, 1888-01-05
ANOTHER WRECK.
Related Trains Crash Into Each
Other.
Eng ineers aud Fir. man Crushed
10 n Pulp.
A List Of the Killed and
Wounded.

MwADvILLx, Pa. Dec. 81 The details OF
the wreck which occurred on the New
York, PennSvlvsnia & Ohio railroad, live
miles west Of this city this morning, proves
the disaster to have been the most hnr-
Y,kle that has occurred in this vicinity. The
splliding trains we're the through New
York Express from Chicago, and y double
hexder west bound freight train. Both
trains were over two hours late and the ex-
press being entitled to the right OF way. WAS
summing without orders. Conductor Mnr.
ray of the freight train, taking II for granted
that the express was In, pulled out for Gr.
neva. The two trains, the express running
at forty five and the freight at fifteen miles
an hour, met ON forest MD
den curve. with terrible crash
The engine OF the express train and the
hrst engine Ut the freight raised bodily in
che air and stood on the furnace ends the
pilots pointed upward, and the driving
wheels locked. Both engineers and lire
men were pressed between the iron ruins
The sigit WAS sickening, but was soon GOV.
cred from view by friendly blank ets The
baggage car, express cur, ana smoker oi
the passenger train were colnpettlN
wrecked, The baggage cur was teiescoped
into the sucker, splitting IL open anu
sweeting every seat from the moor Ine
total NUN Der uf passengers on the train
wns tiity-tbree, fifteen of whom were IN the
Smuker. All these were more Or less in
jured. and william stephenson oi Toledo
died shortly after being taken rom the
ruins. The crash was heard for great dis
tance, and soon the neighborhood was
aroused and people living IN the vicin'
ity came To the scene. The passen.
gers who we're not injured seemed
dazed, and for few minutes everybody
stood speechless. The groans and cries that
came from the ruins soon brought them to
. realization of the terrible situation, aud
IN n short time large force OF men was az
work systematically doing all they could
Two wrecking trains soon arrived, followed
by passenger train ON which 10 transfer
the passengers anl 10 bring the wounded
an dead to Meadville.
Fireman Hun.es. when taken from the
wreck, was almost unrecogn zable his form
presented q sickering sight, the limbs and
lower part of the body having been ground
20 pulp Huuies' aged father had arrived,
aud his cries and means, when he gazed
upon the nlanSled body, were heart
Tonding. The body Of Engineer
Swan was exposed. but was So
tightly wedged in the wreck that no at
tempt was made To move it. portion OF
the body of Engineer GOuge and also an
arm aud shoulder ot Fireman Irwin could
be seen.
The work Of cl earring the wreck was pros
ecuted in the face of driving storm oi
sleet that lasted all the afternoon. Those
of the passengers who were not injured
were transferred and sent forward while the
dead aud wounded were brought To this
city The railroad officials did everything
ia their power for the comfort OF the in
jured.
r. blowing IS the list of casualties
Killed, Engineer Swan, Meadville; Eugi
neer Goose, Meadville; Fireman Irwin,
Neadeville; Hume, Cambridge, Ohio; w.
H. Stephenson, Tole'lo.
Injured II. K. Hohl, New York, leg
crushed; Adolph Wagner. Buffalo: leg
broken; Adulpi Hosen, Patterson, N. j..
leg crii,hei; II Malville, one leg crushed
and the other broken; Michael o lirien,
Buffalo, leg broken; David Beuland, IL
tusville, leg broken; +. Graham. Kent,
Ohio hips crushed NJ. Twyruan, brake
man, feet crushed; J. BocuIlon, baggage
man, leg cut and budy aud face injured
Philip Fonlk, san Francisco, arm Injured
J. NJ. Woods, Greenviile, Pa. badly
bruised +. A, Malone Salamanca. leg
broken; Adulph Bnsser, Cincinnati, leg,
crushed Fireman Charles Crumb, bruised
about head and shoulders