The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-19
DEATH in A TUNNEL.
A FRla4rFuL RAILROAD COLLISION,
Two rr.I.A. rr.I.. s.nl. Zach Other with Terrific
Force at the Eatrsaes TO the HranllIn
Tuua.I, west Of BalIairr. FillIng II
with DtbrI,-Tuo Asn Killed.

Yesterday morning Just at daybreaki ter
rife collision took place between two freight
trains on the Central Ohio railroad at the cas-
tern entrance OF franklin tunnel, seven miles
west Of Bellaire. Both were heavy trains. The
eastern bound was drawn by engine No. @,
Rutherford, engipeer, Kinnily, conductor,
and loaded with shelled corn in bulk. The
western bound was drawn by engine No. 3IS.
with helper In the rear. It consisted OF
about thirty cara loaded mainly with coffee,
rice, sugar aud patent medicines. WASH.
Adams was engineer and Fitzpatrick conduo'
tor.
Both trains were running at an average
speed when they met and the wreck was ter
ribIP, 4 large portion OF the cars being
broken open, many OF them reduced to kind.
ling wood. The heavy engines. when they
came together, although the shock was fearful
In lis force, kept the track, but the tenders
| Jumped aloft aud came crashing down on
ion Of the engines. The cars Of the west
bound train being outside The tunnel 1.-THE
collision occurred At the east end), were
knocked about right and left, but those Of
the east bound train being 10 the tunnel, the
cars te'escoped into and piled on top OF each
other, 80 that It was completely wedged up.
With such momentum were they iammed 10,
that the tunnel timbers were broken and the
loose rock ratified down In large quantities.
This, with the large amount of corn, filled mp
the chinks 90 as to make the mass OF debIi,
almost solid and the work OF cleaning IL
away heroulean one.
Rutherford, the engineer OF the east bound
train, was caught beneath all this. and at l..
n, wien the ISTELLloEScERs correspondent
| left the scene, his body had not been re-
cove ed, although force OF men had been ut
work for hours Hines the fireman, was ter.
| rihly scalded. He vas taken TO the National
House at bellaiPe, He cannot recover.
Graham, brakeman on the train, had his
hip horribly crushed and amputation may
be necessary. He also Is at the National:
Adams, engineer OF hewestern bound, and
his fireman jumped. Neither they mol. the
crew were lrt beyond being slightly bruised.
They saw the other train coming Just before
entering the tunnel.
A wrecking train was ordered out from
Bellstge ~ once. and men put TO
SS st.a s &c Il every ~ dsssss viz w!
were delayed and at dark the road had not
been entirely cleared. Grain bags were taken
out and the country people put TO work
shovellug up the corn.
The eastern bound train was running wild.
It Is said that the western bound train should
have been stopped st HeiiaiIe, ar ordered to
take Nei's Siding. The railroad oficia's, IS
Il usual 10 these cases, were densely ignorant
and knew nothing. Tbs crews Of both trains
were lew men. aud nothing more is known
OF them than Is given above.
By telephone from Bellaire II Is learned
th., III. -anaral belief there Is that the fault
Of the collision is ascriise:.hls to the Belaire
operator, that Il is said that be failed to give
the west bound traip any ofaers.