Evening journal., 1893-12-07
DUG FROM PILED LIME.
One Man Killed and Three
Injured at Stanton.
FREIGHT TRAIN NO, lo8 WRECKED.

thbldhf IhAlN NO, LOB WRECKED.
IL Broke Into Two Sections While Running
at Full Speed and when the Forward
Cars Were stopped the Rear Section
Crashed Into II Making KindlIng wood
ofa Half Dozen Cars.
Stantop the quiet little village six
miles south Of Wilmington, was to day
the scene of fatal accident that made
It's Inhabitants shudder The disaster
occurred at $50 o'clock and was
something that has not been
seen here before for years. a
railroad wreck. One man lost his life
IN the wreck and four others were dug
out Of the remains Of carload Of lime,
more dead than alive
While coming up the road, extra freight
train No lOS, going at full speed, broke
into two sections. The break was first
noticed by the operator at frices, who
sent a telegram to Stanton
to hold the train as Il
was broken. The train was signalled
at Stanton 20 stop, aud when the enel.
neer applied his brakes the whole FIRST
section Of the broken train came to a
sudden standstill
Then there was fearful crash The
rear end OF the train, which had Jagged
few yards behind the first end, crashed
into the forward cars, smashing them to
kindling wood.
fTnra IrttwI..I No.. =.
The train was made up Of twenty Eve
cars heavily loaded with lime and lum-
ber The railroad, at this section. Ia
built on high embankmeut anc on
each side of the track is
A deep ditch Four cars were
hurled down these embankment
sides, one on the one side and three on
the other.
Five Tramps Were ON One Car.
On q lime car five tramps we're riding.
I Nhomns Powers, one OF the tramps met
hla death thore Charles Brown. OF Bal
iimpfc, Neil Roach, Of binghamton. n
Y John Courtney also OF Bingham.
ton aud an unknown tramp who pro.
ceded IN the railroad after the wreck
Brown was uuinjured
koach's collar bone was broken.
Courtney thigh was crushed
Tine crippled men were taken 10 Che
| railroad station 40 stanton TO await
n edical aid. which had been aummoned
from Wilmington. nrs. Morgan aud
Oglo loft the p w. & station at IL
o clock la a special car aud they were
joined there by Dr. Springer, Of Chris
ii,ne
None Of the Trainmen suffered.
The injured men we're taken to
tic Homeopathic Hospital and
the dead man removed to the
mJrgue The crew Of the train
escaped uninjured. John Riley was the
conductor and Joln Forbes was the en-.
glneer.
Piles Wreokage Twenty Feet nigh.
At / o'clock the wreck trainmen, who
were hard at work on the north bound
track, succeeded in clearing a passage
way for the delayed trains, but the
south bound tracks are covered with a
mass Of telescoped and smashed cars TO
the height Of twenty feet in some places.
The Event Stirred the villagers.
People Of Stanton and vicinity drove
out to the scene Of the wreck In car
riages, while scores OF curious men and
boys walked from neighboring towns.
Trains Go and Come Via Porter's.
During the morning and until late
this afternoon the trains both
north bound aud south-bound over the
Maryland division we're ordered
to 20 around by way Of Porter's station.
In this way the trains only lost about a
half hour each, although they had to run
! rapidly TO hold the delayed time down 10
thirty minutes.
IL Might Have Been Worse.
Powers, the man who WAS killed, was
badly manglei. There is a large cut on
I his head On his body and legs were
other cuts and bruises He was so COW
cred with lime aud blood that IL was hard
r 20 tell whether be was black OF white
After the other men had their injuries
dressed they sat about the station ard
Y ohatted aud laughed as # nothing hsc
. happened
r The northbound track was not opened
/ nuiil after 2 o'clock There were {
! number of tank cars tdlled with coal OF
!, and " they had caught'fire the accident
would have been much worse
Telegraph poles were knocked down hl
/ the heavy weight thrown on them anC
5 many wires ara down
Broken cars we're thrown over thes'
a aud tangled up in the wire The hun
d dred or more men worked ike beavers 9,
= clear the tracks They did not stop Il
s eat any dinner.