The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-07
THURSDAY NIGHT WRECK
On the Ohio River Railroad
down at C!arington.
THE WOUNDED DOING WELL.

| ". -sN"sS AVE
Tho Others we'll Cared for ut the
, NIc1'uro Housc-No lsxplana.
- tion of tho Accident.
a. II. johnson, OF Baltimore, A. Wa
} ter Of Baltimore. S. +. Leggc, of Grs
ton, A. J. Hunter, Of Orator
and ]. F. Mock, Of pArkersburg, VIC,
the first guests registered ut the NlcLu,
house yesterday. They were the Vt.
Tins Of the disaster ut Darlington trestl,
on the Ohio River railroad, Thutsda
evening, q complete account OF which
written by a reporter at the scene Of til
wreck, was given in yesterdays INrrLLl
GENcgR, and in which the private ca
West Virginia was totally wrecked
That anybody In the car escapcd aliv
seems little short OF miraculous.
| When the special relief train returne,
TO the city at 'l:30 yesterday morninl
the gentlemen named were taken IN ~ ~,
McLuEe house IN the city patrol wagon
IN charge Of Chief Of Police Delbrurre
0iilcer Frolime, Drs. G. Alderman mn an,
John r. Pipes. AT the hotel they war,
cared for as best they could be, Telegram,
were sent to their friends, and arranve
ments made for their comfort,
TIE INJURED IN oooD HANDS.
Later in the day Mrs. J. F, Mock mr.
rived from Parkersburg. She had tf
return In the afternoon, but left he,
husband in good hands, Mrs, NJ. L, Kin
sey and Mr.. A. @. Kinkey, a relative
both Of Braddock, Pa, having arrived
slr. A. J.: Bandy, OF Parkersburg, a
friend Of Mr.. Mock's, was also at his bed.
eide during the day.
Mrs. Hunter arrived early in the dav
10 look after her husband. Colonel
Leege's brother arrived last evening.
Superintendent Walter and Engineer
johnson were taken to Baltimore
where they live, at o'clock last even.
down FROM Pittsburgh for their use, and
1t was run as special. Mr.. Walter was
able to walk to the train, but Mr. John.
son had 10 be carefully carried on A rot.
DR.. John r. Pipes accompanied them TO
look after their wants. He has won
golden opinions by his skill and dexter.
ity as u surgeon in these cases,
The other three sufferers are be;no
cared for at the Mcclure house rs well as
they could be at home. Every attention
is given them, and last night all three
were doing well, though suffering great
pain.
NATURE OF TIT WOUNDS.
A careful examination did not Show
injuries very different from those de.
scribed in Yesterdays ISTELLIaExcER.
Col. J. F. Lesge had his right arm
broken near the elbow, and had a had
hole cut in the back OF his right shou,-
der. He was badly bruised, aud was 30
stiff that he could not move his lera
Major A. J. Hunter was cut SLIGHTLY
about the head and face, and had con.
tuslon on his breast which tuade breath.
ing painful, and caused him to cough up
blood.
Superintendent Alfred Walters in.
juties were all on his head and lace.
He was horribly cut and SCARED. and
something had cut an ugly cash through
his left cheek.
Major A. II. Johnson's Injuries were
also confined to his head, except bruises
and Bprains about his lower limbs. and
his left hand, which is broken. On his
forehead, just where his hair starts, is
circular cut from which radiate four
others, from one to four inches in length,
]. I. Mock, OF the Ohio River road,
has a fractured skull, the pressure from
which made him detirious, and para
lyzed his right side. As he came up on
the train, however, he regained the use
OF his limbs, and occasionally talked
nationally.
@. L. Williams, Of the Ohio River
road, received no serious injuries and
was able to walk back to the telegraph
Office for assistance.
The two colored men escaped with
only few bruises, and the conductor
suffered cut in the leg an inch long.
The brakeman had his ankle sprained
and the skin scraped from his foot.
THE RELIEF TRAIN.
The special train from Wheeling.
bearing surgeons, railroad men and m
lNTELLlGEScEE reporter arrived. at the
scene Of the accident few minutes after
l o'clock. at that time the section men
and wreck crew OF the.Ohio River road
were at work jacking the B, & O. engine
back upon the track. The car "West
Virginia" was lying in ravine
twenty feet deep, turned fairly
upside down, and mashed ito
kindliug wood. The trucks had Jumped
OF, and the bottom OF the car was cayed
in from its own weight. The locomotive
had jumped the track about fifty feet be-.
low the trestle over the rayine, and ran
on across the trestle on the ties without
damage. The car jumped the track Just
at the lower end OF the trestle and flew
through the air thirty feet, and fell, a
mass OF wreckage.
Those on board the itI.fated car were; !;
J. F. Legge, Superintendent OF the
Western Division Of the Baltimore 4
Ohio; Major A. J. Hunter, Engineer OF
Maintainance Of Way Of the Western
Division Of the Baltimore & Ohio; All.
fred Walter, General Superintendent OF
the Baltimore 4 Ohio lines east OF the
river; q. l.. Williams. General Man.
ager Of the Ohio River road; J.F,
Mock, Superintendent Of Bridges Of the
Ohio River ,road;' A. J. Shingleton,
brakeman, OF the Baltimore & Ohio; FL.
Schaeaer, conductor OF the train, Balti.
moro 4 Ohio; Frank Gonzales, cook,
and Joseph Wilson, porter.
now IT HAPPENED. "
All the gentlemen except Mr.. Walter,
the porter, cook and trainmen, were
sitting together in the main apartment,
Mr.. Walter was sitting in the rear OF the
car, asleep in chair. The instant the
car struck all the gentlemen were turned
on their heads, and their injuries ara
principally located on the heads aud
upper parts OF their bodies.
The cook had served supper about an
hour before the accident occurred, and
the FIRE was allowed to 90 out; other.
wise the car would no doubt have taken
fire and might have caused still create,
injuries.
Col. Legge was the first to drag him
self from the crushed car, and he said
that he was stone blind ior fully twenty
minutes, the conclusion having caused
the paralysis Of the optic nerve. After
he had gotten on the train coming L
Wheeling he picked a piece Of glass hal