Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-24
Death Prevents a Marriage.

Death Prevents Marriage.
PITTSBURG, Pa. December 24.-Whle
on his way to New York on tha Duquesne
limited to claim his sweetheart who had
crossed the ocean from England and was to
land this morning in that CITY. Ambrose
Good, aged twenty-three years.. of 500 Soles
street. McKeesport met his death in the
wreck last night. In Soles street, in that
city. in a small home. furnished through
out, where the marriage was have been
solemnized tomorrow and was to be the
future residence of the young couple. The
house had just been secured and fitted up
for the reception of the couple.
Last night Good left the house of his
brother, T. R. Good of McKeesport, for
New York. Miss Lillian Bennett, aged
twenty-three years, of Staffordshire. Eng
land, left home week ago on board the
Cedric from Liverpool. The ship docks to-
day at New York, where Good expected to
meet her. The young couple had known
each other for years in England, and the
wedding was to be the elimination Of the
trip.
No word has yet been sent to New York
to notify the young woman, who will land
alone.
Not Attributed to Negligence.
When seen today after he had received a
full report of the Dawson accident, William
G. Loree, general superintendent of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. said:
while the accident was deplorable in the
extreme, yet 1t is a consolation to me,
speaking as an official OF the company, TO
know that 1t cannot be attributed to negli-
gence OF any Of our employees. A wreck OF
this character Is liable to happen on any
railroad having a double track. While it
was lumber that fell from west-bound
freight train that caused the accident yet
any obstruction of similar character
would have produced the same terrible re-
suit
Engine No. 1865, which pulled the Inflated
train, Is one of number of new locomo-
tives of the Atlantic type recently placed on
the Pittsburg division. 1t was the largest
type of passenger engine in service on the
road, and capable Of hauling heavy train
at great speed. 1t has been only in use
about two months. during which time old
Baltimore and Ohio railroad engineers pro-
nOunced 1t wonder.
How Came the Timbers ThereP
Supt. Loree's statement leaves unexplain-
ed the query that presents itself swiftly
when the full enormity of the disaster is
realized-that is, the manner in which the
big timbers came to be upon the track,
causing the train, travelling at sixty miles
an hour, to go flying, locomotive first and
baggage and smoking cars afterward, on
the track and go pitching down the steep
embankment toward the river.
The only explanation that was to be had
from the railroad men was that the tim
bers must have fallen from some of the
open cars of repair train, and, that acct
dent not being noticed by the crew of the
freight or repair train, the timberS lay in
the frogs of the switches at the point of
the wreck, and a death trap was set for the
flyers hundred passengers
Darkness Adds Horror to Scene.
The greatest horror of the wreck was the
intense darkness. In inky blackness men
and women, scalded, crying out with fright
full shrillness in their mortal agonies. 9th
ers pinned down by wreckage could only
moan. But none could see. A great black
cloak of terror and of pain enmeshed them.
The conductors and other members Of the
trains crew produced lanterns, but their
glimmering lights served little to aid IN
breaking the awful gloom. t
Ghous made their appearance at the
scene of death. They began to rob the
bodies of the dead But stalwart, deter
vers and Winchester rifles, cowed the rob-
bers. and one or two shots that rang out
in the night are believed to have found vic
tins in the loathsome criminals.
Dead Foreigners Were Going to Europe
PITTSBURG, Pa, December 24.-The
foreigners who were killed, and who re-
manned unidentified, were bound for their
homes in Europe The Duquesne limited
Is the train which connects with the
boats at Baltimore and New York, and
every evening for a month past hundreds
OF these people have been taking this
train on their way home for the winter.
At the Baltimore and Ohio offices it was
stated that sometimes there are as many
as 800 or 600 of these people to CO. and
then a special train is made up for them.
At other times special car. or two Is
added to the limited. Last night one spe,
cial day coach was added to the train,
and 1t was in this car that the foreigners
who were killed were riding.
Transporting the Dead.
1t is not known here what arrange
ments have been made, If any, for bring
Ing the dead back to Pittsburg. 1t was
stated at the offices of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad that the trainmaster and
other officials of the road who have that
matter in charge are all at the scene of
the wreck. and IL they have made any ar
rangements for bringing back the VIC
Tins they have not let the office here
know. The passengers who escaped were
sent east on No. 10 and completed the
Journey few hours late.
WABASH TRAINS COLLIDE.
Engineer Killed and Several Persons
Injured-Many Cattle Perish.