New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-20
THROWN FROM A TRESTLE.
TWO MEN KILLED, THREE FATALLY HURT
AN OPEN SWITCH CAUSES AN ACCIDENT ON TKu
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILRoAD-sEv.
ERAL PASSENGERS HURr-THE
TRAIN CROWDED.

IBr rELscRArH TO The rRmUn1f
Pfttsburg. Oct. 1o.-The cannon bs1' exs
press train. bound east on the Balt1>
more and Ohio Railroad, as IL rushed
at full speed into Washington Penn,
at o'clock this morning, plunged into an open
switch and was wrecked. Two men were killed
and score of persons injured. The train wss
made up of four coaches and was in charge ot
Conductor Francis. Of Cincinnati. The switch
where the accident occurred leads to what is known
as the Washington Y" This is built out from
the bank to the level OF the road-bed on . testls
and the train broke through with Q terribls
crash, amid the screams OF passengers and spec
tators. The engine tender and baggage-car wenu
over the trestle to the ground, ten feet belows
The slcepng-car turned over on its side, and The
day-coach fell half over the sIeepingcar. The
road surgeons and several physicians from WASH
ington were summoned and all possible assistance
given to the wounded. As soon as word was
received in this city, Superintendent Patton and
several other leading officers started a special
train for the scene of the accident The list Of
casualties is as follows:
NO0NAN, JAMES, engineer OF Pittsburg.
McAULIFFE, WILLIAM. OF Glenwood. Penn.
INJURED.
BROWN. HARRY, fireman, was badly mangled and NJ
die.
N, A.
BATCIiELER JAMES W., Plttsburg, seriously hurt-
BROWN, A. L., Chicago, was badly bruised
CASE, C. l., OF BInghamton, N Y, slightly injured
CLARK, A. H.. Rochester. n. Y.
COLLINS. STEPHEN Pittsburg. was bruised on tAs
head and body
CRAFT E. Of Columbus, Ohio had q leg broken
CULL1N C. g., OF NewYork.
CALDWELL. S. W.. New.York. severy cut ana
bruised
DowLER JOHN s.. OF New-York was hurt in the face
fty had IL Lao hr0kQ
FORD. A.. OF Chilllcothe, Ohio.
FORMER A., Chicago, received severe bruises.
GEER, w. S. Dodge City. Kan, badly bruised sbout
the side and head.
GEER, Mrs. W. s., Dodge City. Kan, had her spine
injured.
HENRY, - Pttsbura, bageagemaster.
JONES, JOHN, badly bruised
KAUFFMANN, A., of New-York
MATTHEWS, G. W., conductor of sleeper, badly brused
McCONKEY, Mrs w. j. Of Grove City. Penn. injuries
not serious.
MCKINNEY. Mrs. HANNAH. Newconcord, Ohio. slightly
MURRAY, HENRY. Burgettstown. Penn. was slightly
MAYEs, JOSEPH. OF Columbus. Ohio.
MOSIER a. f.. OF Chicago
POWELL. JOSEPH. of Columbus. Ohio. seriously
hurt
SIEGEL, JACOB. OF Allegheny City. Penn.
STANTON, MICHAEL, OF Portsmouth, Ohio.
A special train with the passengers Of the
wrecked train arrived in the city at l2 l5 p M
Superintendent Collins, of the Pttsburg Post
Office, who was in the wreck stated that three Of
the injured-Fircman Brown, Baggagemaster
Henry and colored man named Maycs, of CO.
lumbus, Ohio, will probably die Three more were
seriously injured, while the Others sustained slight
bruises and cuts.
The train he said, was about an hour and
Sclo,k ,k, was asleep in an upper berth The
thrown across the aisle, receiving an ugly cut on
the head and several severe bruises. AS soon as I
vas was the he worst C; looking wreck ever S saw The
engine was demolished and the cars were a mass
of broken tmbers. The engine tender. baggage
car and sleeper had gone over the trestle and the
day coach was hanging partly over. The people
of the town broke the windows and extricated the
passengers speedily as possible. The injured
were taken to the Auldt House, where everything
was done to alleviate their suffering. Those who
able to do came on to Pittsburg on tho
special. The train was was filed and it is miracle
A. T. Clark, a commercial traveller. said he
was in the SLEEPER in a lower berth and was thrown
forward. Something hit him in the eye with
great force and he was blinded for several
minutes as both eyes were very weak The
groans and yells, he said, We're indescribable.
People lay about moaning and many others were
the head and body. When Mr.. Clark discovered
that he not seriously hurt, he made a bee
line for Washington not desiring to see anything
The fireman. william McAulife, was found
beneath the engine, breathing heavily ana almoso
dead He suffered from a conclusion OF tho
lungs, fracture of the skull had sustainef
several broken ribs and was injured internally.
James Noonan the engineer, was not SO easily
found He was buried beneath his engine and
frightfully mangled.
A. L. Brown is dealer in hosiery At No il5
Franklin.st., this city. He was travelling in COM
pany with s. w. Caldwell Mr.. Browns SON
received a telegram from his father yesterday
afternoon, saying neither he nor Caldwell were
seriously hurt.