The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-09-22
DEATH
Comes Speedily and Without
Premonition.
The Fast Passenger Train Mum
ber 8 on the TT. Wayne Road
Collides With a Freight Train at
aPoint Near Shreve

And Number of Precious Souls Are
Usberea Into the Other world-"Horrt-
flying Scenes at the Wreck,
A fearful railroad catastrophe,
destructive alike Of both life and
property, took place on the ft.
Wayne railroad at an early hour
this morning about thirty five miles west
of here near Millbrook, which Is about
half way between Wooster and Shreve.
The fret section of freight train No. 75
and the limited express train No. came
together while running at full speed and
in an instant over half a score of souls
were ushered into eternity and thousands
of dollars worth of property was destroyed.
The cause OF the awful horror was
mistake of the freight train engineer.
The freight passed through this city,
westward bound about midnight and II
is the custom for IL to stop at
track and wait until the
east bound passenger has passed. Last
night the engineer thought the express
had gone and he accordingly pulled out
from the siding onto the main track He
hau gotten under good headway when
suddenlv the east bound passenger came
laundering down the line at the rate of
forty miles an hour. The engines met
and the result was one of the most disas-
trous wrecks in the history of the line. AT
the present writing eleven persons are
reported killed The fireman ou the
freight was killed AID the fireman or tUe
passenger is still under the wreck, Four
postal clerks lost their lives aud an eXs
press agent uaned S. M. Jackson is re-
ported missing. A couple of brakemeu
are also said 70 be amoog the Killed. GuC
list of Names of those killed has mol as
yet been received. large number OF
passengers are said TO be injured. The
cars were piled up all over the tracks and
the scene presented was one of fearful
destruction. The wrecking crews along
the line were all called out but the line
will probably not be cleared before night.
Trains are all going by the way of Akron
over the Wheeling q Lake Erie from Mas.
sillon and thence 10 Mansfield and those
from the west are all late in Canton. No.
25 west bound went through at 4:37 this
morning with seven collins on board for
killed railroad men.
No. 81 east bound was the first passen
ger train 10 get around from the west
There were several persons on board who
had been In the wreck and received in
juries OF a minor nature. No. 3, the pas
senger train wrecked, is one OF the fastest
trains on the road. Il usually carries
about three day coaches and four sleepers
besides the baggage and postal cars. II
passes through Canton at 3:05 u. m.
TELEGRAPHIc ACCOUNT.
WOOSTER, o., Sept. 2l-[Special.l-A
teTTlDie aCclub0t OcCuTteu on tue Icuus
sylvania road this morning. The Pitts.
burg q New York Limited No. 8, cas-
bound, which left Mansfield at 1918
collided with west bound freight train
two miles west of Shreve. Both traini
were running at a high rate of speed, ant
the wreck was complete. The wrecl
caught fire and number of persons hav,
perished. Ten people were killed anC
burned up and two engine
and and, five freight cars demol l
section of freight Is and express 8, du
in Pittsbure from Chicago at a. IN. To
cause OF the accident was the neglect 4
obey orders on the part of the freight crew
Limited mail No. was speeding pas
Shreve with supposed clear track. Tn
freight had been ordered to lay ON sldin
at Wooster TO allow the express to pass
For some unknown reason the order wa
disregarded aud the freight pulled out.
The huge engines plunged int
each other at full speed. Th
while their momentum drove them fairl
through each other and kissing steam an
scalding water escaping from every seam
and riveted together they fell into ditc
along aide of the track.
The freight cars telescoped one anothe
until little but jumble of wood and iro
remained. The passenger engineer, fire
man, two postal clerks and two PAST
engers from the express and the flrema
and the front brakeman on the freigl
train we're instantly killed. The engines
of the freight train jumped from b
engine and escaped instant death but WI
seriously injured.
The post car caught fire and the FAM
spread rapidly to two express cars, bal
gage car, smoker and first passenger ca
The night was pitch dark, but the horrib
spectacle was illuminated with the bri
liant glare from the rapidly burning cal
The accident occurred about two mil
from the village of Shreve, but count
folks, trainmen and passengers at on
set about the work of rescuing those In
prisoned in the wrecked coaches.
Names of killed as far as learned are
FIREMAN CHARLES SMITH.
BRAKEMAN NICK HAMLIN.
BRAKEMAN A. e. GLENN.
FIREMAN w. E. HAM MuND.
POSTAL AGENT ALLEN.
POSTAL AGENT REESE.
POSTAL AGENT PATTERSON.
POSTAL AGENT PEEKS.
POSTAL AGENT MANN.
Reese one of the postal agents lied
of Massillon. and his father resides
Youngstown Hill.