Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-10-12

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UNDERSTANDING HIS ORDERS
AND RUNNING PAST A SIDING.
TRAIN CREW SET THE AIR, AND
THUS AVERTED A WORSE CA
TASTROPHE-THE NAMES OF
THE INJURED-THE TRACK
PRONOUNCED CLEAR AT HALF
PAST ONE IN THE AFTERNOON.
The worst railroad accident occurring
in the vicinity of this city for many
years was reported from Short Creek,
on the line of the 'Pewiky' division Of
the Pennsylvania road, shortly after
ten O'Clock yesterday morning.
Train No. PIG. north bound to the
Junction, leaving this city at 9:35
O'Clock, but ten minutes late yesterday,
ran into the second section of No. 213,
south bound from Pittsburg, a special,
bearing the Pittsburg and Allegheny
knights of Pythias to the big parade
and meeting of the Grand Lodge.
As a result ten men were wounded,
two of them probably fatally. and
many others were more or less shaken
up. The track was blocked for two
hours and fifteen minutes, being de-
clared open shortly after one o'clock.
The list of casualties is sufficiently
large, but the accident might have
been much worse had not the crew of
No. 213 shut off the air as the Short
Greek siding was approached. The en-
gineer, John Pollock, OF Pittsburg,
rushed ahead, however, and the result
was the mix up.
Those injured are as follows:
REUBEN KING, fireman on No. PIG, Of
Steubenville; very badly injured in
ternally, besides numerous cuts and
bruises: not expected to live.
JULIUS MENDLOW, Boston. commercial
salesman badly wounded generally, and
in dangerous condition.
ROSS RANNEY, conductor of No. 216, of
Steubenyille; collar bone broken, Shout
der injured, back strained and nose cut
L. WINCHELL, engineer Of No. ZIG. Steu-
up.
JOHN POLLOCK. engineer of No. 21S.
Pittsburg; painfully but not seriously in
jured.
ELLSWORTH MARTIN, fireman of No.
2i3 Pittsburg; leg badly injured and gen.
orally shaken up.
JOHN STEPHENSON, bagga gemaster on
No. 216, Steubenville; left shoulder and
avn, i.,5, nj He bo lxav, IN
ABRAHAM Frankie, Clark and Town
send streets, Pittsburg; member of White
Star Lodge No. 49, portion of left foot
cut off and general bruises.
P. A. WALSH, Primrose. Pa; First Lieu
tenant Oakdale Lodge No. &c; injured in
ternally.
HOWARD BELL iagman on No ZIG; jar
red up, but not seriously injured.
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
AS stated at the outset No. 216, due
to leave the station at the foot of Elev-
enth street at 81 50 a. m, was ten min
utes late. The orders to its crew were
to run to Short Creek siding and there
take the switch to allow the special
from Pittsburg to pass. Conductor
Ranney and Engineer Vinehell ran
pretty fast, to make up little of lost
time, supposing they had a clear track
to the creek and that No. 213 would be
awaiting them there. They started to
round the curve just south of the creek,
and there the accident occurred, No.
213 being encountered, slowed up al
most to stop, with the engine Juggling
at the set brakes, and the switch where
the trains were to have passed TO the
rear of 213.
The engines came together with
crash sufficient to jar both trains to
their ends, but still there was not
enough momentum in the movement OF
No PIG to throw more than one or
two pairs Of trucks of the rails. The
foreward portions OF both engines were
considerably wrecked, and the tenders
were thrown backwards against the
baggage cars and these again into
the forward coaches, resulting in
the bringing of both trains TO dead
halt and throwing a great many pas
sengers in the regular train as well as
the Knights in the special from their
seats In the baggage cars things were
particularly lively, trunks and valises
being thrown from one end Of the car
. the cha. c.--duc.or Stephenson
was on his feet and was struck by ly-
ing baggage andl knocked down, sus-
tanning his injuries from movable OBJ
jects in the car which were banged
into him by the shock. There was
fire in the stove, which was upset
and wrecked, and for a few minutes
there was danger from this source, but
It was soon over through the exertions
of trainmen and passengers Engineer
Winchell and Fireman King Of the reg
ular train we're knocked helter-skelter
when the trains came together, but
came out Of the mix-up with surpris-
ingly slight injuries considering all the
circumstances Of the case The cars Of
the regular train, aside from the bag
gage car, were not particularly dam
aged. and were It FOR service when the