The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-25
DEATH CAME UNAWARES
CRIOAGO EXPRESS CRASHES INTO 4
 FREIGHT WRECK.


 It Was on the Pittsburg and Western Rail- Road-valencin the Scene of the Acci- dent-Every Car on the Train Wrecked. Many Miraculous Escapes From Instant Death-surgeons Hasten to the scene-- Injured Taken to Alleghany-Engineer and Fireman Escape-Incidents of the Wreck.
 Pittsburg, Aug. 24.-As through ex- press train from Chicago on the Pitts burg and Western railroad was wreck ed at Valencia, twenty miles west of here, at 11:30 to-day. Just before the the passenger train reached that place there was collision of freight trains which threw a number of cars on to the main track and the express train coming along at forty-mile speed plunged into the wrecked freight cars. Nearly every car of the express was wrecked, and the escape of the passen- gers from instant death is remarkable. The first is a list of injured: M
 Mrs. W. B. Marsh. Talmage, O., skull crushed; will die.
 John Curry, Pleasant Hill, Pa., lower jaw, cheek bone and collar bone frac- tured; recovery doubtful.
 Miss Maud Bennett, Alleghany, Pa, serious confusion of temple
 Mary Bennett, aged eleven, same ada dress, head cut and face bruised. Walter Smith, Akron, O., scalp wound.
 Mrs. E. M. Cramer, Aprollo, serious scalp wounds.
 Belle Kramer, aged eleven, head hurt and may be internally injured. Jennie Cramer, aged eight, scalps wounds
 Grant Culbert, Alleghany, arm frac- tured, face and scalp wounded
 E. J. Smith, Beaver Falls, scalu wound and ankle sprained.
 J. H. Weakening, Newcastle, Pa, leg bruised and scalp wound.
 Miss Jennie Smith, Verona, Pa, faca and head badly cut.
 J. Edward Grill, baggagemaster of express, side and face injured. Mrs. c. F. Hyle, Evans City. Pa, head badly cut and badly bruised. J. W. McMillan. Bennett, Pa, both feet crushed.
 Charles Smith, Bennett, Pa, ankla sprained and head badly cut. The injured were brought to the AL leghany General hospital by section train. The Chicago express does not stop at Valencia. When the engineer discovered the obstruction on the tracks he reversed and applied the brakes, but though the speed was di- unfinished somewhat, the engine struck the freight cars on the main track with frightful force, and freight cars and the engine rolled in a great mass of torn wood and iron over an embank- nent into the ditch below.
 The engineer and fireman of the ex- press jumped and escaped with severe injuries. The tender, mail express and passenger coaches piled up over one another and rolled down the en1bank- ment on the wrecked engine and freight cars Clouds of steam and smoke from the disabled engine enveloped the scene and added to the distress of the ir- jured pinioned in the wreck, who feared the debris would take fire and burn all alive.
 Those of the express crew and pas- |sengers who were not injured, the crews of the freight trains and the people of Valncia came to the rescue and a spe- cial with surgeons was at once dis patched from Alleghany to the scene. The freight cars which were struck by the express were heavily loaded with long iron pipes. These were hurled with great force through the sides of the day coaches and most of the serious injuries were produced by them.