Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-15
CASUALTIES.
4. Grant Trunk Railway Train Wrecked
and BI-rucd Several Trafn-Iiands
EtiIlrd and Others Roast
ed Alive.
Three yFeu KILLED and Several Others
Injured by the Falling of "a Pa
tcpf 1. I.gdder-The Mendoza
Disaster.
FriehtrnI Accident IN the Grand Trunk
Railway.

hTIEnftul AFGtNenl
Railway.
NEW York, September IA private
Telegram has been received IN TINS CRY
from Toronto announcing that fnght.
r1r arrifeuf occurred on the Grand
Trunk railway this morning. A train
was thrown from The track and several
1y the employees on the train were
F-fIag The whole train was completely
'sg-.cEed. and 10 add TO the horrors, the
ca-s took fife, RGd large numbers OF
cattle. which were buried under the de-
lrlz, were actually roasted alive, II being
iu.gssib'e 10 eEtIicate them.
Three Wen Accidentally Killed. and
Two or Three Others Fatally In
iured.
NEW YORK, September IA - About
he,fpast ten o'clock this morning, while
axpeT, ,meutiug with Mrs. Udah's patent
,r-ial ladder IN Rutgers square, an ap-
r,,ling accident occurred which result
"a in the desth Of at least three men
aud probably two or three others. Ii
an1ee - that as soon as the ladder bad
HeIn nat together and placed in position
i1 he center OF the fquRre the chief
mounted 20 the top, followed by eight
o- zen o. his men ranged in various
u.ig.s along the ladder. The ladder
looked ID a,N nearly one hundred feet in
nIoH-. The Wen had not been OBJ the
ladder more tl1sn half a minute when ii
sv8yed backward and forward and sud-
denly snapped in two. The men were
instantly prociptated To the ground,
Llres q Them being killed outright,
aad as many more dangerously, II not
Nsslly. injured. TIE bodies We're I'M
r1e,,lg. e.y moved on trucks. The chief
Z y
NON sg - it was VIM n. Nash, chief OF
line bsf,, lion, and not the chief engineer,
rrho was KILLED. The others killed out
rigbt Nv the. fall were Philip More and
Wr Hugbes. The Fisl ladder COM
many mad beer ordered out for practice,
ana while the men were going through
their a,-liu,i1us the accident occurred.
The Lake vi chigan Disaster.
Csrc.Go. Septenlber l4.-Seven pas
sapgers who were picked up by the
schooner Adiie. off MonitawCc, arrived
mere to-day. They sle Captain Fair
r,zrks. + Il. Fairbanks, 3. l.. Sage,
Patrick M0nshan, w. :. Crane. Amos
Hpss. and George Mckinney. a mem
DsrCf the crew states that one O'Clock
FriGav morning waves began breathing
over the Mendoza, and she Parted The
line ~ which she was towing the barge
Morning Star. The water Kept gaining
ffF Ave O'Clock, when the other barge,
Evening Star, was thrown of soon
.fr.r the boats were lowered and the
rgptsin. HE son, first mate, aud some OF
%, crew elm bed into the larger one.
The smaller one was taken by some OF
tNa crew, who almost immediately
pg.Ia6 away. The ,a'heT and wife OF the
isrrrIu were LET. Tine father was sew
auiv yesrs old. He wSs trying 10 get TO
,b.. boat when last seen. Ine steward
sr.,.l wlll his wife and went down
yrf,b Ser. The story is related s!so by
,-,f1er member O. the crew, VINO
s--sl-4 iu terms e praise oi the captain
-,.T eirsr5 I he Mendoza is eighteen
-.a-z Ola. and owned ~ Wm. Cross.
T.,-.9.e. uf Buffalo His son pelished
oD r14 Elat. She carried large cargo
-,Froll and was valued at thirty thous.
- H1llarg The csrgO was insured, bit
- vessel -ygs no.. i is feared that Tie
80 Evening Star Is lost. She had six
--.' on hosTd. Tus l!sJ OF lest and
---.G .n the VI ndD disaster, as given
l.. shirf Engineer Eess, are: Lost
r-k-.-.s, "A Jrossthwaile, the owners son,
s.-.-grs clerk. +. Fairbanks, the csp'
-..-r5 f.t,,,r. who was along on O pleas
r-a min. E..rs Fairbanks, the captEia :
,gfso. Cas-,ez Dear, steward, snd hii
7eira cs Paw Ci.N- who had heen COOK
5,,,, ~, he Rad IN V for four years; Ed
I1,hrr second eng .neerr OF B1nsio
si.gle. trirtv wears old; Patrick Ryan,
ti--T wilel-man, ,f Bay Ity; NliI5au l..lll
F-auEflrd, watchmsn, OF pay Ol,y
ElwaId Mayuehan, EdwarG Darowr
TIEarF MuIIgau and John Csr5eI
Jt.z hands. Ssved-Albert Fairt'snS Is
csrrafu; franklin w. Fairbanks, h'
c.pta.u's son; John Mckinney, nTST nTSSS
osta. Amos Ness, chief-ergineeri w
E.ltt groue, fireman; Thomas Murphy
fi-emau: James Smith, Spencer L: gag
and George Mckinney, deck hands