The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-20
THE LAKE SHORE HORROR.

persons Killed oy the railroad accident at Angola
were brought III about IL O'Clock this morning
EIgbtePo of the killed can be recognized.
TWeDty-three of the burned bodies are, IL is
thought, past recognition.
A coIOners inquest VIII be held tomorrow
here, when the sex OF the burned bodies may
be determined by surgical examination.
The accident was occas'oned by the breaking
OF the wheel. II is asserted that no fault IS to
be at ached TO the officers of tue road; but tue
truth of this statement remains to be shown.
All of The wouDoed that can be moved Will be
broul ht into Buffalo.
The daughter OF Mrs. Chadicar, OF Tilusvlle,
cannot possibly recover. Mr.. @. w. Patterson,
OF Oil Greek, is thought TO be dying. The Off
GERS of the Lake Shore road are paying every
attention to The wouI ded, who are as comfort
able as could be expt cted.
In ADDITION to the previous list Of the killed,
the following BODIES have been recognlzed:-
stephen Stewart, President OF the OIL Creek
road; 8 f. Thompson. Worcester, Mass A. II.
Spier, North East, New YORK: Hiram W. Martin,
residence unknown.
Identification OF NJ ore BodIes-Tha Cause
of the Accident.
BUFFALO, Dec. 10. - Three of the charred
bodies OF the victims by the railroad accident at
Angola have been recognized, VIZ: j. Alex.
Ander Martin, W. w. 10 wntr, of Er.e Pa. (the
latter by gold cham on his personl, and Ste
phen btewArt OF OH Greek. Miss Chyclene, of
Ttusv1lle, died this AFTERNOON.
The accident was occaslonei by q segment of
the tread OF the wheel beiug broken.
The unrecognized bod es will, after limited
time, be buried bv the railroad company at a
puDllc Iuneral OF me Cltlzens.
StnI Further Details.
BUFFALO, Dec. I9.-The further interesting
particular OF the fir ghttul railroad dis ,er
near Angola, upon the Lake Shore Railroad,
yesterday, are just received. 1t Is the opinion
among ine surVIy wing passengers that there were
nifty people IN the rear car, and ouly three of
them escaped. or tho-e who renamed in this
ear, there are thirty or forty CT wnom nothing
is left but ashes; eighteen dead bodies are IN the
freight house, ard a number we're dead aud
dying in other places. The loss will probably
exceed sixty souls. The woman called Mary
Freeman was found dead with han ikerchet
BY her side, bearing the name under which she
is designated.
a lady was taken from beneath the second
car, aud was found 10 be wholly unnjurei.
There happened to oe slight hill where che
lay, but no she happened to get in tn at place
was perfect nv stery. AS the time the rear
car was burned one OF the passengers related
that several persons who were endeavoriug to
break 1t IN pieces 10 cape were startled by the
report OF pistols Wb ich were discharged within
the car and one OLllef, Whlcn came through
window, pas, ed through the pants OF a pa.~en-
ger Some un iortuuaJe man had the weapon in
his pocket and OF course II was exploded oy
the heat.
Mr.. j. W. Kennedy, one of the occupants Of
the second Car, as soon as the thumpug con-
menced rushe d tor the door and jumped from
the plat Orm just as the car rolled do gn the
bank. TDls car took fire twice, out was exln-
guished before being seriously injured by the
flames.
A Young man from St. Catharine was taken
from the r ar car, IN dreadful state. His legs
we're hayed and his breast and stomach we're
fairly roasted. He was alive at last accounts,
but there is little b pe OF hls recovery. lad
about IL years OF age nau ed William Greene,
who occupied n seat IN the rear car, was acci-
deDtally lett behind at DunkiTk. He came
down on the next tram, and thanked his God
that be had escaped 30 fearful a late. He was
congratulated by a large number of spectators
who listened 10 his story.
During the evening, The Offices OF the r all
road Company were thronged, aud the depot so
crowded that 1t was iouud necessary to station q
SQUAD OF policemen in readiness To prevent any
distul bance. The 10 manner OF the accident was
the n, Xt to the last car OF the IRAN thrown
from he track on striking an iron frog, at the
switch, just this side OF Angola station. aad was
dragged over the tIes nearly to he bridge. The
car b hind it being thrown from he rails
which plunged along the ties connected, an
was ST ficieut to enable some, but not many of
the passenger, sitting at the former end of this
car, to make their escape from 1t. Just as the
train reached the bridge, the rear car was
ierked from the tracK, nearly Gro sing the
bridge. An instant more, and 1t would have
reached the bank, but just at the edge It tipped
over the lett side ami vent with fearful crash
down the ice-cOVered slope, forty feet at least,
to the fiat below.
OTHER DISASTERS.
ThO Harlow Bridge Accident on the
Vermont NNiiGOad.
On Monday LAST COroner's Investigation was
ba0 at NOrtb6eld, Vermont, near tue scene Of
the late Harlow Bridge' accident of December
about forty wounded, over the remains OF the
unforJunate victims OF toe fearful ca asro one
Francs IL. Abbott, the engineer OF the tram
containing the laborers, testioet that he was
Oldered 40 hurry" by Mr.. De Vey, an officer Of
the road which inducrd him TO run his tram
much faster than usual, ana approach ng the
bridge at "A r6D d rae, he was unable to stop
until II was too late. He blamed the company
for not having pIO'ec,ed the abutmeut, aud
ATTEMPTED to eAoneTate himself trOm all Oltme.
Horace &. LOchlIn, assistant supcrln yendent
of the road, on the contrary, testified that tue
tram was ruDninP at least thirty mles an hour,
aud discovering the danger he signalled the
engineer tOstOp, out the signal was not o0eyej
and The train ga he'd over the brise aud into
the chssm. He tDoaght tn engineer vas abb
Sent-mlnded and dIJ not realize that be was
approacning the bridge. The testimony of MIR.
- LOchlln was connInied by o her officers OF the
road, who, whilst doing Abbott, the engineer,
the credit OF sal ing he was always looked upon
as reliable, declared that the tra was running
(back wardl at u fearful rate OF speed when the
accident occurred. The Inyestl CATION Is not vet
concluded.
HxpIOsIOn and Con n grafton nt Pam
Horn Oity-TbTes Men Bur0sd.
About $50 o'clock yesterday morning con-
hagratOD broke ont IN The extensive oil re ne.
ries OF Messrs. Warden Co., OF No. "a Pue
street. New York, situated NJ Penn Horn City,
on the line OF the Erie kail Way, some tour miles
from Hoboken. caused bythe explosion OF a ank
OF naptha Tesul lne In the destruction o large
amount O property, and injurS 70 three men. II
GpLeaEs that iva Ot the emplOVeS, Ohard
Gthhons and IOhn McBridO. were enlaIed