The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-08-04
A BAD WRECK.
Passenger Train Runs Into Wrecked
Freight on the Erie Road.
4 Freight Train on the East Bound rrsch
Was Wrecked by n Landslide asd
Engine aud Cars Were Thrown
Across the West Track.

PORT JERvIs n. Y, July 3l.-Tht
accidents on the Erie railroad growing
out of the landslide mile east OF
Lackawaxen, Pa. were not as serious
as first reported, Only the fireman
and engineer of the derailed engine OF
the west bound Chicago express, which
turned over on the track, were killed,
though a number of passengers on the
express. the ves,ibule passenger train
| for Buffalo and Cleveland, which left
New York at o'clock Saturday, were
injured.
The wreck, which occurred shortly
before midnight Saturday was pre-.
eeded by a cloudburst and storm which
| lasted two hours. A section of the
| bank fell on the east bound track di-
rectly in front of the freight train.
| Several trees went down with the rocks
and earth and the freight ears and en-
CINE were turned over directly across
the west bound tracks of the Erie road.
Sixty freight cars constituted the
train, but only % were derailed and
the debris was piled up on the west
bound tracks just as the Chicago ex.
press put in an appearance, running
at the rate of SO miles an hour.
The engine OF the express train
crashed into the wreck and the bag.
gage car, combination and buffet car
and two Pullman sleepers were piled
mp on the tracks Immediately in front
Of the wrecked cars The first sleeper
was split into two parts as result OF
the accident and the passengers were
thrown 80 feet down bank. Fire at
once broke out and four cars of the ex-
press train and nine of the freight
cars were burned.
Baggagemaster Becker, who found
himself under the baggage car door.
recovered consciousness only TO dis
cover that he was all alone in that
part of the wrecked passenger cars.
He managed to crawl from his position
only to find blaze starting in front
OF him, while half of the cars were
somehow braced up Immediately over
him. He called Tor assistance but there
was no response.
Then he saw the passengers who had
been hurled down the SO-foot embank-
ment endeavoring to extricate them.
selves from the debris and make their
way up the bank. All were clad only
in their night clothing and they were
shivering with the cold. Some were
bleeding and moaning, but all were
dazed.
Members OF the train crews COM
menced to search different portions OF
the wreck and assisted those who we re
struggling to escape.
Blankets were brought in from the
Pullman cars and wrapped around
shivering women and half conscious
men.
Word was telegraphed to Port Jer-
Wis. A relief train was at once ar
ranged for and DIR. Cuddehack, DIR. |
Swartout, DIR. Johnson and several |
trained nurses returned for the pur-
pose of caring for those needing i'm |
mediate assistance. The relief train |
soon reached the scene of the accident |
and nearly all of the injured persons
were removed to the hospital.
Several thieves from Port Jervis
who, it is supposed, reached the scene
Of the wreck on the relief train, ran
sacked the clothes of the passengers
during the period of excitement.
+. View, a millinery decorator Of
New York, lost clothing containing
$500 in bills and gold watch. +. 5.
fitzpatrick, OF Denver, lost 500, gold
watch, diamond pin and a diamond
stud. On the way to the hospital he
loticed a man wearing his trousers.
They went through the pockets to-
,ether and found the money gone. The
nan said that the trousers had been
,iven him by one of the trainmen, but
laimed that the money and valuables
must have been abstrated before he re-
eived the present of the garment.
After several hours search the bodies
# Engineer Outwater and Fireman
ellis were found under the wrecked
rain. Beth bodies had been burned
o the waist Tie men were identified
y their watches.