The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-01
Fire Adds to Horror of Wreck
Due to Landslide.
HELPLESS PASSENGERS ROBBED
Chicago Express Crashes Into Freight
night-ReIief Train Removes Irjured to
Hospital at Port Jervis-Ihr'iiing Expe-
rienee Of Baggagsmaster Becker-Bod-
les Of Engine Men Under the Engine.

{ lIt E-4le ffdGlEOGus GROWING olI o. a ldll-
slide mile east OF Lackawaxen, last
night, resulted In the death OF the fireman
and engineer Gf TIE derailed engine Of
the west-bou1d Chicago express, which
[ turned over on the track while a number
F OF passengers on the express, the vesti-
+ bule passenger train for Buffalo and
/ Cleveland. which left New York at 7
O'Clock Saturday night, were injured. Fol-
/ lowing is complete list of the killed and
| injured, as far as known at the present
time.
Killed:
STEPHEN oUTwArER, Port Jervis. engineer Of
| Chicago express.
| FRED SELLS, Port Jervis, fireman Of Chicago ex-
presz-
Injured:
C. L. stephens. III Garfield avenue, Chicago
bruises. minor eoEtusioIs.
?. View. New York, cut head and right arm.
C. II. Boyd, sharon, Pa, scalp wounds.
Mrs. G. Fl. Boyd Sharon. Pa, bruises back and
shoulders.
Bernard Shay, Port Jergs engineer freight, pelvis
broken
Fred Smith Por, Jervis, brakeman, shoulder
J. 81 Trimmer, trainman of Chicago express.
shoulder Injured
Michael Thornton. porter shoulder bruised
Timothy Veieh, conductor Of Chicago express, hack
and legs injured
Miss Florence Adel Mulford Newark
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt Newark. brulses
g. Z. Belz, Cleveland, cuts on head and hand
burned
Ia z Parker, New York, hands burned.
Mrs ?. c Heath. New York, cut on head and
back injured
F. l. Mergo't Newark y. j.. slight confusion
bruises on left leg
p s. Fitzpatrick III Seventeenth avenue. Denver.
slight injuries
Z. Il Drake. Pullman conductor slight injuries.
W. Freytold. Hoboken slight injuries.
A : Collins, Buffalo slight injuries
htcaau smith, 2ss Milwaukee street. Chicago
slightly Injured. ~9''
Express CrashesIDto Wreck.
The wreck. which occurred shortly be-
fore midnight. was preceded by a cloud-
purst 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 earth, and the freight
cars and engine were turned over direct
~ across the West-bound tracks of the
Erie road. Sixty freight cars constituted
the train, though only twenty-five were
derailed, and the debris was piled rInon
the West-bound tracks just as the Chi
cago express Put in an appearance, run
Ming at the cate OF fifty miles an hour.
Ihe engine OF the express train crashed
into the wreck, and the baggage car.
GGSGIIiolhauon, and buffet car, and two
fuillnan sleepers, We're piled I'D on the |
tracks Immediately in front of the wreck
cd 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.
Thirteen Cars Burned.
Fire ct once broke out and four cars |
Of the express train and nine of the
freight cars were burned. Bageagemaster |
Becker, who found himself under the |
baggage car door, recovered consciousness |
Only TO discover that he was all alone in |
the heart of the wrecked passenger cars.
He managed 10 crawl from his position |
to find blaze starting in front OF him, |
while half of car was somehow braced /
up Immediately over him. He called for |
assistance, but there was no response. |
Then he saw the passengers, who had |
been hurled down the thirty-foot en-
bankment, endeavoring 10 extricate them
selves from the debris and make their |
way up the bank. All were clad only in |
their night clothing, and they were shiv- |
srlng with the cold. Some were bleeding
and moaring end ali were daZed. Mem
Oers OF the train crews commenced to !
search different portions Of the wreck |
and assisted those who were struggling
TO escape. Blankets were brought I'm from
he Pullman cars and wrapped around |
shivering, hysterical women and half con-
5cious men. Word was telegraphed 10
Fort JerVis, reliet train was at once
5wartout, Dr. johnson. and several train
I'd nurses returned for the purpose of
caring for those needing immediate as
sistance The relief train soon reached |
The scene of the accident, and nearly all
1f the injured persons were removed 10
he hospital.
Thieves Arrived on Relief Train,
OF the persons injured and now a. the
hospital, Barnard Shay, of Port Jervis |
the engineer of the freight Gain, and c.
E. Belz. Of Cleveland. were-most seriously
hurt, but their wounds are not fatal AT
Belz is a stenographer In the Office of
Traffic Manager Thcmas, OF the Erie
system, with headquarters at Cleveland
Several thieves from Port Jervis, who.
i is supposed, reached the scene OF the
wreck on the relief train, ransacked the
clothes OF the passengers during the
period of excitement. T, View, a mil
inery decorator of New York, lost cloth
ing containing 500 in bills and a gold
watch. f. 5. Fitzpatrick. of Denver, lost
100, gold watch, d diamond pin. and a
diamond stud. On the way to the hos
pital he noticed man wearing his trous-
1rs. They went through the pockets to-
gether, but found the money gone. The
nan said that the trousers had been -iyen |
him by one of the jrainmen, and thai the
money and valuables must have been
distracted before he received the present
)f the garment.
After several hours search the bodies Z
u Engineer OutWater and Fireman Sells |
we're found under their engine by Der-
sons attached 20 the wrecking train. Both
jodies had been burned 10 the waist. The |
men were identified by their watches
Conductor Weich, who was removed 10 |
lis home, was not seriously injured. He
lad train check In his possession, show
ng three persons as YET UnaccJ1Iuted
or. Two were from Cleveland and one ,
rom CattaraugUs The CatIaraugus man !
raveled on an editorial ticket II is he
ieved that they took refuge in the vi
,inty of the wreck. and that Ihet will (
10 heard from later. Thousands of Der-
ons visited the scene OF the wreck To- ,
lay. ,
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