New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-21
WRECKED BY A BROKEN ROD
FATAL ACCIDENT TO BALTIMORE AND
OHIO EXPRESS TRAIN
TWO LIVES LOST AND MANY persons HURT

tdllN tillS IlOTHinR near NnIluS, hu, Ou
Philadelphia division of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, by which two men were killed and
several persons were more or less injured. A
list OF the dead and injured is follows:
ACKENHEIL, Charles, Of New-York
MCNAMARA John. Of Philadelphia fireman Of the train.
INJURED.
DARLIE. Grace (neice OF j. C. Richard. head cut
INGALLS,. Ralph. Washington, D. c., foot hurt.
KEANE Bishop j. j.. Rector Of the Catholic University,
Washington. head cut and badly bruised about the body
KELLEY, II. f., Of Fort smith, Ark, ankle hurt.
KELLEY. Mrs. II. f.. OF Fort Smith, Ark, slightly in
jurcd
NEWMAN. J. j.. New.Havcn, slightly injured.
PAGE, l.. W., Of New.York CITY, foot hurt
PIERCE. Albert. Montcar. " j. Injured about the head
PIERCE, Mrs Albert. Mon:clair " j. injured about the
head.
RICHARD, J. c., East Orange, y. j., leg cut.
RTCHARD. Bertha daughter Of J. C. Richard head cut.
REED. william sleepingcsr conductor. back injured.
RUuI John Clsrksburg, W. Va slightly cut about the
head.
UDALL. G. E.. Jacksonville. Fla. leg hurt.
The following account of the accident was
received at the Camden station of the Baltimore
and Ohio road this forenoon: AT 2:l5 a. N.
train No. ia from Washington 10 New-iork,
consisting of Engine No SEA Central Railroad
baggage car, No. ). the coaches Nos. 44O and
457 and the slecping-cars Lebanon, Fanwood
md De Soto were thrown from the track by
the breaking Of the left side rod, near Childs
Station, eight miles west OF Newark. Del. The
rod fell under the train and the sleepers Lebanon
and Fanwood left the track. The train ran 800
feet after the rod broke The Washington car
left the roadbed AT the west abutment Of the
bridge, east of the station. and was thrown down
the cmbankment. but the only serious damage
TO il was the tearing out Of both trucks. The
remainder of the train did not leave the track,
4, Il,a flnran
slccpcrs were on the rear of the train. The
first was hurled oyer the bridge and broken in
twain In the road below. The second was hauled
of the track and partially down the
bank. The third remained the track,
DR. Whtkcr, of Cherry Hill. Del, and DR..
Ellis, OF ElktOn, Md, arrived at the scene of
the accident al 3 80 a. m, and Drs. Robb ana
Palmer. Of Wilmington, about 4 80 a. IN. The
wounds Of the injured passengers were dressed
at a farm house near by, and they were then
taken 10 Philadelphia and New-iork.'
The train i'm charge of Conductor Thomas
Robertson, William Wynkeep, engineer, and John
McNamau, fireman, left Camden Station in this
city at II 30 o'clock last night for Ncw-lork
About | go o'clock this morning, when about
fifty miles from Baltimore and near Childs, cecil
County. tie main rods on both sides Of the
locomotive broke The broken rods revolred at
Irhtninp spccd with the flying driving wheels,
lcating the sides Of the engine like giant ham
mcrs One Of the rods was forced through the
cab of the engine. striking the fireman, John
Mcnamara, with such force NJ Ia kill him In
srantly The accident also caused the sccpers to
leave the track and roll over an embankment, re-
'sulting in the fatal injury Of Charles Ackenheil,
chief engineer of the Staten Island Rapid-Iranst
Company. who died before reaching Philadelphia,
and the seycr wounding Of the Others mentioned
above. Conductor Robertson telegraphed re-
port Of tine disaster 10 Superintendent j. van
smith, at Philadelphia and special train with
surgeons was AZ once sent TO the scene Inc OBJ
structions 10 the track wen cleared away
and by daylight all trains were running regularly.
The damage TO rolling stock Is placed at Sli,OOc
The Washington sleeper is total wreck.
Iardinal Gibbons was first Informed OF tho
accident TO Bishop Keane through the Associated
Press Office here His Emincnce at tecgraphed
to New-York, Philadelphia and Washington
for information as "a the nature and extent of
the Bishops injuries. Bishop Keane was on his
way 10 Europe. lie returned 10 Washington
Philadelphia, June 20.-As soon as the news OF
the wreck at Childs was received by the Baltimore
and Ohio officials here wrecking train vas sent
to the scene from Wilmington. Superintendent
j. Van Smith, OF the Philadelphia division, took
car and went down from Philadelphia at an early
hour The company made immediate preparations
for removing the injured Those whose homes
were south from the point Of the accident were
returned and those whose homes were up this way
were brought to Philadelphia and thence for
warded to their destinations The injuries were
slight in every except that Of Mr.. Pierce,
of Montcair, y. D., whose condition was ren-
dercd precarious on account OF advanced years
He was sent to his home in charge OF ono OF the
company's physicians The body OF Mr. Aucken-
he'll was placed in charge Of an undertaken in this
city, and prepared for shipment to his home III
Ncw-York He was n man of middle age, married
and had a number of children. He was well
known in railroad circles. The body of Fireman
Mcnamara, who was a married man and lived In
Philadelphia was also put in charge of an under
takcr and sent 10 bis home
The engineer came to this city after the aeci-
dent He said this afternoon: we were just II
few miles past ChildS when the accident occurred
Fireman Mcnamara was sitting IN his Don. look
inc out Of the window ! was not paying mnch
attention to him, but was Dnsy watcilihs 'hc
engine and looking ahead. All OF sudden
heard = racket. | looked and saw that his side
of the box had been carried away. quick as
flash lcapcd down behind the reboX out OF
when the box on my side of the engine was torn
oO and thrown high III the air. The engine
stopped dead, and the cars were thrown OIL Tue
track and down the cmbankment, anna thc shVutS
ond screams of the passengers. knew what h'u
caused the accident as soon as the hIeih"I siu1
OF the engine WAS carried away so' ou. a1i @
n,ndc an examination, and saw that the nam IOd
ON poth fy-whecls had broken. The main rod ID
the bar that connects the drlve-whecls Oh cach
side IL had broken first the fireman sidc ol the
engine, the right, near the front wneei; me
wheel continued in motion, and swung 1he prohcn
bar around with it, 1t smashed through poor
NcNamara's side and Immediately Killed MN
Then my bar broke and tore away my SIDE oi u'e
ENGINE II | had not been back of the hrcDoN
] would not he talking TO you now, but would
have been dead man. ,
When the cab was torn away IL was thrown
into the air and the pieces were scattered over
thc tons of the ears and ali along the side oi thc
tracks The train jumped the track and rolled
down an embankment. Then came tne nshs 10
resclle those who were caught in the wreck
Washington June 20.-Congressman Kelley SON
who was in the wreck on the laltimore ana ono ono
last night arrived in Washington with his vile
Ills mornina lie was severely injured