The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-10

With an awful crash. T'sr c,.,,..
train was probably Eoiug A, oh,", N",S,nh 40.
leen miles an hour. Thp ,,ro, -
MS X trinpcd in It's faster eight, ,nrHnI' ,.'
complete sotncrsault and cam, ,.rs,St.
GOWN oea!de its now dNns,lISh,l a.N
strrction, But Its career ,v,s ma, 49,,
rd oetore II had jammcd the trnaor ~,
the excursion train almost from ono .,,
10 the other Of the first car (r,,, 81.
moSin' The tender stopped n tcw ,r,,.
from the rear door. The car. o- M,
was LETT OF II. rolled over carving WHY
II the imhedded tender. the frarnc,,,
"' dozen bodies and the ImDrlso,s,
wounded who had been carried wiIS,hn
Jagged iron on its relentless ,,,u,xa
through the coach.
1t was IN the first car OF thr e,c,,-
sion train that all the deaths ami ncs,
or the casualties occurred. The ofha-
cars, though tho!r occupants wore Sad.
shaken, stayed on thc track nra
were In condition to he hauled on. Tho
baggage car In the tront OF thu Inrs,
train wns rather badly smashed up,
y lcw minutes before the train
crashed. George WcldmRa. or Duncllen
had tcthered his coal wagon 10 n oost
nt thc crosSIrr f,u, 'Vrt
where tho ENGINES mo, '"'NS IRON
~ sou. tbnS co,,Inn" y. ..,, A..
cast t-hnu,d ,vhIx.Iinr- fo SNu u"
locol comIno. oro,,nd t,a oon m..u nun thc
mr. nrms h,t bornro ho ,,,,. .' !. ""Fcu
gIneer OF the local saw what he was II,
against. The people were sticking their
heads out ot the windows Tho enri-
NeerS and ilrCmen iumDed Thor trnj,.
banged into cnch othor 49,, ~ H"lus
cIImhod ovcr thn othnr or 'n 4. 'Iu l'ra'
ing rirbt or Tbnn sSo ,, "nu wns ko-
ove,. ond co,,o ,,om.r ~, ."'u cream
stock I, wos M on.t,,, 49,, ~. s"rAe- ,,,
Tho o,bar no,sonrora ,n5 'heh
camo rn,r,,r in ""N "a''hhe"
-,
n'"'"cr Ill orucrs.
Engineer RICK. OF the local. was
found on the tracks so badly in,n-.5
TINT l;,,1. homo wing o,,o-,,t,,.,
''''''' Va "'A
ieHu'c''' beSp''e inc oieou mat flowed
from his mouth, Rick EurGlcd out:
Some one gave wrong orders know.
,,o,. /. ,onoo,, ,,,,. .,.
-''''fe"eu' o"' San SPEAK
now
In this connection. W. o. SprIgg, tho
superintendent OF the Easton & Ambov
division OF the Lchigh Valley. said.
The accident IS evidently due 10 a
blundcr In orders"
General Passenger Agent Lee had no
explanation TO make.
DIR. Brakely, Of Duuellcn, wos one OF
tho first on the scene. He said:
I'VE got into the overturned car and
Eroned among the debris for the dead.
Teeth, arms, brains. splin,ercd wood
and twisted iron were mixed up In an
inGcscrihablc mass. The wounded, most
Gt'.them suffering from broken legs.
were all jammed Mt the rear end. The
dead we got out pccemcal. Among tho
ruins we found n baby about four
months old In long clothes. We thought
It was dead and laid Il on the bank be-
side the half dozen other manyled bod
les we had cNtrlcatcd. Just MS was
leaving | noticed signs Of life. The babE
was alive and careful examination
showed Il had sustained onlv a bruIsc
of the head. We nut Il in the cars for
Plainneld"
This babv belonged 10 Mrs. Mary Par
reca, OF Mt. Carmel, who was accom-
panied on the train by her husband,
two young sons and the infan, In
question. Its mother was nursing the
babe when the crash came. 1t was torn