Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-09-23
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Twelve Persons Instantly Killed and Man
Injured 10y Collision on the Nickei-Plat
Railroad Between Freight and an Ex
cursion Train Near Silver Creek. n. T.
Partial List of the Victims.
BUFFALO, N. Y. Sept. IA dispatcl
from Silver Greek, N. Y, to the Com
merctal- Aduertiser says: A Niagara Fall
excursion train on the Nickel Plate road
under the management of J. w. Butler
excursion agent. coliided with a loca
freight train in the cut on the curve jus
east of here, at eleven O'Clock this morn
ing. Lewis Brewer was engineer on TIT
excursion train, drawn by engine
159, and VIM. Harris was engineer
of the freight train, drawn by en-
CINE No. 6. Both engineers anC
fremen saved themselves by Jumping
The excursion train consisted of one
baggage car, one smoker and clever
coaches. Only those in the smoking. cal
were hurt, it being completely telescoped
by the baggage-car. Only partial lis
OF the killed can be given at present
Several are mangled beyond recognition
The list of persons killed i'm the col
lisiou is as follows:
w. w. Loomis, of Erie, Pa.
Henry Gedhardt and son, j. f. Ged-
hardt, of Pittsburgh.
Stephen Cameron, Mayor of Waterford
Pa.
John Suder, Pittsburgh.
David Sharp, Erie.
w. w. Rostatter, Erie.
Charles Hirsch, Erie.
Mr.. Lypher, Erie.
VIM. Reynolds, Dunkirk, N. Y
IIa l.
,Iohn Meyers, of Erie.
Two bodies have not been identified
One is thought 10 be that of son of Mr..
LoomiS.
The wounded, so far as has been ascer-
taiued, are:
Henry Huyck, of Steritina, Pa, both
legs crushed very seriously.
Sam Tracy, of Erie, head and Shout
ders injured.
William Zimmerly, of Erie, badly hurt.
Louis Linse, of Erie, badly hurt.
Martin Rostatter, of Erie, shoulder
and leg injured.
Edwin w. Marble, No. 800 East Eigh-
1eenth street, Erie; legs broken.
Archie Campbell, OF Erie, seriously in
jured.
shoulder injured severely.
Charles Diller, ofErie, right leg broken
and head cut.
j. p. Harrington, of E rie, badly in
jured.
Joseph Taper of Summit. Pa, badly
bruised.
Phil. O. Linter, residence unknown,
legs crushed.
Mr. Coburn of Titusville, injured
Slightly.
The accident seems to have been caus ed
by misunderstanding of Geographic or.
ders.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. l5.-There are
various causes given for the fatal
wreck. Engineer William Harris of the
freight train is blamed. 1t is said he
had orders to meet the excursion at
Irving. He failed to obey the instruc-
tons, and was running at full speed when
the collision occurred. The trainmen
will not talk regarding who is 10 blame.
A gentleman who was on the train says
the freight train had orders to go to Sill
yer Greek, and the passenger train to
Irving, which is this side, and it was
these orders that caused the collision.
The passenger and excursion train con-
sisted of fourteen coaches. The excite
meEt on the train among those who eS-
capped was intense. The scenes i'm the
smoking car can hardly be described.
The first warning given was a slight jar
caused by the heavy pressure of the air.
brakes. Some of the passengers braced
themselves in their seats, seemingly APP
prehensive of danger. Then came the
terrible shock, followed by the smash
ing of windows and the roof of the
car, and all was mass of
bleeding and struggling humanity;
men were locked in each others arms
covered with blood, while underneath
them and on all sides lay the poor unfor-
Inmates who were instantly killed and
crushed out of all human resemblance.
The sight was a terrible one, and it re-
uuired the stoutest nerves to induce one
to take second look. The wounded
crawied out of the debris and were as
sisted to neighboring houses. People
brought bedding, ETC., on which to lay
the dead and dying. and all that could
then be done was TO wait until help,
which had been Immediately sent for,
arrived.
Mrs. J. H. Sigel, of Erie, Pa, pas.
seuger on tn Inflated excursion train,
was on her way to Buffalo. She arrived
here safely yesterday afternoon. In an
interview she said: 81 was in the first
coach, next to the smoking car. The
passenger train was large one, and car
lieu large nuInDer Oh eXCuTSIOniStS, as
well as regular passengers. The first we
knew of the collision was a terrific crash
like an explosion. Nobody was hurt ex-
cept those in the smokingcar. The
sight was so horrible that I could not
look at it. Not a single car was thrown
from the track, but the smoker was COM
pleteiy telescoped. 1t was miracle that
our car was not crushed also.
1t was narrow escape. One
young man in the smoker saved himself
by dropping on the floor, and escaped
with few bruises. / did not learn the
cause of the accident, but we were going
very slow, while the freight was coming
at high rate OF speed. We were just
one coach length off the trestle when the
collision occurred. The people of Silver
Creek were very kind, and did all in their
power. The ladies turned out and sent
up bedding, ETC., for the wounded. Some
of them were taken to different houses,
and one of the coaches was turned into a
hospital"
The OIeomargarine Stamps.