The Portland daily press., 1899-07-31
CLOUD.DURST TIE CAUSE.
Bad Accident on the
Erie Road.
Tive Killed and TWenty-six Others
Injured.
Two Trains Ran Into
Debris on Tracks.
Three Persons As Yet Unac-
counted For in The Wreck.

Pert Jarvis. N. Y. July so--A land
slide. resulting from cloud-burst, caused
an accident on the Erie railroad n mile
east Of Llckawaxen, N. T., last night in
which two persons were killed outright
and So others more or less injured. The
casualties were:
I Stephen Outwater. Port Jarvis, engi-
nser of derailed engine.
Fred Sells. Port Jervis. fireman OF de-
rallied engine.
INJURED.
C.L. Stephens, Chicago, bruises. minor
contusions.
q. II. Boyd, Sharon, Pa. scalp wounds.
Mrs q. Body, Sharon, Pa. bruised back
and shoulders.
Bernard Shay. Port Jarvis, engineer of
freight. pelvis broken.
hrFred Smith. Port Jarvis, brakeman,
shoulder broken.
j. III. Tri miner. trainman, No z, should
er injured.
Michael Thornton, potter, shouidsr
-bEuised.
.fiMsshy welch. conductor No. 7,..back
and legs injrSsd.
X. Gebelz. Clessland. Ohio. cut head:
hand burned.
l.. Il. Parker. New York, hands burned.
Mrs. +. q. Heath, New York, cnt head
+. l. Msrgott, Newark. n. j., slight
Commissions, bruises en- lett leg.
y. ). Fitzpatrick, Denver. slight injur-
les.
F. L. Drake. Pullman conductor, slight
injuries.
]. canette Moore, CleaysIand, Ohio,
slight injuries.
W. Freybold. Hoboken, Nd, slight In.
iuriss.
A. s. Collins, Buffalo. slight Injuries.
Richard Smith, Chicago, slight injuries
Miss Florence Abdel Mumford, Newark.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, Newark, bruises
John prenter, Attica, N. Y, baggage
master, lead cut, bruises.
Frank M. Sanford, New York, chef,
bruises, scalded.
William Dunbar, New YorK, second
cook, burns and bruises.
William LoTejoy, Jersey City, waiter,
burned hands,
Robert Frazer Jersey City. waiter,
scalied hands.
A cloud burst and storm, which lasted
,wo hours, occurred shortly before mid
night and q section OF the bank fell on
the east-bound tracks directly In front Of
an east-bound freight train, composed of
90 cars. Several trees went down with
the bank and the freight cars and the
engine were turned over across the west
bound track. Twenty-Five cars were de-
rallied and piled up on the west bound
track just as the west bound Chicago
express for Buffalo, which left New
York at II o'clock last night put In an
pearance. running at the rate of so miles
an hour.
The engine Of the express train crashed
into the wreck and the baggage car.
combination aud buffet oar and two
pullman sleepers were PILED up on the
tracks Immediately in front of the
wrecked freight cars. The first sleeper
was split in two parts as result of the
accident and the passengers were thrown
80 feet down the bank.
Fire at once broke out and four oars of
the express train ana nine OF the freight
cars were burned. HaggAg smastsr
Becker, who found himself under the
baggage carsdoor. recovered consciousness
only TO discover that. e.was all alone In
the heart of the wrecked passenger cars.
He managed to crawl from his position
only 10 lind b.ase starting In front Of
him while half Of the Car was somew hat
braced up immediately over him. He
called for assistance, but there was no
response, then he saw tie passengers
who had been hurled down the 30-foot
embankmeDt. endeavoring to sxtrioate
themselves from the deLris and make
their way up the bank. Ali were clad
only in their nighs clothing aud they
we're shivering with the cold. Some
wers bleeding and moaning, but ali were
dazsd. Members Of the train crews com
menced to search different portions Of
the wreck and assisted those who were
struggling to eseapa blankets we're
brought in from the Pullman cars and
wrapped around sniyesing hysterical
women ana hasf--oasc.1as mcnl Word
was telegraphed to Port JARVIS. relief
train was at onse arranged fer an phy.
s:eians anu nurses rsturnei fer the pur-
pose Of caring for those needing assis-
tanee. Tbs RELIEF train soon reached the
scene Of the accident and nsarlY ali of the
Injured were rsmogsd to the hospital
OF the perAcns injured and now ut the
hospital. Barnard Shay OF Port Jarvis.
this engiaeer of the freight train. and G..