Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-13
.AFRIGHTFUL WRECK
On the Baltimore and Ohio at Blue
Stone Quarry, Pa.
SIXTEEN PASSENGERS INJURED
No One Killed outright---Many From
inent People On The
Train.
the WRECK The WORK OF DESIGN.

PIrrsBuRG, November IA frightful
wreck occurred at the Blue Stone quarry
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at
o'clock this morning. Train No, IL, the
through express from Baltimore to Pitts
burg, consisting of sleeper, two coaches
two baggage and one express car, ran into
a misplaced switch and was completely
wrecked. The sleeper rolled over the EN-
bankment into the Youghiogheny river.
The other cars we're upset and the whole
train was detached from the engine. Six,
teen persons were injured but none were
killed outright. The
NAMES OF THE INJURED
are:
HoS. C. E. BOYLE, member OF Congress
from the Fsyette district.
Hon. JoHS DowLIN, Collector of Inter
nal Revenue for the Twenty-third district.
in MCJnToS. ESQ, legal agent OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Company.
Hon. Z. II. BIGLEE, Collector OF Inter
nal Revenue for the TwentJ-second dis
uict.
J. FAY, Boston, Mass, foot hurt.
JoHy SHERIDAN, Piedmont, w. Va,
right arm cut.
B. SHA1Ns, New York, right hand and
back hurt
MRs. W. l.. WELLS, Indianapolis, leg
sprained. ,.,,.
hurt and scalp wound. =,
F. W. You've, New York, back and leg
sprsined.
JOSEPH E. DALLAN, Brooklyn, hands cut.
MRs. Lucy MoFFATT, SsWickley, Pa,
hands burned.
S.H. WERNER, Garrett, Pa, believed
to be injured internally.
Mas DYER, Pittsburg, back sprained.
C. F. IDDIEG, scalp wound and head
bruised.
F. MCGRAW, badly cut.
Unknown man, hands burned.
None of the wounded are believed to be
dangerously injured, unless it is Congress
man Boyls, whose condition is not known,
but in believed TO be serious j. n. Nc
Jilton's ankle was badly sprained and
Collectors DoWlin and BigleI slightly
bruised. The report Of the wreck reached
this city about 9 o'clock this morning and
caused great excitement, as 1t was known
many monument men of this city were ex'
pected on the train.
TIE accident disarranged the telegraph
wire, and il was after ten o'clock before
the following
.s--- PARTICULARS OF THE ACCIDENT
were received. The express wss about 10
minutes late when it reached the place
where the wreck occurred. At the stone
quarry the track makes 8 short curve
around the river short distance back
from the bank. There is switch at the
commencement OF the curve. Whether
some one had left the switch partly open
or not is not yet ascertained. The officers
of the road say that it was tampered with,
evidently with an object in view Of caus'
ing q wreck. Had the switch been open
the train would have gone into it all right
and could have been stopped before any
damage was done, but as it was the train
could 20 on neither track, and 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 on
OVER THE EMBANKMENT
in the widest confusion. The sleeper
rolled over and over and stopped with its
side living in the bed of the river, thirty
feet below. The two passenger cars were
stopped at the waters edge. There were
many passengers on board. The scene
that followed was one that beGgsred de.
scription. The cries Of the iDjsred and
msngled were heard from every car
frightened passengers sprung from win
dows and struggled with each other to es-
cape from the rolling cars; walls OF pain
were heard from some who had been
caught and held with the wreck. Those
who escaped without injury were too
scared for q time to render assistance.
Then began the rescue. A messenger was
sent TO Connellsvills for medical assistance
and in a short time corps of physicians
was sent on q special tram. After dressing
the wounds of the injured they were re-
moved to the hotels at ConnellsVille where
they received every attention that could be
Given them BY the railroad company. The
wreck raised great excitement at Connells-
Vile and for hours sfterward the people
hurried to the scene Of the accident. The
track YES blocksied and torn up so badly
that no trains got through until this after
noon.
InbrrTONAT TNIIRED