St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-19
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pice and Wreck Three Aleepers.-
several Passenger Injured.

SeVeraf Passengers lr1ured.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, Nov. 1S.-The limited
express. coming east on the Pittsburg, Gin
cnnati & St. Louis railroad, which was due
in this city at $50 o'clock this morning, was
wrecked by landslide at Jones' Ferry, at
the outskirts of the city and number OF
persons injured, two of them, it is thought,
being fatally hurt. The heavy rains of the
past thirtysiX hours had loosened the earth
along the road. and the conductor of the
limited had been notified to proceed
carefully. The train was running
slowly. not more than ten miles an
hour, and Just as it reached
Jones' ferry mass of rocks and earth came
tumbling down from a precipice forty feet
above. The first part of the train escaped,
but the huge mass crashed into the three
seepers which were in the rear. The in
terror of the front car was almost COM
pletely demolished. 1t was the Cincin-
natl sleeper. and fortunately had smaller
number of passengers on it than any coach
that has gone out of Cincinnati on the linn
tied for months. All of the occupants had
arisen, and most of them were in the for
ward part of the car preparing their toilets.
The two other Sleepers were also
BADLY WRECKED.
The scene following the Incident was in
describable. Women shrieked and chill
dren screamed, while above all was heard the
groans of the njured. who were wedged in
between the berIhS and racks unable to
move. For a moment those passengers
who miraculously escaped injury were so
dumbfounded that they stood motiOnless.
The Sleepers were completely filled with
dust, and it was difficult to determine which
of their number had been most seriously
injured. The moment the crash was heard
the engineer stopped the train. but as soon
as the conductor saw the frightful results
he cried, Hurry on to the union depot
We don't want to wait minute, as we
must care for the injured" The train was
then started in few minutes and the sta
t. on was reached, and full corps of sur
geons and company attendants were on
hand to carry out the injured. 1t was
uud that eight passengers had been Sc
riously hurt, while probably as many more
had received painful cuts and bruises.
THE LIST OF INJURED
that has thus far been learned is as follows:
DAVID ARNHEIM, of Pittsburg; head
badly cut and breast crushed.
s. A. BENNETT, of New York, was wedged
in under the upper berth of one section. He
has two long, ugly gashes on his head, one
shoulder blade broken and two ribs.
CAPT. o. A. DOUD, of Pittsburg; ugly cut
on head and slightly bruised; not dangerous.
MRS. L. T. GLASS, of Fort Bayard, N. M;
one limb bruised and several cuts on her
body.
E. A. CURTIS, OF New York, was struck in
the back and leg by large piece of rock. He
WAS severely, though not dangerously, in
jured.
J.C. LIPMAN, of Indianapolis; badly cut
about the head and body; not serious.
A young lady from Terre Haupte, whose
name is unknown, was struck by flying
pieces of rock and hurt about the head and
body.
MR.. FOWLER, of Washington, D. c.;
slightly hurt about the body, He was
within a foot of where the largest rock
landed in the 81 eeper.
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE NAMES
a number of the other passengers. as stated
before, were slightly injured. These per-
sons hurried out to the different hotels.
where they had their bruises dressed. None
of them. except those mentioned, were seri-
ously injured, and those most seriously
hurt were removed to hotels in the vicinity
and everything possible done to alleviate
their sufferngs. The sleepers that were so
badly damaged were the Alsatia, Williams
port and arrow. The interiors of each
were a complete wreck. while the roofs
were caved in and the sides torn out of the
Cincinnati car. Pullman Conductor w.
DeGeroot, who was in the rear car, says the
train was running at a speed of ten miles
when the crash came. The scene following
cannot 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 and stood
lengthwise to section No. in the end of
the car, where it lodged crushing the sec
ton to atoms. An old gentleman with his
daughter had left the section before. or
they would have both been killed. The
sleeper was struck by stone weighing
almost ton. Mrs. Lieut.. Glass had just
got up and passed into her state room. Her
seat and berth were smashed to pieces. The
large rock, when it struck the bottom of the
car. glanced toward the rear and broke the
seats as though they were but spider webs.
One gentleman from Philadelphia, j. M.
Lewis, sat just opposite Mrs. Glass. He
heard the crash. jumped up, and half of
his seat was smashed under him as
though struck by a trip hammer. He
escaped without injury with the exception
of some broken glass in his face and ear.
One or two ladies in front Of the car tainted
and dropped over the seats. Two ladies
who were in the state room lay i'll swoon
until the train reached the union depot.
Mr.. Arnheim was in the first section of the
front sleeper. A large stone came through
LIKE A BULLET
and crushed the seat just in front of him.
Had the train moved a foot further he
would have been instantly killed. Mrs.
Tieut. Glass said her first impression was
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