Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-29
TEN PERSONS KILLED,
And a Large Number Seriously Hurt in a
Railroad Wreck


CINCINNATI (O), December 2Sth.-The
officers of the Chesapeake and Ohio have
information from White Sulphur Springs
that passenger train going west was
wrecked this morning two miles west Of
White Sulphur by a broken axle. The
mail car, the combination car, coach and
one sleeper were derailed. The sleeper
was turned on its side. The other sleeper
was not injured. The coach telescoped
with the combination car.
So far as known, ten persons were killed
five passengers and five employees. There
are about ten reported injured. The dead
were sent to Ronceverte and the injured tC
White Sulphur Springs, where everything
possible was done for their comfort.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
CHARLESTON wv. Va), December 2Sth-
A terrible accident occurred this morning
on the Chesapeake and Ohio road, at White
Sulphur Springs, lbs miles east of this
place. The details have been very hard tc
get, the only accounts being received by q
special to the Daily Gazette. In one o.
these an eye witness says: Vestibule train
No. 8, on the Chesapeake and Ohio left the
track two miles west Of White Sulphur
Springs, at 7:20 this morning. demolishing
six cars and killing eleven people and in
juring about twenty-five.
The accident was caused by the rails
spreading. The killed were:
H. Faltks, Grant county, South Dakota
Edward Brown (colored).
Nelson Heath (colored).
F. Wilson, Caldwell Kansas.
Hale Morrison, Charlestown.
Baggage Marter Barksteal, Profitt, Va.
Newsboy Thompson, Portsmouth, Ohio
]. D. West, Hawardenville, Va.
Thos Ksresch, Blackstone. Kansas.
Kidter Kidd, Hannibal, Mo, and one
other, an unknown man.
Among the injured were: ]. r. Karesch
Blackstone, Kansas; Conductor Schweiokt
Washington, West Virginia; R T. Blanton
Farmville, West Virginia; II. Kline, Chi
cago; William Dell, New York; w. Clark
Clifton, Virgins; 2. B. Bunch, Allegheny
Virginia; W. D. Clark, Nelson county
Virginia; Louis Ksresch, Blackstone, Kan
sas; H. F. Gregory, Cliff Tap, Virginia
arm crushed and internally injured.
The train was behind time and running
at the rate of forty to fifty miles per hour
The wreck occurred on fill over the Jargi:
run, which is 100 feet high. 1t is said tc
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, though fearfully in
ured may recover.
1t was fearful wreck, and the damage
TO the railroad at this time cannot even be
estimated. Luckily, the cars did not take
fire, they being heated by the steam en-.
CINE, which did not leave the rails. The
rear sleeper had its front trucks on the
ground, and remained on the rails.
DR.. w. P. Edwell, the only physician in
White Sulphur Springs, repaired to the
scene of the accident and did all in his
power to relieve the suffering, but could
only help one person at time.
After some time a number of doctors
from all along the line arrived, and worked
long and faithfully among the suffering.
The ladies of the vicinity turned out en-
masse, and too much cannot be said in
praise of their noble efforts.
The statements as TO the cause of the
accident vary. Some say the rails spread
Other reports say the rails were worn out
and the lies rotten.
Among the injured were several of Karl
GsrdDer's theatrical company. One will
probably die