The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-06-24
INSTANTLY KILLED.
A Freight Train Wrecked on the Fort
Wayne Railroad.
Harley Harrington, An Alliance Youth
Crushed TO Death Under Gar
miraculous Escape OF
Others.

Another bad freight wreck occurred
on the Fort Wayne railroad at an early
hourTuesday morning Just outside OF the
city, In which an Alliance boy named
Harley Harrington, son OF Nathan Har-
rlngton, night yard conductor OF the
Fort Wayne railroad at Alliance, was
instantly killed.
Young Harrington, who was between
II and Is years OF age, came over 10
Canton yesterday and attended Barnum's
circus He had a pass In his pocket on
which TO return home on q passenger
train, but missing the 9:35 p. m. train
with a number Of other boys from ALI
ance he waited around with them for
o few hours. All hands then
concluded 10 return TO Alliance
on one of the many freight trains run
ming eas,. They boarded section one Of
No. rs as II passed through, seven or
eight Of them standing on a platform
between two refrigerator cars. AT about
2 o'clock a. m. when the train reached
the 90 mile post, o mile from the city, a
rail snapped under the middle Of the
train, aud very bad wreck instantly
resulted. Five OF the heavy refrigera-
tor cars were thrown from the track on
, either side, and under one OF these Har
rlngton was thrown, being pinned to
the ground by the edge Of II. and the
life was instantly crushed out OF him.
All the others who were standing with
him miraculously escaped injury.
When found the edge OF the big re.
frigeratOr car, which was loaded with
dressed beef, as were all the others, lay
across the middle Of his breast, and his
face and the upper part Of his breast, as
we'll as his neck, was perfectly black,
the result Of the blood being violently
forced from other parts OF the body into
those parts. No cuts were Visible on
any part OF the body, but the head and
face we're swollen TO an enormous sI2e,
and appeared as II they were ready TO
burst, 80 great had been the pressure Of
the blood 10 them The body was
brough. In TO the depot here and turned
over TO undertaken Bharer, who pre-
pared II for burial, ann will send II over
70 the boys family at Alliance some
time to-day.
AT an early hour Tuesday morning
DEMOCRAT reporter fastened TO the
scene OF the wreck. 0le OF the worst
wrecked cars was q cattle car In which
O large number OF live hogs and calves
wera being conveyed. The great
or number OF these were killed outright,
and their caIcasfes were piled up on
either side OF the track. Only few OF
them were badly mangled, the rest look
Ing as though they we're killed by a
shock.
The wreck was bad one, the cars be-
Ing piled up In great confusion, al-
though, outside the cattle car, none
were very badly broken up, most Of the
damage being done to the tracks.
Wrecking trains were sent out from
Canton and Alliance, and q large gang
OF men are bus,ly at work clearing up
the track. The track was torn up for
distance OF about one hundred yards,
and II will take about all day to clear
up the wreck 80 that trains can run.
NOTES.
The city 10 full OF belated passengers
waiting to 20 east or west.
Mr.. Nathan Harrington, father Of the
dead boy, came here this morning and
took charge Of the remains.
The chief brakeman Of the train, L, 8.
Emerson, OF Alliance, had his clothes
torn and log seriouely bruised.
Coroner Leininger viewed the body Of
Harrington and took look at the wreck
preparatory 10 holding on inquest which
he will hold at o q. M, Wednesday,
Trains to the west are being run from
Alliance 10 Hudson over the Cleveland
& Pltt-burg, and from thence TO Orr
VILE over the @. A. q O. railroad. East
bound trains are being run from ALI
Rnce over the same route.
Mr.. @. d. Smith, OF Alliance, was In
the city attending the show. Being too
late for the regular rain no took pas
sage on the freight which was wrecked.
He aud several others were standing on
the bumpers between the cars where the
accident occurred. Smiths foot was
caught between the cars and badly
smashed and he was otherwise severely
bruised. Another Alliance man was
similarly injured. Smith form ,rly lived
In Canton and 10 the bicycle rider who
Waa ageOcIated with George Eyg.er.