, 1869-07-19
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
The Disaster OIL the Erie Road.
'.
i Dozen Human Beings Roasted
to Death.
The Disaster in Kansas.
Two Persons Ei1icd and Twcn-
ty-6eycn Wounded.
Tho Dixaster In 1owa--Loss Of Twn
Lives.
The Erie Railroad Dtsnstcrs


FIom dss se.o }u.k 4tyatI, JuIyld
The long. dismal and bloody catalogue Of dLs6s-
tegs that mari the history Of the Er1e Railroad y
laade agAn to bear another burden Of hunan
slaughter, In The rteull Ut Ole Of the moss IN.
1nRit1ted railroad murders the public has heard Q!
fur san1e time Al lnldnight Of WEDNESDAY over
dol, n human bangs were rushed hEa1tonX lnta
eternity through tue AWlli living Posfals Of MT, ~
pace called Mast Hope, II ensy-elgnt miles wtas
right ca.elessuess ot the engineer u charge
OF . freight train, against which the
mail expires. from New yoxk at hs,f-pnt p: n
ar these: The freight tlaia backed On .i:ea
At Mast Hope depot, to get out Of the way Of the
aesenRer rtalu, but faled to get ont fast enough
ger train, for witch the I1ck ahou1d have hpen
a1wa5s Kept cleat. The engineer of The freight
tEa,n sas, oL couEse, responsible It is geaerally
stBted that be WAS ahleep II tho hne. A.te1Ittc
cplAion occurred, three or feur c2ts Ee9e burneti
AID N tho lAcoa.o despatch o1 the -Assoc,a1ed
"Aotne euig1auts La the bmoItu5 car, BONE aYe Or
9 Il In DIfnoef. Wert buEutn."
AS usunl, rnere was u:lte thought OF danger OF
u4!!es ahead. Oh the Erie track, among tas large
and lively load Of passengers that LETT the long
1:sk. q Jessey Ctt,, A. r. q qua1ts1 to. o'coek
consisting, With locomotive aad tender, Of nail
md baggaRe car, stnoElng car, two day aud four
sleeping coaehes-nine cara Ia al, earring nearly
Nv lasseugess- Perhaps not one Ia al that large
number OF r~5ta5etrs REQUIRED At The moment Of
starting TO CARA Rock, AutoWu, the gorge Ut e.
nH2, OF any VI kut OIQet Gi0cGI NAdM1fk9 thick
1y s11ewn along this modern GolgothA. Not
one, 70 a. appsa1aascA and iss.t Of ~ the
Key. 3 u Hal1ocE. Of No SO East FG1s-
teenth Street p ho Ia few short hous4 thereafter
w4s transformed from 1esn and Consciousness
Into black and uuint niass Of Weltss bones In
the forward part oI the smoklDg car oYe1 q score
Of enigfants seated themselves. ID the lA.er part
Of the evening, after must Of those gentlemen
who had sleeping betths retired for the night and
threw their cigar ssu1npa HNaT. Serera! Of the
e1lgrantt inuulced themselves u snurt clay pipes.
willie othe3 threw themselves tLto IN attitude Of
sleep, aud others kep1 telling stories 10 pass por
!ion u 1he niaht a*at. Tne stay ss Turner'S sta-
tlon for happef Eas LII longer than usuAl. The
switch between she tsacks at Alltowp, place Of
unhappy reputation, was passed By In safety. Tue
conductor went up and d0Ga q ieE t.tnes, TO
sec teat all IVES rtyhs,. from the smoking
car 10 the Tear end hletptuG coach Tue
train ~as spcc4'la Oh It's colfse at the raie Of
from 1Weut. :osa.2t, Ave nnles an Aonr. With
double uaeh. vide, strong caEs, new co1plngs, Il
powerful iocotEbtlse, runuin9 at steady. Bp!sn-
uid pace. the s<nxcrs lett khat there was Holh-
ing tD apprehcud tut 1shrJ1Gl Til Little re1tc-
ttou, however, w4s. gwen to fiat matter. The
sleepers In the rcar coaches turned krpunI for 4