Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-27
EVENING STAR.
7ae RAiirssA slaughter near Gerry.

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eHockrre eonaBs IN rsH BuRsrNe cAn-Ae
rfkeoss CRASHED on ROASTED TO pRA1a.
Tee railroad disasters reported are four 10
numher, but the interest IN sll the Others n
eomp.s,ey oyernhs, med By the terrors OF the
road, ON Tuesday night Thirty persons we're
either killed outright, met their deaths In tue
burning cars, OF we're rescued only 60 die sftsr-
eard OF their injuries. The immediate caase
OF The accident Vas . broken nAnge on the ten
Ger wheel. The locomotive and tender Of the
esstsLd bound train passed safety over the
can tonly two coaches being In tue train we're
throvn from the trestie ana struck tor dom
ssra' The weight OF the trucks crushes in the
care, CLOSING mp the windows, and, 90 make the
situation even more terrible, one pa~senrcr
coach Vas Tilted partially upop its side "a az AZ
for the occupants OF that eide there Vas abss-
lutely no means Of escape. Almost i'm mediate
~ the esrs took tire, the passenger coach barn
ing AZ both snds Some half q dozen persors
waiting 1t the station were soon st the sceae OF
he accent. but they worked ~ An immense
dssadysntage. No water cosld be had, aud the
snow that vas scrsped up had little effect N
staying the flames Only too axce were avail
able, and the wood work wa bolted together -
nrmly ana intricateiy that but little headwav
could be made with 4 The flames were stead
lily gaining, and
THE sHRIsKs OF TIE IMPRISONED vrc-rrs
were appalling. Nov and then . rope Was put
through a crevice, fastened TO = form and puiIeS
through by main force Sometime IL woala lie
a hfsless body, and the chsrred arms. legs or
or four instances the head was separated froW
the trunk, and In many more cases the BODY e
bereft OF it, limbs. The body Of lady as thus
secured, the head and one arm swapping o a the
other arm WAS unt0uche q Kid glove covering
the hand, and on her fingers ieweled ornaments
The bodies Of three other ladies we're taken out
none Of whom NJ Il believed can be recogni red
In all IL IL estimated that OF nineteen bodies re-
moved from the burning car ten are unrecox-
niEable. IL II supposed that IN addition % the
ladies recovered a number Of others we're
CONSUMED IN THE BURNING CAR
and nothing but their blsckened bodies will he
discovered. After the accident, Frank Taylor,
OF Cory, one OF the rescued passengers, Vas
leaning against some object, and seeing an
ecquaintsncs passing, called him By name.
The friend turned and saw Taylor apparently
uninjured, but suddenly he said, a. Tell nv
wife, and fell over dead. The inmates OF the
burning Car were shrieking for help, and Mr..
Tsylor's friend did not see him again until h,s
corpse was brought In and placed beside the
others. With no means of extinguishing the
flames, the heat being too intense 60 admit OF
all the sodies being extricated, nothing could
be done by the spectators but stand slowly by
and see the remains slowly consume. Mr.
Douglass. who was In the car twenty-five min
utes, says several Passengers were killed out
right. Others were writing about until suffo-
Gated, and Others were conscious TIL burned 70
cesth. The inquest was adjourned tin Satur-
day.