St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-31
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
The Philadelphia Express on the Read
ing Railroad Wrecked at
GPeenville.
Several Persons Injured but Me IKilled-A
Disastrous Fire at Wellsburg, Wv.
Mysterious Poisoning,

delpbia express on the Reading railroad was
wrecked at Greenville this morning. Some
lives are reported lost and many injured.
The train consisted Of four coaches, well
filed with passengers. The accident occurred
between DAnforth avenue station and the
cemetery bridge. The train was running
rapidly when wheel Of the forward coach
broke and the car was derAiled. 1t ran into
a coal train and was upset and the other
three cars thereby wrecked. The accident
was witnessed by mounted policeman, who
telephoned the facts To police headquarters.
The various hospitals at once dispatched
surgeons aud ambuiances to the scene. Up
to the present time twenty-five wounded
persons have beer removed from the wreck
and many more are to be extricdted.
There were seventy passengers on board,
and it is remarkable that many were not
killed outright. AS far as can be ascertained
the injured are as follows:
W Calhoun, Philadelphia, head cut Sc
verely, both thighs and severe internal in
iurics; B. Wink, seriously cut: j. j. Kelley,
left arm injured j. T. Holloway,J. Connolly,
shock and cuts. Ii. D. COrcoran, head cut,
all of Philadelphia: Chas. Frally, Bound
Brook, cut and bruised; H. c. Wade, Bound
Brook, cuts and bruises.
The rear brakeman broke the upper win
dows of the rear coach and he'll ped out the
passengers. The newsboy, D. Curran, said
he was in the rear car, and after the car
bumped along for few moments it stood
on end and then he fell over the stove and
was pulled out of the window. The over
turned stoves set fire to the wreck in
several places, but was extnguished by the
Ernl. nI
Long Branch express came along nine min
utes after the disaster but was stopped by the
danger signal. A special train waf sent out
from Jersey City and brought be. } the pas
sengers from the trims.
Those from Philadelphia were all more or
less the worse for the shaking up. With
torn clothing, dirt-begrimed faces, their
blood stains betokened the ordeal through
which they had passed. Several gentlemen
who were cut and bruised severely, refused
their names for publication on account Of
alarming their friends. the track was torn
up for considerable distance. The tender
and cars were piled in a confused mass.
The cause of the accident cannot be ascer-
tanned, but it is certain that the cars were of
the track for some distance beyond, thus
proving the latter was not the cause of the
disaster.
All but two were removed from it in an I'm
conscious condition. They were carried into
the waiting room at the Danforth avenue de-
pot. Several physicians attended them. IN
less than hour after the accident occurred
all the injured passengers recovered con-
seriousness and were able to walk about.
Eight of them were only slightly injured and
refused to give their names. They were
placed on a special train aud taken to New
York.
Superintendent Stearns arrived from Eiz-
abeth, the scene of the accident, at noon.
Two wreckers, one from Jersey City and the
other from Elizabeth, were on the ground,
and under the superintendent supervision
the work of removing the wreck aud replac
ing the track and ties Torn up for a distance
of 100 yards was begun. At O'Clock the
east and west bound tracks were clear, and
trains began running on schedule time.
The wrecked cars were damaged
beyond repair. It is estimated the wreck
will cost the company 500, 900. The causes
Of the disaster are not positively known, but
it is supposed to have been the result of
breaking a thread in the wheel of the for
ward car which was first to leave the track.
Exaggerated reports of the accident were
soon widely spread, and during the after
noon persons from all parts of the county
visited the scene. The exact number of
passengers injured is not known. The rail-
road officials state only twenty persons were
in the rear car the only one overturned, and
two of them are unhurt. The following is Il
list of wounded and extent OF injuries, as
far as known by the railroad people:
c. w. Calhoun, SOC North Sixth street,
Philadelphia, leg broken and head cut
Chas. II. Pray, Philadelphia, face cut.
~ lid ant.
on the head.
J. NJ. Bray, Philadelphia, hands bruised
and side slightly injured.
Secretary Frrderlcks of the Mutual Life
Insurance company, philadelphia, back and
legs injured.
NJ. d. Connolly, Philadelphia, head badly
cut side aud breast bruised and in jured in
ternally.
o. Reed, Philadelphia, hands cut
b. f. Scattergood, Philadelphia, left arm
broken ana face cut.
e. K. scaryille, Philadelphia, head in
jured.
Henry Tracy, Philadelphia, head badly
cut.
Daniel Kirk baggage master, and Brake
man Kliekuer were also injured though not
seriously. superintendent Stearns to-mor-
row begins an investigation into the cause
Of the accident.
A VIRGINIA GLAZE.
WHEELING, W. Va, Jan. 30.-At on ca-ly
hour this morning fire broke opAn TEells-
burg IN the storehouse Of G.. NJ. Wa-l & Co.
destroying Il stock of goods amounting TO
81, 000 together with valuable books and pa
pers. The flames soon spread 10 two story
brick and frame dwelling and sturehuuse Of
Mrs. Robert GOudy which were speedily con-
sumcd. This building was occupied by
Jones d. Carter as a millinery store and
dwelling. Their stock was partially saved
ami the household goods are a total loss.
Tho Caldwell building, north of White %
Co.., and new frame structure, were badly
damaged. The building and contents were
fully insured. G.. NJ. White 81 Co. loss on
building, 81, 900; stock, $4,000; insured for
So 500. q. w. CaldwelI's loss, $3.50; Carter
IL Jones, loss, 81 300 on stock and household
goods; no insurance. The postOiiice was
thrcatencd and the contents were removed;
no loss. Mrs. s. Atkinson loses $500 on her
stock Of goods. The insurance is mostly IN
home companies The losses will reach
S12, 900.
MYSTERIOUS POISONING.
DETROIT Mich. Jan. 30.-Juus Nagelfeld
died at midnight last night under suspicious
circumstances. He and his wife for ycster-
days breakfast took peppermint tea, az has
been their custom, aud soon aftcrward were
taken sick. They took mpe antidotes, hut
it seemed without effect. Late In the night
physician was called, but the husband soon
died. Mrs. Nagclfeld 10 still living, but 10