Evening journal., 1901-02-08
FIVE KILLED,
MANY INJURED
Wreck Of Passenger Train
on Erie Railroad
SEVERAL PERSONS MISSING
Supposed to be Buried in Debris.
Remarkable Act Of FOriitude Of
a Philadelphia Man
SEVERAL PERSONS MISSING

Greenvilie. Pa. Feb. S.-The New
Iork-Chiclgo limited train on the Elde
railroad was wrecked yesterday via
IN the town limits. Five passeng1is
were dead whom taken from the wreck,
several are missing and there are a
score Of badly injured. II is believed
the missing are buried in the debris
The dead are. Sergeant Major Harry
A. Hart, Fort Wood, n. y; George w.
Patterson, Philadelphia. private Com
pany !, Tenth United States infantry,
carried card Of Iron Moulders union;
Peter J. Curry, CODocco, n. Y. pri-
vate Tenth infantry, aged q unknown
man, aged about 20 years; unknown
man, only papers on person was
O postal card that had been sent TO the
Adams Produce company, Rushville.
Ind. and a ticket from New York to
that point; unknown man, with no
Identification mark.
Hardly a passenger escaped without
some injury II was in the smoking
compartment that death laid a ruth
less hand, for there was not one of the
10 occupants who escaped without be-
ing killed or injured This car was
completely telescoped by the steel mail
car ahead, which went through il as
if 1t were paper. tearing crushing.
manning and carrying death The only
wonder is that all were not killed out
right
A party of soldiers, nine in num-
Der, on their way from Fort Porter.
New York, to Fort Crook. Neb.. in
charge of Sergeant Major Harry A.
Hart, of New York, occupied a part
of the smoker. OF the number three
were killed and two seriously injured.
They were under orders for the Phil
ippines and would have sailed in a
short time.
The scene Of the wreck is on a sharp
curve. On one side, 40 feet below,
flows the Shenango river. On the
other is a steep bluff. The engine loft
the track at the curve and before It
had gone two car lengths plowed into
the steep hill, where d. fell upon it's
side and was half buried The train
was running about two hours late. and
the accident happened just about the
time when the occupants of the sleep
ers had finished dressing. After the
terrible crash the uniniured passen-
gers set about the rescue Of the dead
and wounded. surgeons were summon
ed, and within a few moments the dead
and dying were being cared for as fast
as they could be discovered beneath
the wreckage. II was several hours.
however, before the victims had been
removed and placed in the two rear
Pullmans.
The scenes inside the telescoped cars
were terrible. Men begged to be re-
leased and screamed in agony. They
we're all heaped in a corner OF the car.
dumped there by the irresistible i'm
petus Of the mail car. The injured
were placed on a special train and
taken TO the Spencer hospital. Mead
vile. Very little was left of the bag
gage or express matter in the cars and
most Of it was dumped into the river
in order to clear the debris for rescue.
Several hundred sacks of mail were
apparently little injured.
The train was in charge Of Conduc-
tor Sim Randel, with Engineer Brett
Luce and Fireman George Eckert.
Both the engineer and fireman escaped
by jumping, though both were pain
fully bruised. Superintendent Belknap
and other officials were early on the
ground