Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-01-15
A FLAGMAN'S MISTAKE
WRECKED CARS ENvELoPED
IN FLAMES.
A Passenger Train I'm Ohio Dasnes IR-
to Freight-.-kiRht Persons
Killed and a Dozsn
HJursd.

CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 14.-A friphtful
eek occurred on the New York, Penn
syiyanis and Ohio Railroad, near Tall
N adge, o., this morning, a passenger
train colliding with one section OF a
freight which had broken In two. Eight
persons were killed and a dozen injured.
At 2.27 O'Clock this morning, train No.
3, East-bound, rounding the sharp curve,
one and one half miles asst of Tallmadee.
came suddenly upon part of freight
train No. 81. There was a d. nse fop
Engineer Robert Huntington had lust
time TO reve Sc his engine when the dread
ful crash came. The freight wss heavy,
and while 1t WAS clim bing the grade a
coupling parted about the middle of the
train. II wss decided to resort to the
common expedient of doubling up. Flag
men were sent out, one East, another 10
the West, to warn any approaching train.
Brakeman james Bradley 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 TallmadQe
siding. The engine then returned to the
second part. A signal was then given,
back the fagman stationed at the East
Flagman Bradley took 1t to be for him
also and started back TO the freight.
The freight had just got under motion
to go to Tallmadge when the express
came along. The momentum of the fast
train was somewhat checked by the re-
v=rse, but the impact was terrific, never
theltss: The freight engineer brakeman
Jumped, and escaped serious injury, the
engineer receiving several cuts. The
passenger engine was crushed into bits.
and mingled with the wreckage behind
1t. The freight engine rear,d up and
stood almost on end.
The greatest error came when the bag-
gage car and smoker, which telesconed
with the common coach, took fire, Fnvi-
neer Jones of the Kent yard engIna Ave
miles of, looking down the tract, aaw
through the trees the glare of the burn.
Ing cars. After the accident the te,e-
scoped coaches appeared as one, and from
the shattered and burning cars came the
groAns and sbrieks OF the unfortunates.
Then came the scene Of terror. the strong
struggling to escape the horrible death
oy hre, the weak and hopelessly wounded
praying for snccor from the flames tIat
were fast enveloping them. One sman.
deorBe Shaw, pinned in by the wreckaRe,
managed by superhuman efforts to release
ASWNA .hpot anu escaped cut and
bruised. The last man TO 9et ont .I;ra
was able to grasp an ak handle and retain
MS hold until he was drawn through a
gap hall dead, but was quickly resusci-
In the smoker were eight Cinnamon.
Five were pulled out alive. Three were
never seen after the crash, and bones and
bits OF cbarred flesh gathered up in bae
were all that were found of them. One
OF the most pathetic of all scenes were
those attending the death of little MARY
ann Lyon, an orphan, who was being
sent through from Idaho on a seconds
class ticket to relatives in Cherry Creek
N. I. The child, a sweet-faced eirl, was
wedged down by seat, which had fallen
upon her; She released herself lust be-
lore the fire got t. her and for moment
gropea wildly about In the prison of q
car, then fell over choked bV smoke, the
flames quickly coming up to complete the
dreadful work. p'''' '--e