The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-20
A CLASH OF TRAINS.
TERRIBLE MEADOWS MASSACRE
OF Emlgrautn-Fur,hsr Details of the Rail-
road Accidental Full List of the Dead
aud wauudsd-The Cause of tho Cat.
autrOphe.. Operators Explanation.

NEW York, Oct. 19.-This morning
after the tracks had been cleared at the
scene Of last nights disaster at the
Meadows, trains commenced to run and
wreckers began the lifting and removal ol
the disiointed big Lehigh Valley engine
which had crashed into the rear OF the
emigrant train, aud which lay on its side,
half buried in the Meadows. They be-
gan work on the CO Sc4tcher first. Direct
ly beneath it they found the torn and
manglcd b,dies OF two boys and woman.
They were lifted tendsrly and placed in
car. No ono knew them. From their
garb they we're emigrants, hut their tAcas
were so cut, bloody and bssmeared with
the black mud that immediate recognition
was impossible. They were removed to
the Jersey City Morgue.
At 8 O'Clock this morning Chief Of POLES
Murphy, OF Jsrsty City, placed Thomas
H. Pratt, the Telegraph operator at the
east end OF the HaGkensack bridge, and
whose error is said to have caused the ac-
cident, uader surveillance. A. { ocluGk,
when hr was relieved from duty, he was
arrested. lie said that while he had been
advised by operators all along the line TO
run away he had determined to stay at
his post aud take the consequences Of his
terrible mistake. He said he had allowed
three minutes for the emigrant train to
cross the bridge, and without waiting for
the return signal, 20. X" had permitted
the Southern express to pass. He is now
in jail awaiting the result Of the Coroner's
inquest,
The following is q full list Of the dead
and wounded as far as known:
THE KILLED.
KILLED-KARL HENRY GRoMMER, aged so
years, Norwegian, head taken off; had
three tickets from New York to Battle
Greek, Mich, and papers showing that
he arrived by the steamship E!be.
AN UNKNOWN BoY, aged years, horribly
crushed. t.
AN UNKNOWN WOMAN, head cut off.
EuLoSIA ARNEAEEs, aged 20, who was on
hcr way to Madison, Wis, where her
father resides, died at st. Francis hospi.
tai.
-Four more bodies were found this mora.
ing under the wrecked Lehigh Valley
locomotive not Unidentified. Two unknown
bows were found under the pilot truck,
ono aged s and the other u.
Unknown woman, head and arms gone;
remains badly scorched.
Unknown man, trunk burned to crisp,
found Eve feet below the surface OF the
wreck, The bodies were sent to Speer's
morgue.
THE WOUNDED. z, Z
The wounded wero sent to S.. Francis
hospital they are:
MARION KLuNGER, lSyears, Norwegian,
reported dead, but still living. he had
10th legs and his skull fractured; will die.
OWEN HALL, engineer Of the Lehigh Val
ley train, severe contussions about the
head and neck, but still alive.
STUART A. BOWERS, fireman ot the Lehigh
Valley train, aged 80, skull fractured
and internal injuries; it is believed he
cannot live.
RALPH Curry. Eaglishman, eged %, in.
jured about the neck, not dangerously.
CHRISTIAN BolsrA, Norwegian, aged 40
years leg broken andiIiured internally;
condition considered critical; was on his
was to Minneapolis, MINI.
LAURA RtDEssEN MELANRUD, Norwe-'
giau, SO years OF age; severely injured
about the head and back; not Consid.
cred dangerous; her two-year.old' child
had It leg broken. She was on her way
to Join her husband at Norwood, Ia.
THE CAUSE or THE ACCIDENT. III
Thomas Pratt, a telegraph operator, was
arraigned to-day on Q charge OF man,
slaughter. He waived an examination,
and was held to await the action OF the,
coroner's Jury. Norman l.. Rowe, couu-,
sel for Pratt, made the following state
ment: il
"Pratt was stationed in tho Marion
signal tower, near the station OF that town..
He controlled the east end OF fasection ofthei
road known as "block," extending from
Marion to the Fish House on the Hacken-,
sack meadows, three miles distant. Itwas
bis duty to record the passage CT trains
and their passing OF Fish House upon q
tally sheet. The emigranttrain had passed
his station thirteen minutes before the
Western express approached. Pratt
glanced at his sheet and mistook another
entry for the record Of the emigrant train
having passed. the Fish House. The emil
grant train had not left the block, how
ever, having backed down to pick up two
cars which had broken loose from the
train" u
In his statement to Chief OF Police
Murphy, Pfatt admitted that he had not
received the signal from the Fish House,
but took It for granted that the block was
clear because Of the thirteen minutes
which had elapsed. q
Thronps oi people in search OF the latest
news Of last nights disaster continue to
visit the offices and depot os the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company. But little in
formation can be given them, as the un-
Injured have been forwarded to their
destinations. Besides having personal
interviews, Superintendent Crawford and
bis clerks have been kept busy replying
TO floods Of kilograms from all parts OF the
country.
OF the seven bodies at the morgue Eve
have been identified. --.t. 4
The wrecked Lehigh Valley engine was
raised at 1880 o'clock P. NJ. In the mud
beneath the boiler was found the body Of
aboy, apparently about 10 years Of age. He
had light hair. Both legs we're of below
the knees; the right side OF the face was
crushed, and his hands scorohed. Beside
tho body was found the right leg OF the
boy who was presumably about - years
OF age. The members do not correspond
with the remaining portions Of any ofthe
bodies in tho morgue.
This makes total Of nine deaths. A
pile of debris still stands where the loco
motive lay, and workmen are searchingit.
ATsrritlc Boiler Explosion.
PrrrsBvRon, Oct. lO.-A Sharon, Pa,
special says: A terrible boiler explosion
occurred at Greenville, this (Mercer)
| nnnnlu nj q n,clnck this afternoon. An.