Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-27
THE MIDDLET0WN WRECK,
Three People Killed Outright -Four "a.
tally and Many Seriously IA.
jursd-The Names.

| CINCINNATI, ONO, July g5-Cs~s-,,
| Agent ". o. Mccormick, OF the Ciur.r...,
| Hamilton and Dayton railroad as So, o..
| b, was notified of the accident thai oy,.r-qf
| last night ut NiGdletowu, came down -
! his Walnut Hill residence TO the depI. nj
| dispatched special with surgeons 70 .-s
! latter place. Through Mccormick :. h.,
| been learned that after leaving Wo03ia.atg,
| coupling of some cars became DAMAGED mi
| the train was delayed TO patch iii, H.
! Again ~ Aliddletown it was stopped 10 m.
| ther repair the damage There Is a cry,4
! at Niddletown which hides tain s;ar.,.1,,
| at the depot from the view of train an
| preaching from the south. A fag1uar was
sent back to stop tho oncomiug t-sl-s;
| which was moving at u high rate Of sized
| The engineer of the freight saw the ia
! He put on the brakes, reversed his c----.
| and apparently did all in his power 10 ,.5,
his train, but the impetus was
| too great, and momwt ;.
the crash occurred. The following person,
| We're killed outright: William Mathew,
| aged thirteen; Miss LyGil Fr,ge-. ar-i
| twenty-five: Frank Su1cuer, aye. se,sa.
| teen.
-Four are IN 4 critical coa5i...u o. :.
| Elizabeth hospital: Joseph ". Uleys.. ms
/ chanicai draughtSmau, LETT arm r.i.~ .r.. Of,
| at the shoulder; Frank i'a-rrr~u4 age.
tTCnty-one, left arm ampu ate i.a.seIaS
! Sweyerly, aged twenty-five. ui pa-,Sy!ga
pa sr,fnaI iT,i,Irv .,,I5 i.,r..., Nrr'.,..,' zee.
~ tarribl,, mined in tr,. s.....-' %. -
| i1C,-
Miss Mary Ranse of OsI,.,t,.a Obi, $40.
In,Il,. iriiI,ad and also tho f.r..,,,.-.. -.
from DAYTON. Iyarren Tr.,-,.~ Fr.'
Wagner, Mark limerick. Edith 3 r..a. o..
den VI. BeasOn and wife, f.eus L. g..
| William Oman Mary Gram A.r..s W..
samuel Tnhr charles NiC... E,.,..
I7rnst Annie Breunru pegri -gnuv.l.. i..'
" & Thomnson There ar. as miami. nav.
with bruises and other slight n ..,g....s
William DoucIass one NJ tl,. -.....r.a, ..
tbe National casb works and WIN, ,,7. srs-
ore of the committeeman i'm ,H..-.-.. ~ H..
Cincinnati Hamilton and DAYTON ..g..r.-..,..
IN WooIs5aIa t,;Is this s-o,.,-..f ,.,,.-...'
nights wreck. in which tl,r.,.. r..r..., W,
IxiTied and forty seriously iunws5
TThe train of fifteen crowded .srs s.gr.s.
from WooGsdale about O'Clock Aba.t IN
hour later the accident occurred draw.
bar at Middletown about the u. dale Of Tho
train broke. and they stoned 10 p...,u Nd
for the run 10 DAYTON. Bf4tkerrrq ..r. in
mediately sent out wifi red fa.- 10 in:
approaching trains. and raa~. Ialf a
bour was consumed in rcpairrrr rHt ,,r,
The red lights were no: promptly caa,.-sl
to the rear Of the train ihou-r 'a. rain
was milling ont when the g,,.I,..-.r occurred
nj nearly 3 O'Clock. Tv, hundred men
women and children were in the las thr.-,
coaches. and all knew that rr--f- Tran
No. ~ was following and tho- aunr,riaIed
and talked of their danger. some u
them called Conductor Giauri,' atteatioutJ
their peril and he cautioned them il they
heard the train coming tile, should 'aup
from the car Five minutes later the dis
astcr was upon them. Tie excursion train
was slowly moving of the sdetrack when
a roaring was heard from train No. IL then
not over a quarter OF a mile away. Nearer
and clearer came the monster Mocul with
thirtv-ive loaded cars. and when in sigh!
Fnrineer Schvind saw the farusn wayilg
inc danger signal and he Immediately r4lei
for the brakes. shut of the steam and
applied the sand. He saw that e collision
was inevitable. Then ne and bis fireman
Jumped and an instant later tine crash caTe
a rear-end collision of mighty force. Eia
excursion train was pulling on-1 she uli-
tpafl, ana all but the two hind coaches aal
Fiaft the siding when the mocUI engine, WITH
the heavy train behind, weli
blowing through the rna rsA-
cars. and their human freight was
hurled into the ditch. The rcyf coach was
struck fairly in the end aud the ieo5ro'.7
pushing under, elevated II Z, Hu auge 10.
forty-fve degrees. and there IL stood tiei
with shrieking people. This car caught
9, -. E-,,,rinaar S..L,r-fr.d ar1 his IRE