The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-31
Accident on the Erie Not So Se-
rious as Expected.
ACLOUDBURST AND STORM
A Mass OF Earth, Rocks and Trees Piled
on the Track-The Train Was Run
ming so Miles an Hour-Many
Severely Injured.

or the landslide a mile east of Lacka-
waxon. was not as serious as at first
| reported Only the fireman and engi-
neeT of the derailed engine of the west
bound Chicago express, which was
| turned over on the track. were killed,
though number of passengers on the
| express, the vestibule passenger train
| for Buffalo and Cleveland, which left
New York at o'clock Saturday, were
injured.
Following is a complete list of the
killed and injured so far as known at
this time. Killed:
PETER ATWATER, Fort Jer~is, en-
gineer of the Chicago express.
FRED SELLS, Port Jervis, fireman
of the Chicago express.
Injured:
| c. l.. Stephens, No. III Garfield ave-
| nue., Chicago, bruises and minor con-
| tusions.
+. vieu, New York, head cut.
q. IA. Boyd. sharon, Pa, bruises back
and shoulder.
| Bernard Shay, Port Jervis, engineer
freight, pelvis broken.
Fred Smith, Port Jervis, brakeman,
Shoulder broken.
J. M. Trimmer, trainman of Chicago
express, shoulder injured.
Michael Thornton, porter. shoulder
bruised
Timothy Welsh conductor of Chi
cago express, back and legs injured
Miss Florence Adell Mulford New
ark, bruises.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hunt, Newark,
bruises.
F. E. Belize, Cleveland cuts on head
and hand burned.
I. par
ed
Mrs. F. c. Hewes New York, head
cut and back injured
+, l.. Meigott, Newark, bruises on left
leg.
f. L. Fitzpatrick. III Seventeenth ave-
nue., Denver. slight injuries
E. l.. Drake, Pullman conductor
slight bruises.
f. Freybold, Hoboken, slight injuries,
A. S. COLLINS. Buffalo slight injuries
Richard Smith, Chicago, slightly in
| jured.
The wreck, which occurred shortly
before midnight, was preceded by u
| 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 turning over di-
rectly across the westbound tracks of
the TOdu. ne tTdln consisted VI
6S freight cars, but only % We're derail-
ed, and the debris was piled up on the
westbound tracks just as the Chicago
express put in an appearance, running
so miles an hour. The engine of the
express train crashed into the wreck
and the baggage car, combination and
buffet car and two Pullman sleepers
were piled up on the tracks Immediate
ly in front of the wrecked freight cars.
The first sleeper was split into two
parts aus a result of the accident, and
the passengers were thrown 80 feet
down bank. Fire at once broke out
and four cars of the express train and
nine of the freight cars We're burned.
Baggagemaster Becker, who found him
self under the baggage door, recovered
consciousness only to discover that he
was all alone in that part of the
wrecked passenger cars. He managed
to crawl from his position only to find a
blaze starting in front of him, while
half of the cars were somehow braced
up Immediately over him. He called
for assistance, but there was no re-
sponse. Then he saw the passengers
who had been hurled down the 30-foot
embankment endeaVor.ng to eXtricate
themselves from the debris and make
their way up the bank. All We're clad
only in their night clothing, and they
were shivering with the cold, some We're
bleeding and moaning, and all were
daZed. Members of the train crews
commenced to search different portions
of the wreck and assisted those who
were struggling to escape. Blankets
We're brought in from the Pullman cars
and wrapped around shivering women
and half-conscious men.
Word was telegraphed to Port Jervis
for a relic ftrain, which was at once
arranged for and Drs. Cud aback Swar-
tout and johnson and several trained
nurses returned for the purpose of car
ing for those needing Immediate assist
ance. The relief train soon reached the
scene of the accident and nearly ALL of
the injured persons were removed to
the hospital.
OF the persons injured and now at
the hospital, Bernard Shay of Port Jer-
Wis, the engineer of the freight, and F.
E. Betz of Cleveland, are most seriously
hurt, but their wounds are not fatal.
Mr.. Belts is a stenographer in the Of
flee of Traffic Manager Thomas of the
Erie system.
Several thieves from Port Jervis, who
it is supposed reached the scene of the
wreck on the relief train, ransacked
the clothes of the passengers during
the period of excitement.
F. Vieu, a milliner decorator of New
York, lost clothing containing $500 in
bills and a gold watch; F. S. Kilpat-
rick of Denver lost S100, "a gold watch,
a diamond pin and diamond stud. On
the way to the hospital he noticed a
man wearing his trousers. He went
through the pockets, together with the
man, but found the money gone. The
man said the trousers had been given
him by one of the trainmen, but claim
ed that the money and valuables must
have been distracted before he received
the present of the garment.
After several hours search the bodies
of Engineer Atwater and Fireman Sells
We're found under their engine. Both
bodies had been burned to the waist.
Three persons are unaccounted Tor.
Two We're from Cleveland and one from
Cattaragus 1t is believed that they
took refuge in the vicinity of the wreck
and that they will be heard from later.