Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-07-05
Fourteen Persons Killed Outright and Nangled
= Beyond All Semblancs Of Humanity,
Three Fatally, and Efy-eight
More or Less Seriously
Injured.
KILLED.

KILLED.
COLONEL W. L. FIFE, OF Buffalo, W.
"a.
T. N. WILSON, late city editor OF the
FBunetin. GanipOis. Ohio.
a CHARLES HUFFMAN, Blue Creek, w.
VA.
JASPER DAUGHERTY. New Martins
Vile, w. Va.
WALTER WELCHER. Elk City, w. Va.
MRS. WALTER wELCHER, Elk City,
E. VA.
MISS ELLA O'LEARY, 5IlddIeport,
Ohio, but employed as cook In the family
q Colonel =. l. Butterick, OF Charleston.
AMOS COULTER, nix City. w. Va.
ORVILLE ROBINSON, Midway, W. Va.
THOMAS THORNTON. Conductor of X
a M. Railroad. Mlddleport, Ohio.
POLLY SULLIVAN, Hampton, w. Va,
nnrse for Mrs George Couch, of Charles
cor.
y. G ROSE, Blue Greek, w. Va.
bIRS. MARY WALL, ELK City, w. Va.
BUD WHITE, Middleport, Ohio.
FATALLY INJURED:
MILL FORD, ELK City, will die.
NAMES BLACKwOOD, Athens, Ohio,
head crushed; viii die
MRS. X. :. TRUSLOw, Charleston, skull
Fractured; VIII die.
3DscicI Telegram 20 TIE Sunday REGISTER.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, July 4.-The glad
national holiday was marred and this city
fast into a deep gloom early this morning
IN news received early in the day, Of the
most terrible railroad wreck ever known
il the state. The train. No. 1, which left
here over the Kanawha & Michigan rail
nav for Columbus, consisted OF an engine,
embined baggage, mail and express car
I'd two coaches. The coaches were filed
nth IS or 50 passengers, most Of whom
we're laboring people out for holiday in
De country and were oil IN the
Brightest spirits Men took their families 70
Eisit relations in the country Tor the day,
nd number Of children were on the tram
Rnd among the injured.
The order of United American Mechan-
KS were going To Poca to spend the day,
nany of them accompanied by their wives.
u good many Of the passengers were en-
ulOyCs of the railway company going TO
heir homes along the line 10 spend the
DvOus holiday. The train had but Just
nblled out IN the early morning and gone a
lew miles when suddenly there came
rash. The coaches rocked and shock,
NOmen screamed and stout men turned
rale with fear.
THE FEARFUL PLUNGE.
"a moment more, and the fearful plunge
1|ss made that dealt out death and destruc-
f|on to so many people. The forward car
H5lled down the approach TO the trestle,
armed completely over and rested right
tIde up some ten feet below the track. The
tlher car, which was on the tresue proper
I'd had not reached the approach, rolled
4ker the edge. turned bottom up, and fell
ID It's roof, 20 feet below the track. In the
Itrrible fail many persons were crushed
nd bruised, out, 20 add 70 the
1brrors. the rear truck, which remained
"a the track came crashing down on top OF
.1e car, crushing everything underneath
and killing nearly ever person who was in
nal portion OF the car.
One dead body after another was pulled
CD through the windows, most or them
Ebrribly mangled. Nearly all the dead
ere cut or bruised about the neau. jasper
Npugherty, Of New Martinsville, was IeSr-
MY mangled. His head was cut on az the
routh. leaving only the lower jaw on the
tkadless trunk. Two or three hours after
1e wreck his head was found among the
toGen seats and debris, in the worst
nbrt OF the wreck, dab5led with its own
tains, which were scattered over the car
oor Immediately after the wreck relier
aims were sent out with physicians irom
Adams and Charleston, who ala al 10
teir power TO assuage the sufierings OF
1e injured and save the lives OF as many as
essible
sTcKENINo scENE.
On the second train your correspondent
rived, and the scene which met his gaze
IS horrible beyond description. A dozen