Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-26
JUMPED THE TRACK
A TERRIBLY FATAL ACCIDENT ON THs PAN
HANDLE RAILROAD
Mar Indalapjlis-FoEr Persons Instantly Killed,
Three cf Them 0teiils Of the Company and
iw) Others Fatally lBJarsd-TwsHty Per-
s,ns Are Wounded. Soma Of
Them Painfully

/ INDIANAroIi-, February GA sen
fnei special from Richmond says: The
rear coach Of the limited Panhandle
train from Chicago for Cincinnati
jumped the track at HagerStown about
/ $50 this evening and rolled down an
embaukment. The cause is yet un-
/ known. Four persons were killed aud
several injured. The killed are o. +.
Deal, Engineer OF Maintenance Way OF
the Pan-H Handle; George Needham, at
tOrney Of the road; c. Il. Case, conduc-
tor Of the train; Arthur Reeves, Il pas
senger, Of Richmond
\ special TO the Sentinel from Hagers-
town, village sixteen miles west Of
this city, 10 the Logansport division Of
the Pan Handle, was this morning the
scene Of most frightful wreck, result
in the death of four persons, TWO more
being probably fatally injured and
twenty more others more or less severely
hurt as follows:
Killed-Charles Il. Case, conductor
| LOganSpOrt, Ind.
O. +. Deal. Engineer Of Maintenance
Of Way. C., G., c. ~ st. l.. Railway, Rich
mOnd, Ind.
$. c. Needham, Claim Agent, F., c.,
c. ~ ST. l.. Railway, Richmond.
Arthur NJ. Reeves. banker, Richmond,
Ind.
Probably fatally hurt: Mrs. George
McGrew, Richmond. cut about head aud
body and severely bruised.
Mrs. j. c. Busim, Sacramento. Gala,
cut over left err and serious confusion
Of chest.
Among others injured are NJ. II.
Hide, I19 West Front street, Cincin-
uaii, head and arms bruised and hurt
G. w Webster, Newport. Ky. porter
Pullman ear; left ankle dislocated and
cut on forehead.
Miss Roth Dayton, Ohio, right hand
cut.
Mrs. c. Il. Dudley, Dayton, Ohio, Sis
ter OF above. confusion OF the right
shoulder.
Major and Mrs. Benson, LoganSport,
Ind, badly bruised.
Herbert and Earl Benson. children Of
ABOVE, badly bruised
T. " Gilpin, e5l West Fourth street.
Philadelphia. cut on left forearm and
internally injured.
c. II. E5mund>, Troy. o., cut on
head; Mrs. Susan Utahaugh, Trenton.
o., both hands badly cut. Dora Clark.
New Castle confusion of head: Clifton
Irwin, Martins F"rrv. o.. right foot
hurt. !. =. STANCE. Eaton, o., right
cheek bone broken and left arm badly
bruised. j. w. Kramer, brakeman. Lo-
I..ff f..ff 1nfr
bruised and severe scalp wound: James
T. Bolc, Richmond. Ind, very severe
confusion OF left side OF head and ear; |
Bod Hodgin. road foreman Of engines. |
hand Scalded. \ number Of others re-
ceivcd slight bruises and cuts, but not |
serious.
The train was the fast train br-
tween Chicago and Cincinnati. which |
was coming down steep grade |
into the town, when the frame
work Of the engine No. 100, in |
charge OF w. w. Bartlett, engineer, and |
Noah Dunn, fireman, broke and de-
rallied every car However. they passed |
the station and came 10 Canal Bridge |
where there is fifteen foot fall before |
the fatality occurred. and where il came !
near proving even more terrible as the
ears caught fire, but the fire was quickly |
The smoker first turned |
on its side and The day coach |
and the parlor car "Eugcnia,
the smoking compartment Of which /
contained all the killed, breaking away |
from the smoking car. but holding on
together. rolled over twice in their de-
scent OF the embankment. The wreck
ing crew was gotten out Of here as soon
as possible carrying surgeons and as
sistance of every kind and a second |
train was sent up at O'Clock with
large number Of people.