The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-06-17
+ .F[!'R[GH rFUL ACCIDENT. M
on cLARKsBvRo 8! &!wEsTot,lNlI wEsTit,l n ROAD. :, =
Two Per'oas DIE from isjurirs Rceetved-Si1.e,s : !
ofths Passengers Hurt, Some Patally-A Heart.
tsadiss sesut, Causing Strong Men 10 Tara N 4
Away Siei--Llst Of Killed and Wounded. n

oPeelA' psputcllto INC lntellisehcef. 81
CLAnHsnvnG, juno lO.-Asi Tic 4 N u q
t'ain on the Clarksbug tSlVcston narri ir.ri v!
gauge railroad ut SIG this morning, going i,,r
to Weston, mud Just as itwas entering on;
the trestlc Mt Waldcn's place, above Holi'sI
cut, over two miles from town, the ir.s.s asst i.
ger chr pulled off the track but tl,c Il ain
was not stopped, and Tho passenger coach syr
together with the gondola and house, isl car
were precipitatcd on the trestlc. Tie "a: sen.
ger.car inverted itself and struck On tho top:5
mashiny in and almost wrecking tl;eS chr.
As near as your reporter could learn tlclr,o,, her,
were about twenty passengers aboard, I'M
Guiding some six or seven ladies. Samuel
Steel, engineer, jacob Crogan, fireman, l,,Id and
Ben Jackson. baggage master, all escaped,
Jackson jumping from the train. Word
was Immediately sent to Clarksburv and!
all tho physicians in town were 500 soon 3o;, on
the ground. Ready and willing people
repaired 10 the scene in carriages and bug
gies, with medicine and nurses. / \ 4. a
Owing to the suffering, con fusion and
excitement It has been difficult Is obtain
exact particulars about the accident. TIE
surerinss Of Mr.. Curey, supposed to bous 81
from New York, were most Eeartrendinue,.l
lie was handsome young man, about Ess /
or 30 years oil. After nearly three hours hlci,,t
Of excruciating pain death came 10 Iii, re.s
lief. lie did not appear 10 be conscious at
any time after the injury. The fbodyiiwvsaassi3
taken to the St. Charles hotel and word
sent to New York.
The suilerinss Of others were 10 terrible
That several citizens, unable 10 afford re- re-
lief, wentaway sick. Several 81 the injured injured
appeared to be hurt internally. So far; as Is
could be ascertained the names iof tl,eiiii ms
jured and the character Of their injuries
are as follows n ,$
J.W, Smith, conductor, so seriously hurt
that be could not move, and had to bo,s5 b,5
sent home TO Weston on the engine. ss9g55
Chas. O'Hara, OF otsWeston, cut on lie /
head and buck. 5tsfs
Ed. Sharp, salesman Of Pcarrrct, Brooss.,: !:
Baltimore, cut in the head, face aud back
Flo was taken to town earlysin the day, 81 g.
Miss Emma Gibson, Of Frceman's Greek,
Lewis county, hurt in the side, but il, not
dangerously. Il, s..s
Miss Addie Alkers, fourteen years old ,,ofS
Jane Lew, left arm broken and sinjurcd I'M
the breast. Dr.. Ramsey pronounces her
case serious. "a =; ., n ,i5 4
Mrs. Geo. H. Nloflet, wife OF 5ex.Speakt s
Motlet, received a severe. nervous shock
faee slightly scratched. Captain sfoaet lrd and
his three.year.old son escaped with slight,
scratches. Z; 81. i,
Miss Leonia White, aged 5twenty.io,ir,$ $of3
Freeman's Creek, was injured in the side
and breast. shcwill hardly recover. :4SSI
John ". White, Of Weston, injured il;
the chest and spine. 4ssSszS
DR.. G. J. Mckinley, aged 20, 81 Free
mans Creek, was hurt internally, probably
serious
Coz. Memmost, q piano man from Balti-S
more, was injured in the head, face and
left side. Ilewas taken to the ST, Charles:
1. Cowan, Of sClarksburg, collar bone
broken and otherwise injured. 3Ej iJ8;s
Mr.. Gibson, Of Lewis county, was badly
injured, and 'l5a q Mr.. Rohrbansh, I 3of Fre.SS
mansburg, was internally hurt. ,353 s.;
Ed Carley, Of Clarksburs, slightly in,
jured. ID
Goldsborough, a drummer for Armstrong
Carter & Co., Of Baltimore, was SO seriously
hurt internally that he died at i clock. Sss
The accident is supposed to have resulted
from rnil tnrning over III ~ w