The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-04

scrilon Near Ellsworth, Pa Most of
me Dead were In the First section.
Mhich carried the ROYAL battalion
TrEinrrrs or the ohio National Guard
--,iaInf McQuiEx IlS Commander,
pn nir Members az the TIppccanoe
tluh Of Cleveland In the smRsh.tp.
PIrrsBrEG March ? What is said at
midnight 10 have Teen the blunder OF
telegraph operator at Clifton. Pa, on the
liisburg Fort Wayne and Chica go Rail
loAd. occurred between Ensworth Pa.
and Clifton at about 7.S0 o'clock tonight,
when the first section OF a special train
found from Cleveland Ohio TO Washing
ton. carrying miitiamen and club dele
cations on their way to attend the core-
monies attending tho Inauguration of
President Roosevelt tomorrow, was nm
INTO by the second section OF the same
rain, travelling at the rate Of forty miles
an hour.
Seven bodies have been recovered and
u 10 believed that more were burned in the
wreckage At least twenty persons are
,eported missing About sixty wore in
jured and some OF them will die.
wRKcKAoE TAKES FIRE
To add to the horror, the wreck took fire
and more than half Of the bodies we're
destroyed. Fire alone did not kill, but
many died from asphyxiation as the gas
tanks under the Pullman cars exploded
when the trains collided. and the gas, rising
in the crushed cars, killed those already
helpless. and later ignited from tho burn
ing jets. enveloping the train in a mass OF
fame
Both trains were entirely destroyed.
The first section was made up Of Eve Pull
misunderstanding the ROYAL Battalion Of the
National Guard Of Ohio from Cleveland,
composed principally OF engineers. and the
second train was composed Of seven coaches
loanng the Tippecanoe Club Of Cleveland
Clio
LOCOMOTIVE CUTS THROUGH TWO CARS
4 no, box on the first car of the first
vas standing on the bank Of the Ohio River
wme trainm,n tried % repair the damage
he ~eclnd section caine along az "A fearful
,reed aud Crashed into IL. The rear car
vo. rut op,n "a ir by great knife while
ile = cond car from th,. rear was also nprs d
tart by the engine Of the following trim.
which cat clear through the last car and
i.toit
At midnight i've bodies had been brought
to the Allegheny county morgue at Pitts
Llrg. but only one Of them will ever he
Identified pitful little corpse il known
i.coau-e VI It's size IL is that OF the three
year-old son Of Col. Pnney Of Cleveland
col Pinney is a, Bellevue Hospital
and may not recover The other four
ire blackeneJ charred bodies. Two
men died on their way to Rochester, Pa.
aud Coroner White OF that county at mid
night wired that he would return the bodies
to Allegheny county by the first train in the
morning The names OF these victims
are not known
The injured are scattered over the hills
81 two counties. Allegheny and Beaver
Eyen Di1mont Insane Asylum. within
Two miles Of the scene of the fearful wreck
threw open It's doors and six Of the badly
injured are being cared for there tonight.
DEEDS or TWO HEROES.
The Orphan Home Of the Holy Family
On the hin directly above the wreck. holds
iwo heroes one known. the other unknown
The known man is a Cleveland physician
who legged Of the priest who carried him
up Tho hill on his back that he would not
tell his wife in Clev Gland OF his condition
lis name the priest refuses 20 divulge.
Tine and again this Cleveland physician
dashed into the wreck and pulled out the
dead and dying until he himself was hit
iy falling beam and rendered unconscious.
The other hero is private, unknown
tlt hero clear through. At least 80 say
those Of the Orphan Home of the Holy
Family. He rushed down the hill 10 the
wreck as soon as il was heard. Five times,
i1- priest in charge says this young soldier
entered a burning car and emerged safely
with an injured passenger in his arms.
ile went back the sixth time into what
seemed sure death. but fell on the threshold
a. the oaldron. in the flames From there
b" vas pulled. burned, senseless and per
haps diving He ia unconscious and his
lame cannot I've learned
MAJOR Meuido's DYING COMMAND.
lt would he hard to find a better in
Nan1e Of the Use OF military trainin g
than vas shown by Major Joseph c.
NcQmgg Of Cleveland. in command Of
ne Royal Battalion OF Engineers who
vas dragged from the wrecked
cu through q window MANNED. bruised
and fatally injured. and while the flames
from the wreck lighted up the icebound
'mo River he was laid tenderly by the
track Re asked 10 be strai ghtened up
ina held in sitting position.
h''h Bis limbs We're broken al the Thighs,
,li the veteran. held in sitting position
'''Veen two physicians, with the blood
streaming from wound in his head shouted
10 tone which held all spellbound, -Atten-
lion, battalion
Attention, Battalion. came the cry once
more and through the haze Of fame and