The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-08-18
DISASTROUS WRECK
On the G. q. V. & T. Railroad
Two Miles South of Here.
A FREIGHT TRAIN GOES THROUGH A
HIGH BRIDGE INTO THE HOOK
ING RIVER. ONE TRAMP
KILLED. TRAINMEN
BADLY INJURED.

(We take the following from
Tuesdays Journal which very ex
actly and fully details the most dis.
astrous accident that has happened
on our road. The work of repair
began at once, and marvellous as il
may appear, trains were crossing
Tuesday afternoon. A new iron
bridge will be built.)
At S.4s Friday evening fatal wreck
occurred on the River division OF the
c, H. v, & T., two miles south Of
Logan. The place where the wreck oc-
CURED was at bridge No. which crosses
the Hooking half mile south of Old
Town junction. The fatal train was No.
63 in charge of Conductor Walt Cush-
man; with Uriah Brown at the throttle
and Fred Moorehead, fireman: The
train consisted of caboose and eighteen
cars, and was loaded with steel billets,
railroad spikes, brick, sand and car Of
shoes. The train was preceded only 80
minutes by the regular north bound
passenger train and three freight trains.
Had the bridge gone down with one of
the heavy passenger trains of Sunday,
the loss of life would have been appall-
ing. The train approached the long
bridge at the rate of eight or ten miles
an hour and when the engine was half
on the north pier, sixteen cars dropped
into the deep river below with crash
that could be heard almost two miles.
The crew in the front end went down
and all were injured. Engineer Brown
had his jaw bone fractured in two places;
Fireman Moorehead his right arm brok-
en- and Brakeman Norris several contus-
ions about the head. The bridge was a
combination OF iron and wood, the top
part of which crashed down through the
cab knocking the occupants in every di-
rection.
Two tramps who were stealing ride,
went down with the wreck. One of
them named George H. Guest was killed
and the other, Mike Maher severely in
.ured. By letters found on the dead
man it was learned he was from Bing-
hamton, N. Y. Maher escaped from
the wreck by squeezing through an op-
ening which seemed scarcely large
enough to admit mans head. He is
now at the infrmary. His injuries con-
sisted ofseveral bad bruises and scratches
about the head. He will come around
all right. Guest was taken from the
wreck by the workmen at II O'Clock
Friday night and placed on a box car
door to await the coroner's verdict on
Saturday morning. The verdict was that
Cuest came to his death by drowning. One
eye was knocked out and several horrible !
,ashes in the left side of the head and |
emple. From letter from Guests mo-
her, found in his pocket, at the inquest it |
vas learned that he would have been of |
age on Sunday, two days after the fatal
After the inquest, Undertak.'
,r Oliver removed the remains to his un-
iertaking establishment where it was
prepared for shipment. kilograms
we're Immediately sent his parents at
An answer was received
o ship the body by express. which was
lone on the $40 train Sunday morning.
after Guest was removed
rom the wreckage the debris was set on
ire by the workmen to facilitate the
work of putting up temporary struct-
ire.
Passengers from points south on the
River division are transferred by hacks
rom Floyd's crossing to the Athens
,ranch.
The following is Fireman Moorehead's
by the JOURNAL:
"We were running about ten miles an
,our and had just crossed the bridge
Vhen it suddenly dropped without shak-
ng or swaying any. l turned SOM
and lit on the tender which
'roke loose from the engine and was ten
" twelve foot below it. l saw a string.
r sticking out over me. got up under
and saw Norris leg sticking out.
sked him if he was hurt; he said yes
The blood was dropping down on me
rom a cut in his forehead. We got
lown from the pier but could not find
Brown, so went to the target and sent
sord in. Norris went back to the wreck
nd came up town and had my arm
ixcd. This was my tlrst trip out since
he 18th of last November, when l had
ny arm broken in the same place.
lid not know there were any tramps on
he train"
The loss TO the railroad company is es-
imated at $40, 900.
W. haro hafnro re q cnnv of fho