The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-04
A BRACE OF ACCIDENTS,
On the u. & o. Road ut .DenWOod-A WO.
man Ktttcd-An Engine cOftfdes with n
l,nfIInTealn

On the u. & D. Road at .DcnWOOd-A WO.
man Kttted-An Engine COftfdeS with a
Cattle Train.
Shortly before noon yesterday frIgbtiul
fatal accident occurred at Denwood station,
by which Mrs. Sarah Smith was instantly
killed. She lives near the station, aud has
son employed in the rolling mill at Ben.
wood, to whom she was carrying his dinner.
She was walking on the truck when a train
approached, aud she stopped out OF its way
upon parallel truck, not noticing that an
engine was right upon her on that track,
coming from the other direction. The en-
Gineer could not avoid the result, for before
he realized the situation the engine had
struck the woman, knocking her down, and
dragging her some distance before. bruised
and bleeding she rolled from beneath the
mercileSs Wheels
The woman WIS taken mp, but life was ex-
tinet. The o1ly visible injury was upon The
back OF her head, which was badly cut and
bruised. She had also sustained numerous
fractures OF bones, though her body was not
at all mAngled.
Squire A. L, Pelly impaneled corouers
jury, composed Of MesSrs. W. d. Long Vim.
Steele, Daniel Knight, Vim. II. Keller, ]. S.
Burge, Richard GQsney, VIM. E. Sharp, ]. A.
BanuuM, i. Goodwin, s, b. Craft, B. c.
Bartlebaugh and T. A. Taylor.
The jury, after hearing all the evidence
bearing on the case, rendered verdict that
"She was accidentally killed on the u. & 0.
railroad track near Benwood Junction on the
Sd day of April 1889 by engine No. II, by
her own neglect
The engine which ran over her was No. II,
driven by Lou Smith, with AilN-chcr US fire.
man. The victim, Mrs Sa ah Smith, was the
wife OF John A. Smith, and was about 40
years old. She leaves SIX children, pretty
well grown, three sons and three daughters,
two Of the latter married
She will be buried this forenoon at 10
o'clock, the inte,meRt being at Mt Calvary
Cemetery, east Of this city,
Shortly after the fatality the same engine
was crossing the bridge over the river, whetr
ut the ninth pier from the east end itCoIlided
with cattle train which was being showed
from the west end. How tho crew of the
train and the fireman aud engineer OF the
engine could miss seeing the danger is mex
plicable. A watcbman on the bridges saw the
trims approaching and signaled frantically
for both TO stop, but did not succeed in nj
tracing attention until it was too late. Then
q brakeman on the train closed his brakes,
but before he had finished the collision oe.
Cured, and he was thrown from the top of
the car. The engine was backing, and the
tender was forced By the momentum OF the
engine clear through the rear car Three
cattle were killed and several injured.
1t was some time before those still alive
could be liberated, as there was no ioothoId
except the plank between the rails Finally
III empty car was backed close up and the
ends OF the car were sawed out, letting the
cattle pass through. The cattle tIain vas
then hauled back 10 the Bellaire side. The
tender was thrown from the track and block.
AIDED the bridge until after four clock, when
1t was gotten of.
It is simply wonderful that the collision,
taking place under the circumstances
and in the manner 1t did, was
not followed by much more serious results.
The only explanation offered is that Il lgineer
Smith and Fireman Archer were engaged In
taking OF the former accident and neglected
their duties.