The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-07-19
FATAL WRECK.
A West Shore Express Crashes
Into Freight Train.
Five Persons Killed and Twenty More or
Less Injured-The Accident Occurs
at n Switch In the Yard Mt New
burg, N. VA List of
the Victims.

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Shore day express, No. !, due here at
1904 noon, was wrecked in the West
Shore yard in the southern part Of the
city yesterday. Six or seven persons
were killed and fifteen or twenty in
jured. Two of the dead had each an
arm torn out
The train consisted of baggage car,
three day coaches and Wagner car.
The train was we'll filed with passen-
gers. Car No. II, in which nearly all
the casualties occurred, had every seat
filled. The train was a few minutes
late at Cornwall and made the distance
from that place to the southern limit
Of Newburgh at a very rapid rate. 1t
crossed Quassick creek, mile south of
the station, ran few rods further,
under the Pennsylvania Coal Company's
bridge, then ran into an open switch
into the West Shore yard. In that yard
o train was standing ready to pull out
on the main track. The day express
engine struck the freight engine with
terrific force. The engineer jumped
and was slightly hurt. The fireman
also jumped and escaped injury. The
train crashed through the freight and
all the passenger cars were more or
less smashed.
Day coach No. II, following the sleep
er, had its side torn off, and the trucks
torn out. The scene in this car was
terrible. Several persons were killed
outright and nearly all the rest were
more less injured. Those who were
able to walk started out on foot for the
station and were seen with bruised and
bleeding faces making their way pain
fully and slowly in the hot sun.
William NJ. Callagan, of the Penn
sylvania Coal Company Office here, near
the scene, heard the crash and upon
learning the cause, sent word to the
central telephone Office to notify every
physician in the city to go to the scene,
and within half an hour there were a
dozen doctors attending to the injured.
Several clergymen were also present to
offer consolation to the severely in
jured.
The dead are: Mrs. Eliza Klemm, of
Highland Falls, n. y; "a two-year-old
daughter of Burnham Elberson, of Sc
tauket, L. l., and three unknown
women.
Unfortunately in the confusion arti-
cles that might have aided in the iden-
tifcation Of the dead were separated
from the bodies and it will be impossi-
BILE to get the names until the coroner
shall have made,his investigation.
Among those probably fatally injured
are: Jane Clark, of Catskill; John Rob-
inson, of Jersey City, and c. ]. Cistare,
who refused to give his address.
A further inquiry shows that the
statement about an open switch is in
correct The engineer OF the day ex-
press was interviewed soon after the
accident. He says as was his custom
he shut off steam just before reaching
the scene Of the accident and was run
ming at the rate of forty miles an hour.
Just as he reached the switch he felt
Jar and his engine seemed to rear
right up into the air. He realized at
once that he was off the track and
whistled for brakes. Before the brakes
took effect his engine crashed into the
freight engine. The signal was all
right, showing that the switch was
closed A few days ago four cars of a
freight train left the rails at the same
place.