Show DEATH ON THE BAIL Serious Accident on the Nickle Pia1liailioaUE t I i r r 1 K t t I J j TJIE i DEAD AND WOUNDED j I I f 1Liq d Ij j Horrible Scenes In the Smoking Cai The Reason for the Collision 1 A Ladys Story t 1 1 A Serious Accident t r j BUFFALO September 114 A specia d from Silver Creek says A serious accident i acci-dent occurred this morning on the 1 Nickel Pl I4te Railroad near this plate The west bound express train ran into I excursion from Erie Pa Twelve an persons are reported killed and fourteen wounded 11 BUFFALO September llsA dispatch from rillver Creek N Yhsay3 Niagara Falls excursion train ion the fickle Plate Railroad under the management 1 of f J W Butler excursion agent collided col-lided with a ocal freight train in the cut on the curve just east of here at 11 oclock this morning Both engineers and firemen were saved by jumping only those in the smoking car were hurt being complfetbly te1 scoJJed by the baggage car Only a partial list of i the killed can be given at present Several were mangled beyond recognition recogni-tion BUFFALO September 14Killed W Loomis Erie Henry Gedbart and son john F Gedhart Pittsburg Stephen Step-hen Came on mayor of Waterford Pa John Suder Pittsburg David Sharp W i W Rostatter and Mr Lyphir of Erie Wm Reynolds Dunkirk JohnMeyers Erie Aaron Parkhurst Marysville j J i There are two bodis that have not I been idetuified one is thought to be the I son of Loomis The accident seems to i have been caused by a misunderstanding misunderstand-ing of telegraph orders Fourteen seriously J ser-iously wounded were taken from the I wreck j The wounded are Henry Huyck of Steruina Pa both legs crushed very serIously Samuel Tracy of Erie head and shoalders injured seriously William Zimmerly of Erie badly hurt Louis Linz of Erie badly hurt Martin Rostatter of Erie shoulder and leg injured not seriously Archie Campbell of Erie seriously injured Euwla W Marble No 320 East Eighth Street Erie leg broken seriously Charles Schendler of Erie head and shoulders injured seriously Charles Diller of Erie right leg broken and head cut J P Herrington of Erie badly injured Jpeph Lapper of Summit Sum-mit Pa badly bruised Philo Liflter residence unknown legs crushed Mr Coburn of Titusville injured slightly There are various causes given for the collision Engineer William ± i arris of the freight train is lamed It is said lie had orders to meet the excursion train at Irving Harris failed to obey instructions and was running at ful speed when the crash occurred The tram men will not talk regarding who is 10 blame A gentleman who was on the train said that the freight Dad orders or-ders to go to Silver Ureek and the passenger train toK Irving which IS this side and it was these order or-der that caused the collision The excitement among the survivors was intense in-tense Tne scenes in the smoking car were most harrowing The first v arn uiS that was given was a slight jar caused by the heavy prtfibure of the air brakes Some of the passenger I stirred thenise ves in their seats Slem ingly appre e idmg danger Then I caaie the ter iole shock followed by the smashing ot tne windows and the root tf the car and all was a mass of bleed lug and struggling humanity Men covered with blood were locked in each others arms while underneath them and ou all sides lay the pour unfortunates un-fortunates who were instantly killed crushed out of all human resemUlrpce The wouudeti iv < t Cf I CRVWLKD our OF THE DEBRIS and were assisted to neighboring houses People brought bedding etc on which to lay the dead and dying and did all they could to relieve the sufferings of the wounded until the arrival of medical aid frsprr Ht Sigel of Ene Pennsylvania a passenger pas-senger was on her way to Buffalo one arrived h re safely this afternoon ran r-an interview with Mrs Sigel she said 1 was in the first coach next to the smoking car The passenger train was a large one api carried a large number of excursionists as well as regular passengers The first we knew of thfe collision was a terrific crash like an explosion ex-plosion Nobody was hurt except those 1Il the 1 smoking car The sight was 1 icot 0 horrible that I could not 10hk1at r o 1 track a single car was thrown from the fck but tha smoker 1 telesco was completely I It was mercy that ourcar jas not crushed It was a narrow saved ape One young man in the smoker and S by dropping on the floor cstapexi learn with bruises I did not n the were cause of the accident but we wa e going very slow while the freight Wo were Coming at a hIgh ate or sPeed terere just one coach length oF the i iol P e 0 f when the the collision occurred different e wounded were taken tot 1 va to-t houses and one of the coaches OCIi turned mio a hospital In another I the he dead were placed Most oft of-t Cldursjonjsts remained at Silver intending to I return home Otberpi Passengers for Buffalo and a her ram came on this afternoon en |