Daily Republican., 1881-01-07
w. G. Psnnypacker, OF this cl,y

Wbn AApo ~ bh0 cEi' n6 udu u We
marrow escspe. He had been sittii
| by the stove warming his fset and hs
gotten up for some unexplained re-
son. As no vacated the seat, job
Finn, the man who was killed, took
and was sitting there when the cras
came.
Mr.. Middleton rat q little to the rss
Of the middle OF the smoking car whe
the crash took place. The roof Of th
baggage car came back In such clos
proximity to his head that his hat wa
knocked of though his head was lear
ing on the back Of the seat. Had til
roof been two or three inches lowe
Mr.. N. could not have escaped with hi
life.
The most serious accident mex
to the killing Of AIR. Finn, occurre
in the baggage car which created sucl
havoc in the smoking car. Harr,
Morris, young married man residin
at 800 Madison street, was baggag
master in the car and was taken ou
with his thigh broken and othe rwis
seriously injured. 1t Is suppose d tina
q heavy trunk that was thrown upo
Mr. Morris broke his thigh.
Mr.. Bnoch Crouch, mail agent was
buried beneath the stove and a waite
cooler. George Herd the messenger IL
the car was badly hurt. Charles AL
len the engineer and John Baerengel
the fireman are both badly but no
seriously hurt.
Frank Paris and John MoClosksy
engineer and fireman Of the Bait more
Central train, had narrow escapes but
none on the train were b urt.
The accident was caused by tn,
switch tender neglecting TO turn tn
switch. He wrung his hands and wa
in the greatest distress over the result
Of his carelsssness. The switch had
beea left open to let ont the Baltimore
Central accommodation train for Phila
dslphis, which was to have left min
utes after the Delaware train had gons
by.
George w. Green, the conductor 0
the Delaware train, who lives at No
5o2 West Thirteenth street.. says that
hswss about half way through the
ladies first car when he felt the first
shock. The second shock coming i'm,
after, he was thrown VIC
lently down, cutting bis hand and 9th =.
srwise injurtng himself.
He got up and everything was in
confusion. No one in the lad ies' car
vas hurt, but upon going out he found
The two preceding cars badly wrecked
aud wounded people scrambling ont.
after he had got the people out he at
,nce went to work on the track, and in
/ short time had the two p. W. & B.
20. IS tracks cleared. Said he 1t is
.smsrkable to me how 1t was that 30
many passengers in the smoking car
escaped. ! orawled In there to look for
he missing and found that the roof OF
hs baggage car had, you might say,
glanced over the top Of the seats, and
With velocity enough to have killed
any one whose head was in
Is track. He supposed the switchman
lad forgotten the Delaware train en-
irsly, in waiting for the accomo-
Iatiou to go, and had his attention
Irawn from the train coming down the
main line.
1t took but little time for the news
( the accident to spread throughout
he city, and soon the office of N. w.
Iookin and other officials were besig-
d by anxious inquirers, some Of
Thom were relatives Of the train men,
nd others friends or relatives of the
assengers. The first train that arriv-
d south from the scene of the disaster
'as the 7 80 Baltimore train. The
sssengers Of the Delaware train came
n this, and we're taken down the pen
1sula by train made up in this city.
lis train brought also with it the
'ounded engineer, and others who
ere hurt. The train a half-hour lat
or brought baggage master Norris.
hey were taken to their respective
ONES. John Finn, the man who was
iiled, was taken to Chester, and il in
le hands of undertaken Minshall. An
lquest will be held over him to day.
fter which he viii. be brought to his
ONE in this uity.
As near as can be ssoertai ned, the
flowing is list Of the killed and in.
irsd
John Finn, aged As years, 600 Pine
rect, Wilmington, killed.
Harry Morris, baggage master, Madi.
~ street, above Eighth, thigh broken
Id otherwise injured in a precsrious
'ndition.
Charles Allen, engineer, SIS Z. Eighth
rect, injured about the leg and right
de.
John Baringer, fireman, thought to
> hurt internally.
Isaac Stevenson, of Harrington,
dams Express agent slightly injured.
Davis Temple, passenger, of Kentor,
elaware, slightly hurt.
Enoch Crouch, Of Dover, mail agent,
lightly injured.
George Hurd, messenger, Of Smyrna,
verely hurt in the back and cut about
q head.
James Monaghan, passenger, Will
iugton, slightly injured.
James R. Crippen, passenger, Will
ington, badly bruised.
William Polk, passenger, Odessa, Sc
Ously hurt about the head.
Frank Paris, engineer, Of Philadel-
lie, thrown from his cab to the top
passenger car, badly injured. II
Robert Fisher and wife, passengers, (
rown violently over four seats. The
fe slightly injured and carried out by |
n husband.
1t was thought that Davis Temple
.s SO badly injured that he coald pro- I
I'D no farther than this city, and the
.ilroad Company had engaged room c
+ him at the European Hotel, but +
wing only scalp wound he proceed
~, boy,,a r