Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-06


Another resrfui Railroad Accident.
CnARiEsTUN, w. Va, July THE
worst wreck ever known Ia this Iaft
Of the State occurred about O'Clock
this morning ON the kanawha 4
Michigan railway, eight miles west "
here. A passenger train for Columbus
pulled out from here with two car
loads II cxcurslonists. The wreck
occurred on the high trcstlr. Tho
cross ties had caught fire during the
night and burned 40 that tho rails
spread under the train. The engine
RAD baggage aud mail ears passed over
safely, but two " the coaches were
thrown from tho track.
After running forty icct on the tics,
the forward ear topplrd b the LEFT, the
rear Onc 10 the right. The forward car
turned completely over, and landed
right side up. The other fell twenty
feet, turning upside down, and ono set
OF trucks fell on topoi II, crushlng tho
car 10 splinters.
Under this place most Of the doai
were found. Surgeons aud a relief train
were sont nj once.
The scenes among the dead aud dy.
Ing were hcnfttUndins. One little
baby lost father and mother. one
mans head was severed NJ the mouth
and tho remainder " the head We
nshcd out from undor the wreck several
hOurt after tho body was found. II I,
feared that there afo one or two bod Ice
yet under the wreck. Tho dead, ~as
far M known. are; W. T.. Fife, Buffalo,
w. Va; /. y. Wilson, Galiipolls, o.,
Charles Hoffman, Blue Greek. w.
Va; Jasper D1nghrfiy, New Marine.
willie, W. Va; Walter Wclcher,
Charleston; Mip. Walter wclcher,
Charleston; Ella O'LcAry, Charleston;
Ames Cauilsr, Red House, w. Val
Orvillo Robinson, Midway, w. VA
| Thomas Thornton, conductor, Middle
port, o.; Polly Sullivan, Mason CITY
JAMES White, Middleport, %.
Fiily.rlght persons were counted
who were injured, aud number
walked away before thoy could bl
seen. on the entire number ~ pas
Hcngufr, but onc, John Nervillo II
this city, escaped without a scratch.
| He was In the mail car. Those fatally
injured are w. u. Reed, flk CITY
James Blackhond, Athens, o.; Mira
u. ). rtuslow, Charleston; win Ford,
Elk CITY.
The following II partial list o
others injured, many Of whom ar,
dangerously hurt; Leo y. T.. Bligh,
Red House, W. Va; j. ID. Jones,
Charleston, Mir. ]. ID. Jones, Charl O.
ton; w. IL. Saunders, Charleston;
Peter simpson, Charleston; J. &. Mar,
tin, Leon, W. Va. Mary Shvikcy
Charleston; Miss Maggie Cart, Charles.
ton; John wclchct, thc 9.ycRr old child
Of Walter Wclchcr aud wife, who wrrr
killed outright; y. L.. Mullins, Glen
John Whitaker, Elk CITY; James
Copoly, Elk CITY; Molly winfrc-, Elk
CITY; T.. n. Price, Whitecartcr; Mull
Grove, n. g.; Miss Minnie Davis,
Charleston; Andy Hepburn, Elk CITY
SAIL, Coulton, Redhousc, W. Va,
Mrs. Iva Coulton, ltndhOusc; II. ],
Shtterthwalt, Charleston; james II.
Goddard, IT,, Charleston, Charlie,
Robinson, conductor, Midway, VIVA;
W. r. Kigof, aud son, Charleston;
Postal CLERK Hayes. Athens, Ohio,
Geo. w. Stribllng, Point Pleasant, W.
Va; Sam Shuc, Midway, w. Va;
~. 4. Calhoun, Gallop0lis, Ohio; -
Ross, Elk CITY; Gco. Mckee, Poca. W.
Va; Eliza Mckee, POcn, w. Va;
Raburn Blackburn, Elk city; =. W,
Jennings, Columbus, Ohio; Geo. Eisele,
Charlcston; Clarence Elsclr, Charles.
ton; A. q. Wall, Elk city; Lucinda
JONES, Elk City; Allic SpAuliing, Elk
city; &. q, Long, Point Pleasant, w.
Va; ChaH. Conkcr, poca, W. Va; A.
Archibald, poCa; Samuel Carpenter,
pOca; VIM. Jones, Elk City; Ella
HenOon, Elk city. James Nicely OF
Charleston was known ~ have been on
the train, but he has not b een seen oI
heard from since tho wreck. II Il be.
lievrd he Il under thu wrecked cars.
What caused the burning Of the tres
| tie ~ not known, but II N supposed 10
have caught by clndera dropped from
an engine. The engineer Of the ex-
cursion train saw the smoke, but think,
ing II foam rising from the creek, went
on. Persons living In the neighbor,
hood Fnw smoke, but thought II wa,
from the campilres Of persons who have
been fishing there.
The wreck was n fearful one, and
the horrors Of II cannot be- realized by
Ono who was not NJ the scene. The
WY ~ w hNHNEuht
What promised 10 be one Of the bright
est days In liz history, bocam . the sad
est II has ever known.
John Norvlllc, the only passenger
who cscapci unhurt had gono into
the mail.car 10 speak with the mail
agent, when the shock came. When
he felt the shock lac seized the rod and
hung on. In an instant the mail.caI
was Jerkod back on the track, aud then
with crash the coaches broke loose
and swung OF over the edge Of the
tTcslle. There were No many Ia the
train aud 40 fow to help them that II
seemed almost impossible 10 do any
thing. Nor was thore anything Ia
bind tho wounds with. Norville went
TO the county poorhouse near by and
got bandages for the wounded.