The morning news., 1891-10-01
C0LLIDED ON A BRIDGE.
THREE PROPLE KILLED AND
TWENTY-FOUR INJoREp.

Several Of the Latter Sure to Die.
Flames Break Out In the Ruins and
Roast the Manned and Piunioned
Fasssngers-Brave Work by the
Rescuers.
AKRON. o., Sept 3O-Early this morn
ing collision occurred one mile east of
Kent on the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio railroad between freight and passen-
ger train. Three person were killed out
right and twenty-four injured, several
fatally. The passenger train was the
Michigan section of the Olin family
excursion, the members of which were go~
ing TO the national reunion Of their kindred
at Bennington, Vt. Many other Michigan
people took advantage of tbs low rates to
visit friends In the east. 1t was foggy
night and the collision occurred on long
fill thirty feet high. in the middle of which
was bridge sixty feet long, over the Pitts.
burg and Western track. Part of the pas
senger train was on the bridge when the
crash came. The engines powed into each
other and reared bigh In the air and the
caes on each side were crushed together like
cardboard
GROUND TO A JELLY.
William Maxwell of Meadville, travelling
engineer of the second division, who was
riding in the passenger engine had started
back over the tender just before the col
lision. He was caught between the tender
and the baggage car and ground to Jelly.
One leg was torn of and thrown down the
bank.
Engineer C. Brown of Meadville. who
was on the freight, and Passenger Engineer
f. Nichols of the same place jumped and
saved their lives. Fireman Stephens Of the
passenger train followed suit, aud was badly
hurt in tunbling down an embankment
Fireman Clayton Glass of Meadville was
caught in the wreck and crushed to death.
MAKEUP OF THE TRAIN.
The passenger train consisted of five
sleepers, five day coaches and baggage
car. The latter and the first day coacE
we're crushed and the occupants buried in
the debris. The second day coach
was badly wrecked, the seats and timbers
being heaped up almost to the ceiling in the
center or the coach. The rear portion of
the train was kept almost intact, but
jammed into the forward portion of
the third day coach. which was
lifted off the track aud pushed
skyward. The second day coach
was occupied by women and children. Mrs
Willoughby Deway Of Richland, Michigan,
aged 45, who sat In the forward part of the
coach, met instant death. heavy timber
! crushing her head. Other passengers were
buried in promiscuous pile of seats and
| timbers.
FIRE BREAKS OUT.
A stove was overturned and the timbers
| took fire. the flames bursting out in an iu-
| slant. The shrieks OF the women and chill
dren who were wedged in close to the burn
ing timhers, summoned workers TO that
part of the wreck, and a score of men were
soo1 cutting away through the debris. Mrs.
Alice NJ. Sedgewick, with both legs
broken, lay close to the red hot
stove, pushing against it with
all her might to keep it
from crushing and burning her little
daughter, who lay just beside her The
mothers clothing was burned of and one
side of her body was roasted. Close TO her
lay Laura Vaninken, a frail girl of II, who
was doing like service for her mother,
| lying almost under the stove and her arms
pinioned and broken Breaking into the
car from the rear, men brought water from
drinking tanks and passed ii to tho impris-
| oned women.
THE FLAMES CHEATED OF THEIR PREY.
In five minutes the woodwork was de-
stroYed and the fire cheated of its prey
| For half an hour more men worked like
| Iitans, lifting out women and children
many os them with legs and arms dangling
helplessly As fast as taken out the IN
| jured were transferred to tho sleeping cars
and taken back to Kent. The Revere hotel
and several nearby houses were at once
thrown open and Drs, Sherman. Evans and
Davis of Kent and the railroad surgeon, DIR.
Lashell of Meadville, began setting the
broken bones and binding up the wounds
Mrs. A. M. johnson Of Muskegon was most
seriously injured, and cannot live. Both
legs are broken Two others who will prob
ably die are Mrs Alice NJ. SedRewick of
Parma. Mich, and Mrs. q. C. Thompson of
| Montague Mich