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T*iik Railroad nonnon near Westport— Arrival op tiik Remains of Condihtuk Ward—Tho remains of James Mooro Ward, of this placo, who was kilted on Saturday morning laid, by tho terrible collision that occurred on tho Philadelphia and Brio Kail road, abovo Westport, arrived hero on Sunday morning last, 111 a special car sent by tho company to convoy him homo. Mr. Ward was tho conductor of IhoTfrciglit train which was run Into by tho Erie Mm! tram, and was instantly killed. Mr Ki(linger, of Altoona, engineer on Abe *umo train, wus also killed, and Ins body was on tho earn© special that brought Mr Ward to this place.The particulars of this foarful accident, i'O lar as wo have boon able to learn them, mens follows Conductor Ward's train, which was the firt-t section of the Kinjure freight, left Kano at tho usual time on Friday evening (or Kenovo, witil orders to take tho siding at West jKrl to await tho mail train. Conductor K W Hymen, of the mail tram, m* received orders at Kanovo to wait at We-I pert until the first section of the Empire fre.ght, (Conductor WarJ,) rived, in ease it was not there when ho get there Tho mad trnin under 11 \ men, arrived at Westport first, but instead of waiting f«»r tho freight, as it ihad been red to do, after a short stop went About two miles beyond Westport, a going round a curve at full ppood,U enrne upon tho freight, under (\tnduc-tor Ward, winch was running on time, at about twenty miles an hour. There was no time to rovcrse, anil the cotlimn was fi ightful Both engines woro overset agnm«t the mountain side, and a number of cars completely wrecked The baggage car of tin* mail train wu« telescoped half wav back into the smoking cat, and tho scrcunis of the wounded passengers were awful Conductor Ward, of ibo freight, and his onginoer, Mr. Killingor, were instantly killed, being cut and mangled fearfully. The firotnim escaped, almost miraculously, by jumping off as soon as bo saw the mAil approaching, and falling into a ditch He was not hurt, although covered with lumber and shelled corn, thrown frotn tho cars, which fell upon him, the lumber falling across the ditch instoad of into it. This is what savod him Had tho lumber fallen lengthways into the ditch ho would have boon crushed to doath On tho mail train, Conductor Hymen was so crushed and mangled as to bo hardly recognisable. Ills death was instantaneous Tha engineer McCormick was suppo«od to be fatally hurl, but is not dead at this writing (Monday ) Tho fireman, Thomas Hannan, was killed, together with Mr II. C Brown and Mr. Winslow, of Lock Ha von, and Mr. Kubnght, of St Mary's, Klk county About sixteen other persons woro wounded, more or less seriously, among which, strango to say, wore no women or children Every attention was paid to tho sufferers, who wore convoyed to Kenovo, where they had medical attendance. Tho dead woro boxed up and sont to their different homes, and handsome coffins procured for them at I ho company's expense Tho body of Conductor Ward arrived hero on Sunday morning, in charge of a committee of the United Sons of America, to which ho belonged, and which consisted of tho fpllowing persons, to wit G W Given, Kobort Jarvis, Edward Young, U. S. Crousn, Albert Winogardner, Luther Sidle, Dennis May and C M. Wells The body was met at the depot by the hearse and the friends of tho deceased, and con-veyod to his mother’s rosidonce, whore its reception was most sad and affecting Numerous visitors called during tho day to take a last look at tho young and handsome face of tho unfortunate conductor, which had not been Injured by tbeaccidout Tho funeral took place in the afternoon at four o'clock, and, notwithstanding a drenching rain, was numerously attended. After religious services at the house, the committee of the United Sons of America took charge of the body, and tho procession slowly wended its way to the cemetery, where all that was mortal of James Moore Ward was consigned to the narrow houso appointed for all tho living, llo was buried with the funoral obsequies of tho U. if. A., they depositing thoir emblems in his grave. Kov. Mullen also performed religioua services nl tin* grave.Conductor Ward w«*i a yning m. i. -not more than 24 or 26 y«**rv of n*p- mol ia said to have boon very much liked and esteemed by the railroad company and tho people among whom ho has made his homo for the last few years. He whs well known here, and was a genial, clover-hoarted and altogether estimable young man. TIis sudden and sad death shocked this ontire community, and is a heavy blow to Ins grief-stricke* family and friends, for whom our people manifest much sympathy. It is all the sadder from the fact that it was no fault of his own, ho running his train on timo and in accordance with orders. When the disaster occurred he was sitting on the engine with the engineer and tho fireman, who escaped, records that tho enginocr remarked, *'To-n row night wo’ll bo in Ucnovo, nod then lean seo my girll Just then, Mr.
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Bellefonte Democratic Watchman
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 01, 1871
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