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The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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Frightful collision on Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad, 69 miles west of Cumberland, on Friday: westbound mail train hit delayed eastbound freight, killing mail agent Moses Collins whose body burned in the ensuing fire; others injured but escaped.
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Mail Agent Killed and Body Burned.
From the Cumberland News we learn that a frightful collision occurred on Friday, on the Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad, 69 miles west of Cumberland, between the mail train west and a freight train east.
The freight was 40 minutes out of time, owing to the miscalculation or defective time of a green conductor.
The locomotives reared up in deadly embrace.
The mail car and an oyster car telescoped, crushing to death Moses Collins, the mail agent. The baggage man and news boy escaped as by a miracle.
One brakeman had a leg broken, and other employees were more or less injured.
The engineers and firemen saved themselves by jumping. The stove in the mail car set fire to the wreck, and the mail, baggage and express freight (oyster) cars, with mails, baggage and express freight, were burned up, Mr. Collins' body being consumed with the rest.
Mr. Collins was a man 54 years old, and a resident of Fayette county. He had recently been appointed postmaster at Connellsville, and was running his last trip as agent.
Nothing was known of the accident in Cumberland till Saturday, when passengers arriving brought the news.
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Pittsburg & Connellsville Railroad, 69 Miles West Of Cumberland
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Friday
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A collision occurred between a westbound mail train and an eastbound freight train due to the freight being out of time. The locomotives collided, the mail and oyster cars telescoped, killing mail agent Moses Collins. A brakeman had a leg broken, others injured. The engineers and firemen jumped to safety. The wreck caught fire, burning the cars, contents, and Collins' body. Collins, 54, from Fayette county, was on his last trip before becoming postmaster at Connellsville. News reached Cumberland on Saturday.