The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-13
DOWN AN ENBANKMEN
INTO yoUeHloeHANY RIVER.
The FriShtfal Plunge sf . baltimore Z
Ohio nxprsss rrsia-niracalsus
Escape from Death cf Many
fasseDgers--List Of the
Woaaded--I -Ineidents,

rirrsBURd, Pa, Nov. IA fright.
fnl wreck occurred at tho Blusstone
quarry, on the Baltimore & Ohio rail.
road, at 7 o'slosk this morning.. Train
ko. II, a through express from Balti.
moro to P.stsburg, consisting Of q
sleeper, two coaches, two baggage and
one express oar, ran into a misplaced
switch snd was somple,siy wrecked
The slespsr irollsd over an embank-
msnt tnto the YoughioghAny river;
ths other care wore upset ana the
whole train vas 6etaohsd from the en-
gins. Sixteen persons were injured, but
none wsrc killed outright. Tnc names
Of the injured are:
Hon. g. Il. y I'D, member OF Con.
gross nom the fayatte district.
Hon. John Bowling, collector Of in
sernnl revakuo in tho Twsnty-third
distriss.
in. Msaslton, H,a., legal agsn. OF
ths Baltimore d Ohio company.
Non. u. Il. bislsr. collector OF enter
nal revsnuo In the Twenty -ssscnd dis
trics.
J. Fay, of Bautor, foot mart.
John sheridsn, Of Piedmont, vir.
Sinis, right arm cut.
b. .. Hainss, OF New York, right
nsne ana Sssk hurt slightly.
log sprainsd.
Charles II. Cish, OF Ysw York, about
der hurt and scalp wound.
IL. W. Young, of New York, back
And los spraissd.
Jorsph Il, Dallsn, OF Brooklyn, hands
Mrs. Lasy Noffat., OF ssw,skly.
Pennsylvania, hands turned.
y. II. WsiIAsr, Of Garrst', PSunayl-
wants, balloved TO bs Injured inter
naily.
Mrs. Dyer, OF Pl.ssburs, back
sprainsN.
o. =. Iddings, scalp wound aud
hond bruised.
v. hcdow, badly eat.
Aa uaknown man hal his hands
burned.
Nome Of the wounded arc believed 20
be dangerously tsjursd, unlsss IL 10
ConErsasnann Boyle, whose coalition
In nos known, but is believed TO bs
sfrioas.
i. N. MsCslton's ankle was badly
sprsined, ana Collsstora Dowliug and
BjAler were slightly bruised.
The rsDoys OF the wreck reached thla
city about 2 O'clock this morning, and
caused Srsab excitement, as It was
known thst maay prominent mon Of
this cisy wsrS expected on the train,
The accident diSarrangad the tols.
graph wires, and IL was aftor 10 O'Clock
before tho following particulars ware
received:
The express vss about Is ninutcs
lato whom Ii reaehsd the place whsrs
the wreck occurred. A. Blusstons
quarry the track makes o sharp turn
around the river, aud short distxncs
bssk from the banks there IL q switch
a. he ssmmoncemont OF the curve.
Whsth0r rOmo one had loft the switch
open or not 10 ~ yet unknown. The
omolals OF tho road say 1t was tam
pared villa, evidently with the
object In view OF causing
tho wreck. Had the switch hssa Open
he :rsln would hays gono inio It all
right and could h.ve been stopped bo-
fore asy sAnsss had boen done. As
Is was, the train colld 70 on neither
rssk, and the resulb was that the ell
gins daxhca along tha ties, teerinE up
tho track and esueinG the alscpor 10
brosk lsoso nnd dAs1 over the spa-
uShhmoht Ia bSV Wltuehb con-
fGsi0n. Tho sleeear rolled ovsy
and ssoppsd with its side ly-
log In tho bed Df the river, so
feet bslow, tho two passenger coaches
nj tss vstar's edge, and tho baggage
car went into the ~etsr.
There were Aany passengers on
board, aud ths seeno thht followed
osgEsrsd descriptions. The cries of
the isjnJFd aud maimes were hesrd
from ovsry Car, frightened passengers
sprang from Windows, snd ptrugYlsd
wi,h eash other to escaps from ths
rolling osrg. Walls Of pain were hsayd
from some who hsd been caught and
hold within the wreck, ana those who
cHcsped without Injury were too star
tlcd for tims to render any nssist.
apoe. A messenger was sent TO Con-
melville I Jr medical assistance, md in
y short time 9 corps Of doctors wsu
cent up ou Y special train. Altar dress-
Ing tho wounds Of the injured thay
ware removed to hotels as Connsln lllo,
whore they received every attention.
Tho wreck raised great excitement
at ConDellsvills, and for hsurs after
ward people hurried TO the scene OF the
asoldons. Tho track was block AIDED
and torn up 10 badly that no trains got
throush until this afternoon.