The record-union., 1899-07-31
Turns Out to Have Been Not as Sc
rious as at First Supposed.
Engineer and Fireman Of The Express the
0aIJ Ones Numbered Among the Dead.
A Number Of Passengers Were In
jured, but None Fatally, Though
One Of the Sleeping Cars Was
Split in Two and Two Others
Piled UP in Wreckage.

PORT JARVIS N. W, July 3O.-The
accident on the Erie road, growing out
of the landslide a mile east of Lacka-
wanna last night, was not as serious as
at first reported. Only the fireman and
engineer of the derailed engine of the
westbound express, which turned
over on the track, were killed, though
a number of passengers on the express,
the vestibule passenger train for Buff
falo and Cleveland. which left New
York at I O'Clock Saturday evening,
were injured.
Following is a complete list of the
killed and injured, as far as known at
the present time:
Killed-Stephen Outwater, Port Jar
Wis, engineer of Chicago express; Fred
Sells, Port Jarvis, fireman of the Chit
cagO express.
Injured-C. L. Stephens, III Gar
field avenue. Chicago, bruises, minor
Commissions; F. View. New York, cut
head and right arm; @. H. Boyd, Shar-
on, Pa, scalp wounds; Mrs. G. H. Boyd,
Sharon, Pa, bruises back and Shout
ders; Bernard Shay, Port Jarvis, en-
gineer of freight, pelvis broken; Fred
Smith, Port Jarvis, brakeman, shoulder
broken; J. NJ. Trimmer, train man of
Chicago express, shoulder injured;
Michael Thornton, porter, shoulder
bruised; Timothy WEIGH, conductor of
Chicago express, back and legs injured
Miss Florence Adell Milford, Newark,
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, Newark, bruises;
F. E. Belize, Cleveland, head and hand
burned; L. E. Parker. New York, hands
burned; Mrs. F. c. Hewes, New York,
cut head and back injured; F. L. Mel
gott, Newark, N. j., bruises left leg;
F. S. Fitzpatrick, lit Seventeenth ave-
nue., Denver slight injuries; E. L.
Drake. Pullman conductor, slight in
juries: W. Freybold, Hoboken, slight in
juries; A. S. Collins, Buffalo, slight in
juries; Richard Smith, Chicago, slightly
injured.
The wreck, which occurred shortly
before midnight, was preceded by a
cloudburst and storm which lasted two
hours. A section of the bank fell on the
eastbound track directly in front of
the freight train. Several trees went
down with the rocks and earth, the
freight cars and engine were turned
over directly across the westbound
tracks of the Erie road Sixty freight
twenty-five were derailed, and the de-
bris was piled up on the westbound
tracks just as the Chicago express put
in an appearance, running fifty miles
an hour. The engine of the express train
crashed into the wreck and the bag
gage car, combination and buffet car
and two Pullman sleepers were piled
up on the tracks Immediately in front of
the wrecked freight cars. The first
sleeper was split into two parts as the
result of the accident.
The first sleeper was split into two
parts as a result of the accident, and
the passengers were thrown thirty feet
down bank. Fire at once broke out
and four cars of the express train and
nine of the freight cars were burned
Baggagemaster Becker, who found
himself under the baggage car door,
| recovered consciousness only to dis
cover that he was all alone in that part
of the wrecked passenger cars. He
managed to crawl from. his position,
only to find blaze starting in front
of, him, while half of the cars We're
somehow braced up Immediately over
him. He called for assistance. but there
was no response. Then he saw the
passengers who had been hurled down
the thirty foot embankment endeavor-
ing to extricate themselves from the
debris and make their way up the bank.
All We're clad only in their night cloth
ing, and they We're shivering with cold,
some We're bleeding and moaning and
all We're dazed. Blankets were brought
from the Pullman cars and wrapped
around shivering women and half con-
sciouS men.
Word was telegraphed to Port Jer-
Wis. A relief train soon reached the
scene of the accident, and nearly all of
the injured persons were removed to
the hospital.