Daily Republican., 1882-08-23
FIFTH EDITION
Two FREIGRT IR1TNS co7
An Accident On tha O
Road This Molninx-The' 'Isals H"NN
meer severely Intnr.H AnEi~

An Accident On the n.,
Road This MORnInx-Ths h'HNals y
neer severely IDIured AhEl-
Between 8 and O'Clock tbisu
an accident occurred on the nnaSoning
Division Of the P.W. & B gPelSNars
which came near being attsndaSa aHSallFoad
fatal results to the fireman S%S with
neer. AS it was the accidant SUI enVi.
GUS one: The circumstanCss" "S' of a seti'
fair as far as could be learned al ara 'ss ss,t a,
Shortly after midnight last r,.,.
freight train, known az tha "a nlg1t q
press Freight, LETT this city ris poina Et'
on the Delaware railroad. n iHSIT aS south
half.hour thereafter another "SOgI a
train started down the same rood dtreglt
William P. Morgan as eppinsSs u' With
When the first train arrived =. ~,
wood, running with ordinary S~Sla ~ hltk
train parted about the centre rSNoutas 20
breaking of a coupling. ThS " iOs
proceeded on for some distance engine
balance of the cars before fTV II wl1atAa
ticed that the train had become ESs Sss,It 10
ed. When they discovered the Ss.aSl' cs.SS
ty the engineer reverfed his snSiHS S r"'uA'
started back, but before he ar,; ,ue ald
time to warn the other train i, 10
laundering along, and before N, zane
gan could stop his engine II crasboSGS Il SSl'
to the rear car of the forward D't t,.I' ~
with great force. U "aN
The engine was totally wrOcL,,
gether with eleven freight soO cSss %,
how Mr.. Morgan escaped instant a'I aae
is a mystery. The fireman OftSs a'aa
gine seeing that the collision vss ' 70 ~
minent, jumped from the enuins u! ~,
thus escaped with few slIUbt U 6sn,Aa Saa
while Mr.. Morgan stuck to bis u suI
with his hand on the throttle IN nDtiI STsIs NJ
engine struck, thus placing his a IN W. y
jeopardy in order, If possible, 10 V aVd
the accident. "''uQ .
By 30 doing he was terribly s,,,a,
about the face, hands and peck % Sv !,
Gaping steam and had his ri0ht ~. 70
broken near the shoulder, bssIds ~ y.
tanning numerous other bruises NJ. ~
the collision he managed to cr,v1 1 v.
from his perilous position and V,,s W
moved from the scene by the traIDn''
one of whom hastily went for a nSv.
clan, who arrived and dresri NJ,
wounds. The affair was tsleUDhJ.
this city AMI the wreckiug csr TSiw
mediately dispatched to the scsp'dS,
collision, about 800 yards ibis ijsJ
Kirkwood station.
In conversation with a psntsm,,
who saw the accident after it OSuuI
he described 1t as being one oftbeVom.
wrecks he ever saw and said Tho spTus
was knocked all into kindlinp vOSS"
while the freight cars were SeriOusyds
molished. The track was not Clsard
until nearly noon to-day, and ths pOra
bound passenger train on this ral, dina
In this city at $50 O'Clock, didpctm
rive until H. 45 o'clock.
] William p. Morgan, the engineer
who was injured by the accident va,
brought up on this train and Conyeyd
| to his home No. 935 Poplar street. visO
his injuries will be attended to by Dr.
Kane, the company's physician. The
injured man seemed to suffer ClnsdG.
ably from his injuries and appeared TO
labor somewhat in breathing He vas
unable to sit up and had to be convey
cd to his home on a settee which was
placed in . wagon.
His injuries, though very bad, are
not necessarily fatal, but 1t will be
some time before be will bs able tore
sumo his duties. A number ofnalnS
were delayed by the accident