Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-07-31


DENT CAUSED BY A STORM.
PORT JERVIS, N. Y, July 30.-The
accidents on the Erie railroad growing
out of the landslide a mile east OF
Lackawaxon, last night, were not as
serious as at first reported. Only the
fireman and engineer of the derailed
engine of the west-bound Chicago ex-
press, which turned over on the track,
were killed, though a number OF pas
sengers on the express, the yestibule
passenger train for Buffalo and Cleve-
land, which left New York at o'clock
Saturday night, were injured.
Following is a complete list of the
KILLED AND INJURED
as far as known at the present time:
Killed:
STEPHEN OUTWATER, Port Jervis,
engineer of Chicago express.
FRED SELLS, Port Jervis, fireman OF
Chicago express.
Injured:
C. L. STEPHENS, lit Garfield avenue,
Chicago, bruises, minor contusions.
MISS FLORENCE ADELE MULFOED,
Newark.
MRS. ELIZABETH HUNT, Newark,
bruises.
F. VIEW, New York. cut head and
right arm.
G. H. BOYD, Sharon, Pa. scalp
wounds.
on back and shoulder.
BERNARD SHAY, Port Jervis, engin-
eer freight, pelvis broken.
FRED SMITH, Port Jervis, brakeman,
shoulder broken.
J. M. TRIMMER, trainman, of Chicago
express, shoulder injured.
MICHAEL THORNTON, porter, Shout
der bruised.
TIMOTHY WEIGH, conductor of Chi
cago express, back and legs injured.
G. E. BELZ, Cleveland, cuts on head,
hand burned.
L. E. PARKER. New York. hands
burned.
MRS. F. c. HEATH, New York, cut on
head and back injured.
F. l.. MERGOTT, Newark, III Seven
tenth avenue, Denver, slight injur-
les.
F. L. DRAKE, Pullman conductor,
slight injuries.
w. FREYBOLD, Hoboken, slight in
juries.
A. S. COLLINS, Buffalo, slight in
juries.
RICHARD SMITH. 29S Milwaukee
street, Chicago, slightly injured.
THE WRECK,
Which occurred shortly before mid
night, was preceded by a cloudburst
and storm which lasted two hours. A
section of the bank fell on The east
bound tracks directly in front of the
freight train. Seveesl trees went down
with the rocks and earth, and the
freight cars and engine were turned
over directly across the west-bound
tracks of the Erie railroad. Sixty
freight cars constituted the train,
though only twenty-one were derailed,
and the debris was piled up on the
west-bound tracks just as the Chicago
Express put in an appearance, run
ming at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
The engine of the express train
crashed into the wreck, and the bag
gage car, combination and buffet 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 a result
of the accident, and the passengers
We're thrown thirty feet down bank.
Fire at once broke out, and four cars
freight cars were burned. Baggage
master Becker, who found himself I'M
der the baggage car door, recovered
consciousness only to discover that he
WAS ALL ALONE
in the heart 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 car was
somehow blazed 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 en-
deavoring to extricate themselves 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. Mem
bers of the train crews commenced to
search different portions of the wreck
and assisted those who were struggling
to escape. Blankets were brought in
from the Pullman cars and wrapped
around shivering hysterical women
and unconscious men. Word was tele-
graphed to Port Jervis a relief train