Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-12

Hurled from the Track nv a Mis-.
placed Switch-Sixteen Persons In.
jured. Among Them Representative
Boyle and Two Internal Revenue Col.
lectOrS.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Nov. ia frightful wreck
occurred at the Bluestone quarry, on the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad, at o'clock this morn.
ing. Train No. ID, the through express from
Baltimore to Pittsburg, consisting of a sleeper,
two coaches, two baggage and one express car,
ran into misplaced switch and was COM
pletely wrecked. The sleeper rolled over the
embankment into the Ioughiougheny river.
The other cars were upset and the whole train
was detached from the engine. Sixteen per-
sons were injured, but none were killed out
right. The names of the injured are: Hon. c.
r. Boyle, member OF Congress from the Fayette
district; Hon. John Dowlin collector of inter-
nal revenue for the Odd district: J. y. McJilton
legal agent the Baltimore and Ohio company;
Hon. r. IL. Bigler. collector of internal revenue
for the 22d district; j.. Foy, Boston. Mass, foot
hurt; John sheridan, Piedmont, W. Va, right
and back hurt slightly; Mrs. w. L. Wells, OF
indianapolis, leg sprained; Charles Hirsch, of
New York, shoulder hurt and scalp wound; +.
w. Young, OF New York, back and leg sprained;
Joseph +. Dallan, of Brooklyn, hands cut; Mrs
Lucy Moffatt, of Sewickley, Pa, hands burned;
injured internally; Mrs Dyer. of Pittsburg.
back sprained c. F. Idding scalp wound aud
head bruised +. McGraw, badly cut; unknown
man, hands burned
MR.. BOYLE BADLY HURT.
None of the wounded are believed to be dam
gerously injured, unless il is Congressman
Boyle, whose condition is not known, but is be.
lieved to be serious. j. N.McJilton's ankle was
badly sprained and Collectors DowIin and Big
Ter were badly bruised. The report of The
wreck reached this city at about nine O'clock
this morning and caused great excitement, as
ii was known that many prominent men OF
this city were expected on the train. The acct
dent diSarranged the telegraph wires and il
was after ten o clock before the following parti-
culars of the accident were received: The en-
press was about fifteen minutes late when il
reached the place where the wreck occurred
AT Bluestone quarry the track makes a sharp
curve around the river, short distance back
from the bank There is switch at the COM
had left the switch partly open or not is not
certain.
PROBABLY THE WORK OF TRAIN wRECKERs
The officials of the road say the switch had
been tempered with, evidently with the inten-
ton of causing wreck. Had the switch been
open, the train would have gone into IL all
right and would have stopped before any
could go on neither track. The result was that
the engine dashed along the ties, tearing up
the track and causing the coaches and sleeping
car to break loose and dash over the embanl-
ment in the widest confusion.
The sleeping car rolled over and over and
stopped with the side lying i'm the bed of the
river thirty feet below. The two passenger
coaches stopped at the waters edge but the
baggage car went into the water There were
many passengers on board The scene that
followed was one that beggared description
The cries of the injured and manned were
sprang from windows and struggled with each
other TO escape from the rolling cars, ard walls
of pain were heard from some who had been
caught and held within the wreck. Those who
escaped uniDjured We're TOO much startled for a
time to render assistance. Then they began the
rescue. A messenger was sent to Connellsville
for medical assistance, and i'm a short time n
corps OF physicians was sent up on q special
train. The injured, after having their wounds
dressed, were removed to the hotels AT Con.
nellsville, where they received every attention.
The wreck caused great excitement i'm Connells-
vile. The track was biOckaded and torn up so
badly that no trains got through until this
afternoon.