Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1888 — THE NEW TARIFF BILL. A FRIGHTFUL WRECK [ARTICLE]

THE NEW TARIFF BILL.

A FRIGHTFUL WRECK

A frightful collision occurred near Hannibal Station, N. Y., on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad at 8 o’clock Friday morning. A Lehigh Valley passenger train using the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg tracks between Oswego and -Sterling Junction collided with a wild cat train from Oswego on a curve in a deep cut. The wild cat was running, it is said, fifty miles an hour, and the Lehigh Valley train about forty. They- came together with a terrific crash, and the two locomotives were smashed into thousands of pieces and the cars were nearly demolished. Engineer Martin D. Slattery, of the wild cat, remained on l his engine with his hand on the lever, and was instantly killed, the lever going through his body. His fireman, John Riley, jumped, but was caught in the wreck and frightfully scalded. Conductor Moss and brakeman Thomas Maxy, of the wild cat, were also badly injured. All of the latter are from Oswego. The crew of the Lehigh Valley train were from Auburn. A. F. Hatch was engineer. He and his fireman jumped. The latter escaped, but Hatch was badly cut-about the head and was aeverely sealded. Julius Smith, the baggageman, and W. Westgate, conductor, were in the baggage-car eating lunch when the crash came. Both were injured,and Westgate may die. It is said the crew of the wild cat attempted to take one more station than ordered.