Daily Republican., 1881-11-05
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
rye Anu -AILLRD LAST EVE.
MIG At CLAYMONT.
The Polly Of Atssmpt1ag to Gross
BailFSs1 Tsssk In front Of
~ Aps saehfaE Train.


evening, and fully illustrated the folly
Of attempting to cross railroad, when
there is train approaching. Two men
named John Quigley and William
Forwood, we're at the freight depot to
get some goods for William Casey, a
storekeeper at Claymont, they had fin
ished loading their wagon. and start.
ed up the road, which at that point
runs near the railroad track.
They had scarcely left the freight de
pot, when the whistle of the North
bound train was heard in the distance,
approaching at a high rate Of speed.
The men either did not hear the whis-
tie or were unconscious of their danger,
rs they drove on to where the road
crosses the railroad track, and turned
their horses for the purpose of going
over. At this time the train was but
short distance from the crossing, and
the tiagman, William Walton, seeing
their danger, waved his flag and shout
el with all his might for the men to
stop; it seemed for the moment as
though they heard him, as they made
motion as il they intended to stop,
and then without looking how far the
train was ON then, drove on.
AT this time they were but u few feet
from the crossing, and again the flag
ran shouted at them to stop, at the
same time running towards them wa
Wing his flag 1t seemed then as though
" sense OF THEW danger dawned upon
them for the first time, and that they
became so frightened that they did not
know what they were doing, al they
whipped up their hor9es and started to
cross the track, only few feet ahead
of the train.
They had scarcely turned on the track
when the engine struck them, and al
though the wagon was loaded with
heavy articles, it was lifted bodily off
the ground, and thrown distance of
twenty feet, breaking it into small
pieces, and scattering it and the con-
tents all along the tr.ck. The horse
nearest the engine was almost torn to
pieces, and hurled so violently against
the other ono as to kill 10 almost in
stantly.
The remains of the horses were found
scattered along the track for distance
of twenty-five or thirty feet. Quigley
who was sitting in the front of the wa.
ron was struck on the head and was
thrown sume twenty five tcet falling
between the tracks. Forwood was
struck on tho back OF the head with
such torce that his skull was complete
ly crushed, and his brains run out; his
body uas found about twenty-five feet
from the scene Cf the accident, and near
the body OF Quigley.
The engineer Immediately stopped his
train and backed to the fatal spot. Mr..
f. M. Lawson, the station agent at
ClayMont, assisted by the tiagman, ran
to where the men lay and removed
their bodies to the platform.
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
was Immediately summoned, but with
ont avail as Quigley only gasped onc'
or twice after being removed 10 the plat
form, and ForwoWi who was removed
to his home, about mile distant, lin
gered few hours, breathing his las
about II O'Clock, p M.
Coroner Weluin was Immediately
telegraphed for, and accompanied by
! Detective ,Tones, he arrived at Clay
mont about s O'Clock last evening and
empaneled Jury, who after viewing
the remains OF Qulgley rendered YER
dict, that deceased came TO his death by
an accident, and fully exonerated the
tlagInan and engineer frCm any blame
There WAS also embodied i'll the yer
dict a suggestion or Recommendation
+ that train signals be blown when ap
preaching the crossing in either direc
tion; that tlagman be kept constant,
at the Gro ,sing. and that gates be built
Immediately guarding the approach t.
tle tracks in both directions. This wa
in view OF the fact that the accidea
NAV possibly have been attributable, il
some measure, to the curvein the track
at Ulaymonf, although had the men no
lost their presence of mind, they nigh
vet have been living.
This morning. the Coroner and DeteC
, tive Jones again went to Claymon', am
, held an inquest on the body OF Forwoo'
who died acout II o'clock last night
The Jury after hearing the evidence 0
those who saw the accident rendered
verdict similar to that iu Quiglcy's case
Ouigley's remains were brought to thi
city last night, and placed in the dea'
house at the depot, where they viii
, remain until the Coroner can sScertail
from the officers Of the road, what dis
r pOsition to make OF them. Forwo0f
leaves a wife but no children, and re
, sided at Claymont. Both msn were SC
, her and industrious, and were wei
known in ClayInont and LinWood'