The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-08-26
EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED.


Pittsburg s. Western Flyer Crashes Into
Freight Cars-More than 20 People In-
iured, Four Fatally.
PITTsBURe, Aug. 25.-The through
express train from Chicago on the Pitts
burg & Western railroad was wrecked
at Valencia, small station 20 miles
west of here, at 1880 a. m. Monday
and more than a score of passengers
were injured, four of whom may die
Just before the passenger train reached
that place there was collision OF
freight trains which threw number
of freight cars onto the main track,
and the express train, coming along
at the rate OF 40 miles an hour
plunged into the wrecked freight cars.
Nearly every car of the express was
wrecked, and the escape OF the passen-
gers from instant death was remark
able. The injured
Mrs w, b. Marsh, aged 80 years, Of Tall
madge, o., compound fracture Of the frontal
bone and skull fractured; will probably die.
John Curry, aged 40 years, a farmer of Pleas
ant Hill Pa lower jaw fractured throat cut
and scalp cut; will die
Mrs j. W. Morse aged S6, of Lodi, O., lower
jaw, cheek bone and collar bone fractured and
wfist injured; recovery very doubtful
Miss Maud Bennett, aged 10, OF Allegheny,
Pa., serious confusion OF left temple, nose cut
and bruised.
Mary Bennett aged L., same address, head
cut and face bruised.
Walter Smith, aged 19 years, news agent OF
Akron, O., scalp wound.
Mrs. f. M. Cramer, aged 3S, of Apollo, serious
scalp wounds.
Belle Crauler aged II, head hurt and may be
| injured internally
Jennie Cramer, aged 8, slight scalp wounds.
Grant Culbert, OF Allegheny right forearm
| fractured, face and scalp wound
D. B. Schantz, q carpenter, of Harmony, Pa,
scalp wounds and spinal cord injured
G, D. Huston, telegraph operator, OF New
Castle, Pa had scalp wound and burn on right
arm.
T. j. Smith, fireman, of Beaver Falls, Pa,
scalp wound and Gnkle sprained.
s. II. Weakening, telegraph operator, Of New
Castle, Pa. leg bruised an scalp wound
Miss Jennie Smith, OF Verona, Pa, face and
| head badly cut
]. c. Miller, Hazelwood. Pa, engineer Of the
| Chicago express, legs badly squeezed
| L. L. Gray, express messenger, OF Allegheny
nose broken and hand and wrist injured.
Dr. j. L. Tierney, of Sharpsburg, Pa serious
scalp wound.
]. Edward Grill, baggagemaster of express,
side and face injured
Mrs c. F. Hyle, of Evans City, Pa. head
badly cut and badly bruised.
| ]. W. Mcmillan, Bennett, Pa, engineer, both
feet crushed
| Charles Smith, fireman, OF Bennett, ankle
Sprained and head badly cut
The injured were brought to the AL
legheny General hospital by special
train. The Chicago express does not
stop at Valencia and was running at
the rate of about 40 miles an hour
when the engineer first discovered the
obstruction on the tracks. The en-
gineer reversed and applied the brakes,
but though the speed of the express
was diminished somewhat, it struck
the freight cars on the main track
with frightful force, and freight cars
and engine rolled in a great mass OF
torn wood and iron over an embank-
ment into the ditch below. The en-
gineer and fireman of the express
jumped and escaped with severe in
juries. The tender mail, express and
passenger coaches piled up over each
other and rolled down the embank'
ment on the wrecked engine and
freight cars