St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-10
Three Men Killed Outright and Several
Fatally Injured in a Delaware
Railway Accident
4 Bridge Thrown Down by an Alabami
Collision and Two Men Lose
Their Lives.
The Storm on the New England
Coast Wrecks Many vessels--
Few Crews Lost.
Five Men Drowned ut Memphis--St.
Vincent Yardmaster Crushed
--Ffre Record.
mangIed, scaIded and burned.

WILMINGTON, Jan. 9.-Last nights
snow storm causes the most serious block
on the railroad tracks here that has occurred
for wears, suSpending travel for hours.
About 7:45 this morning the Wilmington &
Northern train, which leaves Reading,
Penn, at o'clock, cOllidcd with two
shifting engines that had been sent out
from the station with snOw-sweepers TO
clear the track. Both engines were running
rapidly and the Wilmington & Northern
was under good head of steam. Opposite
the Harlem & HollingswOrth company's
tracks the collision occurred. The sweep
ing engines drove the pilot engine OF the
train into the baggage car, teleseoping the
car for one-thrd of its length. The rear
end Of the car was torn TO fragments, the
cab Of the engine broken TO pieces, the
boiler fractured and the machinery twisted
into all shapes. On account of the binding
snow, the engineers of the approaching
trains were not aware of the engine until
the collision occurred. Three men were
killed outright and another Is expected 10
die. Immediately after the collision the
passenger car took fire from the engine
furnace, and escaping steam added TO the
torture Of the victims imprisoned under the
broken timbers. The fire department bur
ried to the scene and began playing on the
burning timbers, while others exerted them
selves to get out the dead and wounded.
The dead-the engineer, fireman and one
OF the shifting crew-were horribly crushed.
mangled. scalded and burned. The dead
are so mangled as 10 be nearly unrecog-
nizable.
ONE OF THE BURNED BODIES
has been partially identified as that Of
George w. Brinton, telegraph Ooerator of
the Wilmington & Northern road. A. b.
Lawler. firemen of Engine No. l. lad of
IL, is the most seriously injured. being
frightfully burned and bruised. His left
leg has been amputated and his recovery is
doubtful. John CORY, assistant yard
master, suffered conclusion of the brain.
His recovery is regarded as hardly possible.
Conductor Samuel McMullen of the Phila-
delphia, Wilmington & Baltimore road aud
j. Flynn received painful, but not danger
Gus bruises. The condition of George
Black, the Wilmington & Northern con-
ductor, is growing worse, and fears OF fatal
results are entertained. James A. Melyin's
injuries, previously reported, include
compound fracture of the right leg. and il
is regarded as serious. Joseph Wiggans,
fireman, George F. Stanley and several
others received injuries Of slight nature.
1uC AOiAONlIS - u COIIcctcu llSl VI lLc
killed and injured by the collision of loco
motives here this morning:
KILLED.
ALBERT JONES. conductor.
GEORGE W. BUNTON. telegraph opera
tor.
HARRY AHRENs. brakeman.
Injured-Abe Lawler, fireSran. burned and
cut, injuries win prove fatal. George BLACK,
conductor, scalded and Internally injured,
cannot recover; John Garry, yardmaster,
conclusion OF the brain. will die; j. J. Fl nm.
internally injured, condition critical; Samuel
and burned; James A. Melven. train dis
patcher; compound fracture of the right leg:
Elwood Coyle, engineer, head cut and leg
bruised; George Stanley ana Joseph Virgins,
e1fr nd