Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-22
ELEVEN WERE KILLED.
The Wreck At shrsve, Q. = Neglect .
 Oxders tha Cause.

The Wreck nt shrsve, Q. = Neglect oi
 O<ders the Cause.
 SHREvE, O., Sep. 22.-The disastrous wreck on the Pittsburg & Chicago Rail- road near here early yesterday morning between the New York limited and freight train was due to neglect or mis- understanding of orders by the crew of the freight train, which had been side tracked at Wooster to allow the limited to pass.
 For some as yet unknown reason the order was disregarded and the freight pulled out and was under full head way.
 The flash of the headlights was the first warning received by the engineers, who simultaneously reversed their en- gines It was too late however, and the huge engines plunged into each other at almost full speed.
 Following is a list of the killed and in- jured.
 CHARLES SMITH, fireman.
 w. E. HAMMOND, fireman.
 G. B. MANN, postal clerk. t H. $. ALLEN, postal clerk.
 D. B. REESE, postal clerk.
 J. T. PATTERSON, postal cl srk. A. B. GLENN, brakeman. Two ladies, Espyville Pa. One lady and one child, Alliance, O. INJURED A. Bradley, engineman. Frank Burt, engineman. Joseph Ade, postal clerk. G. Starker, Pittsburg. |. D. B. Rhodes, Mahoningtown. U w. H. Brown, Huntington, Ind. NJ. Armstrong, Noblesville, Ind. . J. Ernest, Millville, Ind. - Lucox, Massillon, O. The crash was terrible as the trains came together. The engines reared high fesm the track while their momentum drove them fairly through each other and then with the hissing 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 a tumble of wood and iron \ remained. The panic stricken passengers, bruised | and stunned, were thrown from their | berths and seats. The passenger engineer, fireman, two | postal clerks and two passengers from | the express and the fireman and front brakeman on the freight train were in stantly killed. l The engineer of the freight train jumped from his engine and escaped instant \ death, but was seriously injured.
 The postal car caught fire and the flames spread rapidly to the two express cars, baggage car, smoker and first | coach.
 The night was pitchy dark but the horrible spectacle was illumined from the | rapidly burning cars.
 The accident occurred about two miles from the village of Shreve, but the coun- | try folk, trainmen'and passengers at once set about the work of rescuing those inn prisoned in the wrecked coaches.
 A messenger was dispatched to Shreve for assistance and from that point word was sent to the railway officials. As soon as the remains of the dead were carried out and the injured and inn prisoned passengers were in places of safety, attention was given to preventing the flames from spreading to the remain ing coaches and sleeping cars. 2
 By this time & wrecking train had arrived and everything possible for the comfort of the victims of the accident was promptly done by the company's officials.
 The track was cleared and traffic was resumed within three hours.
 The passengers were transferred to other coaches and started for Pitts burg where they arrived about noon.