Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-10-11
BIG WRECK
On the PittsAurg Division OF The
3. 60,
Yesterday, This Side Of Tunnel No. L.
Two Engines Badly Wrecked
and Three Men ln-
jured.

One Of the largest and most pecu-
har railroad accidents that has oc-
Cured in this section for some time
happened on the Pistsburg division of the
B. L o. railroad yesterday. Luckily, how
ever, no lives were lost, although the dee
truction to property was quite extensive. 1t
appears that at about 1850 engine No. 3l5,
driven BY Engineer McBirney, with his fire.
man, was going Outright, as q helper or
for some other purpose. Whenjust opposite
Mt. de Chantal the driver saw ahead of him
9 freight train approaching, and fearing
that he was too near to prevent collision,
pulled the reverse bar and opened the
throttle; then he and Fireman Dallas jumped
FRI m the engine and were tumbled over a
bank. The engineer on the approaching
train also saw the engine coming toward
him and he reversed. The two engines met
ont
WITH ONLY A SLIGHT SHOCK,
which merely Injured the COW cstchers slight.
", but had the effect of throwing the SO5
IN an opposite direction.
The whole thing occurred in less time
than it takes to tell it, and before Mckinney
and his fireman could regain their engine
it was rushing back toward the city at q
rate of thirtY-ive or forty miles an hour,
and ss it was down grade at that point Its
speed was accelerated.
In the meantime local freight, hauled
by engine No. 303, driven by Engineer
Gates and Fireman Bates, which was de-
layed for some reason from 9 o'clock until
that time, Was running towards Pittsburg
81 the rate of fifteen miles an hour. As it
reached q spot Immediately this side of the
tunnel bridge, the sos shot out of the mouth
and rushed toward the 800 with terrific
velocity. IL three seconds more there was q
THUNDERING CRASH
and Kissing of steam; and fragments of iron,
wood, etc, filed the air and were scattered
around for some distance
The driver, fireman and brakeman on
the freight were all on the engine a. the
time the collision occurred. Fireman
Bates was leaning out Of the window and
when the shock came it hurled m out like
q shot from a cannon and threw him over
the bank against board fence. Engineer
Gates was struck in the chest from the con-
cussioo, By the reverse bar, but hs
enough strength left in him to try aud craW
through the window Of the cab, but his left
leg became fastened between the bar aud
tie drivers box, and he was compelled
i jure it quite bs'ly to extricste himself.
Brakeman Vim. Doyle received
A SEVERE sCALr WOUND,
ard was bruised up generally about the
Chest and shoulders.
By this time all the people in the neigh
borhood had assembled at the scene, aud q
scene it was indeed. There stood the two
uoBarcbs Of The rail crushed and bleeding,
90 il were The tender of the 305 had been
rushed Ike sn eggshell and pushed up
against TIE boiler OF the engine, aud had
sBy cUe been in tie cal they would nave
been mashed into Jelly. Inc sos 'ooked
cs II it be d attemIte 70 JUMP up n the air
ana cCme down on top lis Antagonist
he whole fcre Part tso been shattered to
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ergire While TIE 'TcI trIUck h lCs creed
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