Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-29
The Dead Passenger on the Canno,, Ball Express.

There are two tracks at Sheridan and be-
tween the two is platform. 1t was on
this place the trio were. Carmaux was
working with one of those hand trucks
common about depots. He was wheeling
this truck when the Washington accommo-
dation going West came along. Its engine
struck the truck, twisting 1t around and
throwing Carmaux over onto the East
bound track.
Caught Up by the CannonbaIl.
1t was dark and no one thought of the
cannonball express which is due in Pitts
burg at GEO. It was running on time last
night and just as Carmaux was tossed BY
one train the other caught him. He had
never touched ground, but as he was thrown
in front of the cannonball his body was
impaled on the right air tube. This was
peculiar. The two tubes jut out together
about a foot apart and why the body should
pass the first and stick on the
second is a miracle. At all events
it did, the short pipe passing
through the body near the middle.
Carmaux was pinioned tightly. He was ap-
parently standing upright with the LETT
hand lifted to his head, while the right arm
hung at his side. His eyes were bulged out
and his gaze was straight ahead. One foot
was down on the tracks and it dragged the
whole distance.
Snatched as he was from the side of Mr..
Stevenson that gentleman was dazed. Re-
covering his senses he ran into the station
and wired Temperanceville, but before the
message reached there the train had gone
by like fash. The express thundered on,
travelling almost mile minute.
The Dead Mans Ride.
In little over FIVE minutes after it left
Sheridan, the Birmingham station was
passed. As the train rushed through, the
stationmaster saw the man standing on the
pilot. He flashed the word to Fourth ave-
nue. and in just six minutes after the train
left Sheridan it was brought to standstill.
The engineer was told of the passenger he
was carrying. Soon a large crowd was
gathered around the engine Carmaux was
cold in death with both legs crushed.
The engineer and train crew tried to re-
move the body. but it was pinioned so
tightly they cosld not loosen it. The train
was started toward the Union depot with
It's HuInau lTelSHC IHTOugH LHe long Cun-
mel and down into the yards of the bril-
liantIy lighted depot, the train rushed. The
station was crowded with people and train
hands. As the electric light flashed on the
pilot Of the canncnball express an awful
sight was revealed to the men about the
station. It was appalling -Carmaux's
mouth was wide open, his eyes bulged out
and his face wore a sickening expression.
Never before had anything like this been
seen and the spectators grew sick and
turned away. All evening the trainmen
who saw the spectacle were nervous and
faint. The body was removed and taken to
the morgue, where it was viewed by many
people during the evening.
An Engineers Nerve Shaken:
At Sheridan an awful ordeal was being
gone through by the engineer of the WASH
ington accommodation. He had seen his
engine strike Carmaux, and as soon as pos
sible had stopped it. He ran back to where
. the accident had occurred, but there was
not the vestige of the man there. The pas
sengersr had by this time become excited,
and they alighted, joining in the
search. The tracks were e1am-
ined for quite distance, but