The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-29
EIGHT LOSE
 THEIR, LIVES
  PaSsenger and Freight Ty<as Collide. ENGr $ REDUCED TO JUNK Baggage Car and Smoker are Con- pletely Telescoped. victime Were Entanglea and Twisted in Mass of Timber--A big Comic Opera Troupe was
 Aboard.
victime were EntangIed and Twisted
 in Mass of Timber--A big

Wheeling, W. Va, Sept. 2S.-Eighi men were killed, four fatally injured and seventeen more or less seriously hurt late today when the Chicago and Wheeling express train No. I4, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was wrecked in the yards at Bellaire, O., a few miles below this city. A freight train had just taken a siding for the express The passenger train, how ever. failed to pass over the switch and crashed into the freight. Until late hour tonight, the exact number of dead and injured was not definitely known.
 The dead:
 Michael Heinze, Wheeling.
 Wm. Shaw, Wheeling.
 Carl Bereron. Milwaukee.
 I. N. Galhraith, freight engineer Newark, c.
 F. E. Motz. freight conductor. New ark, O.
 Harry Seits. newsboy. Massillion, O
 H. A. Lpscomb, passenger engineer, Newark. o.
 F. L. Rose. Arcade. Cleveland. O.
 Will die:
 W. c. Dosner. D. E. Knser, E. U Blubaugh, all mail clerks, Newark, Oi Denny Daley. Pittsburg.
 Injured:
 T. A. Dunlap. passenger fireman.
 W. s. Johnson. freight engiener Newark. O.
 Harry English. connorsyille. o.
 Curtis I4afaerty.
 H. Peterson. Hoboken, N. J.
 John Hawk.
 Alfred Daby, New York.
 Wm. Terrellg Albany, N. Y.
 F. Wilson. Wheeling
 Patrick Elwood. Wheeling.
 W. L.. Simmer. Cambridge, O.
 F. Jackson, Cambridge, Q.
 F. LawsteR.
 c. Johnsoftzc zcamhridgef O.
 D. E. Glover. Kfee. O.
 A. Mootar. Newark. O.
 Operator,n Fault.
 Tho wreck was due. tt Is saids 70 the failure of an operator to throw ( switch. The west bound freight had received orders to meet the passengef lat the western limits of Beii1iTe ySrtsd and was moving slowly along tlae sid- ing At the point where the wreck occurred. there Is a very sharp curve. which prevents the engineers of east bound trains. from seeing more than a few feet ahead. The passenger swung around the curve very rapidly being three hours late, and should have gone in safely on the main line. The switch to the siding. however, had been turn ed. and the train shot into the siding and Into the freight.
 There was scarcely time to apply the brakes and time for the enginemen to jump The two big engines were re- duced to junk by the wreck, but worse damage was done to the smoker, which was telescoped so completely by the baggage car, that every seat was thrown out of the coach. Every occu- pant of the smoker was badly injured. The passengers in the other day coach and the two Pullman cars, were tum- bled from their seats, but not seriously injured
 Burned to Death.
 Engineer Gallbraith was burned to death by escaping steam The injured were taken to the Glendale. w. Va. and Bellaire Hospitals. General Man ager Fitzgerald. was in the neighbor- hood on an inspection tour and Gen eral Superintendent w. c. Loree of wheeling, personally superintended the rescue work.
 Great difiicuIty was experienced in removing the injured passengers from the wrecked smoker. Work was slow because every movement of the debris caused some one to groan with pain, as the victims were entangled in mass of timbers and twisted iron.
 Among the passengers on the wreck ca tram WeEG Nilo VI U Carless Spring Chicken" comic opera. which was to have played at Wheeling this evening and night. All the mem- bers of the company escaped serious injuries except Alfred Bobby. the musi- cal director. It was found necessary to amputate his right arm, thus ending his career in his profession. He was riding in the smoker and was found with heavy timber tightly binding him by the arms.
 The wrecked passenger train left Chicago for Pittsburg and Wheeling at 9:30 last night, The train Is divid- ed at Chicago Junction, part going on to Pittsburg by way of Akron. and the other part coming through to Wheel ing, via Newark. The Wheeling end of the train consisted of six coaches.
 At the office of Superintendent Loree tonight it was understood that they were not yet certain whether the ope- rator was responsible for the accident. but a thorough investigation was un- der way. Possible damage will amount to $6,000.
 A curious feature of the wreck is that the baggage car and the smoker were the only cars on the passenger train damaged.
 Amputated Leg.
 Engineer H. A. Lipscomb, on the pas 
 most heroic surgical operation in modern times. Caught beneath his engine. it was found impossible to re- move the broken iron from his body on account of the way in which one of his legs was entangled. Escaping steam across his face made it impos- sible to administer an anesthetic and as A result physicians amputated the leg as he lay there conscious. It Is feared that he will die.
 Thanksgiving Service.
 Thanksgiving services were held to- night by every member of The Spring Chicken" Company. from Richard Carle himself, down to the humblest chorus man. This company of seventy-five, eseaped with but one seriously injured, Alfred Dalby, the musical director.
 Some of the others received bruises and scratches from being thrown against the seats and sides of the car. The theatrical people escaped because their private car was the last one in the train but Carle himself had very narrow escape from serious injury.
 In a description of the wreck, he furnished the associated press. hA states that he had been asleep on the