The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-03
COLLIDED ON THE BRIDGE.
THREE TRAINS COME TOGETHER.
A Terrible Railroad Accident Near La
trobe, Pa. - Nearly Thirty People
Buried In the Wreck-Fire Adds
to the Horror of the Situation,


miles east Of this city ON the Pennsylvania rail-
way, about 2:30 o'clock this morning. The
sos west-bound freight had left Latrobe and
had Just reached the bridge. about thirty yards
west of that place, when it collided with an
extra freight train coming in the opposite direc'
ton. Another east-bound freight was standing
on a side track on the bridge, and the wrecked
train crashed against it, causing one locomo-
tive and number of cars to go over the en-
bankment into the creek, n distance OF fifty feet.
Engineer Caldwell and his fireman were sup
posed to have been killed instantly. Some
fifty people, mostly laborers were on the train
when il went down. The wreck was terrible in
the extreme. Thirty-one cars went down over
the bridge and are piled on top OF each other
in the water. A carload of lime in the center
of the train YVES the last to 60 down, and was
scattered over the pile of shattered cars. Then
the debris took fire. and Notwithstanding the
efforts Of the people to put out the fames' 1t is
still burning Arms and legs of the victims
can be seen protruding through the debris
No member of the crew remains 10 tell OF those
who went down.
The debris of the wreck is being rapidly
cleared up. Up to o'clock tonight ten dead
boultc nave Dttn IttONNAIus AhOSD "a LL-
gineer Caldwell and George Fralich, the fire.
man, have not yet been found, but 1t is ex.
pected they will be reached before long. The
dead recovered up to this time are as follows:
GEORGE CORGAL. Jersey City. On his
person was found receipt for dues TO l. o. O..
F., signed Allen Snyder.
HUGH KELLY, Philadelphia. His father
is a puddler at the Lochiel iron works, Harris
burg Pa.
-, unknown man about twenty-five years
old; five feet eleven inches high; weight about
10 pounds; short black mustache and black
hair
JOHN CORTCHLOW, Homestead, Pa, aged
about thirty-fve years. leg and arm were
burned of.
-, unknown man, dark hair. heavy mus
tache, about forty years old, five feet eight
inches.
-, unknown man, dark brown hair,
smooth face about twenty.six years old.
-, unknown man, head almost burned
of.
CHARLES t. FERGUSON. On inside of
memorandum found in pocket was the name,
Charles E. Harden, Miller, Northumberland
county, Pa.
MYERS MERHOOD. aged thirty-fve years
BENJAMIN EMERICH. supposed to be
front brakeman; aged about twenty-five; had
silver watch and revolver.
The injured are as follows
+. a. MESS, laborer from Johnstown, Of
Braddock; left arm broken near shoulder.
JOHN CLEARY. laborer from Pittsburg
crushed across hips will recover.
PAT FLANAGAN, cut and bruised not
serious.
P. FITzGIBBoSs, McKeesport, bad scalp
wound; not serious.
PETER MANDY; lived in Johnstown; whole
side of skull crushed in; hurt internally.
JOHN MULLEN, Philadelphia, scalp wound
and bruised.
LEWIS WHEEL, Indiana, Pa, flesh wound
also left eye cut
JAMES McCURDY, Canadian; about forty
six years old; hurt on hand and back, but not
seriously.
JOHN MILLER, front brakeman of Conductor
Barnhart's train; hurt back and wrist
spraiued.
PETER CAvANAUGH, Homestead, steel
worker; on freight going west; cut and
bruised all over; not serious.
JOHN HOWARD, Pittsburg bruised; not
dangerous.
The dead are being taken to the undertaking
establishment of T. ]. Stader as they are reeov.
cred and prepared for burial. 1t is almost GER
tain that from twenty-five 10 thirty people were
killed in the wreck. The water in the creek
AT the point where the aCcluent occurred Is
about twelve feet deep, and il is expected that
ten or twelve bodies are held in the creek by
the wreckage.
John II. Miller, a fagman on the freight,
states that the proper signals were given when
the position OF the shifter was discovered, and
Engineer Caldwell answered, but the speed was
too high. When the ill-fated train left
Bolivar about forty workmen boarded her but
Conductor Barnhart put them Oft at Derry.
When the train left there q great many OF them
boarded her again. Four OF the njured taken
from the car stated that eleven others were in
the car, and in another box car, IL is stated by
ode of the rescued, there were fifteen or
twenty more One two of the bodies taken
from the wreck were terribly burned by the
lime which covered the wreck.
At o'clock tonight the work of clearing
the debris was stopped until tomorrow.