Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-09-12

DCAsHs
AS car 81, coming into the city from
Elm Grove over the Wheeling aid Elm
Grove traction line, was passing the
last house in Fulton toward Wheeling,
il crashed into a train of two freight
cars drawn by the big freight motor Of
the company.
Eight passengers were seriously in
jured and nearly everyone on the car,
which wal well filled, received inju-
ries OF some sort.
The motorman OF the passenger car
leaped in time to save his life and
three passengers succeeding in jumping
on. Mr.. Yahn, prescription clerk at
Schneyf's drug store, started to jump
but was too late and was hurled to the
ground with such force as to render
him unconscious for a short time.
George Criss, the conductor, was
pitched through the back window into
the car by the force of the collision,
and received a severe cut in the neck.
and was badly bruised and shaken up.
Curtis P. Brown, Of the w. f. Bau-
mer Co., was severely wounded on the
neck. forehead and elsewhere. and was
badly bruised about the head and
shoulders.
Robert Nesbitt, of Nesbitt and Bro. s,
received several severe cuts on his
body and bruises on his limbs.
Miss Lydia Babcoek, stenographer at
Stone G. Thomas, severely bruised, and
wounded in head.
Joseph BRADY, OF the hinge factory,
was severely shaken up and received a
number of painful bruises.
Every one else on the car was more
or .ess bruised and nerve-shaken as a
result Of the collision.
X. C. Dalzell, cashier of City Bank,
cut, in the nose and face and head Sc
verely bruised.
Miss Waddeil, of Elm Grove. was
pitched forward with great force against
the back of the seat in front of her and
sustained severe injuries in the chest.
Jesse E. Mocausland, Clark Hamil-
ton and the motorman of the passen-
ger car saved themselves by jumping
from the car.
So great was the force of the impact
Of the trains that the passenger car
was hurled back about rs feet, and pas
sengers were thrown over the tops Of
the seats. 1t is simply miraculous that
several were not instantly killed.
The motorman of the freight did not
abandon his car, though the front of
it was badly damaged, He did, how
ever, make some very, very emphatic
remarks to the motorman of the other
A passenger stated to a Register re-
porter: Il had no intimation of the ap-
proach of the other train until raising
my eyes | saw it was upon us. An in
slant after the smash come n we Were
thrown all over the car. over the seats
and everywhere. Our car bounded back
more than twice its length and when
both trains came to a standstill there
was quite a space between them. Two
of the seats on our car We're broken
the front of the big motor was smash
ed in, one passenger was in a half un-
conscious condition en- the ground, The
windows were smashed by the force o!
the impact and fragments of glass few
all over the passengers. 1t is a wonder
our car was not wrecked, hurled from
the track and several killed.
I'VE were just about passing the last
house on the Wheeling end of the sire t
in Futon when the collision occurred.
The motorman should nave seen the
freight at least thirty or more yards
away ana brought the car 20 a Gtop.
1t is down grade tow1~d Wheeling at
that 20 n and it woull seem rs though
for thet ress, q the Fl Ght motor couli
have been stopped or nGE..y 81. Our
car was No. 81. There was no time to
jump where one sat inside. Several at
tempted to do so but only the motor
man and two others succeeded. Many
are reading their papers on those morh-
ing runs ard for that reason would not
have noticed the coming collision. 1t
was certainly a hair-raising accident
and we were lucky to get off as easily
as we did" 4
The freight cars were being taken by
the freight-motor to the Schenk pack
ing house by the northern or in track.