The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-13
AT LIGHTNING SPEED
A BALTIMORE & OHIO TRAIN DASHEa q
TO DEs1 RUcTIoN.
Six Cars, Including the Sleeper, Leave
the Track and SeSsnteen People Are
Made Subjects for the Surgeon
No Deaths Reported.


wreck occurred at tho Bluestono quarry on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at O'Clock
Thursday morning. Train M. II, the
| through express from Baltimore to Pitts
burg, consisting OF sleeper, two coaches,
two baggage, and one express car, ran into
misplaced switch and was completely
wrecked The sleeper rolled over the EN-
bankment into the Youghiog heny 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 in
jured are: The Hon. c. E, Boyle, member
of congress from the Fayette district; the
Hon. John Bowling, collector Of internal
revenue for the Twenty.second district; j
N McJilton, Esq, legal agent of the Balti-
more & Ohio company; the Hon. e. Ill.
Bigler. collector of internal revenue for the
Twenty y-second district; j. Foy, Bos.
ton, Mass, foot hurt; John Sheridan,
Piedmont, W. Va, right arm cut;
b. Shains, New York, right hand and
back hurt slightly; Mr.. W. /. Wells, ln-
dianapalis, leg sprained; Charles Hirsch.
New York shoulder hurt and scalp wound;
sprained Joseph L. Dalan Brooklyn, hands
cut; Mrs. Lucy Motfatt, Swickley, Pa,
hands burned; S. II. Wayman. Garrett, Pa,
believed to be injured internally; Mrs.
Dyer, Pittsburg, back sprainei; G. f..
Adams, Of New York, scalp wound and
head bruised; f. McGraw, badly cut; o..
Van Meter, of Pittsburg hands burned,
None OF the wounded are believed to be
dangerously injured, unless it is Congress.
man Boyle, whose condition it is not known
but believed to be serious. J. N McJilton's
ankle was badly sprained, and Collectors
Bowling and Bigler slightly bruised.
Tbn rrt ,F raSE rod ri ity
about Q o'clock Thursday morning, and
caused great excite ment, as it was known
that many prominent men of this city were
expected on this train. The accident disar-
ranged the telegraph wires, and it was
after 10 o'clock before the particulars Of the
accident were received.
The express was about fifteen minutes late
when it reached the place where the wreck
occurred. At Bluestone quarry the track
makes sharp curve around the river a
short distance back from the banks. There
Is a switch at the commencement OF the
curve. Whether some one had left the
switch partly open or not is not yet
ascertainsd. The officials Of ths road say
that it was tampered with, evidently with
the object of causing a wreck. Had the
switch been open the train would have gone
into it all right and could have been stopped
before any damage had been done. As it
was the train could go on neither track.
The result was that the engine dashed along
the ties. tearing up the track and causing
the coaches and sleeper to break loose and
dash over the embankment in the widest
confusion. The sleeper rolled over and
over, and stopped with its side lying in the
bed of the river thirty feet below. The
two passenger coaches stopped at the waters
edge. The baggage car went into the water.
There were many passengers on board. The
scene that followed was one that beggars
description The cries of the injured and
Soaimed were heard from every car; right
ened passengers sprang from windows and
struggled with each other to escape from the
rolling cars; walls OF pain were heard from
some who had been caught and held within
the wreck.
Those who escaped without injury were
too startled for time to render assistance.
Then they began the rescue. A messenger
was sent to Connellsville for medical as
sistance, and in Il short time corps of
physicians was sent up on a special train
After dressing the wounds of the in jured
they We're removed to the hotels
at Connellsville, where they received
every attention that could bo given
them by the railroad company. The
wreck caused great excitement in Connells-
vile, and for hours afterward the people
hurried to the scene of the accident. The
track was torn up 50 badly that no trains
got through until afternoon
The train was running nearly fifty miles
an hour when the accident occurred.
UNIoNTowN, Pa, Nov. 12. Upon the
arrival of Congressman c. E. Boyle at his
home near this city. he was attended by Dr.
Robinson, the family physician. As yet
DR.. Robinson is unable to tell whether
the injuries will result seriously or
not. He Is badly hurt about
the back, and his limb is
greatly swollen. His face is badly bruised.
and both hands are lacerated by the glass
Of the window, against which he was
thrown. He is unable to sit up, and was
conveyed from the depot to his home in an
ambulance. His family is very much
alarmed over his condition