Evening journal., 1899-02-24
RAN NEAR TO DEATH.
Engine and Cars Plunged Into
the Brandywine.
BOTH TRACKS ARE BLOCKED

THE ENGINE A WRECK AND FOUR
CARS BADLY DAAHAGED-TFIE
ElRlAKEs REFUSED TO WORK.
THRIaIlING EXPERIENCE OF A
TRAMP IN A CAR.
What came near being a disastrous
wreck occurred about 10 o'clock this
morning on the Philadelphia, wiz
mingtOn and Baltimore railroad at the
Brandywne draw-bridge
Extra freight train No. SO had left
West Yard and was going at the rate
of about twenty miles an hour, when
the engineer and fireman. noticed that
the draw was open. The brakes were
Immediately put on, but failed to work.
The engineer was Frank Hawl1ins and
the fireman. Jack" Brinton. The train
was in charge or Conductor Patrick
kennan. This men stayed on the train
until all hope Of stopping her was
gone, then the signal that the brakes
wculd not work was given. All train
men know what to do when that sig
nal is given. The men jumped ait
Eighth street, thus saving their lives.
THE TRAIN DASHED ON.
The engine seemed to gam new life
and dashed On, until che bridge was
reached The draw by this time was
nearly closed, but open wide enough
to allow four cars and the engine to
plunge into the Brandywine. One car
lies ON its side on the river bank. while
two others are entirely submerged. and
a fourth one is partly out of the
water. The force OF the engine strfk-
ing the bridge threw it entirely around
THE BRlDGE-TENDER HURT.
The bridge-tender. James Keith. wac
thrown from the bridge into the creek
and came near being drowned. As
sistan'ee was hurried.y rendered and
the man quickly rescued. Had he
stayed in the water much longer. it i:
likely that he would have been drown.
ed, as his head was badly cut. He was
sent to his home and medical assist.
ance summoned 1t is thought that n,
IS not seriously hunt, and beyond
few Stitches, little medical asslstanc,
VIII be required, although it is feare,
the shock may unnerve him.
TlRAAIPS MARROW ESCAPE.
A tramp by fiIe name OF 'TMulp Her
ring was riding in the third car from
the engine when the disaster occurred
and he did not understand the sigma
that the brakes would not work, so h
wsne with THE car into the river. H
soon made himself heard, however
and a numbtr Of men in charge of Oh
ficer Hurley cut a hole I'M the top Of tn
car large enough for him to craN
through. He partly craw.ed and wa
partly dragged frcm the care NOR
like a half drowned rat than a huma
being. Officer Hurley telephoned 70
the patrol from the works of the Jack
son and Sharp Company and sent hii
to the City Hall, where he is bein
dlred cut and taken care Of He sal
he lived in Philadelphia.
It was rumored that there were tw
other tramps in the car but as Herrir
said nothing about them being ther
and ais none was found, IL is prclbaib
a mistake.
CARS BADLY WRECKED.
The engine, No. 50, is almost tot
wreck. The cabin is entirely smashe
and most of the machinery is too ba
,y torn up to be OF any use. She
at the end of the northIbound trac
e With her pilot buried in the mud al
the other end of her up the air.
The wrecking crew first commenc
working On the engine, as she was
such a position that the bridge cou
= not be closed. What is left of her
being torn apart so it will be easi
to move. The cars are also bad
I. wrecked, but can be repaired and aga
! put in use. The engine will have
t be almost entirely reconstructed.
TRlATNS USING CUTOFF.
las both tracks are blocked all train
both north and south, are using Z
New Castle cutoff, and as little til
as possible lis being lost.
Euperlnt endent Barnard and eevel
q other officials are at the scene Of L