Massillon, Ohio Train Wreck
May 11, 1895
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
WRECK TRAIN WRECKED—TRAINMASTER
Killed—Others Seriously Hurt.
MASSILLON, O., May 11. --An improvised
wreck train manned by a yard force of the
Wheeling & Lake Erie here and the superintendent
of transportation were through a bridge just
west of the city last night.
Geo R. Gibson,
trainmaster, was killed and his body is still in
the debris. Henry
McDonald, brakeman, was held in water
neck deep five hours, lost one leg and
is seriously injured.
A.J. Stout, superintendent of
transportation, is seriously bruised.
John Duross,
engineer was carried 200 yards by the
current and caught by a clump of willows. He is
very badly bruised.
W.R. Suydam, rounding foreman, was
burned about the legs. Half a dozen bridges
between here and Sippo are
disabled. The ill-fated train had gone to the
rescue of a ditched freight train at the next
bridge above, which resulted from the wrecking
of that Bridge.
Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN 11 May
1895
Transcribed by Pat. Thank you, Pat!
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