Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-16
A MANAGES WILD RIDE.
A Fireman Crazed by Pain Starts
His Engine
AND RUsHES AWAY TO DEATH.
A Trainman's Awful BlunGsr Kills Two
Men and Brings Scene OF
IndescribabIs Terror-A
Witness Story.

PIrrsGURGH, October l5.--One Of the most
sensational Incidents attendant upon
railroad accident that ever occurred in this
end of the State, happened on the Pennsyl.
vania railroad near Derry Station, early
yesterday morning. John Bley, . switch
man was instantly killed, and James Malo-
ney, fireman of engine No. $50, most hor.
ribly mapgled; but yet despite Of the fact
that one OF his shoulders was crushed and
broken in two places with q compound
fracture OF the left arm, scalp torn COM
pletely from the back Of his head, his fsce,
neck and breast one mass Of frightful cuts
and bruises, delirious with intense agony,
Maloney ran an engine six miles and then
dropped lifeless in the cab.
The story OF the Accident
is as follows: Extra freight train No. $50
was coming west, and when the train Was
within one mile Of berry Station ths draw.
head Of the car next the engine Was pulled
out OF its place by sudden increase OF
speed. The engine was stopped; the lire
nan, James Maloney, and switchman, John
Bley. OF the Derry switches, went to work
10 repair the injury. The locomotive Was
John Bley and Jane Msaloney were under
n, ath the foremost platform OF the car 70.
pairing the damage, when the engineer OF
the pusher at the end Of the Tram. not
knowing OF the accident,
Opened the Throttle
and stsrted his engine. John Bley was
caught under the forward truck OF the
front car. pushed along under the train
| and crushed bud manSIed almost beyond
recognition. James Msloney, who was
resting on one knee working ut the ball
rose ot the coupling sprang 10 his feet and
snd.ayorsd 10 jump out OF the way, but
was caught by the platform aud crushed
| against the tender OF the engine. James
Eryar. the engineer, who was standing be.
side the track. WAS parayEea with horror,
snd shouted to \ brakeman on the rear 0i
the train To stop, For Gods sake The
| brakeman rushed TO the scene OF the acci.
| dent B..y's mangled remains were
Pulled from Under the
| car, but life WAS found TO be extinct. Ma
| loney, screaming with agony, was the next
| cNtTicatsd. HIS scalp was almost torn
| from his head. At the back OF his head
| there was a terrible cash, seven inches
| long and through a stream OF blood could
be seen he skull which had been abrAsed
! by the iron coupling. His left arm Was
broken in two places his shoulder WAS
crushed and msnglrd, the flesh lacratcd
and hanging in ribbons and shreds. Blood
WAS pouring from bis mouth aud saturn.
! ting lis clothing. He WAS carried 10 tho
| engine and laid upon the hOor. The train
men thed returned TO pick up the remains
| of Bley. Whilst carrying them towards
the engine Maloney suddenly sprang 10
his feet, and, with an inarticulate
Cvy of Agony.
waved his arms above his head, seized hold
| Of the throttle valve and pulled IL wide
| open. He had become rsying mad from
| Intense suffering. The engine started with
frightiul speed on a down grade, with the
maniac stll pulling at the throttle valve.
| The crew Of the train, who had gathered
| round the sCene Of the accident, were
struck dumb with horror. COnduct0.
| King, Engineer Bryar aud Brakeman vii.
son started after the dying engine on n run.
| As the engine ngared Latrobe, six miles
| from the scene Of the accident, IL was going
| with fearful velocity. The operator In ths
signal station did not know what TO make
OF IT, Passing the station and reaching
the end OF the grade, the engine slsckened
| its speed and finally came TO . stop. lilo
had sufficient
| Presence OF Mind
TO stop the locomotive ere he fell. Several
railroad employees ran out and found the
CORY body Of haloney lying upon the hoor
| Of the cab the seat, floor and machinery
| OF the engine covered with blood. The dy-
| ing man was taken out and removed hasu.
| ly TO the Office Of DIR. Donnelly. A short
| time Afterwards the crew OF the train who
had started In pursuit Of the engine,
| reached LsIobe with the first news OF the
| accident. DR.. H,nnrlly made an eIsmina-
| ZION OF Malonsy's IN juries and pronounced
| them fatal. lie could do nothing to save
the mans lie. While lying on the lounge
| IN the doctors Office Mslobry momsntArily
| recovered consciousness and said: For the
| IOve OF Heaven take me 10 The hospital
| He was put on train NO. 3 and brought 10
| The West Penn Hospital, where hs nov
| lies
A. the Point sf Death,
Eng neer Brysr. who wss an-eye witness OF
| the accident. says: "Just before the col.
| Iision occurred thought the engine In the
rear OF the train was going little too fast
ara in rttrrn ptipg TO pull the front part of
| lie train away and relieve the pressure the
| dravhead in the foremostesr gave away.
| The men nj the rear Of ths train did not
know thai the accident had occurred. j
never want TO zee such sight again IL was
| friphuuI. James BIey, who vas instantly
| killed was n ssitchmen t Derry station.
ard resided there With his wife and four
children. Jsmes MsIoDsy, who is dying
st the West prnn Hospital, is twenty stI
years al age, comes FROM the North OF Ire
! land. and has no relations In this country.
he boarded on Thirty-third street, Pitts-
buIgh.
! TIC Aseidcut 10 Attributsd 20, C.
the negligence Of the brakeman 10 not
going TO The rear Of the train snd notify
| in a the engineer OF the pusher that the
| hnoH .H lx.a~a bulled mt