The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-10-14
SLAUGHTER ON THE RAIL.
A LOCOMOTIVE CRASHING INTO
A CROWDED PASSENGER CAR.
Twenty one Persons Already Dead and Twenty
More who Cannot Recover Crushed to Death
or SCSded by Escaping Steam-A Scene
which Beggars Description.

D'bb"A" DN"NA'PhANHs
Pittsburg, October lO.-Last night the Twenty.
eighth sire crossing Of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road was again the scene Of frightful disaster,
which was attended with almost as great loss
Of life as were the famous riots here in July 1877
Yesterday was the last day of the Exposition, and
thousands Of persons AOcked to the city to see the
closing exercises. In addition, the Democracy
had an immense demonstration which brought
marching clubs from all the surrounding coun.
try. After the parade was over just before mid.
night, the first section of Walls accommodation
train going east, left the Union Depot crowded
to its utmost capacity. The back platform was so
full that the signal lights were hidden from view.
When the train reached 2Sth street II stopped to
allow tine special train which was block ahead
to get out OF the way. Ten minutes after the first
section lett the depot the second section started
out at the rale OF ten miles an hour. Owing to
the crowd on the back platform Of the first Sec
tion the sigr al lights were obscured, and conse-
quently the engineer Of the second section did
not see the rain ahead of him until he was so
near 1t that his train could not be checked in
time to prevent a collision, and the engine went
crashing into the rear coach Of the first section,
packed as 1t was with human beings. The en-
gine buried itself to the very cab windows among
the screaming, suffering men, women and chill
dren, managing all who were in It's course The
boiler head of the locomotive was burst off by the
shock, aud the scalding water and steam poured
over the occupants of the car, as though bent on
completing the horrible work that had gone be
fore. The scene that followed beggars desCTp.
tien. Shrieks aud groans rent the air, and min.
gled with the kissing of steam from the disabled
locomotive.
A telephone message was sent to the Mayors
Office for wagons. In the excitement 1t was re-.
ported that hundred persons had been killed,
and In short time a corps Of physicians, the
Mayor, and a squad of police we're on the spot to
render all the assistance they could. Nine per
sons were killed outright and twelve have since
died. The wounded will reach thirty five, of
which twenty cannot recover. The wounded
were carried to the West Pennsylvania Hospital,
a short distance from the scere Of the disaster.
Some of the scenes at the hospital were heart
rendering One in particular was peculiarly sad,
Hurrying back and forth from one ward to an.
other, pushing through the crowd Of anxious per.
sons, was an aged woman named Hetzel f ON the
East End. She had three children on the train,
two boys and girl. The younger boy and his
sister were lying in the hospital, shockingly
burned and dishgured by the scalding steam
The broken hearted mother could scarcely leave
the bedside Of one long enough to weep over the
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their sufferings her hrstborn boy laV crushed
and dead In the round house, and she knew 1t
not She only knew that he was missing and
she looked with tear dimmed eyes into the face
of every new conner In the hope that she might
| find him living.
All day crowds have visited the spot and the
scene fOrclbly reminded one Of the fearful Sun
day, July %. 1877.
The name Of the engineer Of the second loco.
motive is Julius Huey, and that Of the fireman
Rambo Both are residents OF Pittsburg, and es.
capped uninjured. Notwithstanding that they
stuck to the engine when 1t ploughed through
the rear car of the other train.
Up to the present time, Q. p. M, q persons have
died. as follows:
/ ASAWNAN AAChhOAi AANtnbulbI ubGh 81 nOdlubu
and died this morning
Homer Kepple, aged 20 East End, sCalded
Mrs. Margaret Jacobs Pittsburg, aged so, crush.
ed and scalded,
John j. Torley, Pltsburg, aged 4S, scalded and
burued.
Matte TorleY, daughter OF John ]. Torley, aged
16, scalded
Miss Jessie simco, West End, aged 16, inhala,
tiOn Of steam.
Annie NJ sehuster, East End aged %, inhala'
tion Of steam.
Milton H. Edwards, son OF Mathew Edwards
aged 25, scalds and inhalation OF steam.
Miss Sarah Taylor, PitBburg aged %, inhala
tion of steam.
James O'Neil, California, Pa, aged 80, died this
morning from scalds,
Charles Hetzel, East End, scalded.
Edward Butler, baggage MASTER aged 81, crush,
ed and burned.
Isaac X, Love E1gewood, Pa, aged II, crush,
ed.
VIM. H, Love, brother Of Isaac, aged 10, scald
ed, and frightfully mutlated
Mrs, Elizabeth Boyd, Pitlsburg, aged IS, inha
lation of steam.
Miss Rosanna Boyd, sister In law Of Mrs Boyd
aged 20, inhalation Of steam.
David Bsllinger, railroad employe head cut
from body
Samuel ", Elliott, conductor, aged fifty two
crushed.
James MoMahon, Dallas Station, aged 50
scalded.
VIM. Lennhardt East End died from internal
injuries and inhalation.
Miss Emma Winneberg, aged 10, PlttsbHrg
scalded.