Evening journal., 1888-10-20
ANOTHER DISASTER.
A Fast Express Jumps from :
Trestle.
AN OPEN SWITCH THE CAUSE.

How 1t Came to be Open No One SEEM
to Kno A--Cars Reduced to KindlinI
wood-rour Killed or Fatally Hurt an,
Twenty-Five Others More or Less Injured
PITTsBuRG, Oct 20-The Cannon BAH ex
press, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
ran into an open switch near the Washing
ton, Pa, depot and was precipitated over
trestle, distance Of twelve feet. The TRAIN
was running at high rate Of speed, and wa
almost completely wrecked. The engineer
James Noouan, was killed and William Nc
Aulitie, the fireman, will die
The other injured are;
James Henry, baggage master Pittshnrg
viii probably die.
Mrs Hannah Mckinney, New Concord,
o., two ribs broken, back injured.
A. Kaufman and wife, New York, boti
badly bruised.
W, a. Green, Dodge City, Kan, badly
bruised wife uninjured
Henry McMurray, wife and child, Bur
gettstown, ell slightly hurt
Michaal Stanton, Portsmouth, O., Lex frac
tured, internal injuries.
s. W. Caldwell, New York, arm and heac
badly injured
lungs may die; wife and TWO children unin
jured.
q. ". Matthews, Baltimore conductor o.
sleeping car, badly cut about the head, arms
and legs,
A. L. Brown, ST. James place, Brooklyn
gashed on the forehead
John s. Dawley, No. 2l5 East Fifth street
New York, chin and jaw badly cut
Stephen Collins, superintendent Of mails
Pittsburg, scalp wound.
Mrs. Rev w. j. McConkey, Grove City
slightly burned by Goals from capsized stove
Jacob siegel, Allegheny, cut on head ano
ankle dislocated
Joseph Mayes, Columbus, O., arm ane
hand cut
A. p Clark, Rochester, n Y, cut abou
eyes; may lose sight.
CurtisG Cuin, New York slightly injured
James Bachelor, Pittsburg, unconscious
extent of injuries not ascertained
A. Ford, Chillicothe, O., Mr. and Mrs. A
Brockman, New York A. FORMER, Chicago
bruised.
- Fifor, Allegheny City, leg broken
- Hayes, colored, Columbus, o., vii
probably die
c. s. Case, Binghampton, n Y.
number OF others who sustained slight
injuries refused TO give their names.
The accident was caused by "a misplaced
switch. The train jumped the track and RAJ
into ''Ya near the depot The curve wal
50 short that the train could not keep The
track, and jumped over the trestle
Superintendent Collins, of the Pittshure
/ postoiiice who was in the wreck, says: 9TH
train was about an hour and half late. w
reached Washington about s o'clock. wa
asleep in an upper berth The first thing
knew the car turned over and | was throw
across the aisle, receiving an ugly cut on tn
head and several severe body bruises. Al
soon as ! could do SO ] made my way out o
the car.
1T was the worst looking wreck / eve
saw; the engine was demolished and the car
a mass Of broken timber The engine, tender
baggage car and sleeper had gone over th
trestle and the day coach was hanging partl
over The people Of the town broke the win
dows and extricated the passengers as quicl1l
as possible Inside the cars a scene Of til
widest confusion prevailed. The injure
were conveyed TO the Audit house, wher
everything was done to alleviate their suffer
ing Those who were able to do SO came o
to Pittsburg on the special The train wa
filed to its utmost capacity. and it is a mira
Gle that more were not killed
How the switch leading to the syn cam
to be open no one seems to know In an ii
slant after the train, composed Of engin,
baggage car, a Pullman sleeper and tw
coaches, had left the main track they wer
thrown off the "Yn trestie TO the grount
twelve feet below. The entire train wa
wrecked and that any escaped serious injur
is considered marvellous