Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-17
A BAD WRECK
ON THE PANHANDLE ROAD ABOVE
THE CITY
Yesterday, and All The Passengers and Grew o
the Train Miraculously Escape Death or
Iniury-A Full Account

A rather miraculous accident occurred
on the Handle road yesterday after
noon, Golfers atS.ation, a few miles above
steubenville junction, in which lOeOmo-
tive, tender, baggage car and smoker all
shot over an embankment and not person
was killed, and but one or two slightly IN
iured.
Toe Chicago and Western express, leav-
ing P.ttsburg at noon, bowling along at
a rate Of 40 miles an hour, ran into an open
switch, thence through two others into a
siding, crashing into gOndOla loaded with
heavy sheet steel. The entire end Of the
locomotive was knocked in and the steam
escaped with a roar. The locomotive shot
over an embankment perhaps ten feet high
and turned clear over on her top.
OVER THE BANK.
The baggage car, which came next after
the tender, shot clear over the coal car
and stood on her end on one side Of the
engine, being very badly damaged.
The smoker was the next car, and 1t
contained about twenty-five men, most of
whom we're travelling men. This Car shot
over the embankment, and as the baggage
car was out of the way the front end land
ed sgainst the engine, and all the occu-
pants Of the car were hurled into con-
fused heap at the front end of the car, and
it was 6 very scary position, for every time
the other seven cars, three of which were
Pullmans, pushed forward the smoker
bent. twisted and cracked.
But the cars then came to q standstill
and the men began to hunt a way out,
some
CRAWLING THROUGH WINDOWS,
and others climbing up the seats 10 the top
of the car, which was also standing on end.
The steam was still escaping In cloud
and nothing could be seen and no one
knew the extent of the wreck. When all
the occupants in the smoker found them
selves whole they instituted q search for
the engineer and fireman, and about that
time the engineer, Barney Brannon, came
up with one side of his face bleeding IN a
terrible manner, where he had struck q
bush when he Jumped. he was otherwise
unhurt, however, and was hunting for the
tiremen, Jack Obey.
He was not discovered for some time and
it was feared he was buried under the de-
molished engine, bat pretty soon the con-
duclor and Mr. O. E Ozier, the latter gen.
tleman being one who had the smoker ex-
perieucs, found Obey in the third car from
the end, rubbing one of his legs.
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE he WAS
The Queer part of his escape was that he
didn't know that he had jumped off the
engine at all, and had no idea how he
came TO be in the Car.
Ia the meantime the passengers, who
were circulating around, many in wild
state Of excitement, heard a humping in
the baggage car, and presently the baggage
master made his appearance, unhurt,
and climbed to the top OF the upturned
car, from where, when he found that no
one vas hurt, lie made a speech to the
auditors.
A Wheeling lady, who occupied a seat
in the rear car, which was the Wheeling
car, was hurt about the worst Of anyone.
When the shock came she was thrown for
ward, striking her mouth on the back Of
the seat in front Of her. A tcOth was
knocked out, aud when she saw the bloc d
she Immediately