The Yale expositor., 1899-08-04
WRECK CLAIMS TWO LIVES.
Fatalities Attend a Smash-Up on
the Erie Railroad.
ENGINEER AND FIREMAN DEAD.
Both Men Killed at Their Post of
Duty-rwsnty Persons Injured. but It
Is Thought All VIII Recover-Land-
slide the Cause of the Accident.

of the landslide a mile east of Lacka-
waxen Saturday night was not as Sc
rious as at 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, theirs being the
only lives lost, though a number OF
passengers on the express, the vesti-
bule passenger train for Buffalo and
Cleveland which left New York at z
o'clock Saturday, were injured.
Following is a complete list OF the
killed and injured as far as known at
the present time. The injured will all
recover.
The killed:
OUTWATER, STEPHEN, Port Jer-
Wis, engineer of Chicago express.
SELLS, FRED, Port Jervis, fireman
Of Chicago express.
The injured
Stephens, C. L., Chicago; bruises, mi
nor Commissions.
View, F., New York; head and right
arm cut.
Boyd, G. p. Sharon, Pa; scalp
wounds.
Boyd, Mrs. G. H., Sharon, Pa, bruises
back and shoulders.
Shay, Bernard, Port Jervis, engineer
freight; pelvis broken.
Smith. Fred Port Jervis, brakeman;
shoulder broken.
Trimmer, ]. NJ, train man of Chicago
express; shoulder injured.
Thornton, Michael, porter; shoulder
bruised.
Walsh, Timothy, conductor of Chi
! cago express; back and legs injured.
Belize, Cleveland; cuts on head and
hand burned.
Parker. L. E., New York; hands
burned.
Heath, Mrs. F, c., New York; cut on
head and back injured
Meigott, F. L., Newark, N. j.; bruises
on left leg.
Fitzpatrick, F. s., Denver; slight in
juries.
Drake, F. L.. Pullman conductor;
slight injuries.
Freybold, W., Hoboken; slight inju-
ries.
Collins. A. S., Buffalo; slight iniu-
ries.
Smith, Richard, Chicago; slightly in
jured.
milford. Miss Florence Adel, New
ark.
Hunt, Mrs. Elizabeth, Newark;
bruises.
The wreck, which occurred shortly
before midnight, was preceded by a
cloudburst and storm which lasted two
hours. A section of the bank fell on
the eastbound train, directly in front
of the freight train. Several trees went
down with the rocks and earth and the
freight cars and engine were turned
over directly across the westbound
tracks of the Erie road. Sixty freight
cars constituted the train. Twenty
| two were derailed and the debris was
piled up on the west-bound tracks just
as the Chicago express put in an APP
! pearance, running 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 car
were piled up on the tracks immedi-
ately in front of the wrecked freight
cars. The first sleeper was split into
two parts as a result of the accident
and the passengers were thrown thir-
ty feet down a bank. Fire at once
broke out and four cars of the express
train and nine of the freight cars were
burned. Members of the train crews
who escaped unhurt began to search
different portions of the wreck and as
sisted those who were struggling to
escape. A 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, Barnard Shay
Of Port Jervis, the engineer of the
freight train. and G. E. Belize of Cleve-
land were most seriously hurt, but
their wounds are not fatal.
Some thieves from Port Jervis, who.
It is supposed, reached the scene of the
wreck on the relief train, ransacked the
clothes of the passengers during the
excitement.
After several hours search the
bodies of Engineer Outwater and Fire
man Sells were found under their en-
CINE. Both bodies had been burned to
the waist. The men were identified by
their watches.
Conductor Welsh, who was removed
to his home. was not seriously injured.
He had train check in his possession,
showing three persons as yet unac-
counted for. Two were from Cleve-
land and one from Cattaraugus. The
Cattaraugus man Travelled on an ed
itorial ticket. II is believed that they
took refuge in the vicinity Of the
wreck and that they will be heard from
later.