The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-21
Old COLONY WRECK.
The Complete LIST Of the Dead
and lojured.
THE SCENES OF SUFFERING.
'hc Accident Caused by II "rrack
Jack Which Had Been Left in
Position by tho Srctiom Men,
AN Investigation Ordered.

QUINCY, MASS, August 20. - Tive
other victims arc added to the list Of III.
lead this morning, Mlps Elm Bard, aged
twenty-five, who died in Quincy hot
pltaI, aud Mrs. Abbic Abbott, OF Loui,.
vile, Ky.
Regarding the cause OF tho accident
Division Superintendent French, OF Il Q
old Colony road. said last night: We
aave not made an investigation yet, but
rom what We can learn It appcaru that
'he section men who were ut work on
'he tracks had what wc call track
'ck" on the rails, aud from all We can
learn they had it in when the train c,nc
living around tho curve.
From all indications, although wa do
,ot KNOW 1t officially, tho lack waa no,
tlken out when tho train Came IN
Whether or no: tho danger signal whs
get Will not be known until the official
Investigation on Thursday.
A GLOBE reporter in prosecuting bis
Investigations found in n lot OF weeis
beside the bridge the jack, which is sup-
posed to have caused such n terrible loss
OF life. Marks OF the nanses of tho
Wheels were plainly cut in the heavy
TOOL, and it bore evidence OF having
been run ever by train of cars. The
sides OF the casting to receive tho han.
lies by which the weight ia raised were
pressed close together, and q large hole
was cut throush the casting. and the
bottom oil the castiug was broken of.
me foreman OF the section gang, named
Weleh, could not BIO found last eyenin,.
Ihe numbsr OF patients at the nospit /
has Deen reduced to ten, nearly all vl
whom arc considered In Il precarioug
slate. Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Bailey ma
considered to be in critical condition
this morning. aud their recovery ia ex.
ttremely doubtful. Fifteen other in.
)ured are in private houses and num.
,er whose Injuries are slight have been
lost track Of.
LIST OF BEAD AND INJURED.
The latest report gives the following
1s complete list Of the dead, all iden,i-
led: Mrs. Harriet +. Parker, WelIester,
Mass; Master Parker, her son; LYMAN
Merrill, Rumney, N. H; Mrs. 7. MFR.
NJ; Mrs: Matte Francis, Chelsea; Miss
Wary r: Il!ton, Lexington, Mass: Mrs.
Nary Abbott, Louisville, Ky; Mlss Eva
Ballard, Ashsville N. c.; Mrs. Frank
sllen, Philadelphia; Miss Bessie A lien.
Mrs. Oscar Fenley, Louis.
vile, ny; Alice Feniey, infant: Gath.
,rlne Fenley, Louisville, Ky; Mrs. j,
!. Johnson; A. G. Johnson, her son:
lanes Ryan, South Boston, fireman tf
Tho train; Mrs. Nancy Wells, Hartford,
Conn.,; q. NJ Coop, Cleveland, Ohio.
Elizabeth Fenley. aged 6, and her COL
'red nurse Lucy, arc both at the house
Of Mrs. Carr, on Hancoc, street. The
little girl ia badly scaIdcd, and the doe
Tor says her condition is such TINT she
cannot live. The nurse ia also very low.
though her condition is not serious. No
:.ongue can describe tho scenes ar the
City Hospital to day.
Ihe excitement yesterday subsiled
'oward midnight,and at am, the suirtr-
'rS were resting as quietly as was possj-
ole. Miss Eva Hailard's end came Mt 2
'cloeS, alter a night of intense sulIer-
bg:. She had been passing the simmer
It Cottage City, and was a leader in No.
ia! events there. She has n brother i.
}. Ballard, at st Augustine, Fla.