A BAD RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

THREE PERSONS KILLED AND MANY OTHERS BADLY INJURED.

Pittsburg, Penn., Aug. 16. -- The south-bound passenger train on the Butler branch of the Western Pennsylvania Railroad, which left Butler, Penn., at 2:35 o'clock this afternoon, jumped the track at Sarver's Station, and the entire train, consisting of two passenger coaches and a combination smoking and baggage car, went over an embankment and was totally wrecked. Three persons were killed outright and twenty-five others injured, a number of whom will die.
The killed are as follows:
W. POWERS, Lawrenceville, Penn.
Child of MRS. FARRELL of Butler.
MRS. DUFF, an old lady, residence unknown.
The badly wounded are:
Ex-Mayor LYON of Pittsburg, seriously, in shoulder.
Capt. LOWER of Pittsburg, head badly cut.
D. A. JONES and wife of Pittsburg, seriously hurt and bruised.
J. A. McLAUGHLIN of Pittsburg, fatally injured.
Conductor GRAY of Pittsburg, seriously injured internally.
Brakeman KARNS of Butler, back broken.
MRS. GRAFF of Butler, injured seriously.
Capt. GRACE of Jamestown, N. Y., painfully injured.
About fifteen others were more or less injured. The accident was caused by the spreading of the rails on a small bridge. The rails were on stringers, which had rotted with time and long service. The engine passed over the bridge safely, but the first car was derailed and plunged down into the abyss, some thirty feet below.

The New York Times New York 1889-08-17
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!