The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-08

The Fearful disclosure that 10 Made by One
OF the New York survivors.

u. b. Lyons, Of PAS West Forty-ninth
street, who received injuries in tue Ashtabull
disaster from wnich he /, stil sun ring made "A
st4tement in Buffalo wAich contains some START
ing assertions. They belr chiefly upon the
action OF the rlilro d and Are department au-
thrlllies IN refusing or nc-ectlng 10 employ tis
means at hand Tor extinguishing the flames.
lie SAID that within "A few inmates after the dis
asst one steam ure engine anu two hand engines
were At the spot, and there WAS abundance Of
water AT h mi. Furthermore half way up the
bank WIS an engine mousse, with an engine used
to pump water from tue river into the r.ilrO ID
compans's tanks. In this engine house were
500 feet Of hose. and altogether aOuu. 800 feet
OF hose were near enough at hand TO Ue avail
able In eXtinguis hing the IRE. Hat 40 attic npt
was maze To bring these appliances into use.
Mr. l. uns >aid that ~ was the opinion OF those
with whom he conNcr~cd that not more tuan
SIX persons would have ueen burned to death,
aud that not u single body wuIld pave ueen
burned beyond recognition II water had Teen
thrown on ,uc IRE. VITA regard to tue author
II, which prevented the us OF the engines AID
nose, Nlr. LSo"s sld Tat lie had what seemed
To INN ample evideGce that The railroad Oil
cias were respousiue. lie himself heard aztec
the disaster tnat "A despatch had uetn received
from railroad Headquarters ordering tntt no
water should oe tarown UPON the wreck. 10
the effect that all should sink into OBLIVION"
Nir. l. ons qIOted TINS N the ne ring 81 4 ure-
MAJ, VINO at once said, those are the very
words II a d-spAtch received Dy SUPERINTENDENT
SIong,' and the assertion was dltcrw I'd coz
rubordted ny other bremen, VINO gave tuelr
names ana hdar ss's 10 sir. Lyons. Mr.. ly ms
remarked that II an awful thouEnt mat
tue llroad IN 'ias wOLl dehber4tel, plan not
To SAVE ME for the peeun.aiy aIvantage Of tne
berng thlt the Lake Shore Company would
not get Insurance money Tor clrs smashed,
while theN would get H. u Ears We're burned, and
tuat furthermore, uy the ONO STATE law, tuvy
were required t. pay $j,0Nd m ges for deaths
caused ~ tueIr iAult, WINE manages Tor III
tlrlcs caused were likely TO range considerably
AZ her. at tho discretion OF "A .ry. Mr. Looms
said tnat II was ~ ieaet certain thlt hose WA"
arrived at the scene OF the rlst. ter TIE stuis
evening ur-ed That water thould be tlrDWn
upon me uuinln. cars, and that .ir Stroug and
MAYOR II'pOutn OF Ashtanull. VINO us A ClNI
CuEtncOr IN the EMPLOY Ol tuo road, objected,
refusing To allow me urcmen t. make use OF
Ia ir culIn s. Mr. Lyons thought % sin.ul4r
tnat tho Culrf OF the firo DtuaItment din not
oy.rruls TIA 80 directions. lie II ways aup-
posed tlHt nre departments possessed, IN G. 70
of IRE the authority 10 act u,on tnsir own
discretion.
AGAIN, there had been a gross misst1tement
Of the number Of pas euger" On the tram. con-
ductOr lttnn sald shortly uClOre the accident
that tutro were 100 persons ON the train. ANer
the disaster hO placed tne number consider uly
lower, while in TACT there Ner" many ulOIv than
lGO ON ooard, fruu Lao ioidtne ali were tuNon
out alive; from tne Yokohama ono man Nas
ta,en OUT, from the CIV of Bun llp none w,ro
taken CUT az all; from the q SEQ AL were taken
out alive; from tho ntst day coach Two men
wero t.tricatrd dive, and from the second daY
coach Mr. Lyons uld not know II ny were = "
GO A; from the smoking car a CON ldrrAole mum
Der were taken out awe. All thosO rescued
and aic to discuss the matter spout some lIttio
tine IN COMPARING notes ant e,iinatlus tho
number Of Passengers on each ear. Mr.. Lyons
+ III this had b, en- done carefully and the
result nad net been eA lg.crat"d IA the slgptrst
uerree They made tue total - passengers On
bUura at the time OF tue disaster, hOt counting
~ OF 20 culldEen.