, 1880-10-11
HORRIDLE!
Complete Particulars of the
Railroad Butchery at
Pittsburg.
Twenty-four Persons Killed,
and rs Many Fearfully
. sca1ded.
Tho Das1ling Of n Locomotive
into Il Mass Of Living
Humanity.
Subsequent Release Of Hot Steam
upon the Crushed and
Mangled.
official Pitcairn Explains that
the Affair Was Not Very
Extraordinary.
Letting the Steam Escape Was
What Made the Sacrifice
Success.
lie Thinks the Next Tino They
"lsun II, They May Not Get
Solitary Victim.
Disastrous Railroad Wrecking and
Burning Operation Near
Nokomis, III.
Several Porf pms Injured and Large
Amount Q Property De-
stroyed.
1Ie Thinks the Next Timo They
"lsun III i" They May Not Get
q Solitary Victim.
Disastrous Railroad Wreckjng and
Burning Operation Near
Nokomis, III.
Several Porf ons Injured and Large
Amount . Property De-
stroyed.
pIT1tSHUIsG.

Pl17snuRd. Pn, Oct. 10.~-'rhc rnllroad tFngetly
ut Twcnty-niRhth street, IN this city, about l
o'clock this morning, turns nit to he fur worse
than wns supposed ut tho timcuf tsoccursGuce.
The dsustor was nne of tho worst that over
incurred On tho Pennsylvania Halronst. Tho
dnad and injured arc cstilnuted ut about sixty,
Of which twonty-ono wcro killed, most Of
thom outright by tnhnllng steam. Moat
OF tho Victims resided In small plncca
along tho rond as fur cast rs WulIs
Station. fifteen miles from tho city. They ilutl
como TO town curly Saturday morning to Wit
ness tho closing exercises Mt tho Exposition
and to seq tho Dumocrattc torchlght procession
at night. Tie llnilroad Compnnyie
7gSEAALLY nLANEp
for tho Incident. Thu Willis accommodation
trnln hatt been ,naie TIP in three sections. Quo
Of thcm pulled out frrtn tho Union Depot and
up to Twenty eighth street, whcre 1t stonpctt,
Another section soon followed. and tho cnsl.
nccr, not observiug tho hundYht On tho
rear car Of tho tlrst sentlon. ran Into 1t.
hure that tho slu,.ghtcr occurred. As SOM M
tho locomotive struck thu ot,4ch tho lishte If.
tho latter were cxtingulshcd, aud utter dark.
meas rrcyni!od. WDn,cu scrcamcd tucn shouted,
ind children cried. Hot steam from tho toco-
motive sonn fiItctl tho conch, aud many persous
werG literally scnlIcd to tlcnth.
TliE SCENE
Mt this mongnt IA EaiI to hive hcen horrible
beyond description. The victims wero
rernosed tD tho hospttnl rs speed-
t1y as pnssiblt, where tho living
were cRred for. md tho tlcasl lntd ont fnr ,,et,-
tcut.on. Among tho moro prominent Of tho
killed WIS Jnhn j. T0rtcy. who WIS for many
ycnrs connected with tho City Government and
daughters was ulso killed. J. II. flofrs,, an art
lat OF National reputation, WIS peculiarly I'M
fortunate. throo Of his children hulng atuong
tho killed. Ono Of them, a young man Ut 10, who
WIS preparing to enter West Point Military
Academy, died cnrly this morning. The nthor
two, Onc of thom being beautiful girl Ut Is,
expired In great uRnuy t,,-t,1eht,
James II. Love, the first engineer employed BY
tho PENNSYLVANIA l,a ttrond, iost two sons. both
Of wbou, wcro ulmust instantly kt,tc1 hv IN.
l.allng hot steam,
THE uEv, uour AMI, HIN rwo soss.
who lived nt 1loup's stat}on. ure on,t,nr .bo
teat They ,surn tlrcadftItIy tlisfluurtd hv s,.IJ
lug,
4 ludy's glove was fa!Inll tu tho couch this
morning contntntux tho skin al hor hand M per-
feet rs II It h,ld boon takon OF with u kn!fc.
She hnh bec, sonidctl.
AN EyE-wIrNEsR.
Edward Earnest, tho watctn,an WIN wes on
duty at tho 'rwo,lty. eighth stsret crossng whcn
tho Collision occl,rlr, nude tho following state
mont to. night: ThcFe was another cas-. mi
trim IN this block when tho first section OF tho
WuIls accommodation arrived, md she was held
hero until tho other train could grt {lr thu black
,Innt knn,y fhnt I crcr snw n 4roi,, m,,r.,
crt,wdca rrcrv MIN, rnr,, wox nonL"d H.
twecn tho iu,t t,ro connhrs + ,inn,t ,htrL !,
wo,,t5 IN no,slb,c for onv ,ro -,
hnyn fn,nd Son,.nocn,- IN ,hn ronr
nintfornn N Tho iost cooch ,.a,,
',o,tin't .oc tha n,atf,rm Tnr Tim m",,nIo ;r,a
ryn,rd m this mini farm ,vns ,nrkc,, ~ tho, ~
,,,s hebtrd cn,,la s.a RI, ltob, md ,h,,. .nt, nv
tha o,hor s.cti,n con,inr tncy thors ,soa w..
Inv -, ,,o n cn,,t.ion si,n,,eI -, tho ,o,nIa o. ",
tho r,,r .ra '~~''' ~
SOME or rt1EN scArrxurn.
hut bcforc tho bfca.h wus nut 1t ny month the
engine yus Into thcn, | don't knpw whether
yp., can lu,aglue hnw felt or nat, Tbcro wus.
crip,,tctl and useless, and with MI those poopIo
dyln9 before my eyes far ali / Know, All Gould
ln VIVA to hol,bfo around ind Smut for ho,p.
tou1,t huyt, cried al nv own hc,pfcsness. Tho
scpnc ,nust hnyo ,,ccn tcrrlb,c. Aftor Inn cruah
- ds,1,'t kulw why II w,s-but It seemed ,luiot
to mo in MI tho excitement that I wuy IN, AMI
.t,a.s ,..n,, ~, -. ,,s, ,,Lt,,,t ,b1nL ,horo ,vn,
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