New-York tribune., 1901-02-08
FIVE KILLED IN ERIE TRAIN
CAR AS IF 1T WE'RE PAPER-ARMY
RECRUITS AMONG VICTIMS.

CAR AS IF 1T WE'RE PAPER-ARMY
RECRUITS AMONG VICTIMS.
GreenviIle. Penn. Feb TRAIN No. D. the
New-York- Chicago Limited. on the Erie Rali-
road. wrecked this morning within the town
limits. Five passengers were dead when taken
from the wreck. several missing. and there
are a score badly injured. The dead are:
HART, Harry A.. Fort Wood. n. Y. sergeant-rnajor.
5 i:S s9rF sts. CARRIED ss OF 8
Moulders Union
UNKNOWN MAN. aged about twenty-five years
NAE n ne TS nsd roane o ns eSmeay &
Ind and a ticket from NsW-York that point; his
face shrsds.
Those worst injured are William d. Moore, of
No. 80 Lenox Road. Brooklyn, compound fract-
ure of left leg and badly cut about the head;
B. A Marsden, of Philadelphia. terribly crushed
about the body; Ivan Lester Smith. of Canisteo,
badly bruised; Joseph Kennedy. Of Brookfield,
Mass. private Of the 10th Infantry. compound
fracture left leg and cut and bruised about head
and body; William F. MacGinnitie, lawyer. OF
Portland. Ind. hip crushed and face cut; Milton
Stanley, Of Newark. N. j.. leg fractured and cut
about face. and Clarence Leek. of somerville
". j.
Hardly passenger escaped without some in
jury. The i'll fated train was composed entirely
OF vestibuled Pulmans. three 5leepers. a day
coach. combination smoker and baggage car and
a mail car and was drawn by one of the new
Atlantic type Of engines. Not one of the six
teen occupants of the smoking compartment
escaped without being killed or injured. This
car was telescoped by the steel mail car ahead
which went through ii as IL II were paper tear
ing crushing. manning and carrying death Inc
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 the She
mango River. and the other is a steep biuH'
The engine left the track at the curve, ana pc
fore II had gone two lengths ploughed into
the steep hill where it fell on its side and was
half buried. The train was running about two
hours late. and the accident happened az ':Iu'
just about the time when the occupants OF the
sieepers had finished dressing. After the crash
the uninjured passengers set about the rescue OF
the dead and wounded. surgeons were sum
moned and within few moments the dead ana
dying were being cared for as fast as they
were discovered beneath the wreckage.
II was several hours. however, before the VIC
tins had been removed and placed In the two
rear Pulmans. 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 i'm
petuS Of the mail car The injured were placed
on a special train and taken TO the Spencer
Hospital Meadvie. about noon. Little was lett
Of the baggage or express matter in the cars
and most Of il dumped into the river in
order 10 clear the debris for rescue. Several
hundred sacks OF mail were apparently little in
jured The train was in charge Of sim Ran
del conductor. with Brett Luce. engineer. and
George Eckert. fireman Both the engineer ana
fireman escaped by jumping, though both were
painfully bruised. Superintendent Belknap and
other officials early on the ground. They
are unable 10 assign a cause for the accident.
unless spreading rails can be blamed
party OF soldiers, nine In number. on their
way from Fort Porter. y Y, 10 Fort Crook.
Neb In charge of Sergeant Major Harry A.
Hart. OF New York occupied a part OF the
smoker. OF the number three killed and
two seriously injured. They were under orders
for the Philippines. and would have sailed In a
short time The Adjutant- Generals office has
directed that the bodies be prepared for ship
ment, and held until the arrival of a commits
stoned officer from New-York The others in
the party were Frederick J. Zoninguez. Brook
George J.. Hart Brooklyn, and John y Butler,
Pennington Del. Miss s. a Turtle OF New
York. who was on the train was uninjured
remarkable act Of fortitude exhibited
by B. \. Marsden. of Philadelphia. who, pinned
In the smoker by beam. his foot and chest
crushed his face spattered with the brains OF
one of the soldiers. insisted on the rescuers re-
leasing an unfortunate Hebrew near by Mars
den's wounds are considered fatal
The track blocked for twelve hours the
work OF clearing the wreck proceeding slowly as
II is believed other bodies still beneath the
debris.
TWO EXPRESS TRAINS CRASH n. PITTSBURC
Pttsburg Feb The PENNSYLVANIA limitea ax-
press crashed into the rear Of the Cleveland ex-
press this morning. wrecking the engine Of the
limited and the rear sleeper of the Cleveland ex-
press. The passengers OF the limited were shaken