Telegram-herald., 1886-09-15

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Tie f.asllg special - tiie Lliiet
Press lse- additional particulars ~ the
Terrible afeez Tie arciaeut happened al
silver Creek small station just east ~
ulnarz Here tie engineer received
0rlers 20 ran ahead regardless
1f .oesl freight No. which the order stated
would side-track flF him below the station
tie accordingly puiled bis train 81 III cars
loaded o. their fullest capacity and bad pro-
eeedel az Tar a. tLe sharp curve Two mikes
oel04 lhe station sheu be 50 smoke hoat-
lng over lhe hilltop around which the
curve Weat The locomotive sounded warn
inz whisries, bat II Vas too iste
The local freight running 50 miles
an hour 70 make The silver
Greek SHE track cOliided with the passenger
train causing one oi The worst accidents
ever ks0wn 1n the shores of Lake kfie since
the Ashtahula disaster As soon as The en-
zines came iato collision the shock lifted
The baggage car OF the excursion train from
is tucks and drove if backward 10 the
smoker. allied with passengers Starting ~
at ihe l0rWari end Of the car 10 literally
moved d8Nn the seats aud crushed their
occupants. ~ ground them into an unIe-
I eoznizable uless upon the i0or- Out ~ the
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escaped with slight injuries.
The scene Of the accident was In deep
cui lust where the curve commences The
shock aroused the passengers In the rear
cars aud the sound Of escaping steam
aroused the ueighborhood In ten minutes
500 hundred men besides the excur.ionists
we're on the ground. The Lake Shore and
/ Nickle Plate roads. upon receipt OF news Of
I the accident. sent special trains from Buff
/ fal0 and Erie niled With physicians and
medical appliances.
AT the wreck the sight was horrible The
smoker had been burst by the telescoping
and from the cracks IN the corners and
seats on the door oozei blood IN streams
/ making large pools upon the ground. One
/ bow abOht eighteen years of age was caught
/ between the telescoplng cars and the WIN
/ dow casing, his body half projecting out
/ into the air through the window. His legs
were crushed 10 a jelly between the
cars, aud called out piteously upon
by ISLANDERS 10 put him out of his
misery From all parts of the cars
came the means Of the dying and injured
| A large number of men using trimmed ir
trees. which they had cut in the woods, as
| levers worked faithfully for two hours be-
fore even the first imprisoned man was got
| ten out Then entrance 20 the car was
gained but the progress toward the interior
I
| wounded was slow, a. the entire woodwork
had 70 be chopped away.
The dead were crushed almost beyond
recognition. Some Of the bodies being
| crushed into a space of few inches. Brains
| aud blood covered every thing. II was
| literally a death trap. As the work of
| carving out the dead and wounded pro-
gressed, many painful sights were
seen In one place at the
certer of the car, David Sharp of Erie, was
/ riding with his lO-year-Old son. When the
collision occurred, il seemed as if they were
/ paralyzed and unable 10 get out They
were caught and crushed together in heap.
/ Chas. McSparren. prominently connected
| with the Stearns manufacturing company
i OF Erie. had a most marvellous escape. He
| wa1 picked out Of his seat by the draw
| head of the baggage car, thrown on top of
the seats his clothing was torn from his
body aud he was finally forcibly thrown
| out OF the car window. having received but
slight braises VIM. Reitlle and Henry G..
| Fink. two prominent Erie merchants were
the only ones who escaped from the car
| unscathed.
When the work OF removing the dead and
/ injured had been completed the cOrpses
were taken 10 the freight house and laid
upon the floor for Identification, and the
injured were taken 10 the hospital car and
then taken 20 Erie in 1t, and are now being
treated at 81. Nincents Hospital in that
| citv.
over two third. OF all injured will die
The responsibility Of the accident j. hard
| to ,lace Engineer Brewer has disap-
| peared His fireman claims that he had
| orders to run 70 Silver Creek regardless OF
| the local freight. while the engineer of the
| freight exhibits orders emitting 10
! him the right of way as far
| AZ the side-track west of the station. The
| agent At silver Creek saws he knows nothing
Of orders emitting the passenger train to
| run by Silver Greek.
The accident is one Of the direst misfor-
tunes that has ever visited Erie and the
| town is clothed IN mourning.