The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-15

PITrsBURG, Nov. Especial "A
collision occurred on the Pennsylvania
railrbad, near New Florence, Pa. this
morning between the first and second
sections of the Western express, killing
two passengers and injuring eleven
others.
The killed are Henry d. Minot, of
Brooklyn, and Mrs. s. III. Angel, of
Washington.
The injured arc Il. S. Delaney and
wife, OF Haymarket, Va, very severely;
j. Il. Mathews, of Baltimore. very seri-
ously; j. HOLMAN, of Washington, in
ternally; William Rochester, of the
Hoffman House, New York, internally;
A. G. Hicks, of Providence, r: l., seri-
ously; Miss NJ. V. kellogg, of Richmond,
slightly; j. II. Hill, of Sunbury, Pa, in
formally injured; William Miller, of
Allegheny City, seriously: Henry Nc
Cormick, engineer, of Ninevch, very
seriously; DIR. Wiehle, very seriously.
AT least four of the injured, it is
thought, will die.
The horror of the scene was increased
by the burning Of the Pullman coaches.
The accident was caused by heavy
fog, which prevented the engineer from
seeing the first section in time to stop
his train.
The first section left New York last
evening. At Harrisburg a Washington
! sleeper was attached, and the train was
due at Pittsburg at 7.I5.
| The first section of express is known
as number nine. and the second as num-
Der seven. The first section was due at
| Sew Florence at SAC Il. m. but it was
G37 when the train reached that sta
| ton
The fog was SO dense that the cngi-
necr did not notice the red signal
in the tower till after he had passed. lie
I then slowed up and went back for his
orders He then pulled ahead slowly.
In the meantime the tngnan of mum
Der nine had gone back TO signal number
seven. According to- the conductor Of
lsnnn'A'r nine, the second train crashed
into the Arst within Il minute and half
after the flagman's departure. Tho flag
man could not have gone far in that
time, yet he says he tOrpcdoed the
tracks. and tho engineer of the second
section saw his signals.
The two passengers who were killed
outright wcrc asleep in the hunks in
the rear end of the car and never knew
what hurt them
twenty-five passengers wcrc in the
car, most of whom were con@rcgatcd in
or around the Mushroom in the front
end of the car.
The engine of number seven tclc-
scoped into this car ten or twelve feet,
AMI then stopped. or tho loss OF life
would have been much greater.
The wrecked carcaught on fire. but the
passengers were n! gotten out without
harm from Che flames. The sleeper
next forward was ii rown from the trac X.
but nobody in it was much hurt.
Only one person vas hurt on the sec
0nd train. the fireman of the engine
and he but slightly. Later news from
the disaster reports seven more injured
making eighteen IN all, only two in the
Cur escaping.
Their names are: T. A. Perish,
Quin-y, Ills: Miss NJ Welfare, Cleyc-
land: II. 5. llRl. Pittsburg; Samuel
Gale, New York, j. w. Wcslc. Boston
Mrs. s. ID. Williams, Cleveland: L. H.
Iigi.c, Detroit.
K ). Delaney and wife. of IIaymsrkct
va, were on their wedding trip and
bott. sustained serious injuries c. G.
Hen of Providence. K. J.. was more ser
iously injured that at first supposed and
! cannot live.
WRECK On THE y. 4 ".