The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-29
TRAINS COLLIDE.
4 Neglect OF Orders Causes = FriRhtful
Railway Disaster - Thirteen Persons
Killed Near Shrave a.

a Neglect OF Orders Causes y Frightful
Railway Disaster - Thirteen Persons
Killed Near Shreve, O.
MANSFIELD, O., Sept. ga terrible
accident has occurred on the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad.
The Pittsburgh and New York limited,
No. 8, east-bound. which left this city
at H. 10 a. m. Wednesday, collided with
west-bound freight train miles west
OF Shreve. Both trains were running
at high rate of speed and the
wreck is complete. The names of the
killed as far as learned are:
Charles Smith, Crestline, O., fireman express
tram: w. f. Hammond, Allegheny, Pa, fire.
man freight train: George b Mann. Colum-
olana, o., postal clerk; II. S. Allen, Column
Diana, o., postal clerk: d. f. Reese, Massillon,
w. postal clerk: j. T. Patterson, Beaver Falls.
Pa'' postal clerk; a. E. Glenn, Allegheny, Pa,
fireman freight train: TWO ladies from Espv-
vie, "a; one lady and one child. from Alliance
~ samuel Jackson express messenger, Chi
cago an unknown.
The following were injured:
A. Bradley, engineer: Frank Burt, engineer:
Joseph AIDE, postal clerk; G. Starker, Pitts
burgh; D. B. Rhodes, Mahoningtown, Pa: w.
Il Brown, Huntington, Ind; M. Armstrong,
No5!rav!ne, Ind; j. Ernst, Mlville, N, j.:
J. KocN Massillon, O.
lhe coli'Aing trains were section No.
l OF the Pittsk nrgh train No. IS and the
express train No. 8, due in Pittsburgh
from Chicago ut o'clock. The cause
was the neglect of orders on the part
of the freight train crew. The express
was speeding past Shreve with sup
posed clear track. The freight had been
ordered to lay on siding at Wooster
to allow the express to pass. For some
as yet unknown reason the order was
dlsregarded and the freigh pulled out
and was under full Roadway when
the flash of the headlights was
the first warning received by the en-.
gineer>, who simultaneously reversed
their engines. This was too late, and
the huge engines plunged into each
other almost at full speed The crash
was terrible as the trains came togeth-
err. The engines reared high from the
track, while their momentum drove
them fairly through each other and
then, with the kissing steam and
scalding water pouring from every
seam and rivet, they fell into
the ditch alongside the track The
freight cars telescoped one another
until little but tumble of wood and
iron remained. The panic-stricl1en pas
sengers, bruised and stunned, were
thrown from their berths and seats.
doomed went ont.
Jacob Weltman, Of Shrcve, who was
a passenger on the train, said that he
was half asleep when he was aroused
by the shock of the collision. There
was terrible rumbling noise, he said,
and almost instantly the air was filled
with cries and screams for
help. lie was pinned to the
floor of the car by wreckage.
but with great difficulty he finally
freed himself and went with others to
the aid of {; woman who with her child
was held by the heavy timbers. The Y
worked with might and main to rescue
the two. but were finally driven back
by the flames and compelled to leave
the woman and child to their fate.
Mr. Neltman said the cries that
came from the imprisoned people were
such as he can never forget. The fire.
man on the freight train must have
had Il horrible death, as he was caught
in the ca and his burned body dangled
in the air in view of the hundreds who
visited the scene, the wreckers being
unable to get at it because of the
heat The poor postal clerks. impris-
! oned in the mail cars which were
thrown upon the passenger engine,
had no chance to escape, and they were
doubtless all burned to death. All the
fatalities occurred in the two locomo-
tives, the postal and smoking cars ana
tho aay coach. The slccpcre did not
leave the track, and the passengers,
beyond a shaking, escaped injury.