The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-01
MANY HURT IN
A TRAIN WRECK
Train on Erie Railroad Crashes Into
a landslide.
THIRTEEN CARS WERE BURNED
Adding Terror TO the Already Appal-
ling scene - Many of tho Passcn-
gers Were Robbed During the
Excitement of the Wreck.


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FORT JEWS H. D" '-' 49,,
wreck ON the Lfle i'iii' "''
ont OF q. landslide "a milo cast OF Lack
- r. ....t.t .l.t.itrJ in the death
"""N''' .'' ''a''' . 10 tho do-
of llc fireman ana engineer
rauod cnelnc of tine wcst-b0und chicago
t,.,. .......l over ON the track.
while 90 number of passengers on ine
.,.r... fnn rr.ffIG.r passenger tram
. r gI.,rrsrd which left
inr Buffalo ANA gov ,-,..
Sow York at CLOCK 'ui"'5 'i-'''
urre injured. Following 'is q complete
I.. l.r.I and injured as FAR as
Hs. o, i"" "'".' "'i
Killed.
..........,- rr-,t,yt- AFTER Port Jeryis.
engineer oi 'hlas' express
IHED SELLS. Port Jcrtla, hremdh o.
Cr.caro express.
rrf.rcd.
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a. T. stephens, lit N'iiiDi' "F'''-''
Chicago. bruises. minor contuelons.
t ,.. ,..,. N-,,t. ,..f nrad and right
'' ''."f -'
erm.
g. IT, Toyd Sharon. Pa. scalp wounds.
llr. d. H. go.a. sharon Pa, bruises
bs.E and shoulders
-tt p.~f Jartis engineer
-. -,.,.s I-o..r
ItlAH" te.ts I.,, r.r,fe brakeman.
.bo,I.er broEcn
- ~. li'ri i1i1re9 ',''' va
H-rbe.I Jhornton. shoulder bruised.
--tr,ltIg 1V.lrn conductor of Chicago
,,-'. - ana le.s iriurcd
vie. rvDreree Adj luif.rd. Newark.
Strs t.if,aI.fh Ilurf Newark. bruises.
- r. it.f. flrteIsna. cuts OH head
and hand burned
T. D parker New York hands burned
Mrs =. d. Hoath. Sew York. cut on
head and back injured.
T. l.. Morgott Newark. \. j., sllBhl
confusion. bruises uu lcil leg.
j. S. kupatrick III seventeenth ave
nue. Denver slight injuries.
j. L. Drake. pullman conductor, slight
Injuries.
~. Freybold. llohokcn. slight injuries.
s. Collins. Buffalo, slight injuries
pfrnerd smith Dos Milwaukee street,
Chirago slightly injured.
r-,.,rtr.-S CRASHES INTO WRECK.
~, .,,.,. .,..,..l st..rtf,. bo
me N.D.H,. "..'..i' .l..1,f l,,. "a lfond-
tvlo ...t f..t44 f,,.0 bo-fr.
'., .,i ,e H. bart feIl on The east
fo,,,,l t,.,.t. 5fre.fIv ir front of the
cr.--Et tr.fnt several trees went down
vim fhe rocks and earth and the freight
oar. .,rf fr..i,,. wore turned over direct
d.. .,r,.s I'd. v.est. h0uud tricks of the
E-io rosd Sixf,, freight cans c0nstitut-
Lo 80, fbo,,oh only fvorfy-twO
80. 4o--fi.d and mo debris was pIlod
| go. Tl,-,,d traoks inst as tina
Cb1~apo oynro-s md in an appearauce.
,,,,1 ~ tba Isto or .fffv miles AN
"7 Or
~ -.,-l.,- lc tho o,.r-a-e train craeh-
,5 ma III, ,gro.t and the baeeapc car.
.,,ii,sti',, ana braat car. and Two
.i.e.,..rs v,ore rifed mn 0u the
..,t,, i.,.,..li..tli,. tn fr.,,,t of f1o wreck
I'D erai-tt lars The frst slecper was
errf inio two parts as "a result of the
accident. and me passengers were thrown
fbirfy fcot down a bank
'''' ~ ,,,, '' ~tps pr-pNED
49,. l.,,. and TOM, l,rs
Of fbe express train and nine of the
freight cars were burned. Bassaecmas-
Ter Rocker who found himself under
the baggage car door recovered con-
seriousness only 90 discover That hc was
AN alone I'm the heart of the wrecked Iae-
seugcr cars. lie managed To- crawl from
his position to find "a blaze starting iu
front of him while half of car was
somewhat hraced mp Immediately over
him. He called for assistance but there
was no respon se ihen he saw ile pas
sengers. Who Dad been huilca ooWh lue
thrty-fOot cmbaukment endeaFunne To
eNtrlcate Themselves from me otbrle
and make thor way up me bank. All
were clad only in their night Cipinlle,
and they were shiverinc with tho cold.
Some were bleeding and moaning, ana
AN were dazed. Members of the train
crews commenced to search different pOr-
tons OF the wreck and assisted those
who were struggling To- escape.
Blankets were brought in from the
Pullman cars and wrapped around shiN-
cring hvefericll women ana half cOu-
sc.ous men, Word was tcleEraphed 90
Port Jcrvis. "a relief train was ar once
arranged for and Dr. Cuddeback' Di.
SWartout, pr. Johnson. ana several
trained nurses returned Tor the purpose
Of caring for those needing immediate
assistance Tho Keller tram soon Iedl ID
ed the scene of the accident ana nearly
an Of the injured persons were removed
20 TIE hospital.
THIEVES ARRIVED OK RELIEF
TRAIN
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hoeplal hafhu1 9la! vi oL1 JSi ~
lue engineer on lNr il.lhl1 ll"i.i "-iu ~
E belz' GI OieNt.ai.o' were ul"S, g,,aI
n.y. .'.'l '..t .,.. IT,, T, les'', 80
etsfrn with hcadquartors at Cleveland.