The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-04-18
Two Brothers Killed.

CUMBERLAND, April 10.-An acct
dent occurred last night on the Pitts.
burg division of the Baltimore and
OHIO Railroad, at Indian Greek, seven
! and a.half miles this side of Connells-
vile, Pennsylvania, which resulted
in the instant death of two brothers,
Harry and Benjamin Fuller, both of
this city. Harry was the conductor
of freight train No. II, which was
drawn by engine 527, carrying, it is
said, about forty hoppers, part of
| which were filled with coke. The
train was due at Indian Creek about
O'Clock, and in Cumberland at 7:45
this morning. The coke cars were
on their way to JOhnstOWn, Pa, via
lockwood Station, about half way
between Cumberland and Connells-
vile. The bridge was built in 1870,
and was about seventy-fve feet in
length, and of only one span. Just
as the engine had reached the east
side the bridge gave way at both
abutments and fell into the river,
with the engine and about nineteen
OF the coal cars, Harry Fuller, aged
about twenty-eight, who has been
married only about three months, the
conductor of the train, who left Cum
1 berland on Tuesday night last, was
sitting on the fireman's seat in the
engine when it went down, and was
buried under the train, he being on
the lower side as the train tOppled
oyer. His body has not yet been re-
covered, and from the condition Of
the wreck is not Xix ely to be tonight.
The engineer, Harry Atkinson. es
capped unhurt. He lives in Connells-
Vile. The fireman, who was sitting
in the door Of the engine leading to
the tender, was hurt in the back, but
not seriously. Benjamin Fuller, the
brakeman, aged about tWenty-three,
who had been married about eight
months, was putting down a brake
on the second Or third car from the
engine, and it is supposed was killed
by the falling iron girders of the
bridge. His body was gotten out a
few minutes after the accident, and
Will be brought to Cumberland in the
express due here at 2:05 A. NJ. Harry
was No. conductor, and very pop
ular among his railroad friends, and
quite handsome. Ben was a printer
by trade, and had worked on the
Daily NeaUS and independent of this
city up to Monday last. The Fuller
family have been sadly afflicted
Elisha Fuller, aged sixty. the father,
having been buried about two weeks
ago. When the news reached here
this morning, the family were great
! ly shocked-the mother, two sisters.
two brothers and the two young
wives living together. One other
married sister lives near the family
mansion. Tonight all the ladies in
the house are widows. Scott Read,
the husband of one Of the daughters,
was killed about two years ago on
the same railroad while acting as
brakeman. The bridge, it is said,
has been in very unsafe condition
for some time but the railroad Off
Gals, who are, as usual, very reticent
as to any details Of the occurrence,
which might have been mach more
serious affair had the train been a
passenger, instead Of freight train,
deny that it had been condemned.
Passengers are being transferred across
the creek, which runs south into the
Youghiogheny river, and is about
sixty feet wide and from fifteen to
thirty feet deep. This is the second
train that has gone through the
bridge. which was formerly Of wood,
but was latterly made into a truss
bridge.
CUMBERLAND, Md, April r.
The body of Conductor Henry Full
Ter, who was killed at Indi4n Creek,
on the Pittsburg division of the Bal
tilnOre and Ohio railroad on Thurs
day evening last, was recovered yes
terday and taken to ConnelIsville,
where an inquest was held. The
bodies of both Henry and Benjamin
Fuller were brought tosthis city this
morning and were taken to the resi-
dence of their mother. The double
funeral, which took place from the
Centre street NJ. E. Church at 3
O'Clock this afternoon, was the most
largely attended that has taken place
in this city for number of years.
The services were conducted by Rev.
! Joseph France, d. ID. The pail
bearers for the funeral of Henry Full
Ter were six conductors from the
Pittshurg division and for that of his
brother, Benjamin, six well known
printers of this city. The printers
and the different fire companies of