Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-05
A CLOSE CALL.
.AB&o. PASSENGER COACH JUMPS THE
TRACK
And Number Of Wheeling People in Il are Pretty
Badly Used Up-Dstails Of the Accident
and Names Of the Injured.

speesa Telegram 10 ne Register.
GRAFTON, w. VA, September 4.
The delegates to the Republican Con-
pressional Convention of the First Dis
trict, at Clarksburg, and other passengers
on Accommodation No. 4, which left
Wheeling at $40 o'clock last evening, had
q narrow escape from broken bones or fatal
injury, and they are all shaking hands and
congrstulating themselves on their good
luck.
At Downs, a small station half way be-
tween Pennington and Warrington, the
train pulled in on side track to allow the
west bound express to pass. As the train
pulled out at the rate of about three or
four miles an hour the rear coach jumped
the track in crossing the frog, and was
ditched on the upper side Of the track,
resting top uppermost.
The car contained at least fifty passen-
gers. most of whom were delegates to the
convention. Fortunately, however, no
one was killed, but nearly all the passen-
gers received more or less serious injury.
Following is list OF
THE INJURED:
W. B. McGary, Weston; jaw bone
broken.
G. W. Berry, Bsrryville; both legs
crushed.
Chas. "Craddock, Wheeling, travelling
man; badly cut in head.
W. F. Peterson, Wheeling; severe cut
ON head.
G. B. Caldwell, Wheeling; cut on nose.
J. T. Roseberry, Dallas; concussion OF
left knee.
Sam B. Elder, Cameron; injury to right
shoulder.
s. M. Kimmins, Dallas; left shoulder
and wrist spraiDsd; cut on chin.
Camden Sommers, cut in back OF head,
and left foot, left arm, hip and knee
bruised. .z
George F. Ralphsnyder, Kingwood; left
knee and hip badly bruised.
R. s. Mcconnell, Moundsville; cut in
head and right thigh.
Col. Curtis, West Liberty; head cut
and arm injured.
T. r. Richie, Moundsville; left hip
bruised.
J. Kindleberger, left hip slightly bruised.
J. L Parkinson, Of Moundsville, both
legs hurt.
A number of others also
MET WITH SLIGHT INJURIES,
but not bad enough to incspacitate them.
Mr.. Peterson was the only one unable to
continue his journey and he stopped off at
Grafton, where he is attended by DR.. Tom
o. Edwards, who was on the train and
who did great service in ministering to the
wants of the wounded and suffer
ing, and at last reports all were
doing very well. Mr.. McGary is pos
sibly the most seriously injured of the
passengers, but he continued on to his
home at Weston.
Engine No. 100 was drawing the train,
of which Lee Wells was engineer, Mike
Flanagan being conductor. 1t is difficult
to say whether the accident should be
ascribed to carelessness on the part OF the
brakeman operating the switch, or wheth-
or the derailment of the car was caused by
a defect in the track.
OFFICIALS OF THE ROAD
say the accident cannot be accounted for
in any manner. Had the train been run
ming at higher speed or had the car been
thrown to the lett of the track it would
have meant certain death to many ofthe
passengers In the latter event the car
would have been precipitated down an en-
bankment, and the result would have been
u frightful loss of life
The car was not injured to any extent,
and it was uucoupled from the other part
of the train, which went on, arriving
at Grafton just thirty five minutes late.