The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-25
VRETK ON THE B. ( D.
Many Persons Injured on the Pitts
burg and Western Division.
PASSENGER COACHES OVERTURNED


The Accident ,c.u4~red at Valencia sta
tion, Twcnty-t~5 Miles from Pittsburg,
and Was Caused by the Airbrakes Re
fusing to Work.
PITTsBURG, Aug 25-The through Chi
nago mail train, 40. IT, on the Pittsburg
and Western railroad which is due in Al
lcgheny in the afternoon, was wrecked at
Valencia Station, twenty-five miles from
this city. First reports were to the effect
that fifteen persons had been killed The
latest Information is that no one was killed
outright. The relief train with the most
seriously injured reached here at 1 o'clock
and the victims were removed TO the
Allegheny general hospital
The following are the injured: Mrs.
william Marsh, Tulmudge, o, head and
body badly cut and bruised, will probably
die; Mira c. 7. Hyle, Evans City, Pa,
badly cut and bruised very seriously
George Houston train dispatcher, New
Castle Junction, Pa, recovery doubtful;
John Curry Ploasantville, Pa, danger
ously hurt; Mrs. William Morse, Lima,
o., probably die; d. q. Schartz, Harmony,
Pa, very serious, recovery doubtful; Gar
rett Culbert, Allegheny, slight chances of
his recovery Maud Bennett, Allegheny,
Pa, skull fractured; Mary ]. L. Smith,
Verona Pa. skull fractured. The follow
ing were badly injured, but will recover: ::
Mary Bennett, Allegheny; Walter Smith,
Akron, o.; Mrs T.. NJ. Cramer Apollo Pa
Jennie Cramer, Belle Cramer, Apollo Pa. ;
f. j. Smith, Beaver Falls Pa; j. II.
| Weaverling, New Castle, Pa; j. G. Miller,
Hazlewood, Pa; L. L. Gray, Allegheny
Pa. o. w. Crooks, Carnegie, Pa. A. j.
! Vaught, Buffalo, n. Y; William Muehl-
Drummer, Allegheny, Pa. Alex Jones, Car
negie, Pa. j. Edward Grill, Allegheny,
/ Pa. ], w. Morse, Lodi, o.
! Train No. 14is composed of sleeping and
mail cars At Valencia it collided with n
| work train. The wreck was double one.
/ The work train first ran into a freight
train, and, the grade being heavy, several
cars of the work train ran back, colliding
with the passenger train. The collision
| threw the cars over a steep embankment,
and a number of the passengers were
caught in the wreck.
The local was standing at Valencia Sta
ton unloading freight, when the through
freight came to the top of the grade, just
east of Valencia. The engineer who was
on the lookout for No. 25, put on the air
! brakes, but they refused TO work, and his
train crashed into tho local just at the
time the two freights collided the passen.
| ger came along on the eastbound track
and was struck by the freight cars, which
were derailed at that moment. The en-
! gine and baggage car of the passenger
| train got through safely and broke away
from the balance of the train. The first
| passenger coach, in which were great
many ladies, was crushed by carload Of
oil well tubing. The tubing was thrown
with terrific force in every direction, caus-
ing most Of the wounds received by the
/ passengers. The wreckage was piled TWEEN
ty-tive or thirty feet high in places.
The railroad people say the whole trou-
bic was caused by the failure of the air
brakes to work while the through freight
was on the hill