The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-27
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
TwslyeP Passengers Killed Because
Of an Operators Mistake.
CHARGED WITH MANsLAUeHTER.

Ahto thc first Section at HARRIS
burg-Thrce Day Coaches Crushed
Into Kindling Wood-TRirty Per-
80. -,
Suns
HARRrsnr;Ra. June o7.-The nrevious
a,snotchas ,rt,;oh.d f.;l - riuo IN,
'pAe.nos puonsneu ish :" sise any
correct idea OIL the terrible disaster
which took place here on Saturday
morning at 1913. Six of the passengers
.,,ara aaoa boforo 4,,,,, ,,,o,.o +n,,an fro,,
eoau oe.oio 'hoJ "oio ."n
the wreck and five more died shortly at
terward. Thirty or more were wounded,
MANY of them seriously. To add to the
horrors of the situation n violent Storm
xvos rog;no Of tbo +i,na ond tho ,,,orI,
""s eeine =, .no inc 'nu 'no "o,N
Oh eAtficaeihs the snfterers was seriously
ampeded. Another Of the injured died
Yesterday afternoon. making the total
.,,,,ar 20 ,a.4l,s 4,,'oI,,
coroner hoy began MS inquest on SAT
Iurday afternoon and rs a result of it II.
8. Hayes, the operator on the Steelton
tower, was committed to prison for hav-
ing been the cause of the terrible acci-
dent. Among Others he was examined
as witness. He said he had been en-
ployed as an operator since June of last
year. Last night was his first on the
Steelton tower. He said that he used
his good Judgment in regard to allowing
the second section on the block be-
fore the first section had left it, not
having received word from the Dock
street operator concerning the first Sec
zion having left the block. Mr.. Hayes
was very much agitated during the CIV
ing Of his testimony, and in answer to
the question, ''Did you viulate the rule
of the company in regard to tho allow
ing two trains on the same blockl" an
swered Yes" He said he used his good
judgment, and now felt convinced that
at was very poor indeed.
How 1t Happened.
The western express on the Pennsyl-
Nania railroad leaving New York at 6:30
b. IN. and Philadelphia at 8:20, and is
due in Harrisburg at 1915 o'clock II. m.
Saturday morning, however, it was sew
eral minutes late leaving Philadelphia,
and had not made up the lost time
when it reached here. 1t was made up
& one baggage car and one express car,
Ehree day coaches and the private car of
George Westinghouse, the Pittsburg in
ventor of the air brake. Robert Pit
Eairn, of Pittsburg, was also with the
westinghouse party.
AS the train rolled into Harrisburg it
was stopped few minutes at Dock
street, east of the station, to allow some
shifting in the yards. the flagman being
sent back to signal the second section,
which was following close behind. He
was soon called in, and the train had
hut started when the second section
flashed around the sharp curve few
yards away. Then came n horrible
Grinding and crushing sound. and i'm
Hnediateiy after the groans and shrieks
"a the injured and diving passengers. 1t
was an awful moment and the only
wonder is that SO many escaped from
Che terrible wreck.
Almost Miraculous Escapes.
The locomotive of the second section
haowed its way through the rear
fiyate car. but not singie member of
lie Westinghouse party were scratched.
The porter. however. w. II. Woodward
IN III ptRiiadelphia' RHa 5 sse was slightly hurt. In
NE day coaches the awful carnage was
Ssking place. MANY passengers were
half asleep. and were awakened by the
horrible crashing and grinding of the
Ksmbers. the breaking OF glass and Che
hissing of escaping steam, while Others
never knew the fate which overlook
hhem. Engineer Hugh Kelly and Fire.
Inan Harry Mead, both of PHILADELPHIA,
sat In the cab OF the locomotive which
WPSf1nnhnnSh
As IL by a miracle the cab in which
sat the engineer and fireman was NOT
fouched, and they escaped to tell Of
kheir wonderful deliyerance. Both
were stunned by the tremendous CON
cussion. Two of the day coaches were
a,artly overturned and the helpless occu-
pants screamed in their agony. The
scenes in the cars Immediately follow
ing the crash battle description. The
two coaches in which most of the cas-
ualties occurred were broken to pieces
and the occupants of the care were
thrown in every direction.
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"a. smith, Harrisburg, "a; II; u. sensa-
Sausn, NATION, III; james llmmont,
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eoioreq, porter, New YORK; N. Altken,
sonn JACOBS;
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