Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-07
THE ACCIDENT.
FULL DETAILS OF THURSDAY NIGHTS
CASUALTY

On the Ohio River Road-Ths Exact Injuries Of
tie Wounded Of the Gentlemen Leave
br the East-No Cause Nr tie Aeei-
dent Discovered.
The accident to the party OF Il. X O.
officials on the Ohio River road, Thurs
day evening. an account of which was
printed in yesterday mornings Reels
TER, perhaps created more excitement
and anxiety than any railroad accident
occurring in this section of the country
for a long time, aud the account Of the
affair was read with the greatest inter-
est, rs most OF the gentlemen who had
the misfortune to be connected with the
accident are very prominent railroad
officials.
Looking a. il in one way, all parties
concerned were indeed fortunate.
That they escaped with their lives is q
miracle.
Owing 10 the out-Of-thc-way place a.
whidh the accident occurred it was i'm
possible to obtain the full details Of the
casualty in time for yesterday morning :
edition, and the mystery which sur
rounded the direct cause of the acct
dent has not yet been cleared away.
THOSE on BOARD.
ON the private ear West Virginia. .
which used To be- General Manager
Clements car, were ten persons at the
time il took its awful leap. They were:
Capt. Alfred Walters of Baltimore, Gen
eral Superintendent Of the Il. * O.;
Major \. II. Johnson, Of Baltimore, SUI
perintendent Of Maintenance of Way;
Capt. J. L. Legge, of Grafton, Snperin-
tendent of the Fourth Division; Major
j. A. Hunter. OF Grafton. Road Master
of the b. 4 O.:C. l.. Williams, of Par
kcrSburg. Superintendent Of the Ohio
River road: j. T. Mock, of the same
place. Superintendent Of Bridges of the
o. Il. r.; Harrison Shafcr, Of Grafton,
conductor of the train; A. j. Single
ton. of ParkerSburg, brakeman; Frank
Gonzales, cook, and Joseph Wilson, por-
ter. both colored.
The officers had been out over the
Fifth Division, or ParkerSburg branch,
and desiring to come to Wheeling, with
out going back To Grafton, the O. K. K.
officials granted them the use OF their
road, as is customary. and the trip
which saved the party 4 ride OF more
than 100 miles has often been made be-
fore. Engine I'll Of the Il. X o. hauled
the car. the engineer being h. +. Will
son Of the Il. X O., while Engineer
Charles BycrS. one of the most careful
and most reliable men ON the Ohio
River road, was pilot. as Mr. Wilson
was not acquainted with the road. The
train was in charge of Conductor llarrl-
son Shafer. of Grafton. Everything was
moving along
IN FINE SHAPE.
The train was far enough behind the
evening up-train to be safe, and the
ride had been pleasant one.
The special was bowling along at
about the rate of thirty or thirty-iiye
miles an hour. when the accident occur
red. the time being about $50 o'clock.
About forty feet below treStle thirty
three. which is something like thirty
miles below the city, and within two miles
of Darlington Station, the car suddenly
Jumped the track. There was brief JOLT
ing over the track and then fall down.
ward for a distance of about twenty feet,
the car alighting Hat ON its top. FOrtu-
uatelv all the lights in the car were Inn
mediately eXtinguiShed by the Jar. or Il
fire would likely have occurred, and
the chances of those inside of the car
would have beeu simmer than they
were. The car. OF course, was very
strong one, but the fact that everything
was loose. made il impossible for those
inside To catch hold Of anything to save
themselves. and furniture, men and all
fell together in mass.
Cant. Williams was the first To cXtri-
cate himself. and aS soon as he got the
others who were uninjurcd TO work TO
help out the injured. he Immediately
went TO POwhatan and tclcgraphcd 10
Wheeling for aid.
Iy the time the special train, in charge
OF Capt. Hlndo. had reached the
SCENE or THE DISASTER
all the wounded had been carried into
house near by and everything possible
was being done 10 relieve their suffer
mgS. DrS. Alderman, Schwinn and
j. K. Pipes. who went down on the
special. dressed the wounds as best they
could under the circumstances, and the
wounded We're placed on cots and
brought back TO the city. arriving here
about 1870 o'clock yesterday morning.
after which the five gentlemen most seri-
ouSly wounded were taken To the Nc
Lure House. where they were further
cared for For the transfer from the
ear u the hotel the patrol WACO came
i'm i'm excellent play, and detail OF po-
lice. i'm charge of Chief Delbrugge, did
good service i'm assisting in the work.
now THEY ARE INJURED.
Capt. Williams was not badly hurt,
and he went home ON Il morning train
from the scene of the disaster. lie was
somewhat cut about the head, and gen
orally bruised. and after the excitement
was over he felt quite sick.
Capt. Walters, whose injuries were
mainly about the fare and head, was
able to walk about, but he was quite
sore. Yesterday, and stiff about the
Joints. Ills face was terribly swollen.
When asked a. 10 the cause of the acct
dent he said:
Il haven't the slightest idea. From
what / understand there was no defect
i'm the track. and didn't have time to
examine it. was mainly occupied in
pulling myself out of the debris and
counting the pieces 10 see if any part
Of my anatomy was gone. / came oil
very fortunate indeed.
Both bones of Capt. Legg's right arm
are broken about midwly between the
elbow and wrist, and he has a severe
cut on the right shoulder, lie is also
generally bruised about the body, and
while his wounds are not serious, they
are very painful, and the Captain
suffered q great deal yesterday. lie said
when the ears went over the treSile u
seemed to him
THE Longest RIDE