Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-11-19
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Cars Rou Over Into the Youahiog-
heny--severai Prominent Persons

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Cars Fsou Over Into the Youahiog-
heny--scverai Prominent Persons
Hurt.
PrrrsBuBo, Pa, Nov. ia frightful
wreck occurred at the Blue Stone quarry
on the B. d o. railroad at O'Clock this
morning. Train No. ~, the through
express from Baltimore to Pittsburg, con-
sisting of sleeper, two coaches, two
baggage and one express car, ran into a
misplaced switch and was completely
wrecked. The sleeper rolled over the
embanRment into the Youghiogheny
river. The other cars were upset and the
whole train was detached from the engine.
Sixteen persons were injured but none
were killed outright. The names of the
injured are Hon. @. Il. Boyle, member
of Congress from the Fayette district
Hon. John Dowlin, collector of internal
revenue for the Twenty-third district; j..
NJ. McJilton, legal agent of the B. q o.
Company; Hon. Il. H. Bigler, collector
of internal revenue for the Twenty-seeond
district j. Foy. Boston, Mnss., foot
hurt; John Sheridan, Piedmont, W. Va,
right arm cut; h. Staines, New York,
right hand aud back hurt slightly; Mrs
w. u. Wells of Indianapolis, leg sprained;
O. -Hirsch OF New York, shoulder hurt
and scalp wound +. w. Young of New
York back aud leg sprained; Joseph Il.
Dallan of Brooklyn, hands cut; Mrs.
Lucy Moifatt OF Sewickly, Pa, hands
burned s. II. Werner of Garrett, Pa. /,
believed to be injured internally; Mrs.
Dyer of Pittsburg, back sprained; @. j..
Idding scalp wound and head bruised; f.
McGraw, badly cut unknown man, hands
burned. None of the wounded are be-
lieved to be dangerously injured, unless
it is Congressman Boyle whose condition
is not known, but is believed to be
serious. j. M. McJilton's ankle was
badly sprained, and Collectors Dowlin
and Bigler were slightly bruised.
The report of the wreck reached this
city at about O'Clock this morning and
caused great excitement, as il was known
that many prominent men of this city
were expected ON the train. The accident
disarranged the telegraph wires and it
was after 10 o'clocked before the follow
ing particulars of the accident We're re-
ceived; The express was about 15 min
utes late when il reached the place where
the wreck occurred. AT Blue Stone
quarry the track makes sharp curve
around the river short distance back
from the bunk. There is switch ut
the commencement of the curve.
Whether some one had left the
switch partly open or not is not certain.
The officials of the road say the switch
had been tempered with, evidently with
the intention of causing wreck. Had
the switch been open the trnin would
have gone into it all right, and would
have been stopped before my dame ge
had been done. AS il was. the train could
go on neither track. Tho 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 on
over the embankment in the widest con.
fusion.
The sleeping car rolled over and over
and stopped with its side lying in the bed
of the river, 80 feet below. The twopas-
senger 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 heard from every
cur; frightened passengers sprang from
windows and struggled with each other to
escape from the rolling cars, and walls of
pain were heard from some who had been
caught and held within the wreck. Those
who escaped uninjured were too much
startled for time to render assistance.
Then they began the rescue. A messen-
ger was sent to Connellsville for med
ical assistance and in short time n
corps of lhysicians was sent up
on special train. The injured, after hav-
ing their wounds dressed, were removed
to the hotels at Connellsville where they
received every attention that could be
given them by the railroad company. The
wreck caused great excitement in Con
nellsville and for hours aftelward people
hurried to the scene of the accident. The
track was blockaded and torn up so badly
that no trains got through until this after
noon.