St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-13
The Through Express on the Baltimore &
Ohio Road Accidentally Thrown Into
River.
Twenty-Five Persons Injured, but None
Fatally--Congressman BOyle's
Narrow Escape.
Horrible Revelations Concerning the
Treatment of Prisoners In
House of Refuge.
RelleviIle. O.. Greatly Excited Over
an Elopement--A Dream Ferrets
Out Crime.
Railroad Accident.

PITTsBURG, Nov. IA frightful wreck
occurred at the Blue Stone quarry on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Z o'clock this
morning. Train No. 2 through express
from Baltimore to PittSburg, consisting of
a sleeper, two coaches, two baggage and
one express car, ran into misplaced switch
and was completely wrecked. The sleeper
rolled over the embankment into the
Yonghiegheny river. The other cars were
upset and the whole train was detached
from the engine. Seventeen persons were
injured, but none were killed outright. The
following are the names of the injured:
Hon. G. E. Boyle, member Of congress
from the Fayette district.
Hon. john Dowlan, collector of internal
revenue for the Twenty-third district.
J. n. McJilton, legal agent of the Balti-
more & Ohio company.
Hon. E. H. Bigler. collector of Internal
revenue for the Twenty-second district.
J. Fey of Boston, foot hurt.
Johi sheridan Of Piedmont, W. Va, right
arm cit.
B. shains of New York, right arm and
back hurt slightly.
Mrs. W. L. Wells of Indianapolis, leg
sprained.
Charles Hirsch of New York, shoulder hurt
and scalp wound.
T. W. Young of New York, back and leg
sprained.
Joseph E. Dalden Of Brooklyn, hands cut.
Mrs. Lucy Moffat of Sewickly, Pa, hands
burned.
T. j Warner of Garrett. Pa, believed to be
injured internally.
Mrs. Dyer of Pittsburg, back sprained.
C.. f. Idding, scalp wound and bruises.
+. McGraw, badly cut.
Unknown man, hands burned.
The following were slightly wounded: j.
A. Kelly Baltimore; Grin VanMeter,
Pittsburg; George Lane, England; John
Younker, engineer, ConnellSvilie, Pa, and
Division Freight Agent Burgess of this
dity. Congressman Boyle is very seriously
hurt, but will probably recover. He was
taken to his home at UniOntown. Orin
VanMeter of this city, by his heroic action,
saved the car from taking fire, and
death. When the train jumped the
track, he grabbed the stove with a
death-like grip and held on until the car
stopped at the foot of the embankment,
when he let 90 TO find the flesh burnt off
both hands and arms. The cries of the
injured and MANNED were heard from every
car Frightened 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 a time to render assistance.
Then they began the rescue. A messenger
was sent to ConnelSville for medical assist
ance, and in short time corps of ply
sicians was sent UP on a special train. After
dressing the wounds of the injured they were
removed to the hotels at Connelsville, where
they received every attention that could be
given them by the railroad company. The
wreck raised great excitement at Con-
nelsville. The track was blockaded and
TORN UP so BADLY
that no trains got through until this after
noon. The report of the wreck reached
this city about o'clock this morning and
caused great excitement, as it was known
that many prominent men of this city were
expected On the train. The accident disar-
ranged the telegraph wires, and it was after
10 o'clock before the particulars of the ac-
cident were received. The express was about
fifteen minutes late when it reached the
place where the wreck occurred. At Blue
Stone quarry the track makes a sharp curve
around the river. A short distance back
from the bank. there is a switch at the
commencement of the cnrve. Whether
some one had left the switch partly open
or not is not yet ascertained. The officials
of the road say that it was tampered with,
evidently with an object in view 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 upon
neither track. The result was that the en-
gine dashed along the ties, tearing up the
track and causing the coaches and sleeper
to break loose and dash on over the EN-
bankment 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 and the
scene that followed was one that beggared
description.