The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-03-10
FRIGHTEUL COLLISION.
Two PeFpOns Killed and Many Kns
jnred.-NarrOw Escape of Hayes
aud Family.

BALTIMORE, March 5.-A collision
occurred about two o'clock this after
noon at Severn Station, fourteen miles
south of this city, on the Baltimore &
Potomac road, between the second
section of the fast train north, which
left Washington at 1:1O p. m., and a
. train of empty passenger cars drawn
by two engines going south to Wash
ington. The train from Washington
was made up of four Pullman sleeping
cars next to the engine and tender the
first was a special car chartered by j.
Wyman Young, of Shamokin, Pa,
containing friends of Young and citi-
Zens of Shamokin and vicinity. The
next three contained the Cleveland
City Troop, which was the special es-
corI of President Garfield from Cleve-
land to Washington, aud was return
ing as special escort to Ex- President
Hayes. The fifth coach contained Ex-
President Hayes and family and friends
The sixth coach was the special car OF
Jas. Mason, counsel of the Lake Shore
road, and A. &. Armstrong, an officer
of the same road from Cleveland. 1t
contained the families of these gentle
men and their friends, and was follow
ed by the baggage car. Next came the
special car OF Daniel y. Eeles, Presi-
dent of the Ohio Central road, and
President OF the Commercial Bank OF
Cleveland, in which were his family
and friends. This coach was followed
by car containing twelve horses of
the Cleveland Troop and made up the
train.
AT the time of the collision the north
bound train was going at a rapid speed.
The first Pullman car which was the
special car chartered by Young of
Shamnkin rpceivo6 tho shneI- of fIa
collision and partially telescoped into
the second car containing members of
the Cleveland troops. Young was in
stantly killed and the following per-
sons injured Edward Williams,
right ankle fractured; J. A. Weaver,
badly cut over left eye and ear j. w.
Simonds, cut on left side head ID. d.
Dermer, scalp wound; w. p. MeralI,
back of head cut ID. ID. Geiger, fin
gers and head cut J. Johnson, con-
ductor Pullman car, right ankle cut
porter OF Pullman car, leg broken.
None of the other passengers were
hurt OF the employees of the road
John Oliver, the baggagemaster, was
killed III. FreeburD, engineer, skull
fractured John Ungiaub, engineman,
head cut and badly bruised on the legs
and side Robert Oliver, E. NJ Skeen,
II. Dresse, Jacob Riders, Robert Ever
hdIt anu w dlDOlt, Train nanuS,
We're more or less cut and bruised, but
not seriously.
AS soon as Information of the col
lision was received here a wrecking
train was sent out with surgeons to at
tend to the wounded, which returned
to Baltimore with all the passengers
and wounded, reaching the Union
Depot between and O'Clock. The |
wounded were properly cared for and |
most of the passengers went to hotels. |
Ex-PresidenL Hayes and family went |
to Samuel NJ. ShOemakers. The pas-
sengers and such of the wounded as
were able left for their respective des-
later. None of the Cleveland
citizens were at all injured. None of
the cars were damaged except the first
and second Pullman cars, as previous
ly stated. All three of the engines
were badly wrecked. The officers of
the Baltimore e. Potomac road state
the empty cars drawn by two engines,
Was started for Washington with ex-
press instructions to lie over ON the
,iding at Severn station until the Sec ,
md section of the fast train from
had passed. That order
vas disObeyed, and the collision re- 9
ultsd. "