St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29
Ten Persons Killed and TWen-
ty-fiye Injured in a Rail-
road Wreck.
Spreading Rails Ditch a Cam
non Ball, Express at
Sulphur Springs.
Nine MouldePS Are Horribly
Burned by a Shower OF
Molten Metal.
Six Thousand Bales OF Cotton
Reduced to Ashes in
Mississippi.

CHA Ah1IESION. w. uss DCC' 6O' n
terrible accident occurred this morning
on the Chesapeake d Ohio road at
White Sulphur Springs, 125 miles east
of this place. Reports have been very
hard to get, but one of them from an
eyewitness says: ''Vestibule Train
No. 8. on the Chesapeake & Ohio.
left the track two miles west of
White Sulphur Springs at 7:20 this
morning, uem0lishIng six cars, killing
eleven people and injuring about
twenty-five. The accident was caused
by the rails spreading. 1t was fearful
wreck and the damage to the railroad
at this time cannot be estimated.
Luckily the cars did not take fire, being
heated by steam. The engine did not
leave the rails, but the tender was left
without any trucks. The rear sleeper
had its front truck On the ground and
remained ON the rails. The complete
list of killed is as follows:
HALE MORRISON. Charleston, mail
agent. aged twenty. eight, top Of head and
face crushed.
]. W. THOMAS, newsboy, Lexington. KY,
left leg broken above and below knee aud
head injured.
o. B. BARKSDALE, Profitt, Va, baggage.
master, head mashed.
J.B WEST, Howardsyille, Va. engineer.
neck broken.
E. WILSON. ConaldwelI. Kansas. head
mashed Had mortgages in his pocket
amounting to over $1,000.
NELSON HEATH (eolored,) Claremont,
". Va, head mashed.
H. FALThA, Grant county, South Dakota,
both legs broken and head crushed Had
$50 in his pocket.
EDWARD Brown (colored,) Allegheny,
Va, right leg broken and head mashed.
KIDDER KIDD, Hannibal. Mo-, no visible
injuries, but his mouth was full of mud, and
he died of strangulation. Member of <. of
p and his remains will be sent home by No.
tonight by order of II. W. Fuller, general
manager of the road.
UNKNOWN man, described as white, tall
sand slender, fair complexion, gray eyes,
sandy mustache, good looking, dressed in
dark brown plaid.
Among the injured are: j. R. Karesch,
Blackstone, Kan., injured internally;
Conductor Schweickt. Huntington, w.
Va, leg broken; r. L. Blanton, Farm
vile, Va, cut under eye; Gus II. Kline,
hicagO. leg broken: William Dell. New
York, leg broken; W Clark, Clifton Forge,
Va..arm broken z. p. Bunch, back hurt |;
William NJ. Dell. New York city, COM
pound fracture of the thigh; Augustine
- IA South Hogue avenue, Chicago,
both these are members of Charles A.
Gardner's theatrical company, and
were to play in Charleston tonight: j..
A. Clark, train dispatcher, Clifton
Forge, Va; John Voolfolk. Allegheny,
Va, section hand, right leg crushed,
had to be amputated; W. d..
Clark, Nelson county, Va, scalp
wound: Louis Karzth, Black
stone, Kan, collar bone broken;
III. F. Gregory, Cliff Top. Va, arm
crushed. internally injured; Conductor
NaI,. ~ hrnLnr7 ho
low the knee; Capt. Burch. supervisor,
bruised on right side and otherwise
hurt. The train which was wrecked
near White Sulphur Springs this morn
ing was the west-bound vestibule,
which left New York at $3.50 @. IN. yes
terday, and was due at Cincinnati at
$40 p. m. to-day. The
TRAIN WAS BEHIND TINE,
and running from forty to fifty miles
per hour. The conductor says it was
only running tbirty-five miles, but
others say forty or fifty. The wreck
occurred on the fill over Jary's run,
which is 1870 feet high, said to be the
highest fill in the United States. All of
the killed were In the smoking car,
which was telescoped by another car.
Every person in the car was killed
except the conductor, who had
his leg broken and seriously in
jured. He will probably recover.
The dead were taken to Ronceverte,
eleven miles distant from the scene of
the wreck. DIR. w. P. Caldwell. the
only physician in White Sulphur, re-
paired to the scene of the accident, and
did all i'm his power to alleviate the suf-
fering. but could only aid one person at
a time. After some time number of
doctors from along the line arrived, and
worked long and faithfully among
the suffering. Ladies of the vicinity
turned out en- masse and too much can
not be said in praise Of their noble eff
forts. Owing to the fact that the cars
of the veStibule train were heated by
steam, fire did not break out. The
cause of the accident is not known. 1t
is reported that the rails spread. Other
reports say that the rail was worn out
and the ties rotten. Among the in
jured were several of the Karl Gard
ner'' company; one will probably die.
One noteworthy feature was that no
ladies nor children were injured. Great
excitement prevailed in this city all
day, as no accounts of the wreck could
be obtained. The evening paper con-
tanned no news regarding the accident
to the train, ,on which several Charleston
persons were, among them Senator
Kenna and Congressman Anderson.
Over twelve hours passed with nothing
but vague rumOrS.