Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1905-03-08
rear end COLLISION
two SPECIAL TRAINS ON The
PENNSYLVANIA line.
List Of Dead Caused by the Accident 10
Seven-More Than 40 Are Injured
Cleveland Excursionists Bound for
Inaugural Ceremonies at Washing.
ton-Account Of the Accident.

most searching investigation it is now
practically certain that the list of dead
caused by the collision between the
two special trains from Cleveland on
the Pennsylvania railroad at Clifton
station will not exceed seven. Some
of the soldiers say a number of their
comrades are still under the wreck,
but all seem to have been accounted
for.
The Dead.
The following is a revised list of the
dead:
Lieutenant Donaldson c. Schofield
Of Company ID. Cleveland architect.
Captain William r. Henry, battalion
surgeon and a prominent Cleveland
physician.
Corporal James Kehoe, Company c,
Cleveland.
Private II. r. Held. Company C.
Frank Pinney, aged 10; son of Lieu.
tenant o. c. Pinney of Company c.
MIR. Dodge. Pullman conductor, Chi.
cago.
UnlOentlneu man.
The Injured.
The list OF injured will reach 40,
six or seven of whom are likely to
die. All are being cared for at the
several hospitals. Among the more
seriously injured are:
Major ]. r. McQuigg, commanding
the engineers battalion, Cleveland; !;
both legs broken and head cut.
Lieutenant r. d. Smith, Company
H. Fairfield, Ohio; both legs broken
and head cut; can not live.
Frank H. Johnstoneu aged 20, Cleve-
land. right leg broken and injured In
ternally.
George Riley, Cleveland, member of
Tippecanoe club, guest Of Major Nc.
Quigg; internally injured; will prob.
ably die.
Charles H. Sturgis. Company C,
Cleveland; badly burned about the
hands. face and back.
James ID. Gray. negro cook. Battery
A. Cleveland; scalp wound and inter
nal injuries; will die.
o. c. Pinney. quartermaster. Com
pany C. skull fractured; may die.
Floyd Palmer, Cleveland. optician; |;
scalp wound; burned about the face
and hands; wrist fractured.
The Accident.
Both trains left Cleveland and we're
m kiuu a 0ond run throuOh IN Wouh.
ington. The national guard engineers
had the first train, which consisted
Of a baggage and six Pullmans.
Just after the train had passed
through the Conway yards 1t had to
be stopped on account Of a hot box.
The box was cooled of, but three other
stops were necessary by the time
Sewickley had been reached.
These delays allowed the second
section to. come up and after passing
Sewickley the trains we're running but
one block apart. At Clifton the train
was again stopped on account Of the
hot box. The hagman. John Murray.
was sent back as an extra precaution
to stop the train approaching in case
It had left the set of signals.
Saw Signals Too Late.
Murray had hardly left the train
when the second section. running so
miles an hour. turned slight bend at
this point. Engineer Nicholas Long
OF the second train said the block he
passed showed green, but when he saw
F1agman Murray he applied the brake.
It was too late. The heavy train sped
on over the slippery rails and crashed
fairly into the rear coach OF the first
train.
So great was the speed that the en-
gine ploughed clear through the heavy
observation car. splitting It in two and
jamming the trucks against the second
coach.
Flames broke out In the wreckage
but we're soon under control.