Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-11-20
DIREFUL DIASTERS.
a Regular Epidemic Of Railway
CalamiGies.
Fearful Wreck the Pennsylvanfa-
Rear-End Collision on the Long Is
land Railway-Fatal Wreck on
the Baltimore & Ohio.

the baltimore & Ohio.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 15.-The third
section of the western express on the
Pennsylvania railroad due in this city
at $50 a. M. run into the second section
of the same train between New Flor
ence and Johnstown about $50 a. m.
Two persons were killed and eleven in
jured. Six of the latter are said to be
fatally hurt.
The first section was detained by a
freight wreck near New Florence sta
ton. The second section was following
close up, and when the first train pulled
out the second was held up in the block
to allow the preceding train to get
ahead. The third section of the west
ern express came laundering along
at a high rate of speed and
crashed into the rear of the sec
ond section. This car is said to
have been the Washington sleeper and
was well filled with passengers. All of
the killed and injured were in this car.
A special engine and car, with several
physicians on board, was sent from this
city to the scene of the wreck immedi-
ately after the report reached the city.
The following is the list of killed and
injured:
Henry D. Minott, No 80 Court street,
Boston.
Mrs. S. Fl. Angel, No. 500 Twenty
first street, Washington. D. c.
INJURED.
DR.. Wehle, Haymarket, Va. slightly
Mrs. DIR. Wehle, seriously.
Mrs. R. S. Delaney and wife, Hay
market, Va: seriously.
j. f. Matthia, Baltimore, Md; seri-
ously.
Js H. Mailman, 629 B street, Wash
ington, D. c,
VIM. Rockster, Hoffman House, New
York; seriously.
C. C. Hicks, Providence. R. l. slight y
Mrs. NJ. 3. kellogg, Richmond, Va;
seriously.
J. NJ. Hill, Sunbury, Pa, slightly.
- Miller, express messenger. Ale
gheny City, Pa; slightly.
Fireman Pitcairn, -of third section;
slightly injured.
j. w. Leslie. Boston; slightly in
jured; now at West Pennsylvania Hos
pltal, Pitts burgh
Mrs. E. A. Parish, Quincy, Ill; slight
ly injured.
Samuel Gala, New York: sprained
arm and cut badly about the head.
E. Diertzie and wife, Of Sioux City,
Ia; both badly injured.
n. Wexford, Cleveland; slightly in
jured.
j. W. Wesley, Boston: Mrs. Sadie D.
Williams, Cleveland; w. II. Cross, Bal
more, and E. II. Tighe, Detroit, slight
ly injured.
II. S Hill, Pittsburgh; head cut and
bruised.
c. c. Willis, Champaign, Ill; hand
cut.
j. w. Davis, Pullman car porter; bad
ly bruised.
Henry ID. Minot and Mrs. S. II. 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 quick
ly smothered by the trainmen
and Woodworking passengers who rem
dered valuable assistance. The rear
end of the second sleeper from the rear
was also badly crushed in, but no per-
son except occupants of the rear sleeper
were seriously hurt.
The following sta tement is given out
at the Union depot in this city: The
accident occurred at New Florence sta
ton shortly before a. m. The second
section Of No. 9 western express) had
stopped at New Florence for orders. A
fiagman was sent back to warn the third
section, or the mail train, also coming
from the east. A dense fog obscured
every thing, and the mail train ran past
the fiagman and into the rear of the
second section of No. g. 1t is reported
that the sleeping-car caught fire and
was almost entirely consumed. The
locomotives and two express cars were
badly smashed up.
The disaster is one of the most serious
that has occurred on the Pennsylvania
road for long time. Those of the in
jured who could be moved with safety
were placed upon the cars of the west
ern express that were not njured by the
wreck, and were brought to hospitals in
this city.
The passengers on the second section
VI ANo. q \ W eSlcFn cApFeoSl, wrecked
near New Florence, reached here on
special train at noon. An eyewitness
states that Mr.. and Mrs. Delaney, previ-
ously reported among the seriously in
jured, were taken from the wreck dead,
and that their remains were left at New
Florence. This statament the officials
of the railroad deny. Mr.. and Mrs. De-
laney were on their bridal tour
The fireman of the engine that
crashed into the rear Of second No. 9,
states that the operator in the Ninevah
block tower is responsible for the terri
BILE disaster. The fireman claims that
their train entered tho block on white,
or clear track signal, while the second
section of No. 0 had not yet left the
western end of the block at New Flor
ence.
Rear-End Collision on the Long island
Railway.
JAMAICA, L. l., Nov. 15-At 7:3O a.
NJ, the South Side passenger train on
the Long Island railway ran into the
rear of the market train which was
standing still near the depot here. No
one was killed, but number we're Sc
verely injured. The list so far as
known is as follows:
Martin SeelIey. Mineola; leg injured.
JAS. Murphy, Rosyln; cut about the
head.
George Higgs, residence unknown:
injured internally
George Mold n clerk for Jyaob 1or G.