Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-09-15
AHArLRoaD ACCIDENT.
A Fast Express CeIlides with An
Excursion Train.

BuFrALo, September l4.-A special
from Silver Creek says: A serious acci-
lent occurred this morning on the
Nickel Plate road, near this place. The
west-bound express train ran into an
excursion train from Erie, Pennsylva.
MIA. Twelve persons are reported
killed and fourteen wounded.
| The excursion train to the Falls Of
Niagara started from Ashtabula, Ohis,
with eleven passenger cars heavily load
ed. Lewis Brewer was engineer. The
scene Of the accident is short dis tance
east Of Silver creek, on short curve ap.
preached by long high trestle through
deep cut. The excursion train was
Z ing only at speed Of about eight
miles an honr, when Engineer Brewer
was terrified by the sight of an ap
proach ng Height train coming at the
rate of thirty miles an hour. He At
once reversed his engine, put on the air
brakes and jumped for his life. followed
by his fireman. None too soon, for the
engines came together with b deafening
crash and in an instant were converted
to mass Of scrap iron. The engineer
and fireman OF the freight train also
jumped and escaped, Next to the bag.
gage car was the smoker, the platform
which was lower than the others and
which allowed It to 20 under.
The result was that the baggage
car was thrown upwards and backwards
standing squarely on top Of the smoking
car, crushing and filing all except the
space occupied by two or three Of the
rear seats, the following cars being ex.
tsnsively damaged bnt the occu pants es
capped with . shake ur. As the mpker
wss filled with men. the result can be
better imagined than described People
IN the other cars crowded and j,stled to
gel away, while the escaping steam
mingled with ths cries Of the wounded
aud dying, making q scene that was at
once awful and horrible. Engineer
Bre wer. Of the passenger train. was not
70 be found. Brewer, it is thought,
fearing arrest, made good his ESCAPE
Don after the saster crowds q ,ck+d
from Silver Creek. hall mile away.
and messengers were ut once sent
,ut ki.ig for wreck ng trains, aud
medicai assistance. TIE crowds at once
hegan the work Of releasing be impris
oned passenger. dying and deaf. The
-id IT the Smoker v ere soon lad open
with axes and bars. disclo, ing th.
brulsed and msngi d 90 lies lying d,u
bIed u, in every conceivable thnpe. The
wrs ckers sn,n arrivet. accompanied BY
superintendent Kilnbsli in special
ear. With the aid Of jack. crews
ths baggsgs car was lifted.
When ths work of removing tht
boslie. ws begun. Coroner Bl ,od o.
Daukirk was one uf the earliest rels I
rrai, and had the bodies Of the deal re-
moved to tue freight hau-e near by
They prt scented b, rrlbie sight, mauy OF
them being mangled beyond recognition.
Coroner Little later impanelled a jury
and announced that he would begin to-
| morrow at Duhkirk to investigate this
err BILE lam ty.
A correc ed list Of the killed ia as fol.
Il,w.. Henry Huyek. aged 20, legs
ground to pulp aud were aapu,ated on
the return train. He died this evening.
St. phen Cathbertson, . prominent ner-
chant. HIS remains were found in q
terribly mangled condi ion. Fl. Geb-
hart, OF Pittsbutg, Pa, and bis son John
were found 10 each others embrace.
Taeir bodies were crushed and man
gled. David Sharp. . cripple, and
/ his little son were found
crushed together. VIM. w. Loomis, Of
Erie, Pa, a well-known ship builder.
had his head crushed. He was found
dead in bis seat Jacob RosIatter's
| b DIV was crushed almost out Of
~.ar.:,;rn Tohc Eadr w n Rev
nolds, Aaron Park hurst, Adriel Heidler,
John Seefert and John Meyers. The
list Of the seventy wounded is as fol-
lows: Samuel Tracy. William Zunmer-
lily, Louis LinoIey, Martin Rnslate..
Archibald Campbell. Edward w. Mar
BILE, Chas. Schneider, Chas. Doernler,
Joseph Tanner ]. p. Harrington. Phil.
Linton and A w. CAhoon.