The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1904-03-25

Mother, father and child, all Of one
family were instantly killed and two
smen were seriously injured in railroad
accident the most horrifying and appall-
ing that Inns happened in this section for
years, east of Wilsonburg on the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad trestle, known as
bridge No. IL, Sunday evening about
seven o'clock
party of Italians, consisting of Tony
Aianardi and his wife, who carried a
young babe in her arms, Mariana Rosett
and his wife, who also carried young
babe in her arms and Frank Jarmati. q
cousin of Mrs. Nlanardi, were caught on
the railroad trestle by eastbound pas
scnge train No. -. Manardi and his
wife were ground to pieces under the
wheels of the train. The baby was in
stantly killed .Iermati was badly in
jurod and Rosett was seriously injured.
AIRS. Rosett, holding her little babe in
her arms was compelled to stand near
the track in the midst of the injured
men who were grooming in agony and
the crushed and mangled bodies OF the
dead. without being able to do anything
She could not lay her baby on the
ground. but She rendered. assistance to
the injured as best she could
Finally Jcrmati wns able 10 stasger Oft.
in the direction OF Wilsonburg to call
for help. Mrs. Rosctt built fire of loose
wood and reuitincd there amidst the
scene OF human slaughter. She remain
ed there Tor nearly three hours until the.
arrival OF parties fom N-iisonburg
About ten O'clock At night Jermati
had made his way to the home OF G..
Hartman. at wiIsonburg. HE told OF
the accident AMI word Was sent to Squire
>. r. Flynn. .lerfnati was taken care of.
at the Has an home and his injuries
attended to.
Magistrate Flys,i summoned G. b. Bon
nell and Dr. Patterson and the party
made lis WAY 10 the scene of the acct
dent They found that the bodies of
Manardi AID his wife were still on the
railroad track aud that several other
trains had passed over them. crushing
them beyond AL resemblance to human
beings. RosetF was found in a serious
condition. He WIS taken care OF until
Monday morning when he was brought
to ClarlSsburg ON the first W'ilsonburg
street car and taken to the Harrison
county hospital.
The body of Manadi was fonnd on the
trestlc short distance east OF the mid
die OF the structure. The top of his
head had been cut Off and his brains
spattered on the bridge. The body was
bruised but not mangled. The remains
of the woman wereAfound about 100
feet cast of the center of the bridge.
The ear wheels had crushed the body ter
ribly. The legs had been severed in
sevrai places. the arms cut off and the
body disemboweled. The head was en-
tirely severed from the body and was
found under the bridge in Limestone
creek, a distance of 100 feet from where
the remains were found. The head was
,zer5hed into an unacceptable mass.
-.e baby was found within few feet
scf its mother The child was about ff-
teen months old. One blow had knocked
the little body from the railroad track
and death had come instantly. The
babyis body was not 1nangied.
Magistrate Flynn notified the Cliff
ford Osborne undertaking company. of
this city, OF the affair and the undertak.
ers went to the scene of the accident.
The remains were given into their Gus
tody about 3 o'clock Monday morning by
the magistrate and they gathered them
up and brought them to the undertaking
establishment in this city.
The party of Italians had been visit.
ing friends at the Perry coal mines and
were on their way to their homes at
The o'Neili mining camp. The railroad
trestIe, where the accident occurred, is
situated less than mile east of Wilson
burg. The track runs in curve from a
: cut, across the bridge which crosses Lime
stone creek The members of the party
were ali talking loudly and did not near
the train approaching. The train round
ed ont Of the cut and was bearing down
on them before they discovered theil
plight. They started to run. Roseti