Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-17

STTUBENVII.LE, ", OClOOoI 4o'-Ouo
q those terrible accidents, the irequen-
ey and number Of which mas bestowed
mon Mingo Junction and vicinity the
tte Of "The Fated Spot, occurred
,b-s morning on the Panhandle on
almost identically the ground OF the
biz wreck of August, 1878, in which
seventeen persons were killed outright,
several fatally injured and thirty-hYe
bruised and manned. This wreck and
the ScotO disaster thee river e5 6dy Th5ea 56a
fatal seal on the place, but many others
OF minor nature have taken place, and
The name Is therefore apt and apprO-
pirate.
The accident which occurred this
morning was accompanied by heart
rending scenes that causes it to take
rank with terrible accidents. Between
M.ngo Junction and GOuld's Station,
the bed of the railroad is not wide
enough for a double track and the side
track necessary Ut this point, so the
company for this distance, about three
quarters of a mile, has laid an inter-
locking double track with a croSS-Over
switch at each end TO save switching.
TIE track is provided with electric sig
l2.S, with an operator at each end,
whose duty 10 is to see that two trains
dol0t get onto this track at the same
time.
The first section Of passenger train
No ., due i'm Steubenville at 4:19 a. m,
vas thirty minutes late, but when 1t ar
rived at the west end of this track the
engineer, David Obey, of Pittsburg,
claims that he slowed up, as is custom
ary, TO see il the operator would change
The block on his approach and to be in
readiness to stop in short distance.
The electric block seems to have been
properly arranged TO stop the train, but
l following what he claims TO have
0een the custom in running past the
sigma. station before stopping, the en-
sleer this time caused the accident, for
'-e WeStbound freight train that was al
ready on this track, was nearing the
west end and, in a minute or so would
nave been through the switch, for-the
voo.Sion occurred just there, the engine
ana tender Of the passenger train being
CoSe by the signal station.
4ue TWO engines were considerably
managed by the collision, and two empty
s'nlolaS on the freight train were
wrecked, but where the greatest results !
we're caused was In a combination bag
.1se' express and mail car, which the |
-.s' section No. > carries to provide for !
ezra stuff which the second section
,-a not handle. AT the time OF the |
TTo.,Son, T.,,' among others in the car were |
'"''am Marshall, front brakeman, and !
,O>ega NIStner, an Adams Express mes
'rSer, both of Columbus, o.
p, 1le car took FIRE and burned fiercely. /
'''A Marshall and ViStner we're so /
~ isn't 10 the wreckage Of the car that
IVA, N was impossible to extricate them, and /
'o,h burned to death.
10 TIE case OF ViStner, particularly,
- 'ne scene heartrending. His foot /
,l "1S caught under large iron rod, but
L'' un'DJurOd and In full possession Of /
-, o. mental faculties, and as the flames /
e'e" hotter and hotter around him his /
,t ''s were terrible. He called upon 1
a.. standing around to kill him, TO /
tSi.-'S -'S 1907 OF, and do other impossible /
S-sN out they were pOwerleSs TO rem
MI A'5n any assistance, and he slowly
M Ieu 70 death before their eyes.
lr.,eee Injured are: Robt. Vistner, Co.
Nous; Ta-. o. Adams Express agent; A. R.
n 6'!$ - White Cottage, o., postal clerk;
a :; :, Davis, London, O., postal clerk; /
n 9pu1Giey, y y, Cincinnati, o., postal clerk;
Br-l - b'alr, fireman passenger engine, i
-lsettSt0wn, Pa.
n,,.i .Ie injured were brought to the hos
Sooa ,1, 10 this city and their injuries,
6v n VI which are serious, were dressed /
h. u -, A. A. Elliott, and the men left
'uelr homes on different trains.
oi 1SsI -st IaEer Lindsey took proper care
NI,.'Ial "Ial remains there were OF poor
tSo.s S.SlaI and Vistner and will hold /
~ iOr the orders Of friends.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT,
ss,S.Gn - SoGn as the two trains came to-
The -Ot ~ me cars took FIRE. A scene Of
seo,1.ues widest confusion followed. Pas
tbsiS.e bSeIS = rushed out Of the berths in
Ee..,I sr night clothes, some carrying their
I ting IN apparel under their arms. One
S Vestlbule cars took Ere and