The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29
Fast Exp press I rain III on B q
@. @ Crash Into
Freight on Siding 3
AN OPEN SW1IT Oh ~
CAUSE o FS CLASII
Smoking s''r1s:' Car Eft Passel1g q RAIN
Ripped to Pieces and Every q c- c-$Is
cupart sInjured gineeri 81
Scalds to, Dea NJ
Steam he sss25 s.Ss33
". Victims.

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Twelve We're killed and seventeen ina Is
sjured. 6 number b fatally, at y Bel1alre,SNs
Ohio. at 81 this ftern oon,$ when3 ass
Chicago and Wheeling ex pr e So train
on the Baltimore and Ohio RAJ road.ss
crash ed into q freig hit train Swlich was q
moving slowly onto o. siding. The $
wreck WAS due, ,@t is said to the Sfafl5s5s
sire Of an o perato to throw a. Sswi tch.SSsl
The estbound frti ght had received or A
ders to meet at#the western limits Of u
the Bellaire yard, and NV as q M OWING
slowly along the siding. At the i Din w
where a the wreck occurred a there Is saa
very sharp curve, U which prevents tile
engineers OF the ea-stbound trains frorngs
seeing moro than a few#feet ah cad foh hGs
them.
The passenge trail II n swung around &
the curve very rapidly M being three
hours y late, and should have 6 zone N.on&
In sal fety5 on the main . Inc T he swttck
turned, and the train shot onto tha3s
Siding and Into til es6 frei ght. s There
WAS scarcely time to- applyS5t he brakes
and no time for the en- 6 IN GERS to JUMBO
81 Engineer Awfully8 Burned.
B4 Tf Q two big ngines were reduced
Ito unk by: the imp act. 6 1.-The Worsts,
DANA ge was done y to the Ssnlok which
was tel lescoped $50 @4 comple letely by tllas
baggage car that every Il seat was
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
pant OF. tho smo ker wa 81 bad dly In njured8
The passen gers IN t he a tller$ day coach
4 and Il the n two II F. u Imam S were tumbled5
i from their seats, b not tGserio ouHly ne
i jured, En- gineef Gal braith was burned
4 stoSa,s scris 80 by scaping teams 81.
= e injured We're Sta kenSto G1enS
Il dale le,.SsW. n,$ a nd ellaireh hho pitals
General a Maha s III tzge erald WHO
Twas inN the q gh borlioo On an II ,l-S;
ectionS tour. .y$ ar 4 SS General Superi1- q;
|Stend lent W. Lorec 81 81 Nv Yheeling il per
4 ssonal ySE rin tende d hes work fss
81 rescn1 ng lleS ~ ound ded. Eea It'd fticultys;
q was experienced injs renloyt RRs al VI (.
\ |jured Spassen gers from I'll xreck.NY YorHS
vas soWs II
4 with pain. Il. as the Inns were q & ll-S
/ tan gled it1sSss5 Z RI mas $$of timberss md
4 %tWisted irons .y8
81 Tor Los s nm m. S9i 8 M
4 4S; Among the passengers On the wreck
Il ed train were the members Of &R ichard
81 Carle's s..S Spring Oh cken comio opera
a which was 70 have @ pl yed sat atgWhe hee1ss
il 8lSing@*tllis a fternoons8 and 4 evening. NJ AIT
81 the members #of$ Ut the escaped
81 $|serious$ nj urysex xce ptSAl fred olby, the
+ Emusical director. 81 t Was Sf foundSne eces-t
"A sary TO arppntat te " his #rt gil t5a rIn, thus
"a ending Ibis SlareerSi n his professions. II d
eaeAA9A IS
II found wi til u a 81 heavy timber ghtly3
d binding him by the arms,
n 8&sI* The wre ck ed passen ger trAl eft
il Chicago for ittsburg and Wheeling
u 1880 alast tsSnig hit. The train Isl a r.
#|5vld ed at Chicago Juncti on,3 part ofn1
X ON to BPittsburg by ~ q IS q Akron.
y and ii the others p rtf onlin SIT through
b Ito Wheeling wi a. N ewark. Thes VVheel-
N ling section Of the train consisted $ok
Fl $six les. S "a S
d AT the offlce$ofs superint endent8 Lorea
n to- ali lghtsf 1t was sal hat t8t the Vera
X mot #ye certain Itch operator r. S. to
u blame or the accident. but 81 Az thor-
n Tough zinvestiga gation $is und err wa
y Il h Is property da ma ge wi Il 5amo Nnk tn
q about $60,o
n S a e curiouss fea t,lre of the wi rsckSlia
en- that the ha ggage car and heGsmoker
Y were the only cars on the& passenger
!. train al anna ged. }{ss 533
= !. 3a strange Anpnt ion. ~ g$$ s
z = s Engineer m II A. III pscomb, The
= pas sen ger train !, und erwent pro badly
4 the most heroic surgical operatt ton&ill
+ dern times. Caugh & eneat h hi en- N
,-i9Elne. 1t wa H found inlpossib BILE to s. res
y move the broken iron from hi 5I body
yI5on accountsof5 the way M Whicl n one n
IS |or5 his legs was tan 8 gled.5iF = scaplns p'l
is steam across his face made y ilmpos.- .
i sible to administer all a.nes II ttc,@ and
II as a. result 2physlcians ampulttated tbs
leIsleES as he lay here$ g onsc s. I'll
* feared tina t. he s$wil e ie. ,Ai