Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-15
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SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THx RnooED-uN1oN.i
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
A Careless Switchman Causes a Collision
and Many Deaths.

and Many Deaths.
CLEVELAND (O.), January 14th.-A frightful
wreck occurred on the New York, Pennsylya-
mia and Ohio Railroad near Tallmadge, O., this
morning, a passenger train coliiding with one
section of a freight which had broken in TWO.
Eight persons were killed and dozen injured.
The list OF killed is as follows: Robert Hunting
ton OF Gallon, O., passenger engineer William
Walters OF Gallon, passenger fireman ]. F. Rush
ford of Gallon, freight brakeman William
Lundy OF Salamanca, N. Y, and three China
men.
PARTICULARS OF THE WRECK.
A Leader special from Akron gives the follow
ing particulars of the wreck: At 2:27 this morn
ing train No. s, eastbound, while rounding a
sharp curve one and a half miles east of 1all-
madge, came suddenly upon part of freight
conspirei, with other things, to make the acct
dent beyond human power to avert. Engineer
Huntington had just time to reverse his engine
when dreadful crash came. He was instantly
killed.
SCENES OF TERROR.
Tie passenger train consisted of baggage
ana express car and smoker, one common coach
and two sleepers. The greatest horror came
when the baggage car and smoker, which tele-
scOped with the common coach took fire. En-
gineer Jones. of the Kent yard-engine, five
miles off, began to be uneasy. and looking down
the track, saw the glare of burning cars.
After the accidentthe two telescoped coaches
appeared as one, and from the shattered and
burning cars came the groans and shrieks of the
unfortunates. Then came scene OF terror-the
strong struggling TO escape death by fire: the
weak and helpless snd wounded praying for
succor from the flames that were fast envelop-
ing them. One man George Shaw pinned IN
by the wreckage, maraged by superhunan
efforts to release his lower limbs. and escaped
cut and bruised. III the smoker were eight
Cinnamon. Five We're 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 a bag, were all that was
found of them.
The freight was heavy and while it was climb
ing the grade the coupling parted about the
middle of the train. 1t was decided to resort to
the common expedient of doubling up. Flag
men were sent out, one east and another west,
to warn any approaching train. Brakeman
Bradley was sent ahead 10 flag the eaStbound
passenger, which was known 70 be about due
Meantime the first part of the broken freight
train was taken to Tallmadge station. The en-
CINE then returned to the second part. A signal
was given which is said to have been to signal
the back fiagman stationed at the east. Flag
man Bradley took it to be FIR him also and
started ack to the freight train. The engineer
of the train says no recall whistle was sounded,
but at any rate Bradley heard 1t SO, snd went
back
A TERRIBLE CRASH.
The freight had just got under motion TO go
to Talmadge, when the express came along.
The momentum OF the train was somew hat
checked by the reverse, but the impact was ter
rifle, nevertheless. The freight engineer and
brakeman jumped and escaped serious injury.
The passenger engine was crushed into bits and
mingled with the wreekage behind it. The
freight engine reared up and stood almost on
end. Engineer Harrington and fireman Waters
of the express were erribly crushed The brave
engineer was disembowled, his head crushed,
and his limbs broken ard doubled up. The pas
sengers in the rear Pullman sleeper were hardly
aroused by the conclusion.