The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
AWFUL TRAGEDY
When 20 Many Rallroaders Lost Their
81 Lives Topic of Interest. ii
RUTH APPEARS 10 IMPROVE.
Accident causedby Gross Negligence
OF the Night Yardmaster and His
crew-Be no Criminal Prosecution,
Cost the Road in NeighBorhood Of
500, 900.
special pispa,el, to the inteIllgen,c,eir.

I z E'ARkERsBURG,J w. Va, July o.:
Yesterdays lawfult tragedy, the most
: tefrlbleti in the htstory Of the clty.is still
/, .thcjall3 absorbing theme here and thou
sands OF morbid curiosity seekers
throng the vicinity OF the disaster
eagerly searching for anything that can
+ be kept as a relic. Z Undertaken GILLIAN
has the most .grewsone souvenir in the
shape Of 4 foot which. from Its appear
ance. must have been torn from the leg
2 Of a small woman or boy not over four
teen or fifteen years of age. 1t was
found in a corniield about thirty yards
from the place where thestank .let so"
and thus. farsthere Is not the slightest
clew to the. identity Of the person from
whose bodylt was severed.
Exciting Scenes auieted Down. !:
The scenes around the hospital, which
were so exciting yesterday. have quiet-
ed, down and beyond the exit of u wo,
man in tedrss or the vail Of a sufferer
within Its walls, there Is nothing to
show that anything unusual has SO re-
Gently occurred. ], except the trampled
condition OF the lawn where few hours
ago SO many poor fellows were lying In
agony. The report given out lnte last
night that James Ruth was dead. Is
found to be an error. Ruth becatuc I'M
conscious and seemed In the throes OF
death. when he rallied andiis now i'm
i iptoving. William Carr.As still in dan
ger. though the doctors think hts life
sFWlll be saved. Al ths,.othe victims.
both those in the hospitals and those at
ssther homes. are said to be getting
atong nicely and it Is possible that there
Twill be no more deaths.
q Gross Negligence of Morning Crew.
n The verdict OF, the coroners Jury that
\ the accident was caused by the
gross negligence Of the night ylrdmaso
"A ter and his grew. who left 4 switch open
and went1to sleep on duty forcing the
4 through freight to crash into the tank
car, was all that could have been rem
Edered under the circumstances. Nigh
S Yardmaster.S Stafford. 5raveiy acknowl-
kaedged that such was the fact. and stat
Sed that they would have to abide by the
iiEconsequences.i AS yet there has been
mo criminal prosecution. and 1t Is
IL Inc CftWs VIII De ptpCSeleu
against by the authorities. Though
n the accident will cost the railroad com
5fnany probably, On hundred thousand
d dollars in indemnities. the officials have
isp2re3 no pains nor expense to see that
IA the bodies of the dead and the wounds
ssof the living are given the best atten.
K! ton.
Bodies Sent to Different Points.
4 Contrary to expectations. the bodies
I OF Messrs. Hamilton. Lalime. Noble,
Sssand Chalk were sent to different points
I: last night. it being found that 1t wouIt
be impossible in the present condition
n # the weather to keep them longer thar
II to-day. Mr.. Hamiltons remains were
sent 10 Baskerville, Va. Mr.. Lalimes tc
Malone, N. " Mr. Mohles's to; Dayton
z Ohio, and Mr.. Chalk's to ST. Mary's
Peasants county. Messrs. Shannon
stFand Reeves were buried here to-day
Mr.. F. E. Blaser has been appointed
superintendent to succeed Mr.. Hamil
4 ton and Mr.. w. W.5Layman Is tempo.
I rarily taking the place OF Mr.. Lallme.