Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-01
4 TERRIBLE WRECK
m the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio Road.
THREE ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT,
,.. p.-ssu Fatally Injured, and Twsn'y-Four
o.., Seriously Woaadsd-Iha Wrek
T,ks Ers, Bat Fortunately the Flames
A,s Q1slohsd BY the Prompt Ao-
ton Of the RsscusrS

AKRON. O., September sO.-Early
..,. corning collision occurred, one
a. east Of Kent, on the New York,
p.,osvlyania and Ohio, between a
,-s.sbt and a passenger train. Three
a.-s,ns were killed outrightand twenty
i,gr Injured, several fatally.
/, was a foggy night, and the col
r.i,, occurred on a long till, thirty feet
r,s in the middle Of which was a
I-tge. sixty feet long, over the Pitts
b,-r and Western tracks. Parto OF the
~,s,euger train was on the bridge
when the crash came. WIZ
s,r Maxwell, OF Meadyille, travel
t-, engineer Of the second division,
T-o wasriding on the passenger engine,
I'D started back over the tender just
[sf,-a the collision. He was caught
ss,vsep the tender and baggage car
and was ground 20 jelly. Engineer Y.
Brown, Of Meadviile, who was 10 the
f-a-br and passenger engine, and d..
= Nichols. of the same place, jumped
--f saved their lives. Firemen Steph-
.-. of the passenger train, followed
.~f- and was badly hurt. Firemay Clay
,,- Glass. of Meadvjlle, was caught in
-.a wreck and crushed to death. The
-,,ssncer train consisted or
Eve ,seuers. FIVE day coaches and bag
-,,a car. The LATTER and the first
3,v coach were jammed into bits and
-rs occupants buried in ihe debris.
Tte second day coach was badly wreck
a Mrs. Wiuougbby Deway, OF Rich
land. Mich. aged 40, who sat IN the for
ward part of the coach, met instant
death. the heavy tiubers crushing her
head. Other passengers were buried N
she Dr1miscOus pile Of SeatSand timoerS.
The stove was overturned and tim0erS
,a5s fre, the flames bursting out In an
instant.
breaking into the car from the rear,
The men brought water from the drink
frrt ts1ks aud passed 10 % the impris-
0rst victims. In five minutes the
whole wreck was drenchsd and the fire
cheated out of It's prey. For half hour
more the uen worked Ike IitanS, hit
... out women aud ch ldrea, many Of
them with legs and arms dang
lug helpleSSly. As hsJ as taSen
oa, the ini0red were trans
-rel TO sleeping cps and taken
ta.st1 Kent. The Retere Hotel and
,ayera. nearby houses were at once
thrown open and Doctors Sherman,
Ears.ud Davis, OF Knt, and railroad
surgeon Lasheu, Of Meadville, began
,-.Hr. broken bones and binding up the
v.a1aed. Mrs. a. NJ. johnson, Of
Na,sec0n, Mich, vas the most serious
.ynure3 and cantotlve. Both legs
ara broken. several others are IN a
crtaa. conditions.
EAu0uy those wh) met with an eNclt-
.l- experience was VIII Patterson, OF
Neadv.ue, Pa. Paterson was the head
-ademan on the freight, and was out
setting brakes as >he train was slowing
ug 90 enter the yards. he saw
tile headlight OF the pas
,errer and set four brakes.
Then he ran bacl, and when they struck
ie jumped off down over the high en-
ban smeut The distance from the top
Of tho car was perhaps fifty feet and
l.w bee escaped alive and without in
u-y is g mystery.
The small loss Of life is a miracle,
considering thu manner In which the
cars were demolished. Had any Of
them left she track they would have
either zone overthe bridge or down the
eu5srkment aad scores would have
been killed. Eren had the demolished
cars been a fewyards further west, the
people who we're thrown out in the
sna,h-uo would have landed i'm the
creek, fifty feet below, and the loss Of
life would have been terrible to think
Uf