Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-19
A RAILROAD DISASTER
THE LIMITED ON THEP. C. & ST. L. WRECK
EDDY A LANDSLIDE
On the Outskirts of Pitsburg-Three Sleepers Crushed
By a Mass Of Rocks Falling From Precpica--
Eigh; Passengers Badly Injured, Some
Probably Fatally.

DuTR, SlnCluudll stLu ~ LOuiS 1SaliiO|iu
which was due in this city at $50 o'clOcl
this morning, was wrecked by land slid
at Jones Ferry, at the outskirts of the cit,
and q number Of persons injured, two o
them, it is thought, being fatally hurt
The heavy rains of the past thirty-si!
hours loosened the earth along the roa'
and the conductor of the limited had beel
notified to proceed carefully. The trail
was running slowly, not more than tel
miles an hour, and just as it reached Jones
Ferry mass Of rocks and earth cam
tumbling down from precipice forty fee
above The first part Of the train escapeC
but the huge mass crashed into the thre'
sleepers which were in tn
rear. The interior of the from
car was almost. completely demolish
ed. 1t was the Cincinnati sleeper, anC
fortunately had q smaller number o
passengers on it than any coach that ha
gone out of Cincinnati on the limited tOl
months. All of the occupants had ariser
and were in the forward part of the COacl
preparing their toilets, The two Othel
sleepers were also badly wrecked. Tht
scene following the accident is indescrib
able. Women shrieked, children screamed
while above all was heard the grOans o
the injured who were wedged in between
the berths and rocks unable to move
| For moment those passengers who
miraculously escaped injury were 81
dumbfounded that they stood motionless
The sleepers were completely filled witt
dust. II was diihult to determine whiCi
of their number was most seriously injured
The moment the crash was heard the
engineer stopped the train, but as soon a:
the conductor saw the frightful results ht
cried, Hurry to the Union Station, We
don't want 10 wait minute, Us we mus
care for the injured" The train ther
started In few minutes the station was
reached, full corps OF surgeons and com
pany attendants were on hand to carry
out the injured 1t was found that eigh
passengers were seriously hurt, while a.
many more received painful cuts ant
bruises. Among the injured are two wh(
may die.
THE LIST OF INJURED
that have thus far been learned is a>
follows:
David Arnheim, of Pittsburg, head bad
! ly cut, body and breast crushed. 1t l.
feared that he is injured internally and /:
in preCariOuS condition.
5. \. Bennett, OF New York, was wedget
in under the upper berth OF one section
He has two long ugly glShes on his head
one shoulder blade is broken and two ribs
He is thought to be dangerously hurt
Captain 0. 4 DOud, OF Pittsburg, ugly
cut on the head and slightly bruised, not
dangerous:
Mrs. Lieut.. Glass, Of Fort Bayard, New
Mexico, one limb bruised and several cuts
ON her body.
f. A. Curtis, of New York, was struck
on the back and leg by large pieces OF
rock. lie was seriously, though not dan
gcrOusly injured.
J. c. Lyman, of indianapolis, badly cut
about the head and body, but not seri-
ously.
A young lady from Terre Haute, Ind,
whose name is not learned, was struck by
flving pieces of rock and hurt about the
head and body.
Mr.. Fowler, Of Washington,
ID. c., slightly hurt about
the body. He was within
a foot OF where the largest rock landed in
the sleeper In addition to the above
names, number of the other passengers,
as stated before. were slightly injured.
These persons hurried out to the different
hotels, where they had their bruises
dressed. None of them except those men
toned were seriously injured.
Those most seriously hurt were
REMOVED TO HOTELS
in the vicinity, and everything possible
done to alleviate their Suiitrings. The
slecpers that were 50 badly damaged were
the ".tlSatia, "Williamsport' and Var
row" The interiors of each We're COM
plete were complete wreck, while the
roofs were caved in and the sides torn
out of the Cincinnati car. Pullman
Conductor T. W. Dragrart, who was
in the rear car says the train
was running at speed of ten miles when
the crash came. The scene following can
not be described. The passengers who
were not injured ran wildly about not
knowing where to go or what TO do. One
woman rushed into his arms and tainted
No one was badly hurt in his car but in
the two front coaches the injured were
quite numerous. One piece of rock struck
the middle of the car aud slid lengthwiSc
10 section No. |. In the end of the car
where it lodged, crushing the section to
atoms, an old gentleman and his daughter
had left the section a minute before or
they would have both been killed. The
sleeper Williamsport was struck by "a stone
weighing almost ton. Mrs. Lieutenant
Glass had Just got up and passed into her
stateroOm. Her seat and berth were
MASHED TO PIECES.
The large rock when it struck the bot
tom of the car glanced toward the rear and
broke the seats rs though they were but
spider webs. One gentleman for Philadel-
phia, |. II. Lewis, sat first opposite gMr'.
Glass He heard the crash, jumped up
and half of his seat was smashed under
himas though struck bya trip hammer.
He escaped without injury with the..excep y
ton of some broken glass in his face and
ear One or two ladies in the front Of the
car tainted and dropped over
the seats. They were believ-
ed to have been killed. The ladies
who were in the state room laid in a
swoOn until the train reached the union
depot Mr.. Anheim was in the first sec
tion OF the front sleeper. 4 large stone
came through like bullet and crushed
the seat just in front of him. Had the
train moved foot further he would have
been instantly killed. Mrs Lieut.. Glass
said
HER FIRST IMPRESSION
was that the train was attacked with
dynamite bombs. Conductor Maguir,
says he thought the whole hill had tum-
bled over upon the cars. The larger stone
made an opening in the top of the car
aboutsix feet square. Twenty men could
not move it. 1t weighed fully 1,5O0
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