Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-25
A SICKENING SIGHT.
The Disastrous Accident on the
C., l. & W. Road,
10 Which the Two Children of Mrs.
CruneIIe
We're ShockingIy Manslsd-- "Details
Of the Mishap.

Early on Friday evening most distress
ing accident occurred on the line of the
c., L. L W. road, about four miles west OF
Bridgeport, which narrowly escaped re-
sulting in the death ofat least two persons
1t seems that Mrs Andreas Crunelle, wife
Of o French coal miner, who has been em.
ployed at the Maynard mines, was return
ing home from visit to Pittsburg. accom-.
panied by her two children, twin dsugh.
ters about eight years Of age.
She arrived in Bridgeport that evening, a
little too late to make connections with the
last train out the C. l. l. w., and started
about dark to walk to her old home.
When she and her two children, described
above, arrived at The middle OF the fourth
bridge on the road out, located about four
miles west Of Bridgeport, and almost op-
posite the residence oi Wal. Worley, the
east bound local freight came into sight
around very short curve. The trio at.
tempted 10 run to the end toward which
the train was coming bat finding it impos
sible to make
PLACE or SAFETY,
Mrs. Crunelle aud one daughter, Julia,
jumped for their lives The other, named
Juliet, was lees fortunate and the pilot OF
the engine struck her and knocking her
down, rolled her under the engine dis
tauce Of twenty feet.
Mrs Crunelle slighted on piece Of tim
Der on the side Of the bridge and sustained
no serious injury other than several severe
bruises Julia, the child who Jumped,
struck her chin on an outstanding timber
and cut a cash two inches in length TO the
| bone. Sha alec recaived serious cut on
the head over the right eye, and very
DANGEROUS CONFUSION
on the back part OF the head. The place
where she fell was about fifteen feet from
the creek bed, which was not entirely
covered with water in places.
Juliet, who was struck by the train and
dragged over the crossties, was hurt much
more seriously than either her mother or
sister. She has cut on the right thigh ,
about six inches in length, with the thigh |
bone fractured slpoat Immediately under
the aut. This vas evidently done by the
pilot, when it first struck her. One OF the
wheels ofthe engine passed disgonally over
her right foot, necessitating the amputa,
ton of all but the heel. She
also sustained several severe scalp
wounds and an esleeiGlIY sad cUi on the
edge o, the forehead,
When the traiu was stopped and the
hands came upon the scene,
HORRIBLY SIGHT
met their gszs. At the eqa ct ths bridge
stood the mother, wriDsing her hands and
sobbiDg pteously, and talking French,
which none of the men could understand. /
On the track lay the apparently lifeless,
and horribly maDgled form of one poor
child while it's twin sister lay in the creek
beneath, crying piteously, Mama, mama,
where am !, where An |. V The men made
haste TO pick up the wounded children and
carry the IN to the residence OF Mr.. Worley.
near by, where all that was possible was
done for their relief The train ran On TO |
Bridgeport where the engine was uncoupled
from the train and hitched to pas.
senger coach, and Doctors Cooke,
Fisher and Heinlein and several other gen.
tlemen required for assistants summoned.
In less than half hour all had been done,
and the road managers notified by tele-
graph, and orders received TO proceed OF
once TO
THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
Engineer Frank Upton and Yardmaster
Frank Mslby run the train out to Worleys,
where the injured persons we're transferred
to the car and taken to Maynard. As soon
40 the train arrived Mrs. Crunelle went to
her husbands residence, an ordinary min
ing town shsuty With one room aud q
kitchen, aud Numbered for convenience
sake.
Here another affecting scene took place
The husband had not been warned Of bis
wifes proposed return. nor OF
his twin daughters terrible calamity,
he and big CON, boy OF about ten years
Of age, we're peacefully sleeping on the
only bed 10 the house, little expecting TO
be 50 suddenly awakened to such
DREADFUL REAIIZLTIoSs.
Mrs Cruuelle vent 20 { side window which
which Was raised and leaning IN. called
"Andreasl Andreasi 'Tis ], An.
dressr The husband when first
awakened could not com prehend the mean. !
ing Of the sound, and the ohI,d was tirst TO
recognize its mothers voice After few /
minutes, Nj Crunelle got up and let bis
spouss !nto the house, Whereupcn !
they clasped each other end sept tears OF
ioy at once saore being reunite3 10 their !
own home. When the ssd news OF the
children fate was broken 10 the husband
bis JOY turned sa
uSC0NTRoLLABLE GRIEF.
| Assistance was summoned from among the
miners aud the childr+n removed from
the car, up an almost per.
pendicular hill to the little bouse.
! in the house, squslor and miserable power.
ty presented itself on every tsnd. There
was but one bed, and two chairs, and d
small kitchen tabls. On this latter, the
children we're lsyed alternately while the
wounds were being dressed, and it was
found that there was not even shirt With
which to make bandAges The doctors
did the best they could aud pat the chill
dren on the bed TO await morning. when
the Injuries would be properly dressed.
Yesterday morning another special train
was run out and the physicians dressed the
wounds permanently.
THE UsLCCEI TRiIs
vas drawn By engine No. u, in charge OF
James Sauburn, with James Mcconnell
conductor. At the Poibt vhe.e the acc;'
dent occurred there Is very sharp curve,
, which throws the Hight from the headigh.
stsinst the bridge iu such way Is to
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