, 1889-01-17
FRIGHTFUL WRECK
Disastrous Collision Of q Pas
senger Train in Ohio.
TWENTY KILLED AND WOUNDED.
An Almost URsvoidabis Accident on Shs
Now York, Pennsylvania 4 Ohio
Ilanroad-The Cause.

CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 14.--A friRhtfol
wreck occurred on the New York, Penn
sylvania Il Ohio railroad near Tallmage,
o., this morning. q passenger train col
lidiug with one section Of q freight which
had broken in two. Eight persoas we're
killed and q dozen injured. The list Of
killed 10 as follows:
Robert Harrington Of Gallon, Ohio.
Passenger Engineer William Walters,
Of Gallon, ohio.
PASSENGER Fireman J. 4. Rushford of
Gallon, Ohio.
Freight Brakeman William Lundy. of
Salamanca.
The express messenger and three China
men.
Mary Ann Lyon of Idaho. aged 9. tick
eted second class TO Cherry Creek, N. Y.
Four Of the injured are in serious con.
dition.
A Leader special from Akron gives the
following particulars Of the wreck: At IL
O'Clock this morning train No. 8, east
bound, was rounding q sharp curve, one
and half nils east Of TallmadRe, when
u came suddenly upon part OF freight train
No. 81.
There was dense fog and this con-
spired with other tninRs to make the aeci-
dent beyond human power 10 avert. En-
Rineer Huntington had just time to
reverse his engine when the dreadful
crash came. lie WAS instaDtly killed.
The freight was heavy ono. and while it
was climbing the grade the coupling
parted. II was decided to resort to the
CON mon expedient Of doubling up. Flag.
men were sent out. one east and another
west. to wern any approaching train.
Brakeman Bradley was sent ahead TO
flag the east. bound passenger. which
was known to he about due. Meantime
the first part ot the broken freight train
was taken to TallmadRe station. The en-
9ine then returned to the second part. a
signal was given which 10 said to have
been to summons back the hlgman sta
toned to the east Fla0man Bradley
took il to be for him also and started back
to the freight. The engineer of the freight
engine says that no recall whistle was
sounded, but, ut any rate, Bradley heard
il 80, aud went back. The freight had
when the express train came along. The
momentum OF the fast train was
somewhat checked by the reverse,
but the impact was terrific.
nevertheless. The freight engineer and
brakeman jumped aud escaped serious in
jury.
The passenger engine was crushed into
bits and mingled with the wreckage be-
hind it. The freight engine reared up
anu btOOu dIuUbt On emu C0RluetI
Huntington and Fireman Walters. of the
express, were terribly crushed. The brave
engineer was disem boweled, his head
crushed and his limbs broken and and
doubled up.
the passenger train consisted Of COM
binatiOn baggage and express car and
| smoker, common coaches and two sleepers.
| The greatest horror came when the bag
gage car and smoker, which telescoped
with the commOl, coach, took FIRE.
! Engineer Jones Of the Kent yard engine,
looking down the track saw through the
trees the glare OF the burning cars.
| The telescoped coaches appeared Ms one,
and from the shattered and burning cars
came groans and shrieks OF the unfortu-
natss. Then came scene OF terror, the
strong struggling to escape horrible
death by fire, weak and helpless anu pray
ing for succor from the flames that were
fast envelopipR them. Ono man. George
Shaw. penned in by wreckage managed,
by superhuman efforts, to release his
lower limbs and escaped cut and bruised.
In the smoker were eight Chinamen.
Five were pulled out alive, but hnf dead
from fright. Three were never seen after
the crash. and bones and bits Of charred
flesh gathered up in bag were all that
were found Of them.
One OF the most pathetic OF all the
scenes were those attending the death OF
little Mary Ann l.yonS IN orphan. who
! was being sent through from Idaho on ~
second-class ticket to relatives in Cherr,
Creek, N. Y. Edward Peltzer, "a passenger
gong 10 New York. tells this story OF her
death: ~ noticed little girl. She ny
peared to b.. all alone. ] learned SHE h al
been ticket"d through TO New York i.s a
second class passenger. She was sweet
faced child, aud every time visited the
smoker Interested myself in her. She
said her parents sero dead and she was
going to Cherry Creek 10 live With some
relatives. When the crash came WIS
In my berth in the sleeper, and received
only slight shock. Ny first thought was
OF little Mary, ana rushed out OF the
car,- and, to my horror, saw the smoker all
in flames. went outside to the opposite
part Of the car, where the little one had
! sat, and found she had been wedRed down
by the seat, which had fallen npon her.
The flames were already surrounding her,
and finding she could not be rescued,
fled from the spot.
The passengers in the rear Pullman
sleepers were hardly aroused by t.e con-
| ems siOu