New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-26
OVER AN EMBANKMENT
A WORLDS FAIR TRAIN WRECK
ABOUT THIRTY PERSONS INJURED ON THE
PITTSBURG AND WESTERN.
TIE b. G. O. EXCURSION WHICH LEFT HERE on
MONDAY THROWN OFF THE TRACK NEAR
MONROE FALLS, OHIO, by THE SPREAD
ING OF THE RAILS-NO NETWORK
.pAsSCNGERS HURT.

PASSENGERS HURT
| Cuyahoca Falls Ohio. July 25.-The second sec
ton Of the Baltimore and Ohio express. on the
| Pittsburg and Western Railroad, west bouni. was
wrecked one mile west of Monroe Falls ut about
4 80 o'clock this morning Spreading OF the
| rails caused the accident. which occurred on
short curve. Five Of the coaches, loaded with
passcn gtrs, most OF whom were on their way 70
Chicago, were thrown down ten-foot cmbank'
mcnt Nobody was killed outright, but thirty
persons were injured. five of them it Is though''
tcriausly. The special train bearing the M
ured from Monroe Falls reached Akron about
| 80 o'clock this morning. All the ambulanccs
in the city were ut the station, and the Injured
were conveyed to the City Hospital The fol-
| lowing is n list Of those now under treatment
at the hospital
| ALLEN. DR.. J. r.. baltimore: arm and ribs broken.
BOYER. ". p Coatesvc. penn: serious cut on hcad.
CORE Mrs. Maggie. Washington; Internal injuries ""o
broken.
| CRAMER Lillian. Camden. ". j.; arm fractured.
| FORBES Isabel Camden, y. j.. head cut
| uEILE. Henry T.. Philadelphia back sp' aimed
HUNT Mrs. Leila. Baltimore: heid cut
| NICE II. NJ. Camden. n. j.. cuts Oh head and back
MILLER Anna Washington hurt about head. arms and
MODE n. c.. washin gton; wound In head.
MODE w. A., Washington; back injured
MoREDICK /. H., Washington; severe scalp wound
w,
hurt
MUSE James f.. Baltimore; back sprined.
SMITH Mrs.. Mary N. Washington; severe cuts about
head and neck.
| STATS r. o. Vienna. Va; injured internally.
sTEIN4ACK Louis Baltmorc left leg cut and bruised.
STUART L.. Baltimore; injuries about breast and head
TURGEON. Mrs. Lena. cut about head
WHITE Mrs Eliza, Lafayette. Penn. shoulder dislo-
Gated
| WHITE. Frank Lafayette. Penn; slightly cut.
When the cars left the track many OF the
passengers asleep. The last coach was the
one most seriously wrecked. 1t jumped the rails
where the curve was the sharrcst and plunged
along the tics about fifty yards before tumbling
down the cmbankment. Seats and timbers were
piled promiscuously on the imprisoned passengers
Fortunately for them. there was no fire to ignite
the coaches, or there might have been repe-
| tition Of the Ravcnna disaster of July 3, 1921.
II il impossible to tell exactly what caused the
spreading of the rais-probably heavy trains
which have been running 10 handle the World 8
Fair traffic 1t was generally agreed that the
tender Of tho second engine was the first 10 leave
the track. The train consisted OF ten coaches
drawn BY two engines. Gre theory IL that 1t
l0oscned the rail bolts, which then allowed the
rails 10 spread the heavy ears came along
Akron. Ohio July 2j.-The track used by the
Baltimore and Ohio from PittsbuTg to Akron Is
owned by the Pittsburg and Western Company,
with which company traffic agreement has been
made by the Baltimore and Ohio While the
wrecked train was a regular Baltimore ana ONO
train officials of that road insist that the fIttS-
burg and c,estcrn should be held responsible for
any defect in rails or tics