The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-07
A pIsAsrRous WREcK.

A Freight smashup Between Pittsburgh
and Cumberland-Two Trainmen Buried
In the Ruins,
PITrsRuRaH, Pa, Feb. GA disas-
trous wreck occurred at a. IN. at viii.
liams station, twelve miles this sido Of
Cumberland, on tho Baltimore & Ohio
railroad. Two men are under the
wreck, and are no doubt dead; another
is fatally injured and several others
badly hurt.
Those under the wreck who are sup
posed to be dead are;
George Wallace, engineer, married
and lives at Connellsville.
John Nez, conductor for Wallace,
married, and also lived at Connells-
vile.
The names Of the injured as far as OBJ
tainable are:
William INLAND, fireman OF train No.
"A. He is married and lives at Glen
wood; will die.
Conductor Dunlap and Flagman
Grimes, both badly injured.
The names Of the rest OF the crews
who were injured could not be learned.
The accident occurred at the foot OF
the mountain, An extra train known
as the Sand Patch Drag, was eastbound
with about twenty cars, all loaded.
They were being hauled by engine No.
44G. Running on extra time 1t was
closely followed by train No. "a, hauled
by engine No. 1865, with Engineer Wal
lace and William INLAND in the cab.
They hauled twenty-five loaded cars.
Coming down the steep grade above
Williams Station, the heavy train be-
came unmanageble and the icy condi-
tion OF the track made it impossible for
the engineer and crew to manage 1t.
The brakes were whistled for and the
air applied, but to no avail, and the
runaway train increased its speed at
every revolution. The crew stuck to
their posts, knowing it was sure death
to Jump. They felt that they would
reach the bottom Of the hill in safety.
The train had at tanned q terrible speed,
but kept the rails.
The crew thought that all the danger
was over when nearing the foot OF the
hill, but the engineer and fireman were
Mortified to see q train on the track
ahead OF them. It was impossible to
stop and Engineer Wallace gave several
shrill whistles to warn the trainmen
ahead and q moment later there was an
awful crash. Cars were thrown in the
air and crumbled as il pasteboard boxes.
Tho uninjured men OF the two crews
and others ran to the rescue of the miss
ing men. Conductor Dunlap, Flagman
Grimes and Fireman William inland
were taken out badly cut and bruised.
INLAND was terribly injured and will
die. Others Of the crew were not so
badly injured. No trace could be found
OF Engineer Wallace and Conductor
Nez OF the runaway train. The men
worked hard, but up until daylight no
trace OF them could be found. The tons
and tons OF debris will have to be re-
moved before their fate will be known.
Engine No. 1865 ploughed through
the rear end OF the Sam Patch Drag for
several cara length, demolishing the
cars and piling them up and throwing
the contents In the air. Twenty cars ol
the drag were wrecked and four Of No.
74were demolished. The cab and nearly
everything on the, boiler Of engine No
1866 was torn oil. II was the largest
engine on the road.
At the Baltimore & Ohio depot, in
this city, no later particulars could be
learned, as the wires arc down.
A special dispatch from Connellsville
| gives the following additional particu.
lars OF tho wreck: George Wallace and
John Nez, the two trainmen reported
killed in the Baltimore & Ohio wreck al
Williams this morning, resided hero,
Wallace was considered one OF the old
est and most trustworthy men in the
employ OF the Baltimore & Ohio compa.
ny. John Nez, tho conductor reported
killed, was soon to have been promoted
to a passenger conductorship. Fol
many years ho was a baggagomaster
and only recently took charge Of Q
freight train. William INLAND tho fac
man on engine 1855, who was fatally
injured, is a brother Of Michael inland,
the Baltimore 4 Ohio fireman who was
murdered at Yoder's eiding last spring
by G. Feuher. Engine 1885 seems Il
ba unlucky, 1t was in tho Indiar
Greek wreck, last summer, and only re
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