Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-07-28
KILLED,
SIX HURT
IN WRECK
ST. LOUIS LIMITED CRASHES
INTO WILD COAL CAR AT SEW
ENTY-FIVE MILES PER HOUR
SPEED.

xENIA, o., july 25-An almost unex-
ampled wreck occurred at 1890 last night
at Trebine station, three miles from here,
when train No. 2, the Pennsylvania Linn
tied, from ST. Louis to New York, was
met by wild car at the foot of a heavy
grade
The number Of dead and injured was not
easily ascertained, because the wreckage
took fire and all but the two Pullman
cars In the rear was burned. The train
was behind time and was running at the
rate Of seventy miles an hour to make up
lost time. Besides the postal and express
cars 1t consisted of day coach and sew
eral sleepers.
The following is corrected list of the
dead and injured at IL a. m:
WILLIAM CLARK. engineer, formerly
of xenia, now OF Columbus. o.; trunk Of
body and one leg found. leaves wife and
three children.
PATRICK DWYER, fireman, residence,
Cincinpati
NJ NJ. PETERS. mail clerk, Cincinnati.
d. +. NJ. McKowN, mail clerk, Green
field, Ind, body not recovered.
The injured:
Joseph Converse, aged a. Elmira, N. Il;
scalp wound, not serious.
Bessle Donovan. IS. Irwin, Pa, cut about
head, not serious.
William G. Forsythe, Indianapolis, Ind. !;
mail clerk. dangerously hurt.
W. A. Clifford, Woodstock; mail clerk,
cut about head and arm, dangerously
hurt.
James McFadden, indianapolis. nose
fractured, not serious. Had ticket for
ireland.
MoIie Collins, Louisville. KY. head cut,
not serious.
The number of the missing is unknown.
The story OF woman and child having
been burned to death is not confirmed and
is discredited. Ten or twelve people who
are not included in the above list were
injured but none seriously.
Almost simultaneous with the first crash
the gas tanks under the cars exploded
and set FIRE to the ruins. Instantly cries
could be heard from the mass of wreck
age. Passengers who had themselves sur
fered injuries forgot their pain in witness
ing the sufferings of the women and the
men who were slowly burning to death,
but whom. on account OF their own tnju-
ries they were unable to rescue.
Most of the passengers. were ticketed
through from st. Louis or further western
points to New York.
The badly Injured were taken to xenia,
where not only the hotels, but private
houses were opened for their accommoda-
ton. The others were later taken to Co
lumbus to resume their journey. The en-
gineer William Clarke, of this city, was
buried beneath his engine and his body
was burned to ashes. His fireman, WIZ
liam Dwyer, of Cincinnati, was horribly
mangled, but was thrown clear from the
engine.
OF the, four postalg clerks on the train
two were killed, NJ. NJ. Peters. of Column
bus. and Charles MCGOWAN, Of Greenfield,
Ind. George A. Clifford, of indianapolis,
and William @. Forsythe. also of Indian
apolis were injured. Clifford but slightly,
Forsythe seriously. The surgeon does not
regard HIS injuries as fatal.
The train was running at a terrific speed
and the Wild car had almost attained It's
greatest momentum, the track where the
accident occurred being at the end of
steep grade. and when the crash came
the train, with the exception of the two
rear sleepers, left the track and Piled up
in a heap.
A moment of silence followed. and then
could be heard the cries for help Those
OF tho passengers who extricated them
selves from their perilous positions rem
dered all assistance possible and rescued
many from the debris, but a gas tank ex-
ploding beneath one of the cars set the
wrecka ge on fire and the intense heat from
the flames soon drove the rescuers back,
so that those who were pinioned beneath
the train were consumed by the flames.
1t was a most pitiable sight, cries and
means coming from those who could not
be rescued, and who were slowly being
burned to death, and IL was some time be-
fore any Of the bodies were reached. En-
gineer William j. Clarke and his fireman,
Dwyer. were the first found, both being
mutilated and horribly burned.
Clarence Kincaid, treasurer Of the, Col
onial Distilling company, of Trebine, is
due deserving credit for his great presence
OF mind In averting another terrible coll
lision He was the first person on the
scene and an eyewitness to the catastro-
phe Taking in the situation at a glance,
he knew that q fast freight was about
due Rushing to the ONCE OF the Colonial
Distillery, a short distance away, he noti-
fled the operator at Xenia Of the collision
and If there was not some way In which
to intercept the freight. The word came
back that 1t was too late. The freight
was rapidly nearing the wreck Kincaid
called to George Barr, c., II. and d. rail-
road agent, whose track is parallel, to
take HIS lantern and flag the train, which
could he heard approaching in the distance.
Barr ran several squares down the track
and stopped the incoming freight. Kin
caid in the meantime secured assistance
from employees of his distillery, shut down
the plant and put the force TO work rescu-
ing the Injured.
one man was heard in the day coach
yelling pitiably: Help, mother, oh moth
er!" His cries faded as the flames burned
away and the terror stricken spectators
were powerless TO render assistance owing
to the intense heat
Two tramps were on the front end of the
blind baggage, riding directly behind the
coal tender. When the crash came they
were hurled into the air and fell on the
road 20 feet away. One gave his name as
John b. Rogers and said he was from
Indianapolis. His face was scratched.
Neither were injured. They offered their
services as rescuers and were accepted by
the railroad company to assist clearing
away the wreck.
A boy named Brown who lives at Trev
boins, carried flour to the victims and
sprinkling It on their burns to allay the
pain.
az Mn,.nr Knn,n pain kiIlar "a EaiI