The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-29
A Passenger Train Wrecked and q
Largo Number Injured.
Two PEOPLE INSTANTLY KILLED
And Forty More Injured, several Ser.
iously-The Rails spread Whlle tho
Train 10 ltunni"g At Pull Speed.
Two Of tho Cara Catch Fire and Add
TO eho Wreck.

o'clock this afternoon. Vaudalia train
No. 9, duo IN this city at 2:35. was
wrecked by the spreading Of the rails.
Two persons we're killed almost Instant
ly aud thirty or forty were serioualy In.
ured.
The traiu was running at full speed
and uas about twenty minutes late. It
had just passed the town Of Coates-
vile aud was rounding a curve when
the rail, spread. The private car OF
President r. W. Mexican. which was In
the rear, jumped the tracks. This was
followed by the parlor car and thsn tue
ladies' car. All went of the track, the
two rear cars going down the embsnk-
Inent ten feet before the train could be
stopped. The smoker left the track.
but did not 60 over.
Two rear cars caught FIRE. but were
extinguished when the work Of reacua
began.
A man died soon after being taken
from the car. In his pocket was found
letters indicating that his name Was
John W. Norton, manager oil the Grand
opera house at st. Louis. lie was
carried to school house unconscious
and livnd only q short time. He did
not speak.
Mrs ". S. Towers. Carthage, No.,
was carried from the car and died while
being taken to the school h ouse.
THE LIST OF INJURED.
The injured were carried up the EN-.
bankment to houses on the north side
OF the track and soon the town people
and physicians gathered to give assist
ance. The injured are:
Margaret Roberts. indianapolis, Ind,
injured about the face and breast aud
internal injuries.
Ewing 0. Whittiug g, Boston, bad cut
over left eye.
Mrs. Ewing O. Whiting. injured
about side and breast, seriously.
S. Neugeon. Vigo. Texas, hurt about
head.
F. L. Wrap, hurt about head.
DR.. II. ]. Talbot, indianapolis, seri.
ously hurt about head and internally
injured.
Mrs. n. W. Ferguson, Terrs Hauts,
right side and internally injured.
Mrs. D. Hudson, Green Castle, Ind,
cut on right side Of head. not serious.
Gertrude Parish, four.year-old girl,
Palestine, Ills, cut on side Of face, not
serious.
W. s. Towers, Carthage, No., badly
hurt in side.
D. W. Mendshall, Terre Hause, ser.
iously cut and fears OF internal injury.
Lulu Shoots, indianapolis, hurt about
knee.
], L. Lea, Mansfield, Ohio, leg mashed,
John W. C.ayeus. editor Green Cas-.
tie. Ind, World. rib broken and badly
bruised.
Mrs. Zelda seguin Wallace. Indian.
apolis, hurt in back.
Richard Trauch. Brazil. Ind, head
hurt.
j, ". Mitchell. Terre Haute, skull
fractured.
Mrs. Deiae, Omaha, Neb., badl y
Joseph H. Dillon. travelling salesman,
New York, badly bruised.
Mrs, Joseph H. Dillon, New York,
badly bruised and arm broken.
l. ". D, Bebee, Ills, bruised about
the head.
Frank Gully, Washington, D, q, Pull.
man car conductor, badly bruised.
Mrs. Rothachild, Ogden, Utah, badly
bruised.
Mra, D, Landerson, Green Castle,
Iud., hurt about head.
Mrs. Fescus, Terro Haute, ribs broken,
internal injury.
Andrew johnson, Pullman porter.
right arm broken.
Charles Jones. oolorsd, porter, In.
dianapolis. hurt in back.
Z. +, Carson, Elmira, N. Y, hip
crushed and eye gouged out
G. Sherwood. Nyack, n, Y, shoulder
blade broken. =
W. !: Sherwood, Nyack, one eyo
knocked out.
Z. Il. schmienmler, Evansville, Ind,
hurt internally.
Congressman Faris OF tho Eighth In.
diana diatrict, badly cut ovor left eye,
Others were slightly injured.
MRS. WALLACE.
Zelda Seguin Wallace Is woman Of
national rspute, 4 few years ago few
Of hotter voice or more grace trod the
opcratic stage. She was member, frat
Of the famous Richiugs Opera Com.
pany, and OF the Parspa Rosa, Emma
Abbott aud other equally famous opera
companies,
4 year ago she appeared at tha May
music festival in this city. She Is the
wifc OF cx-Deputy Postmaster David
Wallace, who is n son Of Governor Wal.
lace aud q half brother Of General Lew
Wallace.
II Is miraculous that so many escaped
unhurt, The wrocking crow was sent
to the scene and tho track WAS soon
cleared. No cause is known tor the
wreck only that tho tracks spread.
CoatsvilG, the srena OF the wreck, Is
twenty-eight miles west OF lndianapo'
lis.
Conductor John Il. Wise, In charge Of
tho train, had his arm broken in two
places. Ile livos in this city.
The engine and mail car, OF tho
wrecked train arrived in this city at 8
o'cloGk this evening, but brought none
Of the doad or injured.
NAIL CLERKS uSlSJunEp.
Mono OF the mail clerks wero injured.
Immediately an engine and two
coaches were startad back TO the scene
Of the wreck to bring on tho wounded.
At tho offices OF tho Vandalia com.
pany reports Of the wreck are ,neagre.
Tho wrcoking train was sent for and
left the city At $50 o'clock, President
Il, W. MoKaen was reported on board,
bu. tho company had no alvIces that
In wus in my wav iniurou. All the