Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-01
LOCKED Tn DEATH.
A Lightning Express and Fast
Freight Collide on the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Five People Killed Outright and Sixteen
Seriously Ipiared-The Trains
Completely Wrecked.
Both Trains Over Two Heu.s Late aad
RunniuE Wtld-Ths Blame with the
Conductor 9t tho Freight.
WRECK ON TIE n. y, P. ANDO.
Three People Killed and Fifteen ssrlousl,
Injured


train on the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio Railroad ran into double-header
freight train near Meaavllle, Pa, this
morning and was totally wrecked. II is
reported that great many lives were
lost.
A later dispatch from Titusville gives
the follow wing: An aecident occurred at
$3.50 this morning on the main line of the
New York, PenDsylvania and OHIO at
rraCy's cut, near Geneva, between the
limited express from Cnicago and
west bound freight. Both engineers
and one passenger were killed, and about
fifteen were seriously injured. The
Pullman sleepers did nos leave the
track, and the passengers in them
| were not Injured. The cars
are all piled up, and it is impossible to
tell how many were injured. The first
reports sent out were much exaggerated.
The railroad officials are very reticent
about giving the details.
FIVE MEN KILLED.
MEADyILLE, Pa, Dec. 31.-The fast
Chicago express on the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio Road, consisting
Of two sleepers ana five day coaches,
collided with freight, consisting Of two
engines and sixty cars, three miles west
of this city this morning. Five persons
were killed outright, among whom vas q
passenger. Thirteen others were
wounded, nine fatally. Following are the
names Of the killed as far as sscerteined:
WILLIAM GERMAN, engineer, and
HUMEs, fireman of the leading freight
engine,
E P SWAN, and
ARTHUR IRWIN, engineer and fireman
of the Chicago express.
Both trains present q terrible scene of
destruction, as the fast express We. max
ing up lost time. The blame ia said to
rest with the engineer and conductor of
the freight train, which was rnnning on
the express time.
FRIGHTFUL WRE-K.
MEADYILLE, Pa, Dec. 81 The details
OF the wreck on the New YORK, Pennsyl-
vapia and OHIO Railway five miles west of
this city this morning prove the disaster
10 have been the most horrible that ever
occurred in the vicinity. The eolliding
trains made noise like & thunderbolt.
They were.a through train from Chicago
to New YORK, consisting of an express,
baggage, smoker and lsdies' car
and swo Pullman slee pers,
sssa 3sstg Bound double .:headeT
freight. Both trains were over ts7o hours
late, and the express, being entitled to
right Of way, Vss running without orders.
Simply taking it for granted that the
express was il, Conductor Murray OF the
freight pulled out for Geneva, wnere he
mad orders against trains % and SO.
Ia ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY
1.-THE trains swept by toe last two inter
Y veniDg stations, Genevs and Buchanan,
only four miles spslt, ard as wold was
sent TO the dispatcher's office in this city,
the inevitable result wss certain. The
two trains, the express running forty FIVE
miles and the freight trsln fifteen mil s
an. hour, met on loSg fofest-hidden
curve with terrible crash. The engines
seemed to rise bodily in the air
and in an instant were standing on their
furnace ends, pilots pointed 10 the sky
and the drivers locked in the embrace Of
death. Both engineers and f!emen effhe
two coliiding engines were crushed be;
tween the iron drivers. The maDged bod
les of Engineer Swan and Fireman Hames
were pinned to death just as they were
on the point CT leaping from their en-
gines. The sight wGs sickening. The
baggage car, the express car and smoker
wrtcsed. The baggage car was tele-
scoped into The smoker, splitting it open
and
SWEEPING EVERY SEAT
from the fl oor. The total numhar of pas
sengers on the train was ffty-three, fit
teen Of whom were in the smoker. all
these were more or less, iDj ured, and
William II Stephenson Of Toledo, Ohio,
| No Cab froy
the ruins. The crash was heard
fox q great distance, and
soon the neighborhood was aroused and
The scene OF the ruins. The passengers
q who were notinjured were dazed for few
minutes. The people seemed speeches.
with the horror Of the accident. Groans
and cries came from the ruins, and
brought the people t. a realization of the
= terrible situation, and in very short
time q large force OF men were
at work systematically doing all
they could for the wounded and
dying. The Railway Company, Of er
oispaichirg two wleoking crews to the
scene of the disaster, soon followed with
8 passenger train in which to transfer the
passengers of the wrecked train and
FIRING THE WOUNDED
and such of the dead as had been recoy-
Iersd 10 Meadville. The, train was sup
pied with stretchers, blankets and all the
horrible paraphernalia for caring for. the
dead, and the work Of trans
ferrIng the wounded was
prosecuted quickly. The several
physicians of the city WHO went on the
special train were busy attending to the
wants of the. injured, and as fast IS they
could be taken out OF the coaches By will
ing hands they were Carried TO the city
The wIecKing crews worked with 3 will,
and soon portions Of the mangled re-
mains of Fireman Humes were tsken
from the wreck. The almost unrecog-
nizable form presented sickly sight
The limbs and the lower part OF the body
were ground to pulp. The aged father
of Humes had arrived, and his wailings
when he gszed upon the distorted body
of his son, were hesrtrending. Engineer
Swan was exposed to view, but SO tightly
was his body
WEDGRD IN TIE WRECK,
that no attempt was made to remove It,
A portion of the body OF George and also
an arm and shoulder OF Fireman Irwin
could be seen. The work OF clearing the
wreck was prosecuted In the face Of .
driving sleet storm that laated thu