St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-14
HUMANS AND HORSES
Mangled and Killed by an Acct
dent on the Erie Railway---Fred-
die Gebhard's Loss.


dent on the Erie Railway---Fred-
die Gebhard's Loss.
PORT JARVIS, n. Y, Aug. 13.-An
east-bound freight on the Erie railroad
when quarter of mile west of Sho-
hola, at about o'clock this morning,
struck lot of rocks which had been
washed down on the track and the loco
motive and four cars were wrecked.
Engineer NJ. Fritz received a bad scalp
wound. Fireman o. Hogan sustained
scalp wound and had both
arms broken. and Conductor Fred
Long was injured about the back. Ey-
press Train No. 8, west-bound, was due
at the scene of the accident, and the
forward brakeman got a lamp from a
sWltchman and tried to flag it, but
tailed, and the express engine Crashed
into the wreck. and, with one car loaded
with horses, baggage car, mail car,
smoker and one day coach, was thrown
from the track down an embankment
eighty feet from the rails. The cars
caught fire and were burned, but not
until all the passengers were saved.
Alexander Newman, the fireman on the
express engine, was caught fast in
the wreck and burned. He said to a
by-stander: Tell my wife | am fast
and cannot get out" Soon after a re-
port like pistol shot was heard and it
was rumored that Newman had shot
himself to escape being burned to
death. Others say he had no pistol.
Following is a complete list of the caSu-
alties:
ALEXANDER NEWMAN, fireman, burned to
death.
JOHN KINsELLA, engineer, believed to be
fatally scalded
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A. Z. BoYNToN. mail clerk, slightly injured.
d. L. BROWN, mail clerk, slightly injured.
JAS. MoNAHAN, lineman, seriously injured
about head
T. GUBLIN, brakeman, broken leg.
THos. DECKER, probably fatally injured in,
ternally.
JOHN JACKSON, brakeman, badly injured.
JOHN CASEY, slight injuries
THos. MCCULLOUGH, slightly injured
THos. MCDONOUGH. slightly injured
ALEX. THoRNE, slightly.
KATIE kAYEREss, slightly.
MRS. HANNA SLATER, slightly injured
ii. PRUYER, injured about face and legs,
JAMES Dun, broken arm.
MRS. EMELINE HENDERSON nd little boy
scalp wound
CHARLES TERDELL little boy, slightly in.
jured.
MIRIAM SMILEY, leg injured.
NORA CoAMA, face injured.
CHARLES kILGORE, scalp wounds.
JAMES kILGoRE, injured about thigh.
GEORGE CAsS, arm injured.
w. IL. LUCE. scalded about face.
WILLIAM MCCORMICK, hurt about head
ALBERT DANA, bruised.
Nj. ID. STORMS, bruised.
ALBERT PYE, neck and chestinjuries
CHARLES AMBROSE (coIored) injured about
knees.
G. W. ABELL (colored), broken arm.
A number of passengers received
slight Injuries, but it is believed that
none are serious.
LANGTRY's LOVERS LOSS.
PORT JARVIS, n. Y, Aug. 13.-The
fourteen horses lost in the Shohola acct
dent this morning were mainly the
property of Freddie Gebhardt. Among
those lost were Fola, FoliSt, Mineral
Blanka, Certainty, Pauline, Frank,
Orphan Boy and a two-year-old filly.
Scandinavian, owned by Mat Storms, of
California, was killed, and two of Mrs.
Langtry's black tandem horses. The
only ones saved were st. Savior and a
two-year old filly. About dozen of the
worst injured were brought TO Port
Jarvis at noon to-day. Mat Storms, the
owner of Scandinavian, was III the car
with the horses and will probably die
of his injuries.