The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-01
WITHOUT ORDERS.
FIVE KILLED, THIRTEEN WOUNDED
The Chicago Express ON the Penn.yI.
'ania and Ohio Railroad Crashes
Into . Freight Traia.

MEANWHILE, PA, December The
fast Chicago express ON the New York,
pennsylvania and Ohio II. r., consisting
OF two sleepers and five day coaches, coll
hded with freight train No. -, consist
ing of two engines and sixty cars, three
miles west Of this city, at 3 O'Clock this
morning. Five pei sons were killed out
right, among whom was one passenger.
Thirteen Others were wounded. None
Of them fatally.
ENGINEERS AND FIREMEs KILLED.
The following are the names OF the
killed, so far as ascertained. William
Morgan, engineer, and Humes, fireman,
OF the leading freight train; T.. T.. Swan
and Arthur Irwin, engineer, and fireman
of the Chicago express.
WHO WAS IN FAuLr.
Both trains presents "A terrible scene Of
destruction. When the collision occurred
the fast express was making up lost time
and going at top speed. The blame Is
said TO rest with the engineer and con-
ductor of the freight train, who were
running on the express trains time.
ih- DEAD fAASEsGEk.
The name of the passenger dead In
Stevenson, q commercial traveller OF
Toledo, who died shortly after being
taken from the wreck. The injured pas
sengers are all in the smoker, which was
literally I'ound TO kindling wood.
The day coach and both sleepers re-
mained ON the track, and the passengers
In them escaped uninjured. The
Cincinnati sleeper had fourteen and the
Chicago sixteen passengers.
SOME or THE WOUNDED.
Among the wounded are Joseph Boyn-
ton, of Meadville, express agent, seri-
ously hurt; Philip Faulk, of San Fran
cisco, right arm fractured; y. A.
Malone, of Salamanca, n. ", right leg
broken; Adolph Buser, of Cincinnati,
both legs crushed. Physicians think
that more of the injured will die
CAUSE or THE WRECK.
The wreck was caused by the freight
engineers leaving Meadville in advance
OF their orders. They were ordered 10
leave the yard soon as train No. 4 ar
rived. They went i'm advance OF its
arrival. When the yardmaster saw they
had gons he boarded switch engine and
unde. Ill steam followed, but was una
BILE 70 overtake the freight before the
two trains met.
The scene OF the wreck IL horrible.
The three enginees are in a solid jam
ON the track, and the baggage car and
smoker are broken into kindling wood.
The express car In but slightly injured,
though II ground both the baggage and
smoking cars to bits. Its strength saved
the day coach from teIescoping with the
spoker.
ADDITIONAL NAMES.
The following are additional names OF
the injured: III. +. Holden, of New York,
leg crushed; Adolph Ayno, Of Buffalo,
leg broken; A. Hazen, OF Paterson, N.
j., Icy crushed; ii. Malone, of Middle.
field. Ohio, leg crushed; Michael O'Brien,
boy, from Buffalo. slight bruise; y. X.
Newton, OF Shingle House, Pa, leg
broken; David +. Beauland, OF Titusville,
leg broken; Charles Il. French, OF Sterl-
ing. Mass, leg broken. The wounded
were brought here and all are In the
hospital.
RAIIR0AD OFFICIALS.
No blame can be attached TO any OF
the railroad officials. The accident was
purely the result Of the freight engineers
disregard of orders. The passenger train
was running fifty miles an hour. The
first news of the wreck came 10 Mead
vile by train men on the Meadvillo and
Linesville Railway, which runs parallel
with the New York, Pennsylvap'a and
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