Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15
CAUSED BY A ROC.
Serious Collision on the Pemnsyl.
Vania Railroad.
Two Passengers Killed and Sew
eral Injured.

The Second Section OF a western Express
stops at New Florence for Orders ana in
the Gloom is Run Into Iy the Third Sec
tion Following Sleeping Car DemoI-
ished and Burned.
PETrsBURe, Nov. 15.-The second sec
tion of the western express on the Penn
sylyania, due at 1880 a'clock a. IN. ran
into a freight wreck between New
Florence and Johnstown about 500
o'clock Friday morning. Two persons
were killed and eleven injured. Six Of
The latter are said to be fatally hurt.
The passengers were transferred and
brought to this city within an hour.
The first section of the Western express
was detained by the freight wreck near
New Florence station. The second sec
ton was following closely up, and
when the first train pulled out, the sec
ond was held up in the block to allow
the preceding train to get ahead. The
third section of the Western express
came laundering along at a high rate of
speed and crashed into the rear car of
the second section. This car is said to
have been the Washington sleeper and
was well filed with passengers. All of
the killed and injured We're in this car
"A special engine and car, with several
physicians on board, were sent from this
city to the scene of the wreck imme-
diately after the report reached this
city.
The following is the list of killed and
injured;
Killed.
Henry D. Minott, of 80 Court street,
Boston.
Mrs. S. H. Angel, of No. 800 Twenty
first street, N, Washington,
Injured.
Dr. Weihle, Of Haymarket, Va, slight
ly.
r. S. Delaney and wife, of Haynarlet,
Va, seriously.
j. f. Matthia, of Baltimore, seriously.
J. I'll. Halman, of 629 B street, Wash
ington.
William Rockster, Of the Hoffman
house, New York, seriously.
G. G. Hicks, of Providence, r, l.,
slightly.
Mrs. M. B. Kellogg, Of Richmond,
Va, seriously.
J. Fl. Hill, of Sunblny Pa, slightly.
-- Miller, express messenger Of No.
Z, Allegheny City, Pa, slightly.
Fireman Pitcairn, of third section,
slightly injured.
J. w. Leslie, of Boston, Mass, slight
ly injured.
Mrs e. A. Parish, of Quincy, ILL.,,
slightly injured.
Samuel Gala, of New York, sprained
arm and cut badly about the head.
Ed Yertze and wife, of Sioux City,
Iowa, both badly injured.
N. Wexford, Of Cleveland, slightly in
jured.
j. w. Wesley, of Boston.
Mrs. Sadie ID. Williams, of Cleve-
land, O.
w. S. Cross, of Baltimore.
E. Fl. Tighe, of Detroit, slightly in
jured
H. S, Hill, of Pittsburg, head cut and
bruised.
G. G. Wells, of Champaign, ILL.,, head
cut.
J. w. Davis, Pullman car porter, bad
ly bruised
Henry d. Minot and Mrs. S. H. Angel,
the two passengers who were killed, met
their death by being crushed beneath
the roof of the car, thrown upon them
by the locomotive Of the mail train
The wrecked sleeper caught fire, but
the flames were quickly smothered by
the train men and hard working passen-
gers who rendered valuable assistance.
The rear end of the second sleeper from
the rear, was also badly crushed in, but
no persons except occupants OF the rear
sleeper were seriously hurt.
The disaster is one of the most serious
that has occurred ON the Pennsylvania
railroad for long time. Those of the
injured who could be moved with safety
were placed upon the cars OF the west
ern express were not injured by the
wreck, and were brought to hospitals in
this city.
The passengers of the second section
ct No. . western express, wrecked at
New Florence Friday morning, reached
here ON a special train at 12 noon. An
eyewitness states that Mr.. and Mrs. De-
laney, previously reported among the
seriously injured, were taken from the
wreck dead and that their remains were
left at New Florence.
This statement the officials Of the
road deny. Mr.. and Mrs Delaney were
on their bridal tour The fireman of
the engine that crashed into the rear of
the second, No. Q, states that the oper-
ator in the Nineveh block tower is re-
sponsiblc for the terrible disaster, The
fireman claims that their train entered
the block on a white, or clear track
signal, while second, No. 8, had not yet
left the western end of the block at
New Florence.
How II Occurred.
The following statement is given
out at the Union depot in this city:
The accident occurred near New Flor
ence station shortly before o'clock Fri
day morning Second section Of No. 8,
Western express, had stopped at New
Florence for orders. A flagman was sent
back to warn the third section, OF the
mail train, also coming from the east
A dense fog obscured everything, and
the mail train ran past the hagman and
into the rear of the second section of
No. O IL is reported that the sleeping
car caught fire and was almost entirely
consumed. The locomotive and two ex-
press cars were very badly smashed up.
ON THE LONG ISLAND ROAD
A Densa For Rpsults in a Collision-~Sev-