Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-12
track was open for the resumption 0:

track was open for the resumption Of
business.
On board the special train things
were decidedly more mixed up than on
the regular. from which the force OF
the collision came. Engineer Pollock
and Fireman Martin were whirled out
OF their engine, alighting in a field
alongside the track Both men were
very generally shaken up and sustained
numerous bruises and small cuts. but
were able to get on their feet in short
time, and with the emergency help fur
nished were practically all right when
they arrived in Wheeling. The pas
sengers had a rough time of it, and it
was on this train that Messrs. Walsh,
Frankie and Mendlow sustained their
wounds The excitement and confusion
for a time was very great, and the pas
sengers swarmed out of the cars helter-
SHELTER as soon as they recovered from
the shock of the collision. Many of the
Knights went forward to the assistance
of the trainmen and Others injured,
and performed good service in the emer-
gency.
There being no telegraph station at
Short Greek news of the accident was
sent across the river TO Portland and
was thence telephoned to this city. and
as a result the wrecking train was or
dered out and physicians called. BY
the time the train vas ready several
doctors were on hands and went to the
scene, where the injured were cared
for at once, while a train was ordered
down from the Junction to transfer the
passengers on board No. 216 and take
them on. The wrecking crew got TO
work very promptly, and il was not long
until matters were in fairly good shape
the track being reported clear at half
past one o'clock.
AS a matter of course the news OF
the accident spread throughout this
city quickly, and there were many
alarming reports as to the number kill
ed and wounded, and these went with
out correction for some time, owing to
the difficulty of securing definite and
reliable information. Shortly after two
O'Clock, however, the special train
steamed into the Eleventh street sta
ton, where a detail of police under
command of Chief Clemans, a large
number of the Uniform Rank, X. of p,
and all the ambulances of the city and
crowd about the station probably NUM-
bered one thousand, and SO great was
the pressure of sight-seers that the
Knights were drawn up shoulder to
shoulder on the platform, leaving a
wide open space about the centre of the
train where the wounded men were.
The visiting lodges and companies were
on the forward part of the train, and
these disembarked in front OF the Hotel
Windsor and just north and were
marched away up town, while the
train was stopped. 1t was then deter
mined by those in charge, after a con,
Sultation, to run the train to Four
teenth street, where the ambulances
could have the benefit OF the brick
paved street, and thus avoid the jolt
ing over the cobbles of Water street
This was done, the vehicles being sent
on ahead, while the physicians and 9TH
ers who had been awaiting the train
boarded the cars. The train was STOP
ped in front of the freight depot and
the ambulance and carriages being
backed up to the car platforms, the
wounded were carried or assisted into
the vehicles and were rapidly conveyed
expert assistance was in waiting, and
wounds were dressed Immediately. By
a little after four O'Clock Conductor
Ranney and Baggagemaster Stephen
son were back at the Panhandle pas
senger station, neatly strapped up, and
ready to proceed TO their homes, while
several of the others Of the injured
were reported as doing very well in
deed. No such good news could be re-
ported from Fireman King and Mr.
Mendlow, however, and it was at that
time feared that the worst would re-
suit in their cases.
1t was agreed by the railroad Off
Gals seen by the reporters for the Reg
lister that the cause of the accident was
the misunderstanding Of orders By En-
gineer Pollock, of the special. who is a
main line man, unacquainted with
the run over the branch road.
The wreck was the scene Of at least
one act of heroism in which the hero,
Second Lieutenant p. A. Walsh, of
Oakdale Company No. Go, nearly lost
his life. A member of the command,
when the crash came. was locked in
the closet in the front end Of the smok-
ing car. Lieut.. Walsh was sitting di-
reetly across from the door As the
trains came together, the Lieutenant
ran to the door and kicked ii In, liber-
ating the man inside. Immediately at
ter Lieut.. Walsh was struck by a fly
ing timber and received the injuries
with which he is now lying in the City
Hospital. Upon inquiry at that insti-
tuition last night as 10 his condition, 1t
was stated that while he was not seri-
ously injured, he viii be confined to mis-