The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-05

CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 4-ISpc-
cial 1.-THE greatest disaster in the his.
tory of this state was the wrccking of a
kanawha and Michigan train at Farm,
a village eight miles north of this CITY,
this morning. There is Il trestlc there
thirty-hvc feet high, which caught fire
at some time during tho night from an
unaccountable cause. probably from a
cinder from an engine passing about
midnight. While the bridge was not
consumed it's foundations were so badly
injured as to render it unsafe to cross.
No notification Of the fact was re ported
hero, however, and the train, the first of
the day, attempted to cross it as usual.
The engine, tender and baggage car
passed over safely, but tho two coaches
went through. Engineer Pat Conner
seemed to realize the situation, and
pulled open the throttle in the hope of
pulling all over safely; but it was too
late. Both coaches were crowded, and
scarcely one in them escaped injury.
The station is three miles from the
nearest telegraph office, but as soon as
possible relief train was sent from this
city which returned about 2:15 D. m,
bearing the dead and wounded. One of
the most pathetic incidents of the acct
dent was that of tue humiliation of the
Welcher family. Mr.. Welcher, his wife
and little child were on their way to
Point Pleasant to visit friends, being
their first trip outside of the city for
Wnlphpr j
and his wife was brought here few
hours later SO badly injured that she
died shortly after her arrival. Their
little child, aged about two years. was
somewhat bruised, three fingers of her
right hand being cut OF,
Following is list Of the dead: Amos
Coulton, Elk City; Orville Robinson,
Midway; Thos. Thornton, Charleston;
Walter Wclcher and wife, Charleston;
Jasper Daughorty. New Martinvillc,
Ohio; Col. w. Il. Fife, Putnam county,
w. Va: Misses Mary Sullivan and Ella
O'Lcary, Charleston; Theodore N. Will
son. of the Gallipoilse Bulletin; r. G..
Sattcrthwait, Charleston; l.. c. Rocs,
Blue Creek, Kanawha county; Chas.
Hoffman, Blue Creek, Kanawha county,;
Mrs. K. S. Truslow, owner of the ST.
Albert Hotel, Charleston. An unknown
woman, dressed in red, is still in the
wreck, the rescurers having boon un-
able to extricatc the body.
The injured are IN. Price, of Prices
Sensation, floating theater, slightly:
X. l.. Stone. j. ID. Stone and William
Stone, all of Elk City, slightly; p. l..
Mullins, Miss Ella Henson and j. Giles
pie, all of Charleston. slightly: S. Ii.
Worcester, slightly; the Misses Maggie
and Cora Cart, slightly; Jennie Jackson
and G. w. Stabling, of Charleston,
badly; James COPY. John Whitaker and
l.. D. Mckee, slightly; Waybur Black
burn, badly; j. Davidson Jones and j.
Nj. Coda, of Charleston. slightly; VIM.
Ford, of Elk City, fatally; f. w. Jen-
nings, Columbus, Ohio, slightly; Miss
Mollie Wlnfrec, of Charleston, slightly:
George and Clarence e. Isle, slightly;
James Blackwood Athens, fatally: the
Misses Lucinda Jones and P. Whitaker,
Charleston, slightly; Allen SPREADING,
Charleston, slightly; A. c. Wall. Elk
City, sligh .ly; c. G. Long, Point Pleas
ant, badly; w. u. Reed, Athens, and
Andrew Mayburn. slightly; Mrs. Sallio
Coulter, badly, and the child Sigh ty;
Samuel Sloan, badly; Mrs. Mary Wall,
badly; c. Gales and Ed. Coulter, Elk
City, slightly; Samuel Carpenter, Poca,
slightly; Andrew Archibald, RAYMOND
City, ~. s Leon, Il. Blcigh. Poca.
badly.
Tho cars were crowded, and it
is wonder that there not moro fatali-
ties. Scarcely anyone in them escaped
unhurt.
Later-The list of injured number
hfty-eight killed and fifteen injured.
Celebrating the Fourth.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, july 4.-[Spe-