The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
AWFUL TRAGEDY.
When 20 Many Rallroaders Lost Their
Lives Topic Of Interest.
RUTH APPEARS 10 IMPROVE.
Accident causedby Gross Negligence
I of the Night Yardmaster and His.
crew-Be no Criminal Prosecution.
Cost the Road in Neighborhood Of.
100000. f5f.;

81! y, 8 . qT5

Special Dlspatcl, to the intelllgencer.
4 PARKERSBURG, w. Va, July o.
Yesterday's awful tragedy, the most
tefrlble'ln the history Of the city. Is still
the ali absorbing theme here and thou
sands OF. morbid curiosity seekers
throng the Vicinity of the disaster
eagerly searching for anything that can
be keptSas u relic. Undertaken Gi!nllan
has the most .grewsome souvenir In the
shape of afnot which. from It's appear
ance, must have been torn from the leg
of a small woman or boy, not over four
teen or fifteen years fIage. 1t was
found in cornfleld about thirty yards
from the place Where the tank "let go"
and thus far: there is not the slightest
cew to the identity Of the person from
whose body 1t was severed. Il
Exciting Scenes Quieted Down. J,
The scenes around the hospital, which
were so exciting yesterday, have quiet
ed down and beyond the exit OF u w0.
man In teirs or the wall of e 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 u few hours
ago so many poor fellows were lying in
agony. The report given out late last
night that James Ruth was dead. Is
found to be an error. Ruth became un-
conscious and seemed In the throes OF
death, when he rallied and iis now i'm
! proving, William Carr.ls still in dam
GER though the doctors think his life
4. swlll be saved. Al. ths,other victims,
both those in the hospftal5'and those at
their homes, are said to be getting
along nicely and 1t Is possible that there
Twill be no more deaths.
Gross Negligence of Morning Crew.
The verdict OF the coroner's jury that
the accident was caused by the
a gross negligence .ofithe night ylrdmasa
ter and his crew. who left 4 switch open
+ and went to sleep on duty, forcing the
4 through freight 10 crash into the tank
car, WIS all that could have been rem
< dered under the circumstances. Night
Yardmastcr Stafford. oraveiy acknowl-
sedged that such was the fact. and stat
Z led, that they would have to abide by the
consequences. AS yet there has been
aiio Si'iiiiH1l pl USeCutluIi, slhu IL IL
sSdoubtful II the crew will be proceeded
agalnst by the authorities. Though
q the accident will cost the railroad COM
Y pany probably. IN hundred thousand
D dollars in indemnities. the officials have
q spared no pains nor expense to see tina,
& the bodies of the, dead and the wounds
ssof the living are given the best atten-
ri ton.
= Bodies Sent to Different Points.
Contrary to expectations. the bodies
4 OF Messrs. Hamilton. Lallme. Mohlel
ssEaud Chalk were sent to different points
Z last night. it being found that 1t would
I be impossible In the present condition
4 Z If the weather TO keep them longer thar
{ To-day. Mr.. Hamiltons remains were
1 sent 10 Baskerville. Va. Mr.. Lalimes tc
Malone, n. y, Mr.. Mothers to Dayton
Ohio, and Mr.. Challi's to St. Mary's
Peasants county. Messrs. Shannon
.tfaRd Reeves were buried here to-day
Mr.. f. f. Blaser has been appointed
Superintendent to succeed Mr.. Hamil.
ton and Mr.. W. w. Layman is tempo.
: rarily taking the place of Mr.. ,Lallme