Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-05
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
\ Bi:Ak EMAN INJURED TO-DAY.

knocked From tho Car by il Girier.
This morning about o'clock John w.
Ross, brakeman on the freight train
drawn by locomotive No. 81, on the Penn
sylvania railroad, met with serious acci-
dent and narrowly escaped death, at the
east end of tho passenger depot, this city.
Several ears had been cut from the train to
be shifted upon 4 siding. Ross, who was
standing on the top OF the fifth car from
the engine, just rs it was entering the
depot, turned his head and looked back for
an instant to see ii the cars had been cut
loose. Almost instantly he was struck Oh
the back OF the head by the heavy iron
Sirder at the east end of the building and
fell senseless on the top of the car, almost
rolling off between the moving cars.
Brakeman Christian Shenk, who was on
the top of an adjoining car, haster ed to
MIR. Ross assistance and prevented him
from falling off. The train was stopped.
Mr.. Ross was taken from the car. carried
into the baggage room, where he soon re-
covered, and medical assistance was sum-
moned. Apart from severe conclusion of
the brain and consequent prostration, Mr..
Ross escaped serious bodily injury.
on. MORE WRECK
This forenoon between 10 and 4 o'clock
I rather serious wreck occurred on the
Pennsylvania railroad ut the Shippen
street bridge, this city. Freight engine
No. ia was moving slowly down the
track with Il train of loaded cars when
engine No. 2G, which was moving
somewhat faster, ran into its rear.
The cabousc OF the first train was
,.,,l
was damaged badly. The doors and
bottom of it were shattered to pieces.
Eugine No. :o6 was thrown from the
track, the smokestack, tender and front
plate were broken of, besides being other
wise badly damaged. There was long
gondola car next the engine and the tank
was thrown upon it, all of the wheels
being torn from both. Besides the cabOosc,
one car loaded with coal on the front train
was thrown from the track and the rear of
it broken.
The wreck did not delay trains but for 4
short time, as tho south track only was
blocked. Freight trains going east
pass e. over to the north track, aud those
going west had 40 difficulty. Immediately
after the wreck i telegraph instrument
was set up at the place of the wreck, and
was taken charge OF by Dispatcher Bark
Icy of the depot tower. The wreck trains
stationed at Columbia and Parkcsburg
were sent for, and upon their arrival were
put to work ut clearing up the wreck,
which required several hours of hard
labor
AS in most wrecks, the exact cause can
not be learned. When it occurred tho
tlrgman of the front train, us it was mov-
ing, was in the rear OF the caboose. 1t is
said that he attempted to flag the rear
train but was too late, as it was goin. ut
4 higher rate of speed than that of his
own. Caps had been placed on
the track below the passenger depot
and they were exploded by the rear
train. The tlagman OF tho first train
jumped from his caboosc just before it |
was struck, and by SO doing saved hi; life. |
The llagman of the rear train jumped |
from the engine when ho saw collision
was inevitable, but the engineer remained |
in the cabin and, although ho received 4
bad shakingup, was not hurt.
The wreck, although q bad one, was
not as serious Us it might lave been had
the trains been running at high rate of
speed. 1t is quite serious enough and
caused sufficient damage to give some Of
the employees an opportunity of laying off
for time.
DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
Verdict" Accidental Accident"
John Housner, of Columbia, whose
serious injury on Christmas eve has al
ready been noticed in these columns, died
Deputy Coroner Frank sum-
moncd 4 jury and held an inquest. After
hearing testimony the jury rendered
verdict that the said "John Housner came
TO his death from internal injuries of the
abdomen, the result of being caught be
meath 4 f,llinp car-bpl and 4 nile Of iron !