Milford chronicle., 1893-08-25
Two Trains Wrecked.

Passenger train No. 81 was wreckedat Por.
ter's station, on the Delaware railroad, at
about u. 20 O'Clock Wednesday morning
The engineer, James A. Grub; the Gre.
man, William B. Wheatey, and Freight
Brakeman Carey were injured. No passeu-
gers we're hurt
Wilmington, at 1902 A. N. in charge of
( Conductor Thomas Lewis At about I O'Clock
orders we're received in Wilmington, from
Superintendent Holidays Office at Clayton,
ordering a special train to be sent to Port
er's, carrying physicians to the relief Of the
! passengers of train No. 81 wrecked at that
station. The special train was ordered out
| at once and at I. 80 O'Clock DR.. ]. A. Draper
and Dr. Howard Ogle left for the scene Of
the accident.
The relief tram Of an engine and one
coach, which left the station at T. so with the
surgeons, reached Wilmington again at $40
O'Clock.
The wounded were at once transferred
from the car to other conveyauces.
Engineer Grub was able to walk. He
was helped from the car and was carried to
transfer coach and sent to his home. He
was hurt in the back and not apparently very
seriously
Brakeman Carey was carried from the car
on stretcher. His injuries are serious. His |
right foot was badly mashed He was sent /
~ tue AElhMdIE AAOsBlAdl III lhN pQllEG RdklQl D
wagon. He lives at No. 32S East Fourth .
street.
Fireman William Wheatley is the most
seriously hurt of the three, He is apparently
broken all up His head and face were COW
cred with blood and he was badly mashed
across the hips. His injuries are believed to
be fatal. He was sent to the Delaware Hos
pital in the ambulance.
PARTICULARS OF THE ACCIDENT.
The Norfolk express train, known on the
railroad as train No 81, left Wilmington at
1907 O'Clock aud was one minute late.
Her time to MiddletowH, the first stop, is
forty three minutes, which is slow time fer ,
an express train. Porter's is but fourteen
miles from Wilmington and she arrived there
On time.
Just after the express had passed Porter's
she struck the rear end Of a freight train )
which had either just started or else was t
standing still c
No one seems to just which, but the rear
snd was unprotected by a fagman, and
or this reason it is supposed that the train
lad Just started.
When Engineer Grubb saw the freight he
lid all that he could under the circumstances, n
)ut the collision could not be prevented then. i
rhe engine crashed into the rear end of the
reight train.
Three freight cars were crushed. The
ront of the engine was also crushed in and
he baggage car on the Norfolk Express
rain was wrecked.
When the collision occurred Engineer RI
srubb was thrown from the car window and e
lis back injured in that way. p
Wheatley was caught in the wreckage.
Carey the brakeman on the freight train,
7as in the caboose on the fieight when the
ccideut occurred and had his feet caught in
he wreckage.
PEACH TRAIN WRECKED v
A rear-end collision between two peach
aims at Middletowu Tuesday afternoon de-
-royed about 1000 baskets of peaches.
The accident occurred on the curve and
ut at St. Aun's crossing, a. short distance
Glow Middletowu, at 5 O'Clock. Seven car -,
nd one engine we're wrecked. The ears "
ere piled up across the tracks, both of ;,
hich we're torn up, stopping travel for six VI
ours. Engineer Joseph Barley of engine
o. y had his right arm badly bruised and
as brought to this city shortly after the ac-
dent He has been in the employ of the
ilroad company for thirty years and this is hC
e first serious accident to a train under his &c
ire. ca
The tracks were badly torn up. The cars
ere piled up on both sides of the cut and
lie peaches were scattered over a large
ea. The people Of Middletown tnrned out
force, and being unable to aid in clearing
e track, nelpeu themselves very freely 10 Dc
e fruit One witness to the wreck said de
at he believed all the people in Middletown m
ere at the wreck in ten minutes after it =,
ippeued, and everybody seemed to be ~ ~
itheriug up the peaches. ~
A wreck train was sent from Clayton to a
ear the tracks. The engine was badly be
ashed about the head and had its pilot car NJ
ed away. It was sent to Wilmington for by
pairs. Passenger traffic was resumed at be
O'Clock at night. ca