The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-08
james Il. Dowe1I, of Rushvil1e, Ind,
Also Among. Those Who Were
MangIed in the Wreck.
MANY PERSONS BADLY HURT
AND HURR1EDLY TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL AT MEADvILLE, PA.
w. f. McGinnity, of Portland, Ind.
One of the Injured-Accident
on a High Bridge.

GREENVILLE, Pa, Feb. Train No. 5,
the New York-Chicago limited, on the Erie
Railroad, was wrecked this morning within
the town limits. Five passengers were
dead when taken from the wreck, several
are missing and there are many badly in
jured.
The Dead
SERGEANT MAJOR HARRY A. HART.
GEORGE w. PATTERSON, Philadelphia,
private Company I. Tenth United States
PETER ]. CURRY, Cobeco, N. Y, private
UNKNOWN MAN, aged twenty five.
JAMES I. DOWELL, Rushville, Ind. His
race was literally torn to shreds.
The injured
WILLIAM d. MOORE, 81 Lenox Road.
Brooklyn. leg broken and badly cut about
B. A. MARsDEN. Philadelphia, terribly
IVAN LESTER SMITH. Canisteo. badly
bruised.
JOSEPH KENNEDY. private Tenth In
and bruised about head and body.
WILLIAM F. MGINNITY. attorney.
Portland Ind, hip crushed, face cut.
compound fracture left leg. right leg badly
g. j. HENRY. Meadyille. baggageman.
left leg broken, injured about chest.
severely.
s. AIKEN, salesman, New York. slightly
suffering from the shock.
LEVI r; CAHOON. Gloucester. Mass, In
MILTON STANLEY. Newark. N. j., In
jured in leg, cut about face
CHARLES CORNELL. Elmira. N. Y.
HARRY wEIsBURG. express messenger.
CARMIE COLIGUIRE. Carbondale. Pa.
slightly
CARMIE GROCCO. CarbondaIe Pa
slightly.
Hardly passenger escaped some injury
The train was composed entirely of vest.-
buled Puilmans-three sleepers, a dav
| coach. combination smoker and baggage
and a mail car-and was drawn by one of
the new Atlantic type OF engines. 1t was
In the smoking compartment that death laid
ruthless hand. for there was not one of
the sixteen occupants who escaped with
out being killed or injured. This car was
completely telescoped by the steel mail
car ahead, which went through it as IL it
were paper, tearing, crushing, manning ana
carrying death. The only wonder of the
occupants is that they were not all killed
outright.
The scene Of the wreck is on a sharp
curve. On one side, forty feet below, flows
biuli. The engine left the track at the
curve. and before it had gone two car
lengths plowed into the steep hill, where
IL fell upon it's side and was half buried
The train was running about two hours
late and the accident happened at 7:l0.
just about the time when the occupants of
the sleepers had finished dressing After
the terrible crash the uninjured passengers
set about the rescue of the dead and
wounded, surgeons were summoned. and
within a few moments the dead and dying
were being cared for as fast as they could
be discovered beneath the wreckage. 1t
was several hours, however, before the vic
Tins had been removed and placed In the
two rar Pullmans. The scenes inside the
telescoped cars were terrible. Men begged
| to be released and screamed in agony. They
were all heaped in a corner of the car,
dumped there by the irresistible impetus
of the mail car. The injured were placed
| on q special train and taken to the Spencer
| Hospital, Meadville. about noon. Very little
was left of the baggage or express matter
| In the cars, and most of 1t was dumped into
| the river in order to clear the debris for
rescue.
Several hundred sacks OF mail were ap-
| parently little injured. The train was in
| charge of Conductor Sim Randell, with
Engineer Brett Luce and Fireman George
Eckert. Both the engineer and fireman
escaped by jumping, though both were
painfully bruised. Superintendent Belknap
and other officials were early on the ground.
They are unable to assign cause for the
accident. unless spreading rails can be
blamed. A party OF soldiers, nine In num-
Der. were on their way to Fort Crook, Nab.
in charge of Sergeant Major Harry A. Hart.
OF New York. occupied a part Of the smok-
er or the number. three were killed and
two seriously injured. They were under
orders for the Philippines and would have
sailed in a short time. They adjutant gen.
erals office has directed that the bodies
be prepared for shipment and held until
the arrived of commissioned officer from
New York. The others in the party were
Frederick j. Zoninguez Brooklyn; William
II. Brosy, Lancaster. Pa; George L. Hart
Brooklyn; John n. Butler. Pennington,
Del. Miss S. A. Turtle. of New York, was
also or the train. but was uninjured.
A remarkable act OF fortitude was ex-
hibited BY b. A. Marsden. of Philadelphia,
who, pinned in the smoker by a beam his
foot and chest crushed. his face spattered
with the brains OF one OF the soldiers, in
sisted on the rescuers releasing an unfor-
tunate Jew near by. Marsden's wounds are
considered fatal
AS soon as the officials OF the Pittsburg.
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad learned of
the accident. they sent forty men from their
shops here and they lent valuable aid be-
fore the Erie wrecking crews arrived The
track was blocked for twelve hours. the
work Of clearing the wreck proceeding