Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-08-29
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MANY BADLY HURT.
\ SCORE or More Injured In Railway
Wreck In Pennsylvania.


Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. 25. - The
through express train from Chicago
on the Pittsburgh d Western railroad
which was due in this city at 1885 p
m. was wrecked at Valencia, small
station 20 miles west of here, at 1880
o'clock Monday and more than score
of passengers were injured, four of
whom may die. Just before the pas
senger train reached that place there
was collision of freight trains which
threw n number of freight cars on to
the main track, and the express train,
coming along at rate of 20 miles an
hour, plunged into the wrecked freight
cars. Nearly every car of the express
was wrecked, and the escape of the pas
sengers from instant death is remark
able. The following is list of the in
iured:
Mrs. w. r. Marsh, aged 50 years, of Tai
mage, o. compound fracture of the frontal
bone. skull fractured and brain protruding,
will probably die: John Curry, aged 40
Jaw fractured, throat cut, muscles of
tongue and throat paralyZed and scalp cut
will die; Mrs. j. w. Morse, aged 36, of
Lodi. o., lower Jaw, cheek bone and col
covery very doubtful: Miss Maud Ben
nett, aged 10 years, of No 1l0 Perrysville
avenue, Allegheny, Pa, serious confusion
of left temple nose cut and bruised; Mary
Bennett, aged II. same address. head cut
and face bruised: Walter Smith, aged IS
years, q news agent of Akron O., scalp
wound; Mrs. e. NJ Cramer, aged 35, of
Apollo, serious scalp wounds; Nellie
Cramer, aged IL. head hurt and may be in
jured internally; Jennie Cramer, aged six,
q n 10 all NH
No. 4li Rebecca street, Allegheny, Pa,
right forearm fractured, face and scalp
wounded; u. b. Schantz, a carpenter, OF
Harmony, Pa. scalp wounds and spinal
cord injured; G. ID. Huston, telegraph op-
orator of New Castle, Pa, bad scalp wound
and burn on right arm; L. j. Smith, fire.
ran, of Beaver Falls, Pa, scalp wound
and ankle sprained; ]. H. Weakening,
telegraph operator, of New Castle, Pa,
leg bruised and scalp wound; Miss Jennie
Smith, of Verona, Pa, face and head badly
cut; j. c. Miller, of Hazelwood, Pa, en-
gineer of Chicago express, legs badly
squeezed; l.. l.. Gray, express messenger
of Allegheny, Pa, nose broken and hand
and wrist injured; DR.. j. l.. Tierney, of
SharpsburS, Pa, serious scalp wound j.
Edward Grill, baggagemaster of Chicago
express. side and face injured; Mrs. c.
=. Hyle, of Evans City, Pa, head badly
cut and badly bruised; j. W. McMillin, en-
nineer, Bennett, Pa, both feet crushed;
ankle sprained and head badly cut.
The tender, mail express and passen-
ger 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 enveloped 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.
Meanwhile those of the express crew
and passenger, who were not injured,
the crew OF the freight train and people
of Valencia, who We're near at hand
when the accident occurred, rushed to
the aid of the injured and special train
with surgeons was at once dispatched
from Allegheny to the scene of the
wreck. The freight cars, which were
struck by the express train, were heav-
lily loaded with long iron piping. These
heavy iron tubes were hurled with great
force through the sides of the day
coaches and most of the fatal injuries to
passengers were produced by them.