Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-31
A BAD WRECK
On the c. W. 4 Is. Which Might Have
Been WOrse-Sotes.
Special 10 ne Regisle,.

SpectGI 10 ne heglSsss
PAREERsBURG, October 30-Train No
on the c. W. & B which left here TWEEN
ty-one minutes late this morning, was
wrecked at Belpre junction at 3 a. m.
The accident was caused by four stock
cars which, for some uusccountsble rea-
son, were standing on the main line at the
east end Of the passenger platform of
the Marietta branch, where the i'll,
tsted train struck the rear car,
dasbing through it at speed OF twenty
miles per hour. One of the stock cars
contained fifteen head Of hogs, but strange
TO say two only were killed. The locomo-
tive and tender, together with the mail and
express car and one sleeper left the track,
and went crashing over the ties, making
klndling wood of the les ard twisting and
bending the rails into all kinds of shape
Besides the car which contained the hogs
two emp,ies we're wrecked and thrown
down fifty foot embsnkment. The en-
gineer, Fred .Rump, and fireman, Ed.
Dixon, both OF Chillicothe, D stood man
fully at their posts, and went with their
locomotive down the embsnkment on the
rorth side Of the fill, about twenty-five
feet. when the tender broke
loose and rolled over, followed
by the locomotive which lay on its eide,
bringing the heroic engineer aud fireman
beneath the wreck, from which they were
soon rescued, aud, strange 10 say, unin.
iured, with the exception OF Dixon, the
fireman, whose lsft leg was badly bruised.
The train was in charge OF Capt Pat Nc
Giuiy and contained quite a number OF
passengers aud but tor the timely break I.
ING Of the link which connected the tender /
to the baggage car the entire train con-
taIniug two slespers, three passenger
coaches and two express and mail cars
and enc baggage car would have gone
down the em5aukmeut, and the loss OF lite
would have been terrible The matter
will be fully investigated and the
blame lsli whereit belongs. IL is said the
cause was carelessGess on the part Of some
cfthe employees about the stock yards on
The Brlp-e side However, they say it was
tho wind which blew great guns last night
hist the cars had been blown
dom OF he switch which leads out 20 the
main line from the stock yards but they
seem 10 be unable 10 account for the
sSi,ch being open The loss will probably
reach $ pgO.
NJ " Rockhold, the genial editor of
the Wiz. Transcript, was greeting friends
here today.
The grand jary OF Writ county during
5-iel sessiou on Tuesday indicted Presi-
derr Of the county court. Geo. Ball, and L
" Knight tor obstrucring the public high
zav Drucil Thornton, Henry Swisher,
Ard Geo Frazier, alleged members Of the
Rcd Men. were indicted for the shipping
>; old msn Creel some six or eight weeks
,go. Judge Jackson held q briet Sc
jDn ofcourt there this week only two days,
md some Of the attorneys are complaining
Don't the matter, as it involved compare.
igriy loss oGtime, ga they were unable
o accomplish anything owing to the bret
essi0n.
Judge Cyrus Hall, of kapawha county,
,ass5d through here en- rou'c home. The
udye has been attending court at Harris
lille He If; here on the Chancellor this
.vening for Charleston.