Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1893-07-25
TOURISTS SAD FATE.
Many Eastern People Injured
in a Big Wreck.
MANNED AT AN AKRON HOSPITAL

MANNED AT AN AKRON HOSPITAL
Spreading of the Rails Caused the Wreck
at Point Where There is Short Curve
in the Track-Impo possible TO State How
Many of the Hurt WIN Die, or How
Serious Their Injuries Are-Five
Coaches Were Thrown Down a Ten
Foot Embankment. FEzs &
CUYAHoeA FALLS, Ohio, July 25.-The
second section of the Baltimore and Ohio
express, west bound, was wrecked one
mile east of Munroe Falls about A 30 this
morning.
Spreading of the rails caused the
wreck at a point where there is short
curve in the track Five of the coaches,
loaded with passengers, most of whom
were on their way to Chicago, were
thrown down ten-foot embankment.
Many Seriously Injured.
Nobody was killed outright but Thirty
were injured, FIVE of them, it is thought
seriously. All Of the mained 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 30
o'clock.
Attended by Scores of Physicians.
All ambulances in the city were at
the depot and the injured were conveyed
as speedily as possible to the city hospi
tai, where they received the attention of
a score of physicians It is impossible
at this time to state how many of those
injured will die, or how serious all their
injuries are.
Names of the Injured.
The following is list of those now at
the hospital:
HENRY F. HEILE, Philadelphia, back
sprained.
n. P. BOYER, Coatesville, Pa, seriously cut on
head.
WILLIAM NJ. MORRow. Philadelphia, head
and back hurt.
LOUIS sTEIEBEoK, Baltimore, left leg cut
and bruised.
JAMES e. MUSE, Baltimore. back sprained.
FRANK WEI1E, Lafayette, Pa, slightly cut,
not serious.
Mrs. ELIZA WHITE, Lafayette, Pa, shoul-
der disocated.
II. h. MoREDIcK, Washington, D. c., severe
scalp wound
f. o. STATS, Vienna, Fairfax county, Va,
injured internally.
DIR. J r. ALLEN. Baltimore, arm and ribs
broken.
WA. MODE, Washington, D. c., back in
jured.
H. G. NODE, Washington, D. c., wound in
head.
Mrs. MAGGIE CORE. Washington. D. c., in
ternal injuries and arm broken.
Mas. MARY n. SMITH, Washington, D. c..
severe cuts about head and neck.
Mrs. LEILA HUNT, Baltimore, Nd. head cut.
ANNA MILLER, Washington, D. c., hurt
about head. arms and side.
LILLIAN CRAMER, Camden, n. j., arm frac-
tured.
ISABEL FORBES, Camden, n. j.. head cut.
H. N. MICE, Camden, N. j., cut on head and
back.
l.. STUART, Baltimore, Nd, Injuries about
breast and head,
Mrs LENA STURGEON. cut abont head. With
Mrs. Sturgeon were three children; all es-
capped.
When the cars left the track many
of the passengers we're asleep. The
last coach was the one most seriously
wrecked. 1t jumped the rails where
the curve was the sharpest and plunged
along the ties about fifty yards before
tumbling down the embankment.
Seats and timbers were piled promis-
cuously on the imprisoned passengers.
Fortunately for them there was no
fire to,ignite the old coaches or there
would have been a repetition of the
horrible Ravenna disaster of July 3.
1891.
It is impossible to tell exactly what
caused the spreading of the rails, pro
badly the heavy trains which the
Baltimore & Ohio has been running to
handle the Worlds Fair traffic.
1t is generally agreed that the tender
Of the second engine (the train con-
sisted of ten coaches drawn by two
engines) was the first to leave the track
One theory is that it loosened the rail
bolts which then allowed the rails tc
spread as the heavy cars came along.