The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-02
fBRRIBLE CRASH.
Disastrous Collision on the LAX,
Shore Road at Toledo.
SCENE OF HORROR ENSUES.
Two Dead Bodies are Taken From th,
Wreck.
LARGE NUMBER INJURED

hhu rchlueu Dy oteam from tue wrecked
Engine, -Four OF Whom Have since DIED
-0ne Train Was Few Minutes Late.
TOLEDO, o.. Nov. 0.-The Lake Shore
was the scene of serious run-in acci'
dent Saturday evening, on the Boston
and Chicago special going east which
left Chicago at 1890 a. m. In the edge
OF the city the road runs under the Mi.
ami & Erie canal, through q tunnel
some seventy-five feet long. Some 2O(
yards east of the tunnel is target.
The Lake Shore train passed through
the tunnel, but not getting the signal
at the target to come ahead, put on
brakes and Stacked up. The southbound
express on the Flint & Pere Marquette
road, which goes over the Lake Shore
tracks to the Union depot, came through
the tunnel Immediately after the Lake
Shore train and plunged into the rear
coach. The Lake Shore train was YES.
tibuled, but an ordinary day coach for
the accommodation OF way passengers
was attached to the rear, and 1t was
this which suffered.
The Flint & Pere Marquette engine
plowed its way through the car until
che pilot was more than midway Of the
coach. The seats and floor were torn
up and the unfortunate passengers,
bruised and manned, were badly scald.
ed by the escaping steam from the bro
ken pipes The crash is described by
those who heard 1t as terrific, and was
followed by screamssof agony from the
wounded.
The time Of arrival of the Flint &
Pere Marquette train is 4:53; that of the
Lake Shore train 4:55-thus giving but
two minutes between them. The for
mer train seems TO have been a couple
Of minutes behind time. The Lake
Shore train as soon as it was stopped by
the target sent back brakeman. He
ran about fifty feet 10 the mouth OF the |
tunnel and waved his lantern across the
track The tunnel was full OF smoke,
but the engineer Of the Flint & Pere
Marquette train, which was already in |
the tunnel, saw the signal, and also the |
rear lights Of the doomed car. He shut |
of steam and he and his fireman threw
themselve fat on the floor Of the cab, so |
as TO be protected by the boiler Both !
escaped unhurt, except q severe shals-
ing up.
The list of casualties reported Is as !
follows:
Mrs. Dr. McCoygn, Madison, Ill, dead; In.
fant child OF Mrs M. J. Mcdonald, New York,
instantly killed; Miss Ellen Myers No. 3si
Prospect street. Cleveland badly injured VIII |
probably de: Mrs Nelson Toledo, badly scald.
eii s, l. Walker. Goshen, Ind. injured, but
left on next train for home; @. J. Anderson,
Riverside. III bruised and scalded; d. TAYLOR
Hyde PARK; Boston, not fstally; Joseph Lud.
Warren L. Potter. scalded; II. Vaughn
Auburn, N-N,-.b bruised y and sosI1ed:
James Mcqueen, ElltharL IND, badly hurt |
probably fatally; John Conway, bruised; Miss
Mrs. Galloway Toledo, severely bruised; Con.
ductor Hunter. OF the Flint & Pero Marquette
badly hurt In the back; Chris Henderer, Go. |
,hen, Ind, severely burned about the face and |
burned on the face and hands. not fatally; her
son. aged badly scalded and dying; Miss Annie
Mack. New York City. slightly burned.
LATKR-Three more victims of the
tunnel accident Of Saturday night
have been added TO the list and two
more will die. James Mcqueen, OF
Ind, died at St Vincent's hos
pital at $3.50 o'clock YESTERDAY after
noon. Howell Vaughn, Of San !ernan-
dina CAL, passed away early in the
and Ellen Meyer, Of Cleye-
land, died at 0 a. m These deaths
from pneumonia, which set In
soon after the victims were taken TO the
hospital. The correct list of the dead
Is now: James Mcqueen, Ellhart Ind:
Mrs DIR. McCoygn, Madison, Ill; In-s
fant Mcdonald. IS months old, New
York; Master Mcdonald, years old,
New York; Ellen Meyer, Cleveland, o.;
Howell Vaughn, San Fernandina, Cal
The seriously Injured now at St Vim
cents hospital are: Joseph Anderson.
Riverside, ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs. George
James. Of New York; John Campbell.
New York; Rudolph Murphy, Toledo:
Mr. and Mrs. Mckenzie and daughters,
Pearl and Maud: Bertha Dick, nurse
yirl TO Mrs McDonald's children, New
York; John Comfy, Miilvillc, Mass; Pat
'ick Taylor. Arthur. Neb
Mrs John p. Nelson, this city, Is the
'nly one outside Of the hospital who is
n dangerous condition.
No one In either train was hurt. save
hose in the wrecked day coach and the
iuctor OF the Flint & Pere Mar
Iuette train. The Lake Shore officials
IRE inclined TO put the blame on the
flint & Pere Marquette train. The en-.
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