New-York tribune., 1896-08-25

AN EXPRESS TRAIN DASHES INTO
FREIGHT CARS AND KILLS NOBODY.
JuREp nowEvER-A COLLISION on THE
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FOUR PERSONS ARE PROBABLY FATALLY IN
JURED. nowEvER-A COLLISION on THE
pITTsDuRG AND WESTERN
Pttsburg Aug 2i-The through express train
from Chicago on tie Plttsburg and Western Rail
road which was due in this city at 12:5J p. m
was wrecked at Valencia a small station twenty
miles west Of here. at $50 O'Clock to-day, and
more than a scor, Of passengers were injured.
four of whom may die.
Just before the passenger train reached that
place there was a collision Of freight trains which
threw a number Of freight cars on to the main
track. and the express train. coming along at the
rate of thirty miles an hour, plunged into the
wrecked freight Nearly every car Of the
express was wrecked and the escape Of the pas
sengers from instant death is remarkable The
Following is list Of the seriously injured:
Mrs W. B. Marsh. aged fifty years. of Talmage
ONO; compound fracture Of frontal bone. skull
crushed and brain protruding: will probably die.
John Curry. age forty ears farmer OF Pleas
ant Hill. Penn, lower Jaw fracture! throat cut.
muscles of tongue and throat pa:alyAed and
scalp cuts: will die
Mrs j. w. Morse, age 'hirty-sx wears. Of Lodi,
Ohio. lower Jaw. cheekbone and collar bone
fractured and wrist injured recovery doubtful.
Miss Maud Bennett. age nineteen yen . Of No.
llO Perrysvilleave. Allegheny. Penn. serious
confusion Of left temple, cut and bruised
The follow .ng were also more or less injured
Walter Smith Mrs. E. NJ Cramer Belle Cramer
Jennie Cramer. Grant Culbert. D. b. Schantz. G.
d. Huston. f. ]. Smith ]. II. Weakerling Miss
Jennie Smith, Mary Bennett.
The injured were brought To the Allegheny
General Hospital by special train.
The Chicago express train does rot stop at
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forty miles hour. when the engineer first
discovered the obstruction the tracks.
He reversed the engine and applied the brakes
but, though the speed Of the express was di-
minished somewhat. il struck the freight cars
on the main track with frghtful force. and
freight and engine rolled in great mass
Of torn wood ,nd iron over an embankment
into the ditch below
The engineer and fireman OF the express. when
they saw that a collision was inevitable jumped
and escaped with severe injuries. The tender
mail. express and passenger coaches piled up over
each other and rolled down the embankment on
the wrecked engine and freight cars. Clouds Of
steam and smoke from the disabled engine en-
veloped the scene. and added to the distress of the
injured pinioned in the wreck. who feared the
debris would take fire and burn them alive.
Mean while those Of the express crew and pas
sengers VINO were not injured. the crew or the
freight train and people OF Valencia, who were
near at hand when the accident occurred. rushed
TO the aid Of the injured and special train
with surgeons at once dispatched from Al
legheny to the scene Of the wre k The freight
cars which struck by tho express train
were heavily loaded with long iron piping These
heavy iron tubes hurled with great force
through the sides the day coaches. and most
of the fatal injuries to pass ngers wera pro-
duced by them