Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-03-10
REAR end COLLISION
Two SPECIAL TRAINS ON The
PENNSYLVANIA Line.


inaugural Ceremonies at Washing
ton-Account of the Accident.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 5.-After the
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 stiH under the wreck,
for.
The Dead.
The following is a revised list of the
dead:
Lieutenant Donaldson c. Schofeld
of Company D, a Cleveland architect.
Captain William r. Henry, battalion
surgeon and a prominent Cleveland
physician.
Corporal James Kehoe. Company C,
Cleveland.
Private H. R. Held. Company c.
Frank Pinney, aged 10; son of Lieu
tenant o. c. Pinney of Company G.
Mr.. Dodge, Pullman conductor, Chi
cago.
Unidentified 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 j. r. McQuigg, commanding
the engineers battalion, Cleveland;
both legs broken and head cut.
Lieutenant r. d. Smith, Company
Fl, Fairfield, Ohio; both legs broken
and head cut; can not live.
Frank H. tombstone, 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 D. Gray, negro cook, Battery
A, Cleveland; scalp wound and inter
nal injuries; will die.
o. c. Pinney, quartermaster, Com
= pany G, skull fractured; may die.
Floyd Palmer, Cleveland, optician
scalp wound; burned about the fac'
and hands: wrist fractured
The Accident.
Both trains left Cleveland and wer
+ making a good run through to Wash
!. ington. The national guard engineer
had the first train, which consiste'
f of baggage and six Pullmans.
/ Just after the train had passe'
through the Conway yards it had t
U be stopped on account of hot box
>. The box was cooled off, but three othe
O stops were necessary by the tim
Q Sewickley had. been reached.
These delays allowed the secon
section to come up and after passin
: Sewickley the trains were running bu
one block apart. At Clifton the trail
: was again stopped on account of tn
= hot box. The f1agman, John Murray
= was sent back as an extra precautio
l. to stop the train approaching in cas-
y it had left the set off signals.
= . Saw Signals Too Late.
q Murray had hardly left the trai
when the second section, running 8
miles an hour, turned slight bend a
:, this point. Engineer Nicholas Lon
. . of the second train said the block h
y passed showed green, but when he sa'
= Flagman Murray he applied the BRAKE
, 1t was too late. The heavy train spe
on over the slippery rails and crashe
/ fairly into the rear coach of the frs
3 train.
e So great was the speed that the Ell
d CINE ploughed clear through the heav
re observation car, splitting it in two an
+ jamming the trucks against the secon
coach
It Flames broke out in the wreckae
e but were soon under control.