Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-21
ANOTHER NEGLIGENT OPERATOR.
He Allowed Two Trains Within One BlocI
and Collision Occurred.

He Allowed Two Trains Within One Block
and Collision Occurred.
HARRIsBURa, Pa. Jan. 21.-A repetition of
the awful Dock street wreck on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad in this city last summer oc-
CURED at Docklow, the first station
east of Steel,on, this morning about 4
O'Clock. Fast line east, which leaves here
at 3:i5, stopped on the block to repair the air
brake, which was out of order, when the second
section crashed into the rear. demolishing the
Wiiliamsport sleeper, in which were four pas
sengers.
The car caught fire from the locomotive Of
the second section and was partially destroyed
Prof. Henry ". Rolfe. assistant professor of
English literature in the University of Pennsyl-
yania. was returning from Williamsport, where
be delivered a lecture last night. He was Sc
riously hurt about the back, but the
hospital physicians have not vet
learned the extent of his INJURIES Arthur A.
Stern. a Wholesale jeweler of New York is also
at the hospital He is injured about the hips
Two others were hurt. but not seriously. Prof
Rolfe was doubled up between the upper and
lower berths and almost surocated BY the
escaping steam. Stern climbed through a win
dow with nothing to protect him from the
bitter cold but an undershirt.
Ii Is said the operator at Steelton Is re-
sponsibie for allowing the second section to
enter the block before the first section had left
il. All the physicians in the city were aroused.
the first report being that eighteen were killed
and many injured.
The Pullman Car completely telescoped
by the engine OF the second section, which is
I the same engine that was involved in the Dock
street wreck about a year ago. 1t was entirely
di>mantlyd-
The Official list Of the injured is as follows:
A. A. Stern, New York, aged twenty-six, con-
tusion of left hip, injuries not serious; Prof. H.
phflaHalnhta int int liz
probably recover; JEFF Ingram, Pull
man conductor. silght injuries about chest:
Mrs. Weller, Chicago, cut abont head; injuries
slight. W. Ackhurst, Greenville, Ill. confusion
of foot. J. F. Sipe, Cleveland. Ohio, right
wrist cut: injuries slight Alfred Belxnap,
. Philadelphia, injured about lower part Of BODY;
| no; serious. Clement Ciambre. supposed to be
| from Philadelphia, slight cuts about head
All except RClfe and Stern proceeded TO their
destination on special train with other belated
passengers. Tho Stee!ton operator has ad-
mitted his carelessness in allowing the second
section to enter the block.
AN ACCIDENT on TEE BIG YOUR
TxERz HAurE, IND. Jan. 2l.-The fast pas
senger train on the Big Four road known a,
the No. IS, the southwestern limited, due here
at 1880 pm, jumped the track between st.
Louis and Terre Haute about O'Clock this morn.
| ing.
The accident occurred near Litchfeld. The
| reports that have reached here are that the en-
gineer, fireman and baggageman were killed
and that a number of passengers were injured
| The train left the track and went in the ditch
ST. LoUIs, Mo-, Jan. 2l.-A special to the
! Post Despatch from Alton, H., saws: One o,
the most frightful accidents tn Il ever occurred
in or near this city happened at Q O'Clock
this morning at Alton junction, four miles
| from here on the Cleveland Cincinnati, Column
bus and st. Louis railroad. The southwestern
limited train from the east was thirteen minutes
late and came into Wann, the station at the
1 junction, at the rate Of forty miles an hour
| and ran into an open switch. crashing into a
train Of freight cars containing a number OF
| oil tanks.
| Two OF the oil tanks were split open and the
| oil caught fire. which spread to the other tank
box and fat cars and the entire train is now
burning up. The passenger engineer, W. H.
! Ross. brayely remained on his engine to put on
the air brakes and was killed. He lived at Mat.
! toon, III.
Fireman Whiteman escaped by jumping The
engine and the combination baggage car and
smoker have been damaged. and eight oil tanks
eight box cars and SIX flats now being rap
idly eaten up by the fire. The loss will prob
| ably reach Sl00. 900.
| The passengers were greatly shaken up, bu,
none OF them were seriously injured. specia
| train with physicians has gone from here &c
/ the wreck