Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-06-10

TEE KILLED
Patrick Duffy, Engineer of Train.
Richard Donohoe, Jr.
WOUNDED.
- Clayton, brakemen. winprobably die.
Charles Litton. 0Ioundsviue.
vs.. N. Dean, conductor.
John shorts, B. y o. special officer.
win :. Faris, city editor of IntelIigencer.
Several others slightly hurt.
About a quarter of two o'clock this
morning the report came over the b. &
o. wires from Roseby's Rock that the
special train sent out from this city
with the Atlantic engine and patrol
wagon, with a detail of fremen, had
been wrecked near that point and that
Engineer Duffy, of the b. & O., had
been killed.
1t was a good while before any in
formation of a definite nature could be
obtained, but finally word came that all
the Wheeling fremen had escaped, al
though pretty badly shaken up.
This was reassuing. but as it was
known that a call had been sent in to
Cameron and Moundsvile for physi-
clans. it was very evident that a num-
Der of those on board had been hurt,
and there was general anxiety about
the city, especially among the fremen,
to know the details.
AT 2:45 this morning the following
telegram was received:
Special to the Register.
Roseby's Rock, w. Va, June 10, 2:3O
a. m.-The special train which left
Wheeling with assistance for Cameron
jumped the track a short distance east
Of bridge No. 145, and two miles east
Of Roseby's Rock.
The train was moving at a rapid rate
when Engineer Duffy sounded the dan
ger signal and a moment later the JOLT
ing of the train over the ties proved
that the engine had jumped the rails.
Then came
AN AWFUL CRASH,
and the engine turned over on its side,
down an embankment Of about twenty
feet high. The caboose started to turn
over. and settled on it's bottom. No
person inside was injured seriously.
The cab caught fire and Engineer
Duffy was found inside in the midst Of
the flames. Duffy was crushed in =
shocking manner, and must have died
within few minutes after the accident
occurred.
Brakeman Clayton was badly hurt
His injuries were evidently Of an inter-
nal character, and he
WILL PROBABLY DIE.
Fireman r. J. Wigman escaped luckily.
Conductor William Dean was bruised
about the hips, legs and shoulders.
Richard Donabue. Jr., son of the Mar
.ket street jeweler, was on the gondola
next to the tender, and when found
was under the trucks, badly crushed.
Life was extinct He had been playing
ball in Moundsvile. and caught the
train at that point. Charles Litton, of
MoundsviIle. was also on the gondOla,
and had his breast badly crushed. Most
of the occupants of the caboose, eleven
in number. were more or less seriously
injured.
John Shorts had his wrist badly cut
by the glass in the caboose door
VIII S. Faris. of the ntelligencer,
was bruised and injured in the left
arm. There were no lights in the
vicinity. and the persons who were not
injured found
THE WORK OF RESCUE
very difficult. All regard their es-
cape from death "a little short of
miraculous.
Many Of them made their way to
Bosbv's Rock. where messengers were
ssn- for physicians and for the B. & o.
u.recking train. Drs. R. W Hall and
~ r Rodgers. of Moundsville boarded
NJ which was detained "a, that
noint and arrived on the scene an hour
after the accident happened
The fire apparatus is lying under the
gondola and apparently entirely wreck
ID. The engine is burning, and Will
be a total loss.