The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-09-13
SEVEN KILLED.
EXCURSION TRAIN wRECKEn
a Connecting Rcd of the Passenger
Engine Broke, and n Freight
Crashed Into the Train.


The special train on the New York, Penn
sylvana & Ohio Rlilroad, which left Youngs
town Monday forenoon, with 500 people on
board, mostly Grand Army mon, bound foi
the National Encampment. Mt Columbus, wa,
wrecked near Pitman, Ohio Four persons
were killed outright, three others injured SC
badly that they have since died. and twenty.
two others wounded, several badly.
While the train was running through
cut on step down grade, one Of tbs con.
Meeting reds Of tn, engine broke and the
train came to a staudStill. Freight train No.
81 was following 50 closely that, although n
fagman was sent back it could not be stop
ped. 10 crashed into tho excursion train.
blowing its way through aud smashing the
coaches into spliutcrs
Most of the passengers in the rear coaches
had time to jump. Engineer b ,,inger jump.
ed, but rolled uulc' the wheels and was
ground TO piece. The fireman escaped by
jumping. Bctkcmll W. + Cochran wa,
ki.ie !, as were Simu,l Bric, AID Johi II.
Sh ok. member Of Toi Post, G.. A. A., Of
Youngstown, and thrro OF tho injured will
lie of their wounds.
Surgeons from Seville, Sterling AMI Pitt
mnn, Kent aud Akron were at once summon.
cd, and tho injured were promptly cared for
The majority we're promptly brought TO
Youngstown \ complete list OF the killed
AID injured follows:
THE KILLED.
BARNEY BALlNGEE .Gtlion. O.. engineer
OF the freight, who Jumped against the
bank and fell back uud'r tnc wheels of his
own engine, hs hent being cut or.
WlLLIAMCO COCHRAN. Caicipuia. o., brake
man OF freight tram, ki let outright.
JOHN SHOOK, N.uug,town, o., member
OF Tod Post G. \ H.
SAMUEL BRACE. Youngstown. o., mem.
ter Of Tui Post. g. \. H.
NJ ISIS INA TUCKER, Austiutown, seriously
hurt internally since icpprtc 10 b5 dead.
MISS GIVEN, ,autlel, O, seriously, aud
since reporte t. hc d,a l.
MRS. WILSON. ~hlrpu Pa, wife Of the
pIs'mas'cr, injured IN back auI hip, aud
mas Siuce died.
Louis Brown and his wife wcro burned to
death 10y the destruction of their home on
Point river, Michigan. Six children got out
safely.
There has been widespread damage from
frosts to the corn and tobacco crop in Con-
necticut; and in Berkshire county, Masslchu>
setts, the entire wheat and tobacco crop was
destroyed 10y the frost.
The Texas State Capitol Board refused to
receive the building, claiming it is not built
in accordance with the terms of the contract
Messrs. Farwell & Taylor, of Chicago, were
TO receive 100000 acres of land for the
building. They have been given title to oil
but 100000 acres. This amount the State
holds as trust until the contrac. is fully
coub.isd with.
lsaag Wolley, one OF tho proprietors of the
Corryville Coal Company, at Sheburn, Ind,
died suddenly. a few hours afterward his
wife suddenly expired, although she bad
been apparently well. One of the children is
now at deaths door from the same mysteri.
ous disease.
a hool in the New River W. Va, carried
away the big iron bridge; Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad at Grand View, involving
n loss Of $4,000. \ great deal Of other dam.
nge is reported.
Fire W IcA ori yiuHtcl in the sash and DIR
factory OF y w. llu,er X Cracker, on Nan
street. San Fu.csr', destroyed two entire
blocks Of buildings, a ld nearly all Of thra,
blocks more. The loss is estimated AZ ST.
5J1oJl The fire started from spark drop.
p.d am ~ ,haynSs
Complete retura, from N'rm,Htgjvos DI.
liughim u plurality Of ., ,9jI and a m j,rity
over all of !;,G,9.
At Point Xiv r, Michigan, Louis b own
aud wife were burn Il ia their home. Their