The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-01-13

ENGINEER flCk. OF the local. was
found on the tracks so badly Injured
that little hope was entertained or his
recovery. Despite the blood that 1ow-
ed from his mouth. Rick gurgied QUE
Some n gave wrong orders. I know
how IL happened, but I cannot speak
now"
In this connection w. O. sprigr. tho
superintendent OF the Easton and Ana
boy division Of the Lehigh Valley, said.
The accident Is evidently due 10 a
n In orders" General Passenger
Agent Lee had no explanation 10 make.
On this section OF the Lehigh Valley
the block system In not In use. Tho
train dispatcher at Easton who has
charge OF the territory, il said TO have
wired TO the operator at south Pain
Held to let No. Il. the local, come
through, but later there came a mes
sage from Easton TO hold all VEST
bound traffic. II is alleged that the
latter message was overlooked. soma
say II was not handed to the operator.
but which ever way IL was. the vest
bound train was allowed on It's track
and from everything that could bc
learned the collision was plainly due
to a mistake In orders and 10 no / IL
gence OF h train crews. Signc....n
Brennan. at West DunneIl. Tho
threw up his arms as the local po@sed.
has no wire and nothing to do with
the dispatching Of the trains.
DR.. BrGkely was one OF the first on
the scene. He said: we got into tho
overturned car and CROPPED among tho
debris for the dead. Teeth, arms,
brains, splintered wood and twisted
iron were mixed up I'm an indescriba-
bic mess. h wounded. most OF them
suffering from broken legs. were jam
med together at the rear end. Tho
dead we got out by piecemeal. Among
the ruins we found a badly about four
months old, in long clothes. We
thought it was dead and laid II on the
bank behind the half dozen other man
gled bodies we had laid there. lust as
/ was leaving l noticed signs OF life.
The baby was alive and a careful ex-
animation showed IT had only a bruise
on the head. We put ii in the cars for
Plainfield."
This baby belonged to Mrs. Mary
Parreca, Of Mount Carmel. who was
accompanied on the train by her hus-
band, two young sons and the infant
in question. Mrs. Parreca said: II
was ursing the baby when the whistle
began TO blow. My husband started
to open the window. Then was
thrown TO the back OF the car and lost
consciousness. My baby was gone.
almost went frantic, when / awoke, but
at last / found my child peacefully
sleeping in the other train and ap-
parently none the worse for the expe-
rience."
L. S. Walter. a lawyer OF Mount
Carmel. was pinned in the debris OF
the front car for two hours. Despite
the fact that he was seriously IL not
fatally injured, he directed the atten-
-tion OF the rescuers to other sufferers
and from his point of vantage super
intended their efforts. When finally
taken out, Mr.. Walter was carried 10
a nearby vacant house, where he was
cared for.
Harry Rutland was the operator at
South Plainfield and It was he who
gave the signal for the local e pro-
coed. Butland stated that he received
no orders to hold the train and as the
track ahead was supposed TO be clear
he allowed the train to go upon the
single track.
ANOTHER WRECK.
Sidney, Neb., January s-Four deaths
and injuries TO seven people were caus-
ed by a wreck on the Union Pacific
at Sunal. fifteen miles east OF here.
tbs informing. The dead are: Engineer
Dell Bonner, fatally hurt. died during
Creston, Iowa, instantly killed. A
young woman supposed to be Miss
Myrtle Armstrong, Of Paxton, Neb.s
and an unknown old man.
An eastbound passenger train had
stopped to take the side track, but had
HOA DttH dDlt 10 Gl6dT the main IThCk
when a w~estbound passenger train,
running at the rate OF forty-five miles
an hour, crashed into II. The engines
were piled up in a mass of scrap irora
and the cars, which were badly broken
up, Immediately took fire. The passen-
gers who were not injured set 20 work
to rescue those in the wreck. with the
exception OF Miss Armstrong and the
kno man, whose bodies were bad
ly charred. the passengers escaped in
jury by fire.
Relief rains were Immediately sent
to the scene OF the wreck and the in
jured taken to Sydney where they
could be cared for and IL Is thought ALI
will recover
-Four cars were entirely consumed
by fire and several others were SO bad
ly broken UP as 20 be practically VAL
ueless. The three engines. which were
among the finest used by the roaf
are practically scrap iron.