The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-05
ACCIDENT TO THE DELEGATES.
. Car at Their Train Overturned M.
Several OF Them Inlurrd.

The main body OF delegates from this
county tn the Republican First District
Congressional Convention, which meets
ut Clarksburg to-day, left here on the u
Il o. at $40 o'clock last evening. They
Were accompanied by the few delegates
from the upper counties, who had failed
to get away on me earlier trains, and at
Moundsvills they were joined by nearly
all the Marshall county delegation. 1t
was a merry crowd of enthusiastic Re-
publicans that left here. They wore
pictures of Gafr in their hats, and it is
not probable that there was one that APP
pretended any danger.
Shortly after 10 o'clock it became ru.
mored about on the streets that the
delegate train had met with an accident,
and no little uneasiness was felt until
the true state of affairs was known.
About midnight the following was re-
Ceived from Grafton from the ISTELLI-
GENCER correspondent on board the
train.
GRAFTON, w. Va, Sept. 4.-Train No.
4, leaving Wheeling at $40 p, ~, bear
ing the Ohio and Marshall county dele.
cations to the Republican Congressional
convention, met with an accident at
Downs siding, three miles west OF
Pennington, at S:45 o'clock tonight.
The train had taken the siding to allow
the express, No. 8. to pass, and in pull
ing out again the last car jumped the
frog and turned completely over and
down a tcn-foot embankment, No one
was very seriously hurt but the car was
crowded and all were more or less pain.
fully shaken up, cut and bruised. Fol.
lowing is list OF the injured:
Geo. B. Caldwell, Wheeling, nose bro.
ken.
W. F. Peterson, Wheeling, badly cut
about face and neck.
Charles ShadduCk, salesman for Jos.
Speidel 4 Co., hand cut.
Jacob Kindleberger, Wheeling, hip
badly hurt.
Col. W. b. Curtis, West Liberty, hand
cut.
A. W. Darling, West Liberty, badly
bruised.
T. b. Richie, MoundsvilIe, leg and
back hurt, also thought to be hurt in
ternally.
P. L. Parkinson, Moundsville, leg
hurt.
W! B. McGary, Weston, jaw bone
broken and head cut.
Camden Sommers, Clarksburg, head
and foot cut and leg bruised.
L. l.. Phillips, Marshall county, arm
and left leg hurt.
7. r. Elder, Cameron, shoulder hurt.
Ut. Roseberry, Dallas, leg hurt.
A number OF ladies and children were
in the car, but fortunately all escaped
injury. DR.. I. o. Edwards was on board
and did all in his power to help the in
jured. c.
The train arrived ut Grafton only
thirty-iive minutes late. The conductor
at once placed himself in communication
with Superintendent j. +. legge, OF the
Western division OF the main line,whose
headquarters are at Grafton, but who
CHANGED to be here last night, and over
the wires told him the story OF the acct
dent, which Mr.. Legge at once gave to
the reporters and which correspondent
with that sent by the lN1ELLlGESCER
man on the spot. The cause Of
the accident is as yet Il
mystery. The Switch was one used 4
dozen times daily, and is us substantial.
ly built as any part of the road. 1t may
have been that something was wedged
in between the rail and guard that
served to tilt the car. The train was not
running fast for the reason that as soon
as off the siding it had to stop and wait
Tor the brakeman to lock the switch and
get on boardagain. THERE'S slightcurve
at that point but it is hardly thought
that TINT had anything TO do with
the overturning. The conductor was
unable to offer any solution; he exam:
incd the track after the accident and
found things all right, and the wheels OF
the couch were in good shape, too. The
safety chains were hooked between the
cars, and ordinarily these would pre-
vent the cur from turning oyer, but in
this case they did not.
Capt. J. A. Hunter, who was here
with Mr.. Legg, was started out the road
ut ONCE to look at the switch and il pos
sibic ascertain the cause Of the trouble
AT l:l5 all the delegates except Mr.
Peterson left Grafton for Clarksburg
He had had enough railroading for one
night, and went to bed. The others
reached CIarksbVrg shortly after mid
night. Mr.. Parkinson, Of Moundsyille,
has an injured leg already, aud he was
specially fortunate in not being hurt so
rs to be obliged to lie up for repairs; 1t
was very lucky escape from something
worse all around,
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