Daily Republican., 1885-08-31

DsthR tIOubieu " chicken tnl6V6e the
Captain has built o unique chicken house,
which will house one hundred chickens,
and which IL completely burglar proof.
The windows are iron barred, two doors,
with com bination locks, lead n 1t and
two ferocious dogs guard IL at night.
Thieves would meet with o warm re-
cepNon there.
The wreck ON tho Delaware =. II.
MIDDLETowN, Del, Aug. 30. 1885,
About $40 O'Clock on Friday evening
the citizens Of this to wn were startled
by loud noise, resem bling an explo-
sion, and soon the streets were filled
with people making anxious inquiries
as to what had happened. In . short
time, however, the Indispensable small
boy learned that collision had occur.
red on the Delaware railroad fust below
the town, and soon the report was cir
culated throughout the town, and hun.
dreds Of persons, men, women and chill.
dren, started down the railroad to view
the accident and 70 ascertain how and
where II happened. Your correspondent
WAS among, the curious, and upon ar.
irving al the scene fearful sight met
his gaze, cars being demolished and
scatterou hitnor anu tnlther ABOUT the
place.
The accident occurred just this side
OF large culvert, between St. Anne's
fatal" curve and Midt letown, about
a quarter Of mile north of the place
where the terrible collision occurred
some weeks ago. This collision was one
OF those unavoidable accidents that oc'
casiohaiiy happen OH the best regulated
ralir ans.
| lt appears that the delaware and
chesapeake freight Train had arrived at
mluoieto~n ana was shlIslng some cars
wheh the rear END OF the train, consist
ihs OF NUMBER OF cars, got away and
started uown tho main Track with only
one brakemen 10 cneck its progress. Ills
efforts TO check the progress OF the
cars proved frui'less' AS the track WAS
down grade anu the cars ran llke light
uing: Comine horth was the through
ireisht rom Deimar, known as tram
NO. 80, and drawn by engine No. 90,
~ith James murphy AZ engineer and
Wililam soster AS hTeinan. just as
the above engine rounded the curve
ine engineer saw q reu heAt some
Astanee aheau, nut Supposed at hfst
II -
could not perceive whether the car was
moving or not.
IL WAS not long, however, Derore Doth
tue engineer ana nrenan discovered TO
their horror that the train was rapidly
bearing dowh upon them. ceeinR that
setrioie acc'aeh' was 70 ensue, ana
when Within lew ieet OF the large cul-
vert the engineer, aiter reversing MS
ensine, ieaped from DIS posillon ana
went rolIihR doWn sIeep pahki wnile
tue hremah rusneu over Tue teluer,
across several care anu tnen jumped ior
ms me- posn esoApihB WIN sw sisnt
oruises. Wlthin minute aiter they
luhpeu, anu Jee' a. eno onsino oieareu
Inc bridge, the runaway Tram struck
the approaching tra'n Win erfipie
force and CRASH ieiowea.
The engine was lifted from the , trace
and sent rolling down the nil, while
the riding car OF the run away tram
Was sent hying In the ar ana ieii In
deep gulIy peiow the track. on thls
car was brakeman Wm' Weidin, VINO
was huri seVeIai iee' ~ .ne ar anu
fell amid the deoris, fortunately Iar
enough away from Inc 9nsine W pre-,
vent his being scaided. ne was picked
up, apparently nteiess, pisceu on u
stre,cher and taken 10 the oepot ~ MID
ldletown, where ne was attehued py
physicians, who exam ined his wounds,
and, strange as It may seem, prohounc
cd them OF not a serious nature, peine
principally cnts and bruises. ne ws'
removed 10 wilmington Inc next morn
ling.
, The wreck was piieo up In such .
manner that II was hard matter u
tall how mAnv CARS ware wrecked. hui
, there must have Oeen Blk or eight, IN
, addition to the engine.
The wrecked cars we're loaded with
, peaches, apples, pears, tomatoes and
varion- kinds OF vegetables, together
with chickens, e9ss, corn, oats, etc,
: greater portion OF which proved a tota
loss, although the corn, about 5OO bush
els, was purchased Sy parties here, fol
$50.
Crowds of people locked to the scene
: that night, ana when the WrecklDf
trains arrived 1t was almost impossiol,
= Tor the workmen TO keep the crowd
. back. The track was not cleared untl
: morning.
On Sunday large gang from WA
mington ami Il similar one from Clay
!, ton, together with all the available sec
tion hands were at work all day il
= clearing up tho debris. The demolished
= cars were burned and the trucks an'
4 other iron we're loaded on the flat car
= and taken to Wilmington, as was tn
engine, which presented sad spectacl
y when raised and placed on theitrack.
III A double track would not have pre-
u vented this accident, as both trains wer
% going North, and no blame can be al
y tached to any one, as 1t WAS utterly i'm
Is, possible for one man, the only one o
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