New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-27
MR.. MORTON IN DANGER.
THE TRAIN IN WHICH HE TRAVELLED
PARTLY WRECKED.
COLLISION At CAMDEN STATION ON THE
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILRoAD-sEvERAL
EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY BADLY
HURT-NO PASSENGERS sER1-
OUSLY INJURED.
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Baltimore, April 26.-Two passenger trains were
in collision on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
near Camden Station, this city, at 1880 a. m.
to-day. Vice-iresident Levi Z. Morton was
passenger on one Of the trains, and 1t Is reported
that GoN crnor Foraker and wife and General
j. NJ Schoiield and staff, and other prominent
Western people, were the same train on the way
to New-York. The trains were an express from
Philadelphia due at Camden Station at 1888
a. M, and the eastbound express from Washington
and the West for Philadelphia and New-l ork,
which had Just left Camden Station. On the train
from Philadelphia were number of Odd Fellows
who were to take part in the celebration here to-
day. Four train hands were seriously injured and
several Others slightly hurt. All the passengers
escaped though some were slightly bruised. The
injured were:
AKERs. WILLIAM. engineer was injured I'M the breast
and abdomen
FOWLER WILLIAM newsboy had his head crushed.
MILBOURNE MARTIN. engineer. suffered compound
fracture OF the leg.
SMITH, HENRY. baggage.master. was hurt about the
Vee-Prcsident Morton and the other dis
tinguished passengers were in the private car
Anantha which, Immediately after the accident,
was attached to a special train and taken to
PhllddcIpnla DelOre Ine HhIucS VI Ill VIC Paly
could be obtained The accident occurred on
a "Y" the switches Of which are operated by
n man in signal tower. The first baggage car
of the train on which Vice-President Morton
was passenger crashed into the second, going
almost half way through it. The two left
the track Tie front platform of the first baggage
car was also smashed. The fronts of both engines
wrre smashed The latter train had few
minutes before the accident left Locust Point,
having crossed the slip 1t going slowly
at the time Just as the engine started to turn
the curve at the "Y," the locomotive on the
other train was seen coming the same track
at a rate Of about five miles an hour. The crews
of both trains saw the danger, and the
brakes were instantly put down, but
hardly had this been done when the
engines came together. There was loud
kissing of steam, and the passengers on both
trains were thrown from their seats. The train
from Philadelphia was only slightly damaged 1t
S reported that Mr. Morton thrown violently
from his chair TO the floor, but escaped injury.
though the shock was n severe one. The Stcry
of the wreck is best told by Edward Allers, who
was plotting the southbound train. He says
We were to cut loose the rear car for Balti-
more at the east end OF the l." L was looking
back when we approached the " AS soon MS
the last ear cut loose | looked ahead and saw
that the targets were wrong They were all right
for the train coming out of Camden Station
to go on to Philadelphia, but the switch, as
placed, would shoot US into Camden Station, when
we wanted TO keep on the Washington track Be-
fore could stop the train, make motion, the
other train rushed around the curve and was into
u.s. Engineer Milbournc and Fireman John, j.
Ways the regular of the engine was pilot
ing jumped, but l remained. The crash was not
as bad as il would have been had we been going
faster We had slackened speed to cut off our
rear car. 1t was probably good thing that the
switch was wrong, for had we gone of all right
on our track the Other engine might have smashed
right into the pirsseityer cars"