Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-04
WHEEL FLANGE BROKE
Railway Disaster Five Miles From
Wheeling.
Two Persons Killed and n Small Num-
Der Injured-Cars Piled High in an
Almost Inextricable MISS.

The worst railroad wreck in the immedi-
ate vicinity of Wheeling for many years
occurred yesterday at Elm Grove, five miles
east on the Pittsburg division of the Balti-
more and Ohio road. The train was the one
known as the Cannon Ball. express, in
charge of Conductor Charles Ball and En-
gineer Lynch, consisting of a baggage car,
mail car, smoking car, two day coaches
and Pullman chair car, the latter in charge
of Conductor S. Perkins of Cincinnati.
The cause of the accident was the break
ing of wheel fange on the smoking car,
which caused that car to leave the rails to-
ward the east pulling the mail with it, and
breaking the couplings on the forward end
of that car, connecting with the baggage
car. AS the mail and smoking cars went
over the bank, they pulled the remaining
cars Of the train after them one after the
other, the chair car being the last to crash
into the ravine. The resulting wreck was a
fearful one.
Buried i'm Debris.
The cars were well filled with passeng ars,
about one hundred in all being on board
and men, women and children were buried
in an instant and without the slightest warn
ing in the debris of the splintered cars,
while the air was filled with the means of
the wounded and the screams and cries of
those unhurt. The accident taking place
well within the limits of the town of Elm
Grove, and within seventy-iive yards of the
railroad station, aid was at hand in a very
few minutes, and the work of rescue was
promptly begun by willing hands. One or
two physicians from Elm Grove were soon
on the ground, while telephone messages to
Wheeling brought number of physicians.
AS fast as rescued the wounded were car
ried into houses close by, where immediate
attention was given them, and as soon As
possible were removed to hospitals in Wheel
ing by special train. Later in the day, how
ever, several of those sustaining COMPARE
lively slight injuries were sent to their
homes in Pittsburg. Fully ten thousand
people from Wheeling visited the scene of the
accident during the day.
The Killed.
Mrs. Miranda Hare, Kittanning, Pa :;
eight-months-old child of Lawrence Bart
ley, Allegheny. Pa.
The Injured.
Ella Vance, Wheeling, spine probably
broken may die; c. ]. Garvey oil operator
Marietta, Ohio. head crushed and back
wrenched. will probably die: w. N. Rose
Chicago. right arm broken; Michael J. Ma
honey. Mckeesport, Pa, face cut and
mashed; Mrs. NJ. J. Mahoney, face cut and
hip hurt; E. w. Gilbert, Sharpsburg. Pa
thigh broken. head cut badly; J. N. Couch
enow, Belleheld. Pittsburg, left elbow
broken; VIM. Richardson, Sharpsburg. Pa
cut and bruised Rack and head: James W.
Foster, Beaver Falls, Pa, right foot
broken face and back cut; w. J. Chapman
West Bridgewater. Pa, right leg and hana
broken; Charles Harkins. Altoona, right
temple and scalp cut p. II. Rahm, Phila-
delphia. badly cut and bruised; George Per-
kins, Cincinnati. conductor Pullman car
head cut hip bruised; George Grouse, AL
legheny City, scalp wounds: Mrs. George
Grouse, knee disaocated; Mrs. DIR. A. F.
Stifel. Pittsburg. slightly hurt; Jacob Zu-
lauf. Pittsburg, left arm dislocated; Albert
Gaus, Pittsburg, legs cut and bruised; Rich
ard Gaus, same address, both legs badly
bruised: Mrs. Watts, Wheeling, elbow dis
located; Lewis SclMehert, Pittsburg, head
cut and bruised. badly hurt; J. NJ. Frashsr
Wheeling. head and breast cut and bruised !;
w. o. Hawley, Allegheny. face and nose
crushed, arm cut: Mrs. Dixon Wheeling
badly cut and back wrenched; Maud Vance
internal injuries and severe cuts; Mrs. Ma
lone. Allegheny, head cut, hurt internally;
J. ID. Stanton mail agent, chest, shoulder
and leg cut, bruised; Mrs Lejune Ale
gheny, forehead crushed; Perry Parker,
colored, porter Pullman car. Cincinnati cut
on face; Mrs. Clarke. Allegheny, shoulder
dislocated; Mrs. Starr, daughter and grand
daughter. painfully cut; able to go home to
Allegheny last evening; M. Dixon and wife,
Pittsburg. painfully cut; John Rencher.
Pittsburg. head and neck cut; G.. NJ. Kis-
kaddon, Columbia, Pa, head bruised; An
thony McTighe, Pittsburg. left leg badly
cut. Many others were more, or less hurt,
but able to get away. Many of those seri-
ously hurt were able to leave for home.