The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-21
A RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
IN THE FORT WAYNE RAILROAD

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SALEM, o., March .O.-As the limited
express on ,he p,,,sb,,,h J. w., w.
road ran ovar nm cro..;r, ~ ,.,,s.',s
o" '"A ~ wv. NV s'o'''ns " what 10
KNOWN as Wels' junction, Two miles east
Of here, this morning, the engine jumpt i
the rails. md after runninv IN Tho ,,ea fo~
.oro.o, n..1, ,,,..ss s on ~ s.o ''A
o'0."' 'a'u' p'unSea ao"a sae etnoank.
ment anu exploded. Tho engineer and
fireman were instantly killed. Tho enpi.
neer's name was James Richards Ho wa.
a ras,dent ot!,ho Th;,d 49,. '"Au..,5' !" ~
] Pa. and had becn in ,he e,,nlnv sIt'y, 81 ~,
road for many yeura. The ilte,nan was
Wm. Rhodes, a Young married man resid-,
tns q,rsss az .rS. ra ine passage csr
track. Cbarles Bycles tbe ] bNaoapa ps mss,ar .no
was badly cut about the face. The porter
Of the Pullman car, and brakeman OF the
train were both injured. NE. !,
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Another account Of how the ac,,dsn, on.
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euiieu ~ ''As su' 'fa'i was coming uown
FRANKLIN graue, three miles east Of Salem.
There is nothing to show what caused the
engine 10 run of ,he trsck md y !. ~,
know deiinitelv hnw ths arc;Jsnt ha"nnu 10 nv
ed. .Thrrs il a cnt at mo snot hrpyM hn,p w.
ground IL filed ont ior some dis,a,rs d ~si i,om e
tho track, from which 1t slopes gradually
SO that tho bank is not high. 1t is sup-.
poSsu .ar AThs'nns hs anoat we locomotive
but onlv ono Of them. tho nmnk,r M ~, weS ""eH' ox
erturned. Richards was married man
with family, and l resided In the vicinity
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me pennsylvania Railroad Company at
Philadelphia received a dispatch irom The
accident which rays that e;vbt n,.oor,o,,
u,oro ;n;,ra1 T. oJ,,,io. ta 49, so'o
"e,0 y, inIutea, ~ aouss'on- " .tne engineer
and fireman Killed, but that none Of the in
juries are serious. No bones ara reported
broken.j The brakeman and baggage mas
ter were also aightly injured, & Wreck
trains were promptly sent. 10 the ,scene of /,
tho accident. The passengers were ,trana.+
ferred; and will reacll,P P Pittsburgh about Ave;
hours later. It is reported that ali the il. :.
iured passengers will be able to 70 through
TO their destinations. THIS ia il The first nc-
cident that has happened 70 the New York
and Chicaeo limited expres3 since It com.
menced running nearly three years ago.
| ,.. TIE NEWS IN PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH, March oO-At the Com.
pany's Office in this city it was learned that
the limited express pulling elk coaches,
had left the plates at, or near, the town Of
Salem, sixty-seyen miles west from Pitts.
burgh. As the engine jumped the jropg it
must have been going AT the rate NJ a, ,acat
r mile a minute. Why Il ,leit ,he track IL
unknown, but it il supnosed ,hat n n,ona
or sp;ke lay on the rsi) and threw t.s
engine of. The track in a nerfact,v atr.;,ht
] level piece OF road. where nm obetrnc,;on
could be readily noticed When tha Incn.
motive left the road tha exnress and and ' S,st
sleeper partly telescoped. The eno;na
after running some four or, Eve Yards 'iell
on its side and Immediately exploded Il
was the most singular thing that has ever
1takenf place in railroad accidents ; The
cars to,k fire from the heatars Int tha
flames were Immediately suppree7ed and
aside from the death of the engineer and
brakeman there was no great casualty, tn
human life. Mecsrs. S:aTr, Thomas. Nc.
Calm and other; officials OF the road inn,
mediately left for the ecene. - -. (
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mi. =, ',o y, -,
Aue onlcaso anu NeW of4 limited Ex-
prc-3 on the Pittsburgh, TT. Wayne < Chi
eago road, while rounding a sharp curve
and running at hirh rate of spapd ahout
two miles east Of Salem, O.. the boiler ex.
ploded with terrific violence, hurlinp the
engine down a 1lteen foot embankment
and blowing the engineer and fireman four
Ioi, e Iset .ro tu1 pont wneie Tue en-
& combination car fnilowed T thn % ann;n.
and landed unon tho. hn;lsr u;,h crc,, ,,;",
lence as to force the driyara of ,hs sno;no
throuph the tloor. the cars hu;nu d.n,o.
lished Tcomple,eiy' Ths 'i;n;nu'ee.r 0 ,ra,
thrown over on iis side. and sent down tha
emb mkment and IA a, com nle,. twracr
The renuininp two car, wars fsrcsd irom
the rack and ihe trucks of ths fn,wsrI % 'ic car
were th,own a dstanco of twen,v fea, M
Bulh cars were badly damayed For a few
momen,s alter the exuIosi6n tba ;n,arior
| Of the s,eepers waya seems nj insyt1;cahIa
coniuyion. The screams uf tho Iadv naa.
aencera were most heartr.ntllny ana he
cries oil strong men could be heard above
the an caiiins s iof heip. Some issls time
asrp,an tha e1,ans m ol "as as;naut sue
great was tho excitement, asd every person
being either unconscious or imprisoned
y ~ TIE FIRST ESCAPE.
The first person 10 emerge from the wreck
was the colored porter, who, though badlv
hrn;.sd o,ccoodad in hxo,,;v. ~, .r;,
.u,0eu' 0.ss'o.eu ~ o'esA'ns .ne WIN
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