The sun., 1893-07-26
A FAIR TRAIN WRECKED.
ruIsTY d. AND O. ExoURsIONIsTs TO
CHICAGO INJURED, FIVE SERIOUSLY

r,,, Coaches or the Second Section or the
Train GO Over Ter-foot Euaha,k,snt
At Nisht-Raiis Spread st Curve-Acc,.
dent TO . New York Mail Train frou, Bos-
,o,-ono Clerk Killed, Ono Fatally Injured.
CuYAHoaA FALLS. o. July 25.-The second
.oc,ion OF a b and o. excursion train for the
worlds Fair was wrecked one mile east OF
Mup-oe Falls, on the Pittsburgh and Western
Railroad. about 1880 this morning. Spreading
oi rails caused the wreck at q point where
there is short curve in the track. Five fthe
coaches. loaded with passengers. we're thrown
down n ten-foot embankment. Nobody was
Killed outright. but thirty were injured. FIVE OF
them. 1t is thought. seriously. All Of the
maimod were taken to Akron by special
train and sent to the City Hospital About a
dozen doctors from Akron went down with
them.
The special train bearing the injured from
Munroe Falls reached Akron about 8 80 clock.
All the ambulances In the city were at the depot.
and the injured were conveyed as speedily as
possible to the City Hospital. where they re-
eeiyed the attention OF a score OF physicians.
II is impossible at this time to state how many
Of those hurt will die or how serious their
injuries are. The following are those now at
the hospit al:
q.
EP BOYER Coatesville. Pa. serious cut on head.
w,lLAx NJ MORROW. Philadelphia: he ad and back
hurt
Lort, stsrspAcx, Baltimore. Nd: left leg cut and
bruised.
J,u,sF Musr. Baltimore Md, back sprained.
PR,sk WHITE Lafayette. Pa slightly cut. OF serious
Mrs ELIZA WHITE Lafayette. Pa; shoulder dislocated
l. II. MoRxprcK. Washington. D. c.. severe scalp
= % sr.Ars Vienna Fairfax county. Va; injured in.
DR. j AILaE. baltimore; arm and rib: broken.
als a.sair COR Wsshinsto internal injuries
w SIs G.Er n, ss,.n. Washington. D. c.; severe cuts
sesut head and neck neck.
AVN, M,lLkE Washington. d. c.; hurt about head
LIiiiAs ca1srn, o.mden, n, j. arm fractured.
i. sTuARI baltimore Nd. injuries about breast and
Sturgeon three children; all escaped
When the cars left tho track many of the
tSe sSs' one most | seriously wrecked, It jumped
the rails where, the, curve WAS sharpest and
tumblinG down the embankment Seats and
timbers were piled promiscuously on the i'm
It is generally agreed that the tender Of the
second engine ttho train consisted OF ten
coaches drawn by two engines) was the first to
the rail- bolts. which then allowed the rails to
spread as the heavy cars came along,
To:day's paid admissions to the Fair were
1924.
The first section OF the wrecked train left
this city on Monday morning. the first Of a
series OF excursions to the Worlds Fair from
what is known as Trunk Line Territory. Only
about 135 tickets were sold from this point
but the additions from Philadelphia. Balti-
more. Washington. and Western points were
SO large that 1t was necessary to divide the
train into two sections.
baltimore and Ohio officials in this city ex-
planned that the spreading of the rails which
wrecked the train did not occur on the main
Pittsburgh and Western. which route was se-
lected for tho excursion trains in order to
make saving in distance OF forty miles.