The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-01
FEARFUL SMASH-UP IN OHIO.
A FREIGHT CREW VIOLATES ORDERS
AND A TRAGEDY RESULTS.
Three Persons Killed md Twenty-four BADLY
Hurt-An Excursion and Freight Tram
.Grnsh Torcthcr-I.lst of tho Ylctims.

Three Persons Kilied md Twenty-four Badly
Hurt-An Excursion and Freight Tram
Crash Together-I.ist OF the Victims.
AKRON. O.. Sept 3o.-Early this morning .
collision occurred one mile east Of Kent on the
New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio between .
freight and q passenger train. Three persons
were killed outright and twenty-four injured.
several fatally. The passenger train was the
Michigan section OF the Olin family excursion.
members OF which were going to tho national
reunion of their kindred at Bennington
vt. Many other Michigan people took ODD
vantage OF the low rates to visit friends
In tho East. It was n foggy night. and the
collision occurred on n long fill thirty feet bigh.
In the middle Of which was bridge sixty fess
long over the Pittsburgh and Western tracks.
Part OF the passenger train was on the bridge
when the crash came. The engines ploughed
into each other and reared high in the air. and
the cars on each side crushed together like
cardboard sp
William Maxwell Of Meadvllle. travelling
engineer of tho second division. who was
bacE over the tender Just before the collision.
gage car and was, ground to Jelly. one LEG
being torn Of and thrown n, down snd IN 6ans so
on ths height and nfoEa Gnssesr
Nichols Of the same place; jumped and saved
suit and 81 bsa
clayton Glass OF Moadviie was caught IN the
The passenger train consisted Of Ave sleep.
ers. five day coaches and baggage car: The
into bits It's and the occupants buried ip tRe
debris. The second day coach vas bedly
q Ss In tSs
forward Po 81 ;Ps q r tSs sh aGS
pushed veiG sky ward was ''eD "a ''
Tho second day coach wass, oecupie1 BY woo5
Rac a lam ' Mich. aged Is who sat n Tie ier.
ward part OF the coach. met instant death. the
sengers. were buried in the pile q The seats
and timbers. The stove was overturned and
an s6Ssts Are snd ssS SS an m
summoned workers to that part q the wreck,
'h&SG qs.s A Tie aSfFs easwlek with both leg.
ana dSaFTnnS hsr tS xSo Tx s
Close to her lay Laura Van Inken. a fraiI gih
Of H. who was doing n IKE h service std ,or
car from tho rear. the men brgusht wstsf
TO- tho imprisoned women. In 1--WE
minutes the woodwork was DESTROYED ana
@i ho ss G aass sSe Sa W ss
with legs and arms dangling helplessly. AZ
to sleeping cars and taken back to Kent The
Revere Hotel and several nearby houses were
thso W and Pm
Las fashel v q %eads 9i t Began setting Srpfs
bones and binding up the Wounds. Mrs, A \.
Injured and cannot live. Both legs are broken
l9WP Is kSSmpotSM st q s We iHa1edh
Reed. Richiand. MisE' one Lex broken aud
hurt informally, II; + Cash. Mchland. ,scsIp
fcet baas crSshsd oasns
ken. Meponaid. foot hurt: George q ThomP-
snq 4S sas
arms. and shoulderhur F. NJ Capldweli. Bur.
lington Ind scalp wound and ankle M,a sprhi5Sssd9:
hurt: Edward NJ Moody. Shelby. leg and ankle
sprained'a and hurt internally; II; r. Fanni9s.
naaeo Saals By S steppinE %
the collision. falling Of trestle: Alice N. SedE-
Eick; Parm9, injured quite , badly Mrs. Nellie
crushed; Mrs. O. 4. Buell. Shelby, Mich. limb
broken and hing injured: Mrs; Edith SoWsrs.
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cett . Bangor. Or M dieh. Bruised back. w 80
vision superintendent, ,cautiQning them to
take extra care In handling. these excursion
st Hs
were instructed not 70 leave Raysnna until
thIis. and in Violation Of these instrsctions,
section OF train 4. which was the exOursIos