wss Snlit in twain.
Among tbe fatally ininred are Catherine
Manly. Sonncjlman IL. Torley. an init.
ma,a i,;end of Snnerintendent Pitcairn. Of
tha pannsv,van;a railroad. Kate Torlev.
Ann;s on;nn Ella He,zel Ed Printer
M,a Rpmnnd Ressie Rpmund'
Ka,;o Ieai;e Rose McCabe. Mrs, Nancy
ManIy Mary Ste;nhauvb MAGGIE Jacobs.
Thao Tnrnsv MAGGIE MeDonoupb. MARY
nnnn sah;ra McDonopgbn. Robert Dixon.
ganry Kannell Georre p. Onmmings'
Geor9a Yonne Frank Kemsin9er. George
Eans;s and Mattbew Mccall
% The en,;ra @ STAFF oi the West penpsvlva.
no Hosn;tal and ali the citr physicians
a 70 NOW administerinp 10 the manned and
dsine whila othars are SUFFERING from
~, bs ,orn irom their sockets. The Hos.
ni,aj h f;Iied with The victims. MANY OF
p,." iha,, 20 orc ds,i,;ons sbrieking. lauvhinv.
howI;no diving nv The tick OF the clock,
n9% Tma =, Sorna nae s;ris wranned In blankets,
;rmnsj ont ~ their eouches every few
min ptes in The Insanity OF their intense
AGONY and danced around the room.
The Superintendent OF the Pittsburgh
division has started an investigation as to
the cause Of the disaster, but nothing de'
Unite pas ossh ,ss1 hs ee.su snenear and Sremap
col,ld not see the red light on the rear Of
the frst train, on account OF a crowd O
men and women standing on the track
wh9 OPS ,fsq sndaeson taeaf ,i nt Gambridpe Ohio
who was badly scalded, SAYS when the en-
CINE plunged into the car be was sitting al
the end with his sister ae pa. s,aaa his arm
arouna het ds.i " so ,n'' sea % hroLe ions a
Hs &C caught hold OF q woman
and succeeded IN crawling through
window and hauling her ater MN, Wnei VIZ,
he found TO his horror lhat ne hau palie. p1.
out the mang!ed corpse Oh an eluetl.
woman, instead OF ms slster. az TINS nIu u
Miss Anderson Is SUI missing, anu ne s,
brother dreads that she ID outiea III sn'
debris.
0cr. 1oT2 A. M'-Keliaoie news pace pace,
Twelve killed and p Sen tn.f anu ,srrbI
sealded; some were s9 pau,y scA'ueu 'na
the flesh peeled oil their bones.
MORE DISASTROUS THAN REPORTED.
ptrrSRuRsH. October lO.-The frightfu
.n:.,Sa 49,. ooon,.sd loat ri,bt AZ mid
colisioh .aa' oseu'i.u 90" So = w as
night on the Pennsylvania RAILROAD, nea
the Twenty.eighth street crossing, wa
mora disastrous than at first reported
uI, Mo'o .'S. S-",S - - .;,,aa or,,;,h. an
Nine people were k"'eu out'su' -. :.
eleven more have died since, making
all twenty deaths, while as many more 81
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