Evening journal., 1892-08-16

Work, Meet "A HOrriDle fate-lNeiib iibA"N'
worship Saved the Lives of Many-The
Responsibility Not Yet Placed.
GBy Telegraph to the Evening Journal. j
,CosaoCKToN, o. Aug 16--The Toledo, |
walhonding Valley and Ohio railway a
branch af the Pennsylvania system, now
in course of construction, experienced its
first horrible mishap last night, six miles
north Of here, at point known as Rich
ards Gravel Pit Six human beings were
crushed to death and fifteen others ter
ribly injured
The list of killed is as follows: Frank
CALI. an Italian, aged A years, head
crushed. William Rafferty,, aged 90,
head crushed. John Barry, Of Newburg,
O. aged 80. head crushed Joseph By
croft, of Burlington, Vt, aged %, throat
torn and body crushed John Halliger'
aged 40, head crushed and disemboweled.
John Flynn, aged p, back broken.
The following are the injured: Frank
Hurhes S5. head crushed; will die. Will
liam OToole, Portsmouth, o., 20. injured
in abdomen James Hagans Charleston,
S. c.. 33. injured in head and legs
crushed Pat Conners, Canton, o., %,
injured in head and breast, and collar
bone broken. Martin Ward, Pittsburg
45. injured in the hip and back. John
Zigler. %. hurt in the head and side.
James Riley, so, confusion of hip. Pat
rick O'Brien, "a, of Akron o., skull
fractured; will die Hugh Morrison,
Altoona. Pa, 46, hurt in head and back.
Patrick Costello, 60, left foot crushed.
Morris Collins, A5, of Allegheny City,
terribly bruised on head John Erickson
Swede, IS, feet crushed. Patrick
Roach, 81, crushed arm and shoulder
Michael Mulahy, of Red Darlington
Mass, %, confusion of shoulder and side
Henry Long 40, leg wrenched.
Before the mishap a construction train
in charge of Conductor Humphrey and
Engineer CLYDE White had been engaged
i'm hauling gravel from thepit- The men
were engaged in ballasting the roadway
at point three miles north of it. Last
evening after the last train had been
unloaded the men boarded the cars that
were being pushed ahead of the engine
To come to their boarding camp, few
hundreds yards south of the gravel pit.
The train was running at a hazardous
speed and when it arrived at the gravel
pit. which was to be passed without
stopping, the switch was open and th e
train entered the siding and collided
with some empty cars standing in the
Dit. The greater number of the work
men were seated on the first and second
cars and when the long train turned in
upon the spur had no opportunity tC
lump Ten of the cars were piled in q
mass of debris, and beneath this the
Door mortals were crushed.
1t required two hours to extricate some
of the dead and injured A number OF
Italians employed on the work were
attending services at the Catholic churcf
yesterday in this city, otherwise the lis
of fatalities would have been largel,
increased
The mon were in the employ o
Macarthur Bros, contractors, ant
when Superintendent Wells was aske
for the cause OF the accident he said tina
some unknown person had left the switc
open. The camp to which the dead an
Injured were brought last night present
the appearance of battle field. Unde
one tent the six bodies taken from IN
wreck are lying side by side and troi
the adjoining tents the moans OF th
wounded and dying can be heard.
Rev. Father j. NJ Jaquette, of thi
city. was summoned, and he administe
ed the last sacraments of the Catholi
church to Frank Hughes and Patric
OBrien, who are in a dying condition
All the physicians of the city and neigl
boring villages are upon the ground rel
dering aid to the sufferers
Coroner Miller has begun an inques
to determine the cause from which IL
unfortunates came to their death.