Daily Republican., 1890-06-18
FATAL ACCIDENTS.
TWO MEN KILLED At DELLA
WARE JUNCTION.
Ehey stop In Front OF . Train Running
twenty-five Miles mn iour-Two
More Killed between This
City and Phiisdeiphia.

There 10 an OLD saying among railroad
men that when . fatal accident occurs
On the road It 10 always sure to to FOL
lowed by two oihers. This WAS In .
measure verified yesterday. as on Mon-
day night Edward J. Dlncock was In.
stantiy killed At the west Yard, and last
evening two more victims were added to
the list At tho Delaware Junction. In
this Instance they were oolorcd men. but
both were hard working. industrious,
and respected citizens. The accident
occurred about . 70 O'Clock, aud imme-
distely Afterwards the b0d'os were
brought 10 this city and taken to the
morgue. whore Coroner Gamble held an
inquest this morniDg, when tho following
testimony wAs heard;
Morris b. Ryan, upon being sworn
testififd that he 10 the engineer on euRine
No. %. He lett tho r., W. & b. station
In this city At O.15 o'clock last evening,
with train No. II for New Castle. He
passed the West Yard on time, and when
near the Delaware Junction, while run
ming At sp. ed Of about 25 miles All hour
ht ard the fireman call Sock cut" He
could not SEQ what was the matter, but
Immediately b'ew the whistle and put on
the air brake. Upon looking out lie saw
= man about 10 feet Ahead, walking over
from track No. 20. directly In front Of
the engine. The fireman was ringing
the bell and the train run about 60 yards
and then stopped. He backed up to SEQ
what vas the matter, and found two men,
one Of whom was dead. and tho other
nearly so. There was train coming 10
on the Maryland Division, about three
tracks from tho men, and ho thought
this had attracted their at ention 30 they
I'D not see his train.
n. W. Black, the fireman, teetinel
that ho WAS In his place OH the look out.
He saw two men ahead Of his train on
eide track No ~, and 40 he was airsld
they would walk In front Of HE engine
when they came to the switch, he rang
the bell, and called to thsm to look our,
when the engineer blow the danger
whistle and put on the brakes. They
continued on ard stepped Immediately III
front OF the engine. When tho train
stopped and backed up be found the
men. and tho conductor had them put on
shiiter and sent to this city.
Conductor Duncan teAtih Il that he
WAS In the car taking up tickets when he
heard tho danger whistle aud frlt the
brakes put ON. Some Of tho passengers
told him that . man had been struck,
aud when the train backed up he found
the two mon. He s'gDa ed . shiiter and
lad the bodies brought to this city.
This testimony WAS corroborated by
George Hyatt, tho baggage master, and
the Jury after short consultation rem
dercd the following verdict:
"Resolved, That Philip Tilghman ard
nlehman Turner, eolored, were acct.
dhntally killed BY being struck with
Of the r, W. 4 y. railroad, near Dsla.
ware Junction, about 20 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, June IA, $780,
The two unfortunate men were aged GO
and 40 years respectively, and both were
we'll known. Philip Tilghmau was .
local preacher In the Methodist Church,
and highly respected. They had
bssn working at ditching, and wsre on
their way to their homes near Folly
Woods ct the time OF the accid .nk They
each had their dinusr kettles with the
remnants OF their dinner with them.
Philip Nlghman's injurias were princi-
pally about the body, but Tilghman
Turner'S face WAS badly cut aud hi
aeck aud one log broken.
Immediately alter the inquest the
bodice were removed to thor late homes,
from which the funerals will take place.
TWO MORE MEN KILLED.
Two more men were killed on the P,
W. u b. railroad last night thls side o.
Philadelphia. One Of them, named
brswton, . son Of . deceased conductor
% the F., w. & d. railroad, was killed
near Gray's Ferry, and the other, whose
name was not ascertainsd, was killed
near Lamokin. The particulars of the
accident could not bs lesrned.