Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-26
RAILROAD WRECKS.
Two trains Attempt to rae. UPON ""e
Track, wIthUut Sucooss-ihs Engines
I,ui N % Ia HnTl

Two Trains Attempt to far% Np'h 'hc
Track, without SuCooss-ihs Engines
Usei Up, but NJ Ono Hurt
The line of tho Pennsylvania railroad
from this city to Middletown, via Lands-
VILE, is n single track road. The fast
passenger traius all run that way and
whom two pass each other one of them
turns out upon tho sidinRs, OF which there
are a number. At y. m. yesterday the
third section Of the Day express east aud
the Harrisburg express weSt-bOth fast
trnins-net Mt Landisvilc, where there IL
n siding milo long, and terrible coils
ion ensuod, resulting in the destruction Of
railroad property, though fortunately no
person VAS injured.
There are two differing accounts of the
cause of the adcdeut. According 20 one
of these the eastern bound train had orders
TO take the siding aud allow the other To-
keep the main track instead of taking 10
at the western end, the eastern bound
train was run down the main track for the
purpose OF crossing at the eastern end. Tho
Harrisburg express also kept the main
track, and, as there was dense fog Mt the
time, n collision was tho result.
Another story is that the Day express
took the siding at the west end and ran off
at the other, Ms the engineer on account
of tho fog did not know that he was SO
near to the switch The Harrisburg ex
press then came up and struck the engine.
Whatever may have been the immediate
cause Of the collision, fortunately neither
train was running at high rate Of speed
or tho results would have been terrible.
As 1t was both engines were demol-
ished. Engine No. 9e5 attached to
tho Day express was tho smaller OF the
two, and IL was smashed to pieces, No.
6ij was attached to the harrisburg OK
press, and although it was badly broken,
II was removed to Philadelphia this
morning. Tho other engine Is yo' at Ian.
disville. As soon as the accident occurred
the wrcckers were sout for ard upon their
arrival were put 10 work at Ouoe. IL was
several hours before tho track was cleared.
When tho engines struck the engineers
aud fremsn jumped aud thus saved their
lives. Mono ol tlC cars Ou either train
was even thrown from the track and,
although the pas 3ongers were badly
shaken up, nouc was hurt New engines
were sent for 20 run the Two trains through
TO their destinations.
wreck at the stuCk Yards.
About II o'cIocb last night the train
drawn by engine No. 786, which had
several car loads uf stock for tho yards Ia
the eastern end Of tho city, crossed over
from the south tack for the purpose oi
detaching the cars Owing TO a broken
frog loaded car jumped the track. The
south track was blocked for about six
hours as all OF the wrccl.crs wore al
work at l,andisylie the work of clearing
progressed slowly. All passenger tram'
crossed over and ran around 80 that they
were not much affected.
sun Another.
This morning a bad wreck occurred naaI
Middletown. Tho engines Of the News OK
press, which leaves here at G.2j, and Col
umba accommodation Collidcd. Little
has been learned here of the accident but
both engines we've badly wrecked.
All OF tho men on lie engines saved
their lives by jumping. II appears that
the red signal was down at the tower TO
tho engineer OF the news train, but as tn,
glass was covered with frost it looked
white,