The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-09-25
THE BIG WREOl
On the Cleveland a Canton Thurs
day MOrning,
Three Enginss Badly Wreoked-Ao One
Iniured--A Wfid Kngine Causes the
prouhisrFuii Particulars,

Yesterdays NEWRDEMOORAT contained
a report ut the Cleveland and canton
wreck, aud later developments make
appear worse than was AZ first supposed
A collision which might have fehulien
In large loss of life, occurred yesterday
morning AZ II iA0 o'clock on the Cleveland
aud Canton railway near iirmhelli q
snall station about twenty miles hpfll OF
Canton,
4 special freight left this city bound
NORTH short tine after . o'clock,
Engineer kaufman, with ilfeman Lane
who run between Chagrin. Falls ald, q
point north Of Congress Lake, started l1f
The water tank near tue Lake, iof sup
ply Of water. MI.
The special had just arrived AZ hrlm'
field Wien the engine Of Kaufman move
n sight, running about lWehV llllph "'
When Kaufman sighted the special
which was manned hy Engineer Lyons
and Fireman Mist, he pushed forward we
throttle 10 bring hia engine 10 q AlandHllll'
engineer Lyona, when hn saw lhe on,
pine approaching, Immediately elil on anu
threw The throttle forward hnQ brought
his train almost 20 a htandhllll' Ihe mo-
mentum which tho engine coming Ifoll
lhe north had gained was 20 great lhhl y
could NOT be stopped, aud tho ilfemen anl
euplueuTH ON both trains seeing lhlh ana
fearing their lives, Jumped ana escaped
Hardly had they got away IRON lhe lfhck
when the two engines struck with q crash,
The speGiAl Was composed ot about
twenty freight cars ana engine No ~
Kauiiman'a engine was number w lhe
sudden stop ana crash of lhe Two enHiheh
caused eight freight ePra 70 he thrown
oil the track, Engine No, ~ had her eh'
tire front smashed aud was useless
When engine No, ~ struck Me- ls not
throttle was thrown wide open hhd fe'
yersed, With mighty bound back
wards, the steam rushing into me cylll'
ders at mll pressure, and amid the terri.
bic grOaning OF every bolt ana screw
which held her together, she started
backward, north, through Moghl1re, on
to nuiield, whore another casually looh
place,
During tho twelve mile run from brlm'
field 10 suiilrld truck of the tender was
thrown of the track and for mile " tore
up and bent the steel rails In a fearful
manner, Whom near Suiileld tie truck
again regaintd the track ana The on
gIne aud tender went along almost ht
lightning speed,
Regular train No, "a, with Engineer
jackson and fireman was Just cominR ~
from the north JachAon saw tic rulia.
way engine aud tundor ana IN u heeohu
took Ia the situation, lie reversed the on
gino, II would do no good, lie Then cut
oil steam and kot the throttle, ana TO-
Qethor the men Jumped from their cab,
Tho scene was terrible. The runaway en-
zine came on az fearful speed aud DASH
oh into No. n with u terrible crash,
Bounding aside the engine loft the track,
aud for short distance sped along plow'
Ing up tho ground and tearing up tho
track Whom Il had reached about one
hundred feet Ii stopped, fell over IN q
ditch In a field near by the track hnd ohu'
cd lta awful run. ID, ,
Engine No. a was badly demolished
but did not leave the track, A. soon 40
the accident occurred a telegram 10 this
city was responded 10 by aondlnga wreck
train 70 the scene, Everything possible
was done 10 clear the track, nnd ln about
fifteen hourh from the time Of the hccl'
dent the track was cleared, The south
bound train due hero labt night NJ bils
did not arrive until nearly o'olock,. a
transfer Of ptaBongora was made ht SUI
field from train coming from the north,
10 the train which brought them to iliiu
city,
shortly before the wreck train was cali
cd t1 Suiilold car which was being shift
ed in the yards near the round house Va
this city ran oil the track ln u few hours
the workmon replaced IL without the use
of the wreck train,
The tract, has been cleared at Brimllold
and trains are again making regular runs
The s,ls train Of last night did not reach
this city uutil carly thiamorniug II 10 rc'
ported that ono Of The engineers VINO
Jumped from the cab, had his right should
or dislocatod, hut no other injuries were
lnllInlnn.