Evening journal., 1905-06-19
TWENTY-FIVE WERE
KILLED IN WRECK
Trains Collided on Western
Maryland Railroad With
Awful Result
SCORE OF OTHERS BADLY HURT

Baltimore, Md. June i9.-By far the
worst wreck in the history Of the Vest
orn Maryland railroad occurred at a
point about a quarter Of a mile from
Patapsco, a small station between
Westminster and Finksburg. Twenty
five persons were killed and a score
more injured
Those taken from the wreck dead
and who have since died of their in
jurles are: George b. Covcll. engineer;
John St Leger fireman; Fireman
Knipple, Fireman McNanamee, Fire
man Stott. all Of Baltimore; John
Grouse, engineer, Taneytown. Md;
d. D. Rise. engineer, Hagerstown; V.
o. Derr, conductor Of freight, Hagers-
town; John Groshon. Charles Kelly.
Charles T. Miller Frank Sweeney,
Harry Sweeney Mcclellan Sweeney,
William T. Sweeney J. WOolard, FL
mer Miller. Nelson Fraley, Charles
Gooble, j. W. Shupe, George Stimmel,
all railroad laborers. of Thurmont Md;
Joseph stitely. Catoctin. Md; Daniel
Meyers. Highfeld, Md. Calvin Ben
ner. Catoctin, Md; Edward Martin,
Thurmont, Md.
The injured. some of whom will die,
include: Elmer Miller Columbus VIII
liar, George Stimmel Charles Grabill
William Shufi. Calvin Benner. Thomas
Hahn, John Whltmore, John Davis Il.
Fuss. VIM. Sweeney and Milton Stam-
baugh. all OF Thurmont; d. Myers,
Highheld: Peter Freber, Union Bridge;
Ed Diebert, employe Union News COM
pany; w. Zeigler, employe Union News
company; c. d. Miller postal clerk,
Hagerstown; b. Frank Tierney ex-
press messenger, Hagerstown.
Passenger train No. 8, west-bound
was running at very high rate OF
speed when at the point named IL
crashed into n double-header freight
running east All three Of the engines
were reduced 20 scrap iron. the ex-
press and baggage cars of the pas
senger trains were smashed and NUM-
ber OF the freight cars we're spllntered.
The passenger coaches sustained little
injury and almost without exception
their occupants escaped with nothing
worse than a bad shaking up. The fa-
talities and injuries were to the crews
OF the engines and to workmen en-
ployed by the railroad company. II is
a remarkable coincidence that these
latter should have been at work re-
pairing the damages caused by re-
cent small freight wreck that occurred
at Mount Hope station, near this city
They were on their way to their homes
in small towns along the Western
Maryland to spend Sunday Not being
regular passengers. they had boarded
the baggage car and engine. When the
crash came the more fortunate, who
We're on the engine, jumped or We're
thrown from the train and We're only
injured Those in the baggage car
were terribly mangled and the crews
OF all three engines were killed. Their
bodies were under the wrockage of the
engines.
The fearful impact drove the pas
senger tender into the baggage car and
demolished it and the mail car In an
instant the peaceful country scene was
changed into the likeness Of a sham
bles Along the tracks on both sides
were scattered dead and frightfully
manglcd men, these latter more for
/ tunate than those who had been in
The baggage car and on the engines
/ for most of them were still pinioned
in the wreckage out Of the immediate
reach of helping hands by what seems
well-nigh a miracle, the damage 10 the
other cars Of the passenger train was
confined almost entirely TO broken
windows and doors and the injuries TO
their occupants to bruises from tho
shaking up and minor cuts from flying
glass
There was an instant rush to escape.
and for a moment none seemed able
TO think what TO do in the presence OF
the carnage into the midst of which
they stepped upon leaving the coaches.
lIeartrending shrieks from the injured
quickly brought to the scene the in
habitants OF all the farm houses within
a considerable radius. and these imme-
diately set to work 10 do what they
could TO ease the suffering Farmers
wives made bandages OF their clothing
and household linen and worked hero
ically amidst the blood and CRIME, One
or two physicians. who had been pas
sengers on the wrecked passenger
train, directed their efforts
A piuful feature Of the death list is
the number OF hreadwinners belonging
to one family It contains McCleland
I Sweeney was the father Of William and
Frank Sweeney. All three Of them
are dead. McClelland Sweeney's
brother Harry was killed and the lat
ters son william was badly injured
C. T. Miller and his son and the lat
+ ters uncle were also killed.
The disaster seems 10 have been III,
fault Of those in charge Of the freight
The wreck occurred on a curve where
the Patapsco river is crossed. Tn,
VI passenger train was running az a speed
: of at least 30 miles an hour. and tn,
freight an extra. made up chiefly oI
heavy coal cars, was also running
rapidly-
To Enforce Anti-Bettinu Law.
Jefferson City, Mo-, June l9.-Gov