Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
A B. 8 0. TRAIN WRECKED.
Thirty Passengers Injured, Five of
Them Seriously.


express, west bound, was wrecked one mile
east OF Munroe Falls, about 4.30 o'clock
this morning. Spreading OF the rails
caused the wreck, at point where there is
a short curve in the track.
Five of the coaches. loaded with passen-
gers. most of whom were on their way to
Chicago, were thrown down at 10-foot em-
bankment.
Nobody was killed outright, but 30 were
injured, five of them, it is thought, sori-
ously. ~
All OF the manned were taken to Akron
by a special train, and sent to the city hos
pital. About dozen doctors from Akron
went down with them.
LIST OF THE INJURED.
AKRON, o., July 25.-The special train
bearing the injured from Munroe Falls
reached Akron about $50 o'clock. All
the ambulances in the city were at the
speedily as possible to the City Hospital,
where they received the attention of
score of physicians.
1t is impossible at this time to state how
many OF those hurt will die, or how seri-
ious all their injuries are. The following
is list of those now at the hospital:
Henry F. Heile, Philadelphia, back
serious cut on head; William M. Morrow,
Philadelphia, head cut and back hurt;
Louis Steinback, Baltimore, left leg cut
and bruised; James Il. Muse, Baltimore,
back sprained; Frank White, Lafayette,
Pa, slightly cut, not serious; Mrs. Eliza
White, Lafayette, Pa, shoulder dislocated;
l. II. Moredick, Washington, D. O.,
severe severe scalp wound; F. +, Q. ,,,sa;aas, staats,
injured internally; DIR. J. II. Allen, Balti-
more, arm and ribs broken; w. A. Mode,
Washington, d. c., back mjureG II. 9.
| Mode, Washington, D. c., wound N head;
Mrs. Maggie Core Washington, ID. O., in
ternal injuries and arm broken; Mrs. Mary
N. Smith, Washington, D. O., severe cuts
about head and neck; Mrs. LEILA Hunt,
Baltimore, head cut; Anna Miller, Wash.
ington, d. G., hurt about head, arms and
side; Lillian Cramer, Camden, N. j., arm
fractured; Isabel Forbes. Camden, N. j..
head cut; H. NJ. Mice, Camden, N. j., cuts on
head and back; L. Stuart, Baltimore, in.
| juries about breast and head; Mrs. Lena
Sturgeon, cut about head. With Mrs
Sturgeon were three children, all of whom
escaped.
When the cars left the track many of tht
passengers were asleep. The last coach wa
the one most seriously wrecked. 1t jumped
the rails where the curve was the sharpes
and plunged along the ties for about s.
yards before tumbling down the embank
ment. Seats and timbers were pilet
promiscuously on the imprisoned passen
gers. Fortunately for them, there was N
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handle the Worlds Fair traffic. 1t is gen
orally agreed that the tender of the sec9n
dras,,, dse Nv. h., tn,n aneinsss a,as ~ q f;rst
asns Any ~ tr"cv ywv tIns thsarv IL Wat
/ ioosened the rail bolts, which then ailowe
the rails to spread as the heavy cars cam
, along.
AKRON, q, July 25.--baitimore onl
raiiroaa otiiciais qoJeSy 70 ene m uhmqua,ane ane
ssasee tho;r Sa, i;ne s Tha ,roc,r useS bv II
i RaIt;more & Ohio from pittsbure to Akro
Is owned by the Pittsburg 4 Western Con
y pany, with whom a traffic agreement hi
/ been made by the Baltimore a. Obi
While it was a regular Baltimore q ph
(, tram. oiiicials OF that ROAD CLAIM tnat :.
rMs0nrg o. Mestern f shOu9 ra;is ~ ~ uesu ,;es
+ 9po''ioie iot any l--i uo-eeS - i"i'' u 'i|'
NOT THE WILMINGTON spEcIAJ
/, II was at first supposed that the wreck,
= train was the special, consisting of an e
9 gine and II cars, that passed through tn
= CITY AZ noon MONDAY, ana LOOK on aDo
" Fair INQUIRY at the Delaware aven