The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-28

night a. ll:sO. at TuuneltOn, tho west
bound express train No. side'Wipsd
the St, Louis expro'I east bound train
No 4, injuriug a number Of the pOsssp.
ecr. on trIia4 1. among whom were aOnS.
1,D. Garden, United States Marshal, Of
Whselinc, aud ". A, ohlOy, OF Fair
mont ox.ssorstary otstatS, aud 4 num-
bsr OF other West Virginians.
Tue accldsn, occurred at the east end
oI,As KingwaudtunuSl and was caused
by the ongiuemaa OF the west bound
train mistakiug tho liRhta aud being un-
able to observe the danger signal on &C.
count Of tho smoke beating down t,om
train No. l. At this point a single
track runl through KingWOod tunnel
,ad before train No. 4 had gotten of
tnssiugle track oil the ast sidc OF tue
:uuntl the west bound train arrived. Its
engiue struck the smoker OF train No. 1
pitaCut doing serious damage, then
landed up against the ladies coach,
knocking il partly over, aud lodged in
:hs front end OF the fnro sleeper,
The check WaS knocked oil tho boiler
s!.hs engine, causing the steam TO OS-
cape and scaldingA number OF the pas
eug,rs about the face aud hands.
When ths crash came the passengers
Ssre panic stricken, and tho usual
Icsn.. incident 10 such accidents were
~t,ns,sed. Ehose who were hurt ware
quickly exIricated from their dangerous
positions, however, and everybody
bra.hed a sigh OF reliel when It was
iarni that no lives had been sacrificed.
Even those who were injured congraIu.
!itsd themselves on their escape from
tWoto fate. The passengers who had
been sralded wore at ouce conveyed to
the hotel aud their wounds attended 10
nquickly a. possible.
Following iG list Of tho most serious
ly hurt;
Slslu marshal, badly scalded on hands,
lee, lnd lace. His suffering il severe,
but hii injuries not fatal,
W. A. OaLEY, OF Fairmont, W. Va,
eTIecrslary OF state, also severely
scalLsd on face, head and hands and cut
on forehead. Injuries not GertouL
Ms. Neil ]. FoRrNEv, ol RtngWood,
WA, face scalded aud left leg injured.
Miss LUZ DowSrAtS, Of Charleston,
assistant state librarian, hands aud face
badly scalded.
G.BHARr, Of ClarkIburV. toe mashed.
WILLIAM REssH, Of ot Salina, Kas.,
right knes bruised and foot sealded.
Miss CARRIE HOBART, Of Philadelphia,
left leg injured.
Ms' ALLIE l. TlYLoB, ,ot Elkins, W.
Va, ieit nand lArorated, side, neck and
head sGalded
HsSRY THOMAS, Baltimore, Nd, right
hand cut.
L. C., PoErER, South Lancaster, Mass,
hands and Wribt cut.
Miss MARY EVANS, PArIonG, Kan, cut
on nose.
Liza H.Er. ChArlo,son. No., cut aud
bruised.
Several others sustained slight in.
lufiei, bu. we're able to continue their
loa'1sy, S', in fact, were all except the
four fire! named who were most Beri.
oaIIy hurt
Tie injured persons inhaled tho
liein, but mona OF them are reported to
DO IN a dangerous condition. Marshal
Garden sustained the most severe in
Jury, but Is said to be doing wall to.
nIEhL Ills wife arrived in Tuunelton
to-day from Wheeling.
'eAsi train was ssnt from Grafton
az soon az tbs accident was reported
ana tho Injured woFO attended by Drs.
'hoki'k. WRrdsr and ThRycr, OF Graf.
ioh, aud Df,. ProudfoOt aud Svey, Of
HEoWIe'bur9 and TunaOton, and every
lhinR possible done to alleviate tho
s,giennIs Of the wounded passengers.
No ono was hurt on tho WOit bound
tram.
Hhi AZ tho accident was. II might
ha'o boon considerably worse, as, had
no westb0und train bOcn very isW
seconds sooner II would have caught
'Na Wicked train full. and instead OF
'I''wipo ihore would have been n moro
Hi'a'itoui collision. That hloasrS. Ohloy
AGA Garden, Mn. Forlnoy aud Miss
H'"nlhln woro tho most severely In.
urea oI those IN tho sl0opur IL account.
ea TOT 0y tho iaCt that Ihcy woro In
,1a ifont yQslibulO oil tho car, not ynt
,ayIhR boon assigned 10 borlhs They
haI Just Ooamoi tho tram aud WOFo
INfon'n from klngwnoi 10 Washington.
" Na' a! linL thought that their In
Na alton u steam would hayo fatal
p0"eL Especially was this 10 Ia tho
["' OF Marshal GntdOn. Iowavor,
,''n last accounts, tnOFs is nothing
u'i serious than tho external wounds
'NI scllIs, and tho dlclOfa sny tho
plNanta ats doing aa vol no could bp
expected.
lno engineer oi tho vast bound train
was Hh' Hillary, Of KoySsr, and lho
llIlelor 3. VI, Taylor II ia not bs.
1e'"N ihat EnRInoor llilow was To
uIh.no Tor tho disaster NJ, owing 10 thu
.'hlI'lpn7 described above, II wns i'm.
p''0bOn Tor him IN Fe0 tho daBgbt siy.
uA Ia tine 10 check tho qppDd Of lila
'PnR'N' lilo Ia Ono oi tho muBL cafoiul
r'E'9eof' , on the road and has always
u'I We iuIl confidence NJ tho uaaraay,
'''.' NJ lh0 tralnlnen Wefo hurt.
ue lnIntOihto bOlng cafol Tor by tho
i,fnaI company Al luo lunnellon
h''I and viii bo fbmoyol Ia tlrIt
l''h'l AZ soon NJ possible. Ia addIllnn
W .neli wounds all arc suffering from
"pp'v,u' op ,' 'hoas', due 10 tho ,uddonnOsS
''' llrt accounts oI Tho accIdenl
g,' y1ty much exaggerated anl many
,,'s,A ,Am, ,lfom, AnKlou, friends oi tloso
W n','sl Dally huf! wBrO tocNlyod, lnak.
fI ,nln''lS' n'to tho extent oi their