Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26

Spccin Correspondence Ua2ett0 Rni journal
Cnn.p's STATION. Iune II. -DlrsctlyA nj the
point where tho dnrnlled sleeper lGft tho
tack In yesterdays accident IL the DWELL &
of Piarsou Matthews, aud tho car Ia IL
descent vary narrowly missed crushing tails
house md all ~ occupants A. II was the
end Toll only few isnt from this door. lha
family Thought that ths long lpUkad for
'crAck OF doom" had come al last nnd
for several moments could not com
prehend what hnd hupponei. Then
they heard wild heAftrrudng Screams,
prnyerH, ilnd nvsn Gu. Sos, they aver, RUN.
Ing out into THIS black night an appalling
sight confronted them. The ground was
strewn with wreGkrga AMI tho bodies OF
several wounded passengers. This lnrIda
OF the ear was n pnhdemonlum. Pnnpls
were scrambiiug out OF Tho orr winduws
ind some out OF the roof half dead win
fright. III this car wrrs heard the 4upplt-
cations IN 7 mOHnlngr Ot several pAR5Ongcfs
who we're piniuuOd honouth tins wrSckags
and through Rhuss EllnH were probably
pasainR suddenly recalled memories ~ the
great AHhtabuli ami DhHt8urth horrors.
They called l0udlyani pllooaAlY for help that
they might be oxtriGuted huforb TIC wtusR
took lire, II was thS work Of only II iew
minutes 20 relenae iho passengers mud take
them into Tho neiEhb9rinR house, whore
they were cared ldI
In the r0ni nndpr tho bridge wac fOund
this body otn badly inIurbl man. Hu WINS
unconscious nni apparently IN u dying
condition No pnH knaw nlm untll GhHt
Engineer ptHtt ~ tho u 4 o recoguls "a III
him MI old friend aud co-worker on this
rond. Charles Aekopheil cyil engineer
living In New HUrF. Everything pusglhlA
was donp for him by the physicians VINO
had ArfiS from Cherry I'M, Eiktuu AMI
Wilmington nut without await ami no d!9l
on hiq why TO Ph!lainlphlR without ever
recovering consciousness bt tnu - pts.
Aengtt II the Washington 5inaphr
Lebanon =" 10 yprn moro lrsa lniurti.
npnu ~ tham rUilly Rerlnusly klhurt
Pierce OF nit Clair. Nj. hal hia nrm broken
In several plnoeF but this NhN tho mast
serious. Many hHi bruises RRi GltH NJuut
ths head 70 which we've gaieGly Applai
homellks remedies Rad nll u an re-.
Humal tIetr journey thfeA our hnlrH
later. Bishop ktRun u the Catholic llBl,
yorsltY. Washington, y. ~, after me shock
found himself MA WuHt Uncomfortable ~.
titude. as we'll AZ n moat nUsiRhylY poet,
tion Us ho lay sprawllpg IN tic road, But he
quickly recovered lila presence OF ntut
and went 10 work helping pthor4, having !.
quiet, pontle, pGnityioR wDr.i Ter every uuH
He WAS NOT iulurad and returned to BAltl.
more on tho next train.
II Is related Of one man In the HeppHl
that hs was not nwakenet by tho npellsnt
but slept beautifully thrauglt It al. He wtt
in the end berth ami Htoul " minutes Ntlo'
the accident he wGE found IN u mEudiit
condition with whisky bottlo IN his land
Ha was pulled ont Aud seemed very mlrs
rurprlsod nor 10 mud himself III Nsw YutE
Another story Is told u u New lersHj
woman who lost h6r wig In th3 wrenS
Her husband hal hls arm hrosnu. hat sht
was far more anersetlt In searching for ha
wig than iu caring for Nor uuabnnl's Ia
Jury. The wig was later found anil aen
TO her home, probably before ahp arrive,
thare hetHrlf.
The lighto Ia all the cnts wont out alninA
nt once. aud another holocaust thereby pre-
vented. All dayR large orOwi oi wprG
mon was busy removing tho wreck OF tn
Pullman from the public road apd later tn
wreokags was burned The other pnlimai
will be raised and repaired. Many person
came down from Newark and Wilmington
10 sea the wrecK. superintendent Va
smith was early on the scene and randrrc
valuable aid during the day besides treat
Ing the newspaper reporters with rar
courtesy AMI consideration
Every one viewing the wreck declares
"a DO perfectly marvellous and initncuiou
that every PASSENGER Va tho Pullman NR
not killed.. Tbs aociient itself was one 9