The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-09-06
THE CENTRAL WRECK.
Narrow Escape Of a Well Filled
Passenger Train.
ONLY ONE PERSON INJURED,
The Deliberate Plan Of I'lcnds to De.
stroy Life and Propcrty-weDb
and Holland both Offer Rc.
wards for Their Capture.


wards for Their Capture.
ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. 5.-Last night
abou. l2 O'Clock successful attempt at
tmn wrecking was made on the New
York Central, about four miles south OF
GreenbusE. Luckily only one.half OF
the attempted wrecking was successful,
and no loss Of llfc or serious injuries re.
sul:ed. The second section OF the Mon.
treal sleeper out of New York, due here
at ll:s0, consisting Of an engine and
eight slecpets filed with men, women
and children, was derailed, but barring
the shaking up Of the passengers and the
bruising OF half dozen or so, nothing
more serious than the wreckiug OF the
cars resulted. Tho escape OF a large
number from death was miraculous, and
II was indeed kind providence that
looked after tho saIety OF the passengers
on that ill.iated train.
The train was twenty-five minutes
late. and running at thirty miles an
hour at this point, and when tho engine
sirlck the obstruction on the track, il
was lifted upwards into the air, and the
whole train WIS thrown from the track,
The forward part OF the engine was sua.
pended in the air, and it looked rs
though it would topple over into the
ditch ut any moment. The engineer
aud htelnen, both stuck 10 their posts.
The first coach contained twenty-five
passengers, slid down tho embankment
aud came to standstill on its side.
None of the passengers in this car were
injured outside of few bruises. The
second coach Jared worse than any OF
the others, turning complete somer.
sault, aud landing in the ditch, bottom
side up.
TIE ONLY PASSENGER HURT.
In this car was only one passenger,
Mrs. jenkins, OF Brooklyn. the conduc.
tor and porter. Mrs. Jenkins received
severe blow on the head. The third
car WIS thrown directly across the ditch
ut right angles with the track, and was
ut first taken for 4 bridge spanning the
abyss. There were about eight passen.
gers in this coach, making in all about
81 passengers, who were so fortunately
saved from instant death. The other
five sleepers did not leave the road bed,
but were lying obliquely across the
north-bound track, while the fourth
coach was suspended in the air over tho
ditch, held in place by its coupling, and
the resistance offered by the weight OF
the other three cars.
Mrs. Atkinson, accompanied by her
three children, all boys. who is said to
live at Trenton, New York, and who
was in the fifth car, WAS prostrated by
the shock, and required the attention Of
the physician. A number OF the pas.
sengers were cut and-bruised by the
shattered car windows in their endeavor
to e1tricate themselves from the cars.
DELIBERATE PLAN TO WRECK THE TRAIN.
Superintendent Biaeell made an inves.
tigation as 10 the cause OF the wreck, and
he WAS horrlied at the results. He
found rail jammed into the cattle
guards, and II was wedged with timbers
and'securely held by fish plates. The
whole arrangement was placed in slant.
ing position, 30 IS to life the train clear
of the track. The result showed that
The judgmeu: OF the fends who placed the
obstruction on the track was unerring,
and their purpose was successfully &C.
compitshed. Continuing bis investiga-
zion Dir. nissell found similar obslruc.
ton placed on the south-bound track, a
little way below where the other obstruc-
tion hnd been placed on the north track.
This confirmed .Mr. Bisselps opinion
that the wrccking was :he result OF de.
liberato plaus laid by whom he knows
not. He added that immediate efforts
would he made, and no stone woulo ae
left unturned to discover the perpetra.
tors OF this dastardly outrage,
The relief train which left here at ! :40,
then started back for the city, reaching
here at i:l0 IA. IN. All the passengers
were brought back on this train. and by
actual count theAssociated Press reporter
ascertained that Just 63 passengers had
occupied the eight coaches. "a
The three vestibuled cars which were
ditched remain intact. They sustained
no damage beyond broken windows aud
scratched paint work. Each car cost
Sl7 900 The monetary loss appears to
be small compared with theYalue oil the
rolling stock which composed the train.
Superintendent Dissell said that these
cars were the finest in the world in point
of strength and durability, and it IS un.
ioubtedly. owing to this fact that no lives
were lost. All trims due south between
midnight and I n. III. were held IN this
city and Greenbush.
5000 REWARD FOR THE PERPETRATORS.
Third Vico President Webb has tele.
graphed Superintendent Bissell that he
has offered reward OF S5, 600 for tho de-
lection and conviction OF the person or
persons who placed the distractions on
the track.
j. ]. Holland, OF the General Execu-
tive Board OF the Knishts Of Labor, has
Just arrived, and is i'll consultation with
Messrs. Wright and Devlin as to the adj
visibility Of offering 81, 900 reward for
the detention and conviction OF the per-
SONS who placed the obstruction on the
track.
The wreck has been cleared. and oil
trains are moving. The loss will not ex.
ceed 1000. Robt. A. Pinkerton visited
the scene OF The catastrophe to-day and
has several Of his best detectives work.
ing on the case.