The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-13
BAD WRECK
East Of Little Washington on the
Baltimore & Ohio Road.
ONE TRAlNAtN WAS KILLED
III tho crasi, that Ensue,i when the Train
Crashed Into II Tamnei' where Several
Tons % Earth Hal F~allen-rra,n. on
tho Pittsburgh Division were Delayed
Eleven iIours-Miraenioas Escape of the
Engineer aud Fireman OF the Train.

As tho result Of u cavc.ln at tunnel
No. O., better known as the Brady tuh-
mel on tho baltimore & Ohio, one mile
cast OF Washington, yesterday morning,
a freight conductor, John CPnlcy, was
Instantly killed, tho track was blocked
aud trains delayed from eleven to eight
hours.
Yesterday morning between 4 and 8
o'clock, when the second section OF
freight train No. 50. w%estbound. drawn
by engine 1887, In charge OF Engineer
Charles lIclley and Fireman W. A.
Weaver, was ncnrlng the western
mouth Of the Drudy tunnel tho en-
ginecr saw dImiy through the smoke
from tho engine OF the first section. that
dirt vas failing but n few yards ahead.
barely having time to shut on the steam
he jumped frun the locomotive. which
ploughpd into the dirt that continued to
come down from the roof OF the tunnel.
From the story OF the engineer, who
was not injured, It seems that the CarlA
started to fall when the engine waaOniy
fifty or sixty feet away. The train was
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fireman. seeing the danger ahead, slip
ped down 10 the end OF tho boiler and
thus escaped without n bruise. John
Conley. tho conductor OF the trtan. who
was riding In the cab, was not SO fortu-
nate. Like Hefllcy, he attempted TO
jump, but he was caught between the
engine after II had left the track. and
the stone wall OF the tunnel. His death
was instantaneous. his head being
mashed fiat and his body, from the
waist up, was crushed and mangled.
After the accident, when the frightened
crew looked for their companion. his
hands and forearms could he plainly
seen outstretched above the wrecked
engine. while his limp and lifelcSs body
was suspended between the cab and the
wall. His feet were fully five feet from
the ground. Aid was soon sent for. but
II rus nearly II o'clock before the en-
CINE could be moved sufficiently to re-
move the conductors remains. He was
taken TO Glenwood on m evening train.
Mr.. Conley lived with his wife ut
GlcnwOod and had 10 children. He was
aged thirty years. Before entering the
railroad service his home was n t'Par-
kers. on the Baltimore & Ohio main line,
In DOddridgc county, ". Va.
AS to the wreck, besides the engine,
the tender was smashed into small
sized kIndling wood and one ond OF the
first car was knocked in. Altogether
SIX cars left the track.
The railroad employees residing ut
Washington and other points. were
hastily summoned and put TO work. n
rope having been stretched, across the
mouth OF the tunnel 10 keep out eager
sights cers. who locked to the place by
score
The engine md cars were rIghted and
gotten on the track late yesterday after
noon and everything cleared so trains
We're able to start out by s o'clock, Pas
scnger trains. No. log and No. l02. both
morning trains. moved IL at ) p. H.,
after Il delay Of many hours. Several
freight trains wer also gathered In the
Washington yard.
h wreck WIS caused by the giving
way OF the tlmbcrs which supported the
earth overhead. The tunnel IL arched
with stone and brick only u part Of the
way from either end. the middle section
being held UP Us stated. The timbers
have been In use for several years. The
earth which fell, amounted to about an
ordinary car load.