The Penn's Grove record., 1889-01-19
A FLAGMANS MISTAKE.
A PASSENGER TRAIN IN OHIO DASHES
INTO A FREIGHT.
THE WRECK TAKES FIRE. EIGHT
PERSONS KILLED AND A DOZEN
INJURED.

THE WRECK TAKES FIRE. - EIGHT
PERSONS KILLED AND A DOZEN
INJURED.
CLEVELAND. OHIO, JAM, IA
frightful wreck occurred On the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad,
near Tallmadge, Ohio, this morning, a
passenger train colliding with n sec.
ton Of a freight which had broken in
two. Eight persons were killed and a
dozen injured. The list is as follows;
THE KILLED.
Robert Huntington, of Gallon, Ohio,
passenger engineer.
William Walters, of Gallon, passen
ger fireman.
J.. F. Rushford, Of Gallon, freight
brakeman.
William Lundy, of Salamanca, N.
Y, Wells, Fargo & Co. express mes
senger.
Three Cinnamon.
Mary Ann Lyon, of Idaho, aged 6.
ticketed second class to Cherry Creek
N. Y.
A Leader special from Akron gives
the following particulars of the wreck
At 2.27 o'clock this morning train No.
Is, east-bound, rounding the sharp
curve one and One-half miles east OF
Tallmadge, came suddenly upon a part
of freight train No. 81. There was a
dense fog, and this %conspired with
other things to make the accident be-
yond human power to avert. Engineer
Robert Huntington had just time to
reverse his engine when the dreadful
crash came, and in the instant he
yielded up his life. The freight was
heavy, and while 1t was climbing the
grade a coupling parted about the mid.
die OF the train. 1t was decided to
resort to the common %expedient OF
doubling up. Flagmen were sent out,
one east, another to the west to warn
any approaching train. Brakeman
James Bradley, an old and experienced
raIlroader, was sent ahead to flag the
east bound passenger, which was
known TO be about due. Meantime the
first part of the broken freight train
| was taken to Tallmadge siding. The
engine then returned to the second
part. A signal was then given, which
is said to have been to summon back
the fagmsn stationed at the east.
| Flagman Bradley took it to he for him
also, End started back to the freight.
The engineer of the freight engine says
| that no recall whistle vas sounded, but,
| at any rate, Bra LEY heard it SO and
went back. The freight had just got
under motion to go to Tallmadge when
the express came along. The mo-
mentum of the fast train was some.
| what checked by the reverse, but the
impact was terrific nevertheless. The
freight engineer and brakeman jumped
and escaped serious injury, the engineer
receiving several cuts. The freight
engine was crushed into bits and ming
led with the wreckage behind it. The
freight engine reared up and stood
almost on end. Engineer Huntington
and Fireman Walters. of the express.
were terribly crushed. The brave
engineer was disembowelled, his head
crushed and his limbs broken and
doubled up. The passenger train con-
sisted OF a combination baggage and
express car and smoker, a common
coach and two sleepers.
;. E. Barnes, residing near by, heard
the crash and the Kissing steam. and
hastily dressed and ran over. He says:
1.-THE two sleepers had been pushed by
trainmen and passengers away from
the wreck a distance OF abont six rods.
The combination baggage and express
car and passenger coach were afre
when l reached the ground. The pas
senger and baggage car had telescOped
and the two engines were thrown upon
the embankment. I helped to take
out the body of Engineer Huntington"
The greatest horror came when the
baggage car and smoker which tele.
scoped with the common coach, took
fire. Engineer Jones. OF the Kent yard
engine, five miles of, began to be un-
easy, and. looking down the track, saw
through the trees the glare of the burn-
ing cars. After the accident the two
telescoped coaches appeared as one, and
from the shattered and burning cars
came the groans and shrieks of the
| unfortunates. Then came the scene
Of terror, the strong struggling to
escape the horrible death by fire. the
weak and hopelessly wounded praying
for succor from the flames that were
fast enveloping them. One man.
George Shaw, pinned in by the wreck.
age, managed by superhuman efforts to
release his lower limbs and escaped cut
and bruised. The last man to get out
alive was able to grasp an K handle
and retain his hold until he was drawn
through a gap half dead, but was
quickly resuscitated.
In the smoker we're eight Cinnamon;
five were pulled out alive, but half
dead from fright. Three were never
seen after the crash, and bones and
bits of charred flesh gathered up In q
bag were all that were found of them.
One of the most pathetic of all
scenes was that attending the death Of
little Mary Ann Lyon. all orphan, who
was being sent through from Idaho on
a second class ticket to relatives in
Cherry Creek, New York. Edward
Perryzer, q passenger, going to
New York, tells this story Of
her death: 81 noticed the little
girl, who appeared to be all alone. and
learned that she had been ticke-
ted through to New York as a second
class passenger. She was a sweet
faced child, and every time l visited
the smoker l interested myself In her.
She said her parents were dead, and
she was going to Cherry Creek to live
with some relatives. When the crash
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