The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-09
FIFTH Edition.
KILLED In A COLLISION.

A Northern Central Passenger Train
Crushes Into u w. a. N. Extra
Freight
At Chadd's Ford Junction on the
Wilmington aud Northern Railroad
this morning, extra passenger train
No. "a. over the Baltimore Central
Railroad, collided with the extra freight
train which leftIt hislcityat 7.20 O'Clock,
killing engineer Phillips OF the passen-
ger train and in1uring anumber OF the
passengers.
The passenger train was composed
OF four oars, three day coaches and a
baggage car, nil we'll filled with pas.
sengers. Engineer Phillips left Phlla-
delphia little behind time and wish
ing to make II up ran his locomotive
very fast.
At Chadd's Ford Junction the opera
tor had displayed the red paddle
against the Baltimore Central train.
Engineer Phillips train was soon In
sight, and whether he failed to see the
danger signal or thinking he could
cross the Wilmington aud Northern
track ahead of the freight train Is un-
known.
When the passenger train was With
In 80 feet OF the crossing. locomotive
No. IA, Of the w. Il N. Company, Just
crossed the track. Engineer Phillips,
seeing that a collision was unavoidn-
BILE, reversed his engine. The fireman
then jumped from the cab and within
five seconds the train crashed into
two of the freight cars, breaking them
Into kindling wood and demollshing
the passenger locomotive and baggage
Car.
The work OF rescue was then begun.
Enitr frafr hf nd the, lnnnun at uA
and baggage car of the passenger
train left the track and were q mass of
splintors In he hollow below. Engi.
neer Phillips was found beneath the
debris Death must have been Instan.
taneous. Ills body was removed to a
house near by and the work continued.
A number OF passengers were also
plnioned beneath the wreck, but none
OF them are thought to be seriously
injured.
When the collision occurred largo
pieces of flying timber struck the sta
ton there badly damaging 1t.
The engineer on the Wilmington u
Northern Railroad train says the track
was open to him. He reached the
crossing at $50 O'Clock and was una.
ware that an extra express train was
being run over that road. When the
collision occurred the locomotive had
only drawn six cars across the track.
The fireman of the extra passenger
train says he noticed the red signal
and thought Philips did also When
he noticed that the locomotives speed
was not decreasing and they wero in
in sight of the freight train, he
jumped from the cab, thereby saving
his life.
The dead engineer is said to have
resided In Philadelphia where he has a
family. He was said to have been one
OF the best engineers on the road and
never before hud disregarded any
signal.
About twenty feet of the track at the
junction was torn up. The wrecking
gang expect to have the roads open
for travel by A o'clock, meantime all
the passenger trains over both roads
are being transferred at the junction.
All the trains arriving In this city are
from one to two hours late.
The passengers on the Baltimore
Central Road consider their escape
from instant death miraculous one.
Most OF them We're on their way to
Baltim ore on Visits. When the train
ran into the freight the three passen-
ger ours were left standing on the
track. II they had gone over the elm.
bankmant great loss Of lie would
have been the result.