Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-07-30
/ HUSBAND IND WIFE
Killed BY an Ohio River Railroad
Engine,
AT THE GLENDALE COAL WORKS.
YESTERDAY MORlNING-W E r E
WALKING ON THE TRACK AT
T7E TIME+DEATH RESULTED
ALMOST INSTANTLY IN EACH
CASE.

Another terrible accident happened
near the Glendale coal works yesterday
morning and as result two people lost
their lives by being struck by an Ohio
River passenger train.
The names of the victims were Amos
Brown and his wife, Mary, the former
being % years of age and the latter 33.
The accident, as nearly as could be
learned happened in the following man
ner, the information being given by
the 12-year-old son of the mother:
The party Of three had camped the
previous night at a fishing camp about
two-thirds of a mile above the coal
works. Shortly before o'clock they
started on their way to walk to Proc
tor, and had gotten within two humid
red yards of the coal tipple when the
passenger train run them down. They
were walking on the railroad, but the
boy saw the train and called for them
to get off. This they did, but were
unable to get clear of the engine.
Brown was struck first and hurled
quite a distance, his skull being frac-
tured. His wife, who was about ten
feet in front of him, was also caught
and thrown about twenty feet On to a
side track. One leg was broken and
she was badly bruised about the head
and a large cut was made in her body
near the thigh. Death resulted almost
instantly in her case. Brown, however,
lived about one hour and a half later,
but never regained consciousness.
AS soon as the accident happened
the engineer stopped the train and the
crew placed both bodies on board and
took them to Moundsville. There the
man was taken to the Parish House,
where he died shortly afterward. NO
blame is attached to the engineer, for
the boy, who told the story said that
he blew his whistle repeatedly and
did his best to stop. Under these cir
cumstances no inquest was deemed
necessary and the bodies were turned
over to Undertaken link, of Mounds
wife. They were both poor people and
the county buried them last evening.
The boy, whose name is Albert, is
quite an intelligent one and the acct
dent was a terrible blow to him.
Brown was not his father, as his mo-
Their was married before to a man nam
ed Cain, who lost his life by being
drowned at Rosby Rock. The three
formerly lived at Warrington and also
at Fish Creek. AT both places they
lost all they had by fire and have been
tramping around ever since. Last week
they were in Wheeling, and having left
here were on their way to Proctor.
where they expected to go out in the
country again. The boy will likely
be taken care of by the county au-
thorities for the present and home
will be provided for him later. The
story of Brown being carted to Mounds
vile, as was published in an evening
paper, was without foundation, and is
about as near correct as half the stor-
les it publishes. Mrs. Brown also was
not taken to the Parish House, but
given to the undertaken at the depot.
The place where the accident occurred
is a regular death trap on account of
so much noise made by B. & o. trains
and also the coal works. Several
people have met death at the place on
account of not hearing the approach of
the trains on this account.