Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-04
AVERY SERIOUS WRECK.
The Negligence of an Engineer on the
Panhandle Road
Causes the Serious Injury Of a Number Of P'oPla
The Fast Mail Tram Colhdes With
Freight West Of Stsubsnyille-Did Not
Heed the Signals on Section No. Il


.Spsridi Telegram 20 ale Nrs''-''-
SrrrFENv11rE, May 3.-One OF those
f~igbtful wrecks that could be avoided
win a little care occurred this morning
M g.3O ou the Panhandle railroad al
NcLsndsborodgh milk station, thirty
hye miles west Of this city.
\, - the fast train that arrives
here about five o'clock in the morning,
f.. always composed of two sections.
The frst carries SleeperS and mail cars
and the latter baggage, mail aud passen-
,s- cars. The fact OF there being TWO
sections makes the accident less eXcuS-
gble. The first section passed Nc
T,rdsboroucb station all right and on
-Ir,s A freight train was on the sid
iry rbs engineer I'M charge being Al
ue-5v. but Notwithstanding the opera
-.r had displayed the two green HagS,
s.corinr that another section was FOL
lowing the first, the freight train pulled
..., I'm the main track and collided with
-r. section of No. = beyond the
station.
There is rule among engineers tnat
mon approaching station a signal OF
SO, whistles shall be sounded. ms
Engineer Hardy claims Engineer Boo
Buchanan, of 40. ., did not do, out In
..oniriop OF railroad men, this does
ror excuse him In the least degree be-
.erse the TWO green flags is the signal
n-oyided by the company and the whiS-
f.e. are lust merely an extra precautlOn-
a-y measure agreed upon among them
selves Iu addition the front brakeman
of tbe freight train claims he Informed
Errireer Hardy that the first section OF
so. . mad signals on her.
The passenger train was running al
the rate of fOrty-tve miles an nour' ana
when the two engines came together 10
was with a terrible crash. When the
smoke. ciuderS, flying SpHnterS, &c.,
had cleared away, it was found that
r.tb engines were almost totally de-
.froved. and the tender, baggage car
and a new mail car that was being taken
Boz PIttsourg % be put into service, were
almost literally ground into the earth
by the heavy baggage cars, while sew
.-aI other cars were badly broken and
the track torn up for a considerable dis
tauce.
An inventory Of the results OF the
collision on the passengers and others
showed that one person was fatally,
several seriously and number OF Otn-
ers painfully Injured
The injured are; r. l.. Seeley, son
of Dr. Seeley, superintendent OF the
Cincinnati Iuiirmary, who was stealing
"A ride ON the freight train; fatally. He
WAS throwa into a ditch by the side Of
rfa track and his head mashed in, side
of the face all torn, both ears nearly
cgt of and body bruised and hurt
tramp named KallOp had knee
.ap knocked of aud was badly injured
otherwise.
Bob Buchanan, engineer OF NO. ., was
badly hurt iuternrIly by jumping from
uis engine.
Alex. Dunbar. Of Birmingham, Ala,
passenger, had his head badly cut.
Miss Wiser. of Northumberland, Pa,
a passenger, sustained a severe cut on
The head and other injuries. She was
iusensibie for some time.
c. Il. Peterson, OF Washington county,
Kas., a passenger, was also shocked ln-
sensible.
Parvu Wright, Of Indianapolis, Ind,
a passenger, was cut about the head aud
face.
Rosamond Hughes, Of Philadelphia, a
passenger, was cut on the head aud
bruised about the body.
All the passengers were badly shaken
uo. and one described the sensation as
If someone had hit him violently on the
back, knocking the breath out Of his
body and rendering him lnSensible TO
the surroundings for few seconds.
The traiumen all jumped and none OF
them were injured, except Engineer
Buchanan. OF No. .. The authorities OF
the road will investigate into the causes
Of the accident, and the true inwardneSs
VIII likely be known In few days.