The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-31
BURNED TO A CRISP,
Engineer andFireman
Die in Great Suf-
fering.
DOUBLE WRECK ON ERIE.
Twenty-six Injured in Heap
Of Burning
Carr.
DOUBLE WRECK ON ERIE.

Port Jervis, N. j., July 30.-A land
slide, resulting from a cloudburst
caused an accident on the Erie rail-
road mile east of Lackawanen. N.
Y, last night, in which two persons
were killed outright and 26 others
more or less injured. The casualties
were.
Killed-Stephen Outwater, Port Jer-
Wis, engineer of derailed engine: Fred
Sells, Port Jervis, fireman, derailed en-
CINE.
The injured-C. L. Stephens. Chica-
go, bruises, minor Commissions; F. View.
cut about the head and right arm; G.
H. Boyd, Sharon, Pa, scalp wounds
Mrs. G. II. Boyd, Sharon, Pa, bruised
back and shoulders; Barnard Shay,
Port Jervis, engineer freight, pelvls
broken; Fred Smith, Port Jervfs.
brakeman, shoulder broken; j. NJ.
Trimmer, trainman, No. Z, shoulder
injured Michael Thornton porter,
shoulder bruised; Timothy WEIGH, con-
ductor No. Z, back and legs injured; G.
e. Belz, Cleveland, O., cut head and
hand bruised; L. E. Parker, New York,
hands burned; Mrs. F. c. Heath, cut
about the head and back injured; F. l..
MIL suit NSWdIh, IN. SIRnC cOnCQ
sion, bruises on left leg; F. S. Fitzpat-
rick, Denver, slight injuries; F. l..
Drake, Pullman conductor. slightly IN
jured; Keanette Moore, Cleveland, o..
slight injuries; w. Freybold, Buffalo
N. Y, slight injuries; Richard Smith
Chicago, slight injuries; Miss Florence
Abel milford, Newark; Mrs. Elizabeth
Hunt, Newark bruises; John Brenter
Attica, baggagemaster, head cut
bruises; Frank M. Sanford, New York
chef, bruises, scalded; William Dunbar
New York, second cook, burns and
bruises; William Lovejoy, Jersey City
waiter. burned hands; Robert Frazer
Jersey City, waiter, scalded hands
A cloudburst and storm, which last
ed two hours, occurred shortly before
midnight, and section of the bani
fell on the east-bound tracks, directly
in front of an east-bound freight train
composed of 60 cars. Several trees wen
down with the bank, and the freight
cars and engine were turned ovel
across the west-bound track of the
Erie railroad. Twenty-Five of the cars
were derailed and piled up on the west
bound track, just as the west-bounC
Chicago express for Buffalo, which lief
New York at IL o'clock last night, pu
in appearance, running at the rate Of
so miles an hour.
The engine of the express train crash
ed into the wreck and the baggage 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 sleep
er was split in two parts as a result Of
the accident, and the passengers were
thrown 30 feet down the bank. Fire a
once broke out, and four cars of the
express train and nine of the freight
cars were burned. Baggagemastel
Brooke, who found himself under thC
baggage car door, recovered conscious
ness, only to discover that he was al
alone in the heart of the wrecked pas.
senger cars. He managed to craw
from his position, only to find a blazt
starting in front Of him, while half o.
the car was braced up Immediately ovel
him. He called for assistance, bu
there was no response, then he saw the
passengers who had been hurled dowT
the 30-foot embankment, endeavorins
to extricate themselves from the debris
and make their way up the bank. AL
were clad only in their night clothing
and they were shivering with the cold
Some were bleeding and moaning, bu
all were dazed.
Members of the trains crew com
menced to search different portions o.
the wreck, and assisted those who were
struggling to escape. Blankets were
brought in from the Pullman cars anC
wrapped around shivering, hysterica
women and half-conscious men. Wore
was telegraphed to Port Jervis, a re
lief train was at once arranged for, anc
physicians and nurses returned for thu
purpose of caring for those needing as.
sistance. 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 al
the hospital, Barnard Shay Of Port Jer.
Wis, engineer of the freight train, ant
most seriously hurt but it is not thought
that their wounds will prove fatal.
Several thieves fromPort Jervis, whom
it is supposed reached the scene Of
the wreck on the relief traih, ransacke6
the clothes of the passengers durina
the period of excitement. After sew.
eral hours search, the bodies Of Engi.
neer Outwater and Fireman Sells were
found under their engine by persons
attached to the wrecking train. Both
bodies had been burned to the waist.
Conductor WEIGH, who was removed
to his home, was not seriously injured
He had a train check in his possession
showing three persons as yet unac.
counted for. Two were from Cleveland
and one from Cattaragus. The Cat
taragus man travelled on an editorial
ticket.
1t is believed that they had taken
refuge in the vicinity Of the wreck
and that they will be heard from later
Thousands of persons visited the scene
of the wreck today, and many who
looked over the wreckage expressed the
opinion that the remains Of the missing
men would be found thera