Evening journal., 1892-09-21
WRECKED ON THE RAIL
Fire and Death in Collision in
Ohio.
ELEVEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES

An Express Train CoIlides With Past
Freight and Both Engines are Telescoped
and Ditched Fire Breaks out and Gre
mates Bodies Of the Dead-A Scene Of
Horror.
IBy Telegraph 10 the Evening Journal
PfTTsBUBG, Sept 2i.-Seven people
were killed and two injured; five passen-
ger cars burned up, two engines
and FIVE freight cars demolished in a ter
rible head-on collision at Shreve o., ON
the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago
railroad early this morning.
The colnding trains were section No
1 of freight train lj and express train No.
s due in Pittsburg from Chicago at 8
o'clock The cause 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
only give out a general statement. From
the latter source il was learned that the
limited mail No. 8. was speeding past
Shreve with a supposed clear track. The
freight had been ordered to lay on o sid
ing at aWooster to allow the express 20
pass.
For some as yet unknown reason the
order was disregafded and the freight
pulled out and was under full headway
when the fash of the headlight was the
first warning received by the engineers
who simultaneously reversed their en-
gines. 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 along
side 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.
Death Followed the Crash.
With the first crash the lives of the
doomed went out. The engineer. fireman,
two postal clerks and two passengers
from the express, and the fireman and
front brakeman on the freight train
were instantly killed The engineer oi
the freight train jumped from his engine
and escaped instant death, but was
seriously injured.
Fire Adds It's Horror.
The postal car soon caught fire anC
spread rapidly to the two express cars
baggage car, smoker and first coach. Tn,
mi ght was pitchy dark, but the horrible
spectacle was illumined with n brilliant
glare from the rapidly burning caIs.
The accident occurri ed about tw
miles from the village of Shreve, bu
the country folk, trainmen and passeng
ers at once set about the work of rescu
ing those imprisoned in the wreckc,
coaches. A messenger was dispatches
to Shreve for assistance, and from tina
point word was sent to the railway OH
cials.
As soon as the remains Of the dead wer
carried out and the injured and impris.
oned passengers were In places of safety
attention was gives to preventing tn
flames from spreading to the remainin
coaches and sleeping cars.
BY this time "a wreclIing train had al
rived and everything possible for the con
fort of the passengers was promptly don
by the company officials. The track wa
! cleared and traffic resumed within thre
e hours. The passengers were transfeTe
to other coaches and started for Pitt
/ burg.
4 An Omciai Account.
u The following official statement and lii
of killed and injured Is given to the Unite
!. Press by General Superintendent Wat
> of the Pennsylvania Company: "About
Z o'clock this morning trains g and
: first section) collided near Shreve, O
: ditching both engines. One postal ca
= tive express cars, one baggage car, OF
y smoker, one coach were destroyed by I'll
. and FIVE freight cars were broken u
= No. g was one hour and a-half late az
, first and second 70 pulled out on ma
track against her.
n The Killed and Injured.
'Killed: Charles Smith and w.
Hammond, fremen; George B. Man
II Il. S. Allen, ID. f. Rese and j. II. Patte
!, son, postal clerks; T.. f. Glenn, brak
man; two women from Espyville, Pa
le one woman and child, from Alliance, O.
injured: A. Bradley and Frank Bun
Of enginemen; Joseph Ade, postal cler
is G. Starker Pittsburg; d. 3. Rhode
Us Mahoningtown, Pa W. Ii. Brow
le Huntington. Ind NJ Armstrong Noble
r. vile, Ind j. Ernest, Millyille, n.
- LucO xMassilon, 0.