The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-14
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
From a Terrible Disaster at a
Railroad Crossing
IN THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
Freight Engine Crashes Into n Pas
scnecr c9nch-Stx Persons Injur.
cd-wrccs Near Muysvillc,
Ky....l<illcd and Drowned.

CLEVELAND, o., june 13.-A trail
load OF nassengers on the Cleveland
Canton & Southern railroad had a mi
raculous escape from death in au acct
dent ut tho crossing OF that road and thu
Cleveland & Pittsburgh lines, neal
Jones Avenue, this city, this morning
As 1t was, scvera. persons were more Of
less seriously injured and the other pas
sengers were badly frightened. At 0:3:
o'clock the Cleveland, Canton 4 South.
ern passenger train No. @, consisting Of
two coaches nnda locomotive, and the
Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh locomotive, No.
40, drawing the way freight No. lls, both
being hound toward the city, approached
the crossing OF the roads.
The target man at the crossing, John
Clancy, 1t is alleged, set the signal giving
the passenger train right OF way. The
passenger train approached the crossing,
but the Cleveland & Pittsburgh locomo.
tive did not slacken its speed. The ex.
press engine and halt Of the forward car
were over the crossing when the freight
locomotive struck the coach and crashed
into It's side. The heavy cur was lifted
into the mir and then thrown on It's side
on top o! tho iarget-bonse, which was
split into kindling wood, The target
post was thrown to the ground but the
signal remained set for the Cleveland,
Canton 4 Southern track. The coupling
OF tho engine Wits broken and the loco.
motive OF the train remained upon the
irnck.
The coupling with the rear coach was
also broken, but the car was also thrown
from the rails. The Cleveland and Pitts.
burgh locomotive, which is said 10 have
caused tho accident, LEI; the track. The
pio! had lifted tho car aud turned it
upon tho side after breaking through
the heavy frame. Had the engine re-
muincd upon the rails it might have cut
the coach in two. As it was, the dam.
age wrought was heavy. The startled
passengers were terribly frightened at
the entrance OF the locomotive into their
car, and a rush was made for the door.
way, which by this time was at right
angles to its usual position. rE. r
One by one, the uninjured climbed
Though the opening and were assisted
TO the earth by Patrolman Kelley. The
Injured were taken to the Jones' Avenue
depot of the Cleveland, Canton and
Southern road, where their wounds
were dressed before their furtherremov-
al.
Mr.. W. B. Carver, retired. Of Kent,
Ohio, was taken in an ambulance to the
house OF sister, at No. ST. Cass avenue.
He was quite seriously injured about
the head and hips.
Mrs. Joseph Nash, OF Kent, Ohio, was
injured in the spine and also internally.
Mrs. W. Weslfall, of Bedford, Ohio,
was caught between the seats and her
back injured. -'e--
Mrs. Stephen Parker. Of Bedford, cut
on the head aud her back wrenched.
Miss Ada Fisher, Of Miles avenue, ser.
iously shsken up, the shock rendering
her temporarily blind.
Rev. Dr. D. II. Muller, OF Canton, had
his head and face cut aud his nervous
system greatly shocked. His seat was
near where thelocomotive came into the
car, and it was wonder he was not
killed.
Wrecking trains were sent out, but it
was several hours before the trucks were
cleared, and traffic on both roads was
suspended, tho blockade beingcomplete.
The Cleveland & Pittsburgh train was
in charge OF Conductor Charles Rudolph
and Engineer George klarsgie. The en-.
gineer says that the target was set for
him, and when close to the crossing il
was changed to give the Cleveland &
Southern the right-oi-way. The pas
sengcr engineer and he both believed
they had the signal to 20 ahead, anc
both had pulled out for the crossing.