The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-31
WRECK ON THE ERIE
NOT so SERIOUS AS WAS ANTICI-
PATED FROM THE FIRST
REPORTS
TRAINMEN
TWO
KILLED

Passengers on the Limited Received
Injuries, but None of Them VIII
Die-Wreck Caused by a Wash
out Which Threw Freight
Thieves Busy.
PORT JARVIS, N. Y, July 3O-The ac-
cident on the Erie road, growing out Of
the landslide a mile east of LackawaXon
last night, was not as serious as at first
reported. Only the fireman and en-
gineer 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 vestibule passenger train, for Buffalo
and Cleveland, which left New York at
z O'Clock Saturday, were injured.
Following is a complete list of the kill
ed and injured:
Killed-Stephen Outwater, Port Jervis.
engineer Of Chicago express; Fred Sellers,
Port Jervis, fireman, Chicago express.
lnjured-S. L. Stevens, III Garrard ave-
nue., Chicago Heights, minor Commissions;
G. P. Boyd, Sharon, Pa, scalp wounds
Mrs G.. P. Boyd, Sharon, Pa, bruises
back and shoulders; Bernard Shay, Port
Jervis, engineer freight, pelvis broken;
Fred Smith, Port Jervis, brakeman, shout
der broken; ]. A. Trimmer, trainman, of
Chicago express, shoulder injured; Mich
ael Thornton, porter, shoulder bruised;
Timothy Walsh, conductor of Chicago eX-
press, back and legs injured; G. E. Belz,
Cleveland, cuts head and hand burned
L: E. Parker, New York, hands burned
and back injured; F. l.. Meigott, Newark,
N. j., bruises left leg; F. S. Fitzpatrick,
III Seventeenth avenue, Denver, slight in
juries; F: L. Drake, Pullman conductor,
slight injuries; A S. Collins, Buffalo,
slight injuries; Richard Smith, 29S NIL
waukee street, Chicago, slightly injured;
Miss Florence Abel Milford, Newark
Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt, Newark, bruises.
BANK FELL IN.
The wreck, which occurred shortly be-
fore midnight, was preceded by a cloud
burst and storm which lasted two hours
A section of the bank fell on the east
bound track, 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 directly
across the west-bound track just as the
Chicago express put in an appearance
running at the rate of fifty miles ar
hour.
The engine of the express train crashed
into the wreck, and the baggage car, com
bination and buffet car and Pullman
sleepers piled upon the track immedi.
ately in front of the wrecked cars. TIL,
first sleeper was split in two parts, as
result Of the accident, and the passen
gers were thrown thirty feet down al
embankment. Fire broke out and foul
cars of the express train and nine o.
the freight cars were burned. Member:
of the crew at once started to search
| different portions of the wreck and as
sisted those who were trying to escape
Blankets were brought in from the Pull
man cars and wrapped around the shiv
ering women and half conscious men.
Word was telegraphed to Port Jervi
! and relief train was arranged for, ant
| DR.. Cuddeback, DR.. Swartout, DIR. John
son, and several trained nurses returned
| for the purpose of caring for those need
| ing immediate assistance. The relief trail
soon reached the scene of the accident
and nearly all the injured persons wer
removed to the hospital
THIEVES AT WORK.
Several thieves from Port Jervis, who
! it is supposed, reached the scene of tn
wreck on the relief train, ransacked tn
clothes of the passengers during tn
| period of excitement. M. View, q mill