Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-01
ERIE FLYER IN BAD WRECK.
Two Persons KILLED ana
Five Injured-Three Niss'"s'

PORT JERVIS, y. Y, July
trains were wrecked on the btie ar
road late Saturday night as the result u
a landslide one mile east Of LaekawaNen'
At first 1t was reported that several pas
ssngers on one Of the trains were hiiieu'
but this proved to be unfounded.
An Erie freight train, east bound
which turned over on the west-oouhd
track however. caused the death OF the
Nrsman and engineer Of wrecked en-
cine belonging to the west-bound chi
cago express. No. Z, the vestibule passen-
Ger train for Buffalo, which left Jersey
civ al 7:s5 o'clock on Saturday night
AT least twenty-five persons, the ma
iority OF whom were passengers on the
express train, also were injured Infee
persons still are missing, and may be
added TO the list of dead.
LIST OF CASUALTIES.
Following is a complete list Of the killed
and injured. as far as known up TO the
present time:
KILLED.
STEPHEN oUTWATER, Port Jervis'
engineer wrecked engine.
FRED SELLS, Port Jeryis, fireman
WlSGktu tlb4It.
INJURED.
G. II. Boyd, Sharon. Pa; scalp wounds
Mrs. G.. II. Boyd, Sharon, Pa; bruises
back and shoulders
G. T.. Belz, Cleveland; cuts on head'
hand burned.
John Becker, Attica, baggage-master'
head cut, bruises.
A. S. Collins, No. S44 West avenue, Buff
falo; slight injuries.
+. ]. Drake, Pullman conductor; slight
injuries.
William Dunbar, New York, second
cook; burns and bruises.
w. Freybold. NO. % Jefferson street,
Hoboken slight injuries.
Robert Frazier, Jersey City, waiter;
scalded hands.
Mrs. f. c. Heath, No. 1873 Seventh ave-
nue.. New York; cut on head and back in
jured.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt. Newark; bruises.
y. s. fitzpatrick. No. III seventeenth
avenue, Denver; slight injuries.
William Loveioy, Jersey City, waiter;
burned hands
jeanette Moore, Cleveland slight in
iures.
J.. L. Mergott. Newark. y. j.; slight
confusion, bruises on left leg.
Miss Florence Adel milford, Newark.
/. L. Parker No. q Cortlandt street,
New York; hands burned.
Bernard Shay. Port Jervis, engineer or
freight train; pelvis broken.
Fred Smith. Port Jervis, brakeman;
shoulder broken.
Richard Smith. No. 29s Milwaukee street,
Chicago: slightly injured.
G.. l.. Stephens, No III FAIRFIELD avenue,
Chicago, bruises and minor contusOns.
Frank NJ. Sanford, New York. chef;
bruised and scalded
J. NJ Trimmer. trainman, No. Z, Shout
der injured.
Michael Thornton, porter; shoulder
bruised.
f. View, No. east Third street, New
York; cut on head and right arm.
Timothy Welch, conductor, No. 7; back
and legs injured.
HOW 1T OCCURRED.
The wreck, which occurred shortly be-
fore midnight, was preceded by a cloud
burst and storm, which lasted two hours
A section Of the bank fell on the east
bound tracks directly in front of the
freight train. Several trees went down
with the rocks and the earth, and the
freight-cars and engine were turned over
directly across the west-bOund tracks.
Sixty freight cars constituted the train,
though only twenty-five left the rails and
the wreckage was piled up on the west
bound tracks just as the No. Chicago
express appeared, running at the rate Of
fifty miles an hour.
The engine of the express train crashed
into the wreck and the baggage-car, COM
bination- and buffet-car and two Pullman
sleepers were piled up on the tracks i'm
mediately 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 thirty feet down
a bank. Fire started at once, and four
cars Of No. and nine of the freight-cars
were burned.