Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-05-21
FORGOT HIS ORDERS.

On,cial's Lapse OF Memory - Collision
Between Trains ut Glove, O.--Five Per
sons Killed and Several Injured.
CINCINNATI, May 16.-Station Agent
Smith, who officiates for the Big Four
railroad at Cleves, o., Is miles from
this city, made mistake Sunday morn
ing. He forgot change that had been
made in the running time of local
passenger train, and the result was that
five men were killed, two fatally in
jured and six wounded more or less
seriously The killed are:
N. o. Edwards, of Greensburgh, Ind, engineer
Of the freight train William Higgs, of Law
renccburg Ind, engineer of the passenger
train; David Haywood, OF indianapolis, conduc.
tor OF the freight; Hiram Bruce, of Greensburg,
Ind, extra fireman of the passenger train;
Philip Gribben, of Lawrenceburg, baggage mas
ter OF the passenger train.
The fatally injured are:
John Shrader, of Lawrenceburg, conductor of
the passenger train, injured internally and cut
on the head, causing conclusion of the brain, he
cannot recover; Bolton Terrill, q commuter OF
Lawrenceburg, badly scalded and cannot live.
The remote cause of the accident was
a change of time which took effect Sun
day. The Sunday morning Aurora
Und.) accommodation has been due
here at 9:16 and the change brought it to
Cincinnati at SIG, one hour earlier. The
freight train crew who left Cincinnati
with a locomotive and twenty or
more freight cars at o'clock Sunday
morning had been notified of the
change of time and so had Station
Agent Smith, of Cleves. just before
the freight reached Cleves Engineer
Edwards whistled for orders from the
station. The block signal system is in
use on the road, and Agent Smith for
getting for the time being the instruc-
tions he had received regarding
the change in the time of the
Aurora accommodation, adjusted the
block signal so as to notify the freight
| engineer that the track, which is a
| single one at that point, was clear for
| him to the next station west. The
freight was running at least 90 miles
an hour, and Engineer Edwards, seeing
the signal, kept dashing on.
Just as the engine was passing the
station Smith remem bered the change
of time. 1t was too late. He changed
the signals, but the freight train
had thundered by. 1t proceeded
only 800 feet beyond the sta
ton. The Aurora accommodation
was coming east and the two
engines crashed into each other, pro-
ducing frightful wreck. The passen
ger and freight cars jammed into one
another in the widest confusion. The
two engines We're so badly wrecked as
to permanently disable them both.
The steam from the boilers escaped
and added to the terror endured by the
wounded anfdying.
Local physicians were summoned ant
as soon as word reached this city wreck
ing parties were sent out with surgeons
The dead were taken from the debris
and all the bodies found to have beer
badly scalded.
Station Agent Smith admits havin.
forgotten the change of time and say
that had he remembered one minut
sooner than he did the accident woul,
not have happened. 1t is probable tina
he will be arrested and charged will
manslaughter. Fortunately there wer
few passengers on the accommodation
train.
| hcclts d.
had just reached the top of car whel
the collision occurred. The crash wa
so terrible that he was thrown over
telegraph wire 40 feet into stream o
water, which saved his life. He think
there are at least three tramps unde
the wreck of the freight train. TIL
property loss will be $780, Bot
engines are complete wrecks, and tn
coaches of the express train are ruined
1t is said much valuable mail and eA
press matter is lost. A dozen freigh
cars loaded with costly goods are
total loss.
HAGERsTowN, Md, May 16.-A trai
on the Norfolk & Western road wa
wrecked IL miles from here at o'cloc
Sunday morning. 1t was in charge c
! Conductor William Hays and wa
! made up of sleeper, two coaches,
smoker and baggage car. Jus
, as the engine reached the switch
jumped the track and dashed int
freight cars on a siding. Conducto
+ Hays was on the platform of a car an
, was hurled headlong 80 feet against tn
rocks and instantly killed. job
> hauke, q passenger Milling lroin Lev
, iston. Pa, was dug out of tn
wreck with a broken leg and su
: fering internal injuries. He wi
{ die. His father was also badl
I hurt. Another passenger, supposed
5 be drummer, was taken out in dyin
: condition. A card in his pocket boz
p the name John Boyle, Brooklyn, N. }
a C. N. Wenner, travelling passengt
: agent. and William Elslinger, of We
Fairview, Pa, were also severely hur
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN A MINI
e Eleven Men Crushed Beneath Fallir