Wreck on the O.&W.
Three Men Killed This Morning Near Fulton
Evening Union, Oneida, NY, September 1, 1898
Fulton [Oswego Co., NY]: One of the most cold blooded, villainous deeds in the history of the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad was committed at Ingalls Crossing this morning, in the derailing of the Chicago limited. The deed is alleged to have been done by a party of tramps, resulting in the killing of two men, Engineer Benjamin Dowd, of Oswego, and Brakeman Osborne, who lived at Walton. The Chicago limited is the fast train on the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad, which is due here at 3:26 a.m., and makes few stops between Oneida and Fulton. It was an hour late this morning, and was running about fifty miles an hour to make up lost time. When the train reached Ingalls Crossing, the switch was open and the heavy locomotive under full speed jumped the track through the open switch, plunged into the ditch, turned on its side and the tender jumped over the locomotive and landed, but on one side. The express car was thrown out across the track, while the other cars were thrown from their tracks. Ben. Dowd, the engineer, was killed outright. Brakeman Osborne was cut completely in two. The lower half of his body was found under one of the coaches and the upper half was found in the baggage car. Fireman Hall, of Norwich, was seriously injured about head and one side of his breast, and his body was terribly scaled. He died about 8 o'clock. Baggageman Charles Desman, of New York, had three ribs broken; Daniel Mills, of Oswego, face and limbs injured and scalp wound; John Golden, of Oswego, left wrist broken; Gustave Magnuson, of Boston, head injured; Carl Stevenson, of Boston, hurt internally; Peter J. Haukinson, of Wellesley, Mass., scalp wound; C.A. Johnson, of Wellesley, mass., scalp wound; D. Bennett, of New York, shoulder hurt; John Chava, of New York, arms bruised; John Ross, of New York, scalp wound; C.A. Patten, of Oneonta, hip sprained.
The officials of the Ontario and Western are advertising a reward of $500 for information leading to the arrest anhd conviction of the party or parties who maliciously broke th switch lock and left the switch open at ingalls Crossing this morning.
Three Killed When Tramps Turned Switch
Evening Telegram, New York, September 1, 1898
Fulton [Oswego Co., NY]: Train No. 5, on the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad, known as "The Chicago Limited," was wrecked at Ingalls Crossing, four miles south of this village, at five o'clock this morning.
The wreck was doubtless due to the work of tramps, who threw open the switch at which the train was wrecked as well as two switches to the north of the wreck.
The train was an hour and a quarter late, and was running nearly sixty miles an hour when it struck the switch and was thrown over to the side track. The rapid speed made it impossible to make a sharp turn and the train left the track when it struck the safety rail. The engine was thrown twenty feet and blown to pieces. The tender was inverted. The trucks of the baggage car were torn off and the head coach telescoped the baggage car. A vestibule chair car and the sleeping coach Farragut were derailed, neither being badly damaged.
Engineer Dowd and Fireman Hall both jumped and were found under the wreckage of the tender by passengers from the sleeping coach. Both were alive at the time, but Dowd died in a few minutes and Hall succumbed to his injuries at eight o'clock. The body of Brakeman Osborne was torn in two.
The dead are:--
Dowd, B.C., of Oswego, engineer; leaves wife and two children.
Hall, William, of Norwich, fireman
Osborne, A.L. of Walton, brakeman; leaves wife and three children.
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