Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-01
Fatal c0LllsIeN.
five Men killed and Many
Here In3urea.


MnkDsuRz, Pa. Den. N.-Tha g.
sAlls e the wrack walsh oocnfrtd o.
ne New loEk, Ponasyivnnia q Ohin
railroad I've l1llea uerl uf thls niiy thls
muEnlae. proves ths 6lasler % e TIE
No4t koSfible enc than haa ocearred In
fAis visin1ty. ThN oaiildipn trains we've
10 thfeuRh New Togk eEpresa from
uhloaeu and : doahis heaasr Wesl
hrnnd frGIahf train. Bon srslna wsre
cyeF two hours laie. ana fha axprnss
being ensitlsd e the rlaht of Wy -
rusninr WilhSnf s,'i''-1 f,,e5 ,,,ss
MuEr4f a lhe frelehs irasn. tsRino Il
tef gseas9u thaA TIE express tFain wma
ia. pnIlsd out fsr Gsnsva. fhs fwo
lFat1a. Ne expFaes runnlna Is and ne
froiatt Is rniles "a hcnr. r',sf - : lsne
fofAst hidden carve with tarfhse
sf4sa. ma enRtne 81 The erpleta tFaia
Aad ane nE1l englne 81 tae freight we're
talsea oodllg y he alK, and ftood On
t1elE kssnaca ends, with pilots puinted
upwards md driving uhesls leaked.
bo.h enxlnoer1 and nEemen were press
q between NE iron rains.
mugErrxa eHaaz.
he sight was & sicksninn one. hut
Nas soon covered ffom sieu 81 frisna.
" el&nkela Tho baR0aae ear, express
car and HnnokeE of ne passenger lrain
we're eqmpletelg u1ecked. Tie bar
RaRe car mas teleseopea into ina sraok.
efs spliitinR epsn nn6 ameapinq eyerr
ssat ff1n tba Npol. Tka lnlnl nnr,h.sr
of passengers vas 81. fifteen n r.
smokeE. AL Of the9o Wero nan4e az les
injured. aud Wm. Sisphenann, ~ Tnle.
do, died shortly aftaE beina fakan ffoln
ne ruins. Iao crash vas heard fer 4
great distance nnd soon fhe nainhboF-
hood vas aroused and the peopla living
q thai vicinity came 20 TIE scene.
1he PASSENGERS who wego not injured
seemed dazad and for q fov minutes
stood speeehless. The Nroana
and eziss that came from { fs rains aoon
bro1fnt them 10 the reallzalion of the
tronbla and in shoFl time q large forcs
Of nsn were af work syssematiealls do
ing ell they could. Two WFsokina
trains soon arrived, followed b. The pas
sonzer train on which 20 transfer the
paaseuRaza and bFing The wounded and
lead 10 Msadvilie.
WORKING wlTu 1 VIII.
The wzecking crews worked with a
will aud econ portion Of the manQlea
remains Of Fireman Hnme uere taken
from the wreck. TIE almost uufeCoR-
niEable form presented q aiekaninn
sight The limbs and lower part Of the
body hayiDg bean ground 10 pulp.
1umess aged father bad arrived and hla
cries and means when be Rnzad upon
lhe mangled body we're heart rsndiRe.
HE body Of EnRineeE swan was ox-
posed, bat & vas 90 tightly seaaed Ia
The wreck that no aftempt vas made te
move it. A portion ok the body Of En-
gineog GooRe, and also tho arm ana
shoulder Of FikhAiIn Irwin eonld he
Aeen. Tha work Of clearing away tke
wreck Was prosnautaA ID I dfieino
stofn and sieet that laaied during ths
sntire afternoon. Thosa of lha psaren-
ReTa who were not injured we're tFRng-
le1sd and sent forward, while ia dead
md wounded we're brouRhi 20 this city.
The railroad ofielals ald sverVthino
n their power 20 comfort the wounded.
ETsR o2 cAsukxrfna.
Following Is TIE list Of casualties;
kilied-EnRineeK Swan, Of Msadville;
lngineeE GooRe, Of Meadville; siren an
irwin. Of Meadville; nreman Hume, of /
cambridge, 0hlcj william II. Stephan
lon, Of Toledo.
Injured b. &. Kohl, Of New York.
ag crushed; AdsIph Wagner, Of Buffalo. |
90 blckeni Adolph Hossn. OF Patfer- /
90, n. J., leg crushed; Il. Halville, |
alddleaeld, one LEG crushed and the /
'ther broken; Miehasl 0'Brion, Of Buf- /
alo, leR broken; =. n. Newton, Of /
lhinRle House, Pannsylvania, Leo /
rushed; David Bsauland, Of Titusviile, |
1R broken; ChaKles Z. Rrsnuh, Of etsr-
Inc, Massachusetts, leg broken; Forest
ifanana, OF Kent, Ohio, hlpa crushed;
4. WymaD, hFakeman, feet crushed:
amea Boo0non, bsgQaReman, leg Ont
nd body aad face badly injured; Phil
ID Feulk, Of San Francisco, arm In
ured; j. n. Woods, Of Gretnvilie,
'ennsylyania, badly bruised; +. "A.
1Alone, s0f Selsmaaea, lea broken;
Idoiph BusseF, OF Cincinnafi, lees
rushed; fireman Chaa. Orumh, bruised
bout The head and shoulders.
o0RaopoakTED.
L,oUrsvErzn, Dec. al.--A special 30 lho
loHyisr J0uvpal from 5omeFsgt, Ken
1cky, ooFroboraaed the Official advloes
bout the Oinclnnau Soothern wreck.
10 passengers we're saEiouly Injured.
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