The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-03-04
SPECIAL INAUGURAL
TRAINS in COLLISION
SIX MEN AND ONE WOMAN
KILLED IN SMASH,

Twenty Others Injured-Accfdent Hap
pens Near Pittsburg-First Special
Stops Because of Hot Box and Flag
man Has Not Time to Get Back Far
Enough to Prevent the Collision.
Pittsburg, March 3.-In a rear-end
collision between two special passenger
| trains from Cleveland, on the Cleve-
land and Pittsburg railroad, en- route
to Washington, six men and one wo-
man were killed and twenty others in
jured.
The accident happened at Clifton sta
tion, eight miles west of here, and was
caused by the first special stopping be-
cause of a hot box, while the second
followed so closely that the f1agman
had not time to get back far enough to
prevent the collision. XXI. 4.
The first train carried a battalion of
the Ohio engineers. 1t was made up
of six coaches and a baggage car. The
second train with the same number of
cars. carried the Tippecanoe club of
Cleveland, with a band and twenty-five
| or thirty women.
When the crash came the passengers
in the rear car of the first train were
the principal sufferers, and all of the
fatalities were in that car. The wreck
age took fire from the engine and the
entire first train and three cars of the
second were burned. ... =
New trains were made up and sent to
the scene to bring the dead and injur-
ed here.
Major J. c.. McQuigg, who was in
command of the engineers battalion,
had both legs broken at the thigh and
will probably die.
Captain Charles E. Pope was the only
officers of the engineers battalion to
escape injury, and he will be in COM
mand of the battalion which will return
to Cleveland as soon as a train can be
made up for them. The Tippecanoe
club will continue its journey to WASH
ington.
When roll call was made of the Tip
peeanoe club only two men We're miss
ing. They may be among the injured
who were taken to the hospital at Roch-
ester, Pa. ,5....s: sss5s a..
il. The engineer OF the second train says
the block signals showed a green light
ana his train went ahead at the rate Of
about forty-five or fifty miles an hour
When the impact came the engine Of
the second train ploughed through the
rear Pullman in which the officers We're,
and half way into the tourist car just
ahead of it. . .s....y.s .
At / o'clock Saturday morning six
bodies had been identified. They were:
Captain William R. Hendry, battalion
surgeon, and a prominent Cleveland
physician. .... 4,
Lieutenant Donaldson c. schotleld, Of
Co. D, a Cleveland architect. 4.
Corporal James Kehoe, of Co. G.
Private H. H. Held, Of Co c.
James Gray, negro cook, Battery B.
Frank Pinney, aged ten years, son of
Lieutenant @. c. Pinney, was the only
boy on the train.
The men died while being taken to
the Beaver county hospital at Roches-
ter. Their bodies will be brought to
this city for Identification.
The injured( all are from Cleveland):
McJ. c. McQuigg, both legs broken,
eyes hurt, probably fatal.
George Reilly, will likely die. ...
George Tanning.
G. Orbitzer. h.,
Charles Sturgis.
Frank Johnston.
George G. Gerbrows5i. EH
Sergeant William McIrish.
George McCabe (colored).
Lieutenant +. Vanderberg. ..
p. G. Davis. =. -.-
Captain g. X. Eckler.
Adjutant Walter McArron.
Unidentified man in uniform, Pull
man conductor. Had cards in pocket
bearing name of G. Healt. -
James Gray, colorel cook, internal
injuries, will die.
o. c. Pinney, Collingwood, fraetuded
skull; may die.
Floyd Palmer, condition serious.
Lieutenant Clifford B. Haskins, of
thenaval reserves.
Hugh Bidmann, general agent of the
Connecticut Life Insurance Co., Cleve-
land.
Lieutenant Eugene Stearn.
Lieutenant E. w. Briggs, of the
naval reserves.
c. A. Bold, ward of o. C. Pinney.
Cleveland, bruised about the body.
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