The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1892-09-22
Two Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Trains
Collide Near an Ohio
Town.
Ten Persons Killed Outright and Sew
eral Others Badly In
jured.
Cars Take Fire and Several Are Gre
mated-List of the Dead and
injured.

information was obtained at the Office Of
Superintendent Watts Of the Pennsyl-
vania: Seven persons killed and five
injured, two passenger cars burned and
two freight cars damaged in terrible
head-end collision ut Shreve, on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
about o'clock a. m. The colliding
trains were section of freight train No.
rs and express train No. =, due in Pitts
burg from Chicago at y o'clock. The
cause of the accident was the neglect Of
orders on the part of the freight train
crew. Details of the accident are
meagre and local officials of the railroad
company can give no particulars.
From the latter source it was learned
that the limited mail, No. 3, was speed
ing past Shreve with supposed clear
track. The freight had been ordered to
lay on siding at Wooster to allow the
express to pass. For some as yet un-
known reason the order was disregarded
and the freight pulled out and
was under full heanway when the
flash of the headlights was the
first warning received by the
engineers, 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 together.
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
stricken passengers, bruised and stunned,
were thrown from their seats. With
the first crash the lives of the doomed
| went ont. The passenger engineer, fire.
man, two postal CLERKS and two passen-
gers from the express and the fireman
and front brakeman oh the freight were
instantly killed. The engineer of the
freight jnmped from his engine and es-
| capped instant death but was seriously
injured. The postal eAr caught fire and
spread rapidly to the two express cars,
| baggage car. smoker and first coach.
The night was pitIh dark and the
spectacle was illuminated with the
brilliant glare from tie rapidly burning
cars. The accident occurred about two
miles from the villlge of Shreve, but
the country folk, traiinnen and passen-
gers at once set aboutthe work of rescu-
ing those imprisoned in the wrecked
coaches. A messeng@ was dispatched
to Shreve for assistant, and from that
point word was sent b the railway offii.
cials.
An Ofacial statement.
The following Official statement and
list OF the killed and blurred is given to
the United Press b General Superin,
i tendent Watt:
i About 5 o'clock q. /. trains 3 and 70
/ first section) collide near Shreve, O.,
ditching both enginel One postal car,
two express cars, ons baggage car, one
smoker and one coacl were destroyed by
fire and Ave freight lcars were broken
up. No. 8 was one bur and q half late
and the first and sechd sections of No.
70 pulled out on thehain track against
her.
The killed are:
CHARLES SMITH, firman.
w. f. HAMMOND, feman.
g. B. MANN.
u H. s. ALLEN, D. EREz and J. T. PAT.
!. TERsoE, postal clerks
e. E. GLENN, braknan.
Il Two ladies from ESyville, Pa.
One lady and one cid from Alliance, o.
The injured are:
A. BRADLEY and FRANK BURK. en-.
gineers.
JOSEPH ADEE, posta clerk.
G. STARKER, Pittshrg.
ID. b. RHODES, Mabningtown, Pa.
w. III. BROWN, Huntington. Pa.
M. A. ARMsTRoNGN Noblesville, Ind.
s. ERNST. MilvilleN. j.
j - LUCox, Mass.h, o.
Topeka llarmad.