The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-21


Pit.sburg, Pa, 20.-The Chicago
limited express coming east tsn
into a Landslide near COlum blans:
Ohio. this morning at 4 O'CLOCK, eno
was wrecked. No particulars CT tnt
accident have been received neIe
yet, but as special train Win pny'
sicisns left for the ecene IT Is oe'
lieved a number Of persons nave
been injured.
Official reptrts say the limited ex
press was coming down the FrSnk'
lin grade, three miles east OF Salem,
Ohio, at the rate of forty mles al
hour, when the engine struck an
obstruction of some KIM, and,
jumping the track, went over an
embankment. The entire train lett
the rails, tut only the baggage cal
and smoker were upaet. When the
engine ove-turne d the boiler ex-
ploded. James Richards, engineer,
and Charles Rhoads, fireman, were
blown several hundred yards and
instantly killed. Baggage master
Basil and Brakeman Linds were
slightly injured. Six passengers
were also painfully hurt, but none
dangerously. Their names could
not be learned. The other passen-
gers were badly shaken up, but IN
injured. A train was sent out from
here Immediately and the pas5en-
gers were transferred.
Youngstown, o, 20.-It is now
In Iwn that only the engineer and
fireman were killed. List of
wounded, J. II. Mcknight, Fort
Shaw, Montana; II. L. Douglas,
Fort Yates, both of WHOM sustained
severe scalp wounds. Eight others
were badly, but not dangerously
hurt.
Philadelphia, 20.-At the Office OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
nothing had been learned up to l
O'Clock regarding the accident on the
limited express at Columbiana be-
yond what the Associated Press has
from Pittiburg. The wires betwt en-
PittsDurg and Columbiauarare in
trouble, bat officials are making
every effort to get a working wire
from here to thas point. They are
also arranging Tor list OF the in
jured.
Later-The company learns that
the train ran into q landslide near
Salem, sixty.s seven miles west Of
Pittsburg. Recent rains had loOs-
ened the earth. and it fell upon the
tracks The engine and train were
derailed. Engineer James Richards
and the fireman, c. Rhoads, were in
stantly killed. Eight passengers
We're slightly cut and bruised some
of the injuries are serious. No bones
are reported broken. A brake man
and baggage master were also
slightly injured. Wreck trains were
sent to the scsne of the accident. |
The passengers were transferred and
will reach Plttsburg about We hours
late. 1t is reported that all the in
jured passengers will be able to 60
through to their destination.
Later reports say Engineer Rich
ards and fireman, name unknown,
we're killed instantly, and all the
more or less injured. but
none killed. - r,-
Salem, O, 2O.-The Chicago and
New York limited express on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
railroad, which passes here at 4
,'clock, met with terrible accident
,wo miles east of here this morning.
The train was equipped with com
,ination smoking and baggage:car,
lining car and two sieepers, having
N board twenty passengers bound
or poin's east of Pittsburg. The
rain YVES in charge Of conductor
Holloway, with Engineer James
Richards and Fireman Charles
Rhodes in the cab, and while round
ng a sharp curve and running at a
high rate of speed, the boiler ex-
,loded with terrific violence, hurl-
Dg the engine down a fifteen foot
IN bankment, blowing the en-
,lneer and fireman 400 feet from
he point where the engine
eft the track killing them Instantly.
The com bination cars fallowed the
ngine, and landed upon the boiler
With such violence as to force the
rive of the engine through the
COR Of the car, being demolished
the dining car was
brown over on its size and elid I
own the embankment, and Is ais
onp' etc wreck. The twoIemain- t
,g cars were forced from the track,
nd the truck of the forward car a
brown q distance OF twenty feet !; Q
9th cars were badly damaged. For s
few moments after the explosion 8
ae interior Of the sleeper was q c
.ene Of indescribable confusion. y
he screams of the ladies were,most v
eartrending, and the cries Of strong t
len could be heard above the din v
sling for help. Some littld time
apsed before any attempt was Ia
lade to ascertain the extent Of the d
,cident. y
l.