Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-09-28
Dreadful Railroad Accidents last Wed.
nesdaY.

Hcbudy.
At 7:S0 a. m. last Wednesday, at |
Shreve, Ohio, as the express was ap-
preaching at full speed, the freight
train, which had been lying on siding,
suddenly pulled on to the main track |
in front of it. Before either train could |
stop they had collided. Both engines
were ditched and ground into a shape
less mass. They were followed by six
cars OF the express, including the postal
car, two express cars, the baggage car,
the smoker and one coach, together
with five of the freight cars. The mail
car and smoking car of the express were
thrown on top of the passenger engine,
and freight car filled with printing
presses was thrown over the freight
engine.
Twelve burned and blackend bodies
were taken from the wreck. The postal,
express and smoking cars were COM
pletely telescoped. There were five
clerks at work in the postal car, and
four were instantly killed. Fire COM
AuhlCutCu lIOul Oj1O -OOA Vi OLC CAA-
CINE to the postal car, and in short time
the car was a blazing mass. From there
the flames swept to the two express
cars, and before it was checked the bag
gage car, the smoker and day coach
were reduced to ashes. The only cars
that escaped the flame were the three
Pullman coaches and a special car
which was attached to the rear.
| Train No. s, on the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad, was wrecked
by robbers three miles west of Usage
City at o'clock Wednesday morning
The train, consisting of baggage, ex-
press and mail car, two day coaches,
two chair cars and three sleepers was
thrown over an embankment three feet
high, and the first six cars telescoped.
Four persons we're killed outright and
twenty-five seriously injured.
This was the work of train robbers.
The wreck occurred at a small bridge
which crosses q ravine. There is a
heavy down grade, and the train was
running fully forty miles an hour. The
Toulouse at Barclay Station had been
broken open during the night and a
rail was removed from the track at the
point where the accident occurred.
An examination of the track was
made and it was found that the fish
plates had been carefully removed and
the bolts taken out and spikes drawn
from ten ties and the rail bent over to
the inside. Robbery was unquestiona-
bly, the object of the outrage. The
train carried one million dollars in cur
rency en- route from the Mexican Cen
trail Railway to it's headquarters in Bos-
ton. In examining the ground about
the wreck spot was found where three
men had lain in the grass and tracks
were found leading from this spot to
, the track.
I At o'clock Wednesday morning, at
Rheem's station, Is miles west of Lam
caster, Pa, the Philadelphia Express
and the Pacific Express ran into each
other. Both engines were completely
demolished and the express cars of both
trains telescoped, but the other cars OF
both trains kept the track and the pas
sengers escaped with severe shaking
up.
i William Caldwell, of Philadelphia,
fireman Of the west-bound train, was
buried under his engine and was dead
when taken out.
William Lilly, of Harrisburg, en-
gineer of the east bound train, had his
thigh badly cut, but was not seriously
injured.