Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-04
REVISED LIST OF DEAD
VICTIMS OF LAST NIGHTS WRECK
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Both Trains Were Making Good Run
for This City-Terrible I'M
pact of Collision.

pact of Collision.
PITTSBURG, Pa, March 4.-After the
must searching investigation 1t is now prac-
tically certain that the list of dead caused
by the collision last night between the two
special trains from Cleveland on the Penn
sylvania railroad at Clifton station will
not exceed seven. The following Is a re-
vised list of the dead:
Lieut. Donaldson c. Schofield, aged thir-
ty-eight, of Company D, Cleveland archi-
tect.
Capt VIM. r. Hendry. battalion surgeon
and prominent Cleveland physician.
Corporal James kehoe. Company c,
Cleveland.
Private H. r. Held, Company c, Cleve-
land.
Frank Pinney, aged ten, son of Lieut. u
C. Pinney of Company c, Cleveland
- Dodge, Pullman conductor, Chicago.
Private Richard Buenger, Company Z,
Cleveland.
Early reports had one woman among the
dead. This has proved to be mistake.
Number Of Injured Will Reach Forty.
The list of injured will reach forty, 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; condition serious.
Lieut.. r.. D. Smith, Company II, FAR
field, lhio, both legs broken and head cut
cannot live.
Frank Johnston aged twenty, Cleveland
right leg broken and injured internally:
George Riley, Cleveland, member of Tip
pecance Club, injured internally ana SUI,
fering from conclusion Of the prail' VIII
probably die.
Hubbard Love- negro cook, aged fifty,
badly bruised and hurt internally; condi-
ton serious
Charles H. Sturgis, aged twenty-four,
Company c. Cleveland badly burned about
the hands face and back; condition Sc
rious.
James Gray, negro cook, Battery. A,
Cleveland, scalp wound and internal lnJu-
ries; will die.
O c. Pinney quartermaster, Company {,
Colinwood, skull fractured; may die.
Floyd Palmer, Cleveland, optcian, scalp
wounds, burned about the face and handS,
wrist fractured: condition serious.
Left Cleveland at Noon Yesterday.
Both trains left Cleveland about noon
Yesterday, and were making a good run
through to Washington. The National
Guard Engineers had the first train, which
consisted of a baggage car and six Pull
mans. Just after the train had passed
through the Conway yards it had to be
stopped on account of a hot box The box
was cooled off, but three other stops were
necessary by the time Sewickley had been
reached.
These delays allowed the second section
to catch up, and after passing SeWickley
the trains We're running but one block
apart. At Clifton the first train was again
stopped by the hot box. The trainmen say
Flagman John MURRAY was sent back as
an extra precaution to stop the train fol-
lowing in case it had passed the last set of
signals.
Murray had hardly left the train when
the second section, running fifty miles an
hour, turned slight bend approaching
Clifton. Engineer Nicholas Long Of the
second train said the block he passed show
ed green, but when he saw Flagman Muir
ray he applied the brakes. 1t was too late.
The heavy train sped over the slippery
rails and crashed fairly into the rear coach
of the first train.
Engine Plowed Through Car.
So great was the speed that the engine
plowed clean through the heavy observa-
ton car, splitting it in two and jamming
the trucks against the second coach.
The impact threw the baggage car and
first coach of the second train from the
tracks. In moment all was confusion.
Above the hiss of escaping steam could be
heard the cries of the injured. Out of the
coaches of both trains poured the unin-
jured soldiers and members of political
clubs.
The work of rescue commenced at once.
Along the tracks where they had been
thrown from the demolished car lay dead
and injured. Hardly had the work of res
cue started when flames broke out in the
wreekage.
After the fire had been got under control
the wrecking gang with their derrick began
the work of searching the mass of wreck
age for more victims. The charred coaches
were pulled apart, every piece being thrown
into the river. No bodies were found until
they began tearing away the pile of smol-
dering timbers which lay against the front
of the wrecked engine.
Bodies damned Tightly Together.
There they found three bodies damned
tightly together Only one of them was
identified for some time. That was the
body of Frank Pinney, the ten-year-old
boy, who was a son of Lieut.. O. c. Pinney
Company c.
Major McQuigg lay helpless beside the
wreck with both legs fractured. While his
injuries We're being attended to some one
of the surgeons began search for splints.
Major McQuigg saw his difficulty and sug-
gested the use of his own saber for the
purpose. This was done. Then he ordered
one of the privates to bring up his rifle
and with the bayonet the other leg was
The battalion will return to Cleveland to-
day on a special train. The Tippecanoe
Club, however, continued it's journey to
Washington on another special.
Wreckage Cleared Up.
PITTSBURG, Pa, March All the
wreckage of the Cleveland Pittsburg rail-
road trains which were in collision at Cliff
ton, Pa, last night was entirely cleared
by 10 o'clock this morning. No more bod
les were found and previous estimates of
seven dead are thought to be correct. 1t
is possible, however, that several bodies
may have been cremated in the fire follow
ing the wreck. three members of the
Ohio Engineers Battalion and three col
ored porters are reported still missing.
Richard Buenger, private of Company
c, of Cleveland, who was reported among
the dead, is alive at the Allegheny General
Hospital His injuries are not serious
The many injured in the hospitals were
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