Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-07

of Three Coaches and Five
Sleepers, all we'll Filled, Bound
for Chicago Jumps the Track
and Dashes into Freight at
Lindsay, Ohio-A Miracle that
the Occupants Of the Sleepers
Were not all Instantly Killed
A List of the Dead and Injured.
CLEVELAND, O., August Ga special
from Fremont, Ohio, says: A terrible
wreck occurred last night shortly after
10 o'clock at Lindsey, small village OF
about 500 inhabitants, eight miles west
Of this place, on the Lake Shore *
Michigan Southern railway. An engine
and three sleepers were badly demol-
ished and three people killed outright
while fully twenty-five were more or
less badly injured. The wreck was
caused by the collision Of west-bound
passenger train and ar east-oound
freight. Passenger train No. 8, the Pa
ctfic express due at this place at $50
o'clock, left here last night about ten
minutes late. The train consisted OF
an engine, baggage car, two express
cars, three coaches and five sleepers.
The coaches and sleepers were all well
filed with people, many of whom were
on their way to Chicago. At Lindsey,
the next station west Of here, the train
passed local freight, No. "A, which
had been side-tracked to await the pass
ing OF train No. o. The train was run
ming at full speed and passed safely un-
Til the sleepers neared the switch, close
TO the freight, when the first three
seepers jumped the track and ran into
| the engine of the freight. The engine
was wrecked and the seepers
CRUSHED LIKE EGG SHELLS.
As the sleepers were filled with pas
! sengers, IL seems a miracle that all were
not instantly killed. The scene that
! followed the collision was heartrending.
| The groans OF the dying, the shrieks OF
the injured and the Kissing OF escaping
steam combined to add horror to sight
that will long be remem oered by those
who witnessed it. Work was at once
! begun to render aid to the injured and
| those who we're imprisoned in the ruins.
The disaster was immediately re-
| ported and an extra composed OF an en-
! Rine an coach was made up at this
/ place. Doctors William Caldwell, f..
! u. Ailbish, NJ. Stamm and r. b. Meek
! had i'm the meantime been summoned,
! and the party at once proceeded to the
| scene OF the wreck. The sight that
! gree ted them was terrible. The track
! for some distance was covered with
debris, beneath which several persons
were imprisoned. Legs, hands and
arms protruded here and there from
beneath the ruins. 1t was later learned
that the dead were Engineer Edward
Lafferty, of the local ireigt;
Charles Shane, a brakeman on the
! same train.
Porter Robertson (colored), OF the
sleeper Erie" OF Chicago.
On the arrival OF the medical party
the injured were at once taken care Of,
with the united efforts Of the physicians
| of this city and Doctors Woodland and
w. L. Steirwalt, OF Lindsey.
About fifteen Of the injured who had
received wounds Of less dangerous
character after receiving surgical atten-
tion, proceeded on their westward
journey on that part OF the passenger
train which had escaped damage.
The others who received serious in
juries were taken to the Hotel Nichols
and private residences, where they are
now receiving the best OF care.
THE SERIOUSLY INJURED
are as follows:
Professor EMERSON, Of Amherst Col
lege, Gloucester, Mass, chest crushed;
! will die.
J. A. Hamilton OF Pittsburg, injured
internally, perhaps fatally.
Porter STEVENS (colored) New York,
extent OF injuries not known.
Porter PELHAM (colored) OF the
sleeper Orinoco, Chicago, injured inter
nally; very serious.
A. II. WEST, of Chicago, badly cut
not serious.
Center Fielder RYAN, OF the Chicago
base ball club, bad cuts.
Catcher Kittridge, Of the Chicago base
ball club, cut about head and body.
THOSE KILLED OUTRIGHT:
ED LAFFERTY, engineer Of local
freight No. "A, residence Elyra; mar
red and leaves a widow aud four chill
dren.
CHARLES SHANE. brakeman on freight
residence Ciaysvilie, n. Y.
Porter ROBERTSON (colored), OF the
sleeper Erie; residence Chicago.
About three o'clock in the morning
wrecking train arrived on the scene
and began the work Of clearing the
tracks for the passage of trains. About
six O'Clock a. m. the bodies Of the three
railroad men were reached and taken
from beneath the ruins. They were
taken to the morgue Of John Berer
and there put in shape for transfer tC
their different homes. The bodies were
in horrible condition and presented
most sickening sight. Arms were torn
of, legs torn and msngled, and heads
mashed out OF all semblance OF human
shape.
At noon to-day a special train ar
rived from Toledo containing the OF
ficials OF the road and an examination
and investigation was at once instl'
tuted. The wreck was cleared up 50
that the evening trains can pass oTel
this division.
Prof Emerson and Porter Pelham are
now in an unconscious condition anc
their deaths are hourly expected.
During the day thousands OF people
have driven from all parts OF this coun
81 TO visit the scene Of the disaster.