The sun., 1892-09-22
CRASH ON THE FORT WAYNE.
THE CHICAGO EXPRESS CRASHES
INTO FREIGHT TRAM

Eleven Persons Killed asA Nine InjureA-
The Freight Trais Crew Pull Ont Toe
Noon. aud the Biunder Causes . TRAGEDY
WOOSTER. Ohio. Sept. 21.-The Chicago ex.
press crashed into freight train on the Pitts
burgh and Fort Wayne road at Shreve. Ohio
this morning. Nine persons we're killed out
right. three seriously injured. and Others
slightly hurt
The express was approaching at full speed
when the freight, which had been lying on .
siding. suddenly pulled on to the main track
in front OF It. Before either train could stop.
they were in collision. 1t is thought that the
engineer OF the freight train did not UNDER
stand his orders
Both locomotives we're ditohed and COM
pletely smashed. The passengers were trans
ferred to another train.
The killed were: Charles Smith and W. r.
Hammond. lremen: George b. Mann. H. 8.
Allen. D. E. Rese. and ]. T. Patterson. postal
clerks: A. L. Glenn. brakeman; two women
from Espyville. "a: one woman ana ono child
from Alliance. Ohio
The injured we're: A. Bradley and Frank
Burt. engineers: Joseph Ads postal clerk: G..
Starker. Pittsburgh: d. d. Rhodes MahoninR-
town: w. II. Brown. Huntingdon Ind: NJ.
Armstrong. Noblesvlle. Ind: j. Ernest, Mill
Vile. N. j.: - Lucox. Massillon. Ohio.
postal car. two express cars. one baggage oar.
and two coaches These cars were totally de-
stroyed by fire. One coach and tho sleeping
cars on the express train we're not wrecked
and escaped the flames. 1t is feared that miss
ing persons perished in the fire.
terrific. ,' rs the Postal, express. and smoking
cars were com pletely telescoped. There were
s M yk sa II as tSs sna %as Gs.
f tie lrebox e of the en- snene to the postal car. and
From sfr. there % the flames swept to the two % ex.
press cars. and before the fire was checked the
hs sses oki end only asy hsa s9ssn
cared the flames we're ths thes
was s"S seinS exi; brought back from Thers
were two clerks in charge Of tho car. but they
escaped injury. although they were badly
,shreve Station, the point near where ;s the
disaster hamlet about ae niles
Pitssbureh. Fort Wayne and, Chicago road.
The glare Of the flames from the burning, cars
to rescue the Imprisoned passengers: Many
OF the citizens secured buckets and helped the
passengers to extinSutsh the hamss; atten EN-
prisoned W m in the burning smoker and day coach.
Two or three of them were pinioned down by
Thsy MADE e0is desperste s efforts to free them
selves as the flames swept toward them.
d hE os rss T hse hy osp
side. but the fire swept upon them SO quickly
that they finally had to stand back while the
helpless victims pinioned down in the car seats
perished before their eyes.
The bodies OF the dead saved from crema-
tion were laio out on the ground short dis
tance from the wreck and were covered with
Blankets. The injured passengers were re-
moved to hastily improvised hospitals at
Wooster and Shreve. and received the best OF
attention The passengers who were able to
trayel were taken to Alliance for breakfast
and were brought to Pittsburgh on a special
train at 3 clock this afternoon.
The cause OF the COLI sion was the neglect OF
orders on the part of the freight train crew.
The express was speeding past Shreve with
supposed clear track. The freight had been
the express to pass. The order was disre-
garded; and the freight pulled ont and was vas
headlights brought the first warning of danger
to the engineers. who simultaneously re-
verse.l their engines. This action was toe late
at full speed.