Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-08-02
A BAD WRECK.
Passenger Train Runs Into Wrecked
Freight on the Erie Road.
4 Freight Train on the East Bound Track
Was Wrecked by n Landslide and
Engine and Cars Wore Thrown
Across tho West Track

PORT JERvIs, y. Y, July 3l.-The
accidents on the Erie railroad growing
out of the landslide a mile east of
Lack waXcn, Pa, were not as serious
as first reported. Only the fireman
and engineer of the derailed engine of
the west bound Chicago express, which
| turned over on the track, were killed,
| though a number of passengers on the
express, the vestibule passenger train
| for Buffalo and Cleveland, which left
New York at o'clock Saturday, were
injured.
The wreck, which occurred shortly
before midnight Saturday was pre-
coded by a cloud burst and storm which
| lasted two hours A section of the
| bank fell on the east bound track di-
rectly in front of tho freight train.
| Several trees went down with the rocks
and earth and the freight cars and en-
CINE were turned over directly across
the west bound tracks of the Erie road.
Sixty freight cars constituted the
train, but only % were derailed and
the debris was piled up on the west
bound tracks just the Chicago ex-
press put in an appearance, running
at the rate of so 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
mp on the tracks Immediately in front
Of the wrecked cars The first sleeper
was split into two parts as a result of
thrown 80 feet down a bank. Fire at
once broke out and four cars of the ex-
press train and nine of the freight
ears 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 were
somehow braced up Immediately over
him. He called Tor assistance but there
was no response.
Then he saw the passengers who had
been hurled down the 3O-foot EN- bank
ment endeavoring to extricate them
selves from the debris and make their
way up the bank. All were clad only
in their night clothing and they were
shivering with the cold. Some were
bleeding and moaning, but all were
dazed.
Members OF the train crews com
menced to search different portions OF
the wreck and assisted those who we re
struggling to escape.
Blankets were brought in from the
Pullman cars and wrapped around
shivering women and half conscious
men.
Word was telegraphed to Port Jer-
Wis. A relief train was at once ar
ranged for and DR.. Cuddehack, DIR.
Swartout DR.. Johnson and several
trained nurses returned for the pur-
pose OF caring for those needing i'm
mediate assistance. The relief train
soon reached the scene of the accident
and nearly all of the injured persons
were removed to the hospital.
Several thieves from Port Jervis
who, it is supposed. reached the scene
of the wreck on the relief train, ran
sacked the clothes of the passengers
during the period of excitement
f. View, a millinery decorator of
New York, lost clothing containing
$500 In bills and a gold watch. +. 5.
Fitzpatrick, OF Denver, lost 800, gold
watch, a diamond pin and diamond
stud. On the way to the hospital he
noticed a man wearing his trousers.
They went through the pockets to-
gether and found the money gone. The
man said that the trousers had been
given him by one Of the trainmen, but
claimed that the money and vaIuables
must have been abstrated before ne re.
ccived the present of the garment.
After several hours search the bodies
OF Engineer Outwater and Fireman
Sells were found under the wrecked
train Both bodies had been burned
TO the waist The men were identified
by their watches.
DR. 1simage III