Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-07-04

wreck can not be even surmised. But
few names of those taken from the debris
have yet been ascertained.
Later Particulars of the Wreck.
LATRoBE. Pa, June 27.-Later particu-
lars from the scene of the terrible wreck
at Loyal Hanna bridge, just west of La
trobe, are to the effect that the derry
shifter had left eighteen cars standing on
the bridge while the crew were switching
out loaded cars at the Latrobe Coal =
works. The fiagman of the shifter had
gone to the telegraph tower, but as a
| heavy rain was falling at the time it is
not known whether the engineer on the
fast freight going west saw his signal or
not. In any event the hagman was not
back half far enough, and, had his signal
been observed, the engineer could not
possibly have stopped his heavy train Of
forty-two cars on the down grad in time
to avert the accident. The train, going
ut speed of twenty-five miles an hour,
crashed into the cars on the bridge, tear
ing up the rails, and plunged over the
side of the stone bridge, a sheer descent
Of forty feet, into the bed of Loyal Hanna
creek.
At the same moment an east boun
freight wds passing on the other track.
One of the wrecked cars caught the car
next to the caboose on this train, wreck
ing it and the caboOse and badly using up
the pushing engine. Eighteen loaded
and thirteen empty cars, together with
engine No. 1913 are a total wreck. The
debris took fire at once. and although
held in check by the local fire department
is stu burning.
Engineer Caldwell and Fireman Fra =.
Itch went down with the locomotive and
are still under the wreck. The loss of
life can not be accurately estimated.
Aside from the train men, it is known
that there were between forty and fifty
men on the west-bound train who had
been working at Johnstown. They were
paid off Tuesday, and were endeavoring
to reach their homes. The injured were
attended by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company's surgeons, and with the ex-
ception of those whose injuries are too
critical to allow them to be moved, were
sent to the County Home or to the hos
pitfalls in Pittsburgh.
The dead were washed and coffined by
Undertaken Stader, in whose care they
have been left for Identification. The
known dead are:
Elmer Caldwell, engineer; resided at
Manor station.
G. F. Fralich, fireman, Pittsburgh;
George Cargal, Jersey City.
Edward Kelly, Philadelphia.
Unknown man, but thought to be John
E. Keenan,, of Eau Claire, Wis.
Albert Critchlow, Pittsburgh, and four
other bodies not yet identified.
The I'M ured are: F. A. Geiss, Brad-
dock; John Cleary, Pitts burgh; Pat FIan-
nigan, recently arrived from Ireland:
P. Fitzgibbons. McKeesport; Peter
Maudry, Johnstown; John Mullen,
Philadelphia; Lewis Wyble, Indiana.
Pa; James McCurdy, Canada;
John H. Miller, brakeman, Pittsburgh;
Peter Cavanagh, Pittsburgh; John How
ard, Pittsburgh; John Jackson, McKees-
port; unknown man, uncons cious; fatally
hurt.
1t is believed that there are from fifteen
to twenty bodies yet in the debris.
Frightful Accident on the Chesapeake q
Nashville.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 27.--Quite a
Sc rious accident occurred on the Chesa-
peake & Nashville railroad yesterday at
Bledsoe. The morning train due at
Gallatin at ten O'Clock was skimming
along for it's destination, when the bag
gage car, freight and postal cars jumped
the track and fell down an embankment,
ABOUT n1Cy Ieet. Henry feaCOCk, postal
clerk, and Conductor E. B. Buck jumped
and escaped without injury. Peacock
jumped, and managed to crawl back to-
ward the track when the coach with four
teen passengers passed over him without
touching him.
The car turned over three times before
landing at the bottom. The passenger
coach contained about fourteen passen-
gers, and all were hurt more or less.
When the bottom was reached the roof
of the car was torn Off, and women, chill
dren and seats were piled in one common
is feared two or three are so badly in
jured they will die. Several OF the
wounded were taken to Gallatin last
evening, and medical aid summoned.
None of the employees of the road we're
hurt. The accident was caused from no
carelessness on the part of the train men.
Among the injured are Mrs. Sis Clay
borne, of Westmoreland, also four chill
dren one of which is dying. Mrs. Clay
! borne received bruises about the head
and face. Mrs. A. L. Grant of West
moreland, had her collar bone broken,
and her two children were injured.
/ Henry Crabtree, of Westmorelana, WAS
/ badly injured, and his physician, Or. j
| B. Hanna. thinks he will die. Mrs. White
| side w. E. Bryant, of Scottsville, KY,
/ had several ribs broken. c. B. Coo and s
, B. Smith. OF Washington, KY, wers both
| slightly injured