Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-14
FIRST EDITION.
Il3O p. M.
ANOTHER CATHOLIC DISAS-
TER.


turned into temporary hospital,
and in the parlors are several OF the
dead and ying. In the front room
lies Mrs. D. McCrystal, with her face
and body frightfully scalded, and by
her side is her husband also badly
scalded. In the next room lies Mrs,
Doodle, badly scalded about the
head and face. Near her and covered
with cloth lies the body of Katie
Welsh, aged II, who died from her
injuries last night; and near by lies
Lille Grace, badly burned and suffer
ing intensely. At the neighboring
cottages are other victims. At God
frey Eastlow's, near the hotel, was
found an infant daughter of McCrys-
tails, about four months old,
suffering from severe scalds. An
other child of same family has
been found at Mrs. Pearson's, close
by. This little one, girl eighteen
months old, was in its mothers arms
when the collision occurred, and the
father, snatching it quickly, without
waiting to raise the car window,
threw it through the glass and
Jumped after it. The baby was
afterwards picked up only slightly
injured, and is now doing very we'll.
At the house of Mrs. Smith,
near the scene of the accident,
is the dead body of Miss
Herralty and two other persons suf-
fering greatly from scalds.
The dead body of James Sweeny
has been sent to Philadelphia.
Freddie Carr, II years old, who died
soon after the accident and Annie
Gillespie, who died early to-day, are
both at the residence of Mr.. Rafe.
The mangled forms of Owen Walsh
and Jass Mullen, tied up in raw cotton
and presenting terrible appearance
were also sent to Philadelphia. The
names of the dead, with their resi-
dences, as far as learned, are as fol-
lows: Mary Herralty, Almond and
Somerset streets, Philadelphia; Ann
Gillespie, Newkirk and Huntingdon
streets, Philadelphia; Jas. Sweeny,
2,4O4 Cedar street, Philadelphia;
Freddie Carr, Tilton and Emory
streets, Philadelphia; Katie Welsh.
The injured now here are Mr.. and
Mrs. David McCrystal and
their two children, JAS Mul-
Ter, Mrs. Boadle and Lille
Grace, all of Philadelphia. James
Bender, who was sitting with Miss
Herralty when she received fatal
injuries, is unaccounted for. At a
farm house near here Mrs. Mary
Waddell, of Camden, is lying in q
precarious condition, being scalded
SO severely that her life is despaired
of. T. B. Judge, president of ST.
AIMS literary institute, who is
waiting to attend the inquest, makes
statement fixing the number of pas,
sengers at 1900. He characterizes
the scare which followed the collision
as indescribable, and says: Il think
the railroad company guilty of gross
negligence in running sections ot
trains SO close" There were twenty.
four cars in the train, sixteen in the
first section and eight in the
other. The people here have
done everything that coult
be done for the wounded. TIL,
scene of the accident is on a straigh
stretch of track about two hundred
yards from May's-Landing Station
A part of the first section was on tht
Great Egg Harbor river bridge wher
the crash came. It is the genera
opinion that the engineer of the
colliding locomotive did all he coulC
to check his engine and when it STRUCK
engine had been reversed and the
air brakes put on. Assistant trair
master Edward AIKEN and the engi.
neer of the second section say tht
accident was caused simply by tht
air brakes failure to work. He be.
ieves if the brake had operated hi
train would have stopped in time tC
have prevented the collision. It ha
been suggested that the air brakes
may have been designedly tampere(
with, but this theory has but a fey
supporters.
Sarah Collins, who was terri
bly, scalded, and also suffer
ed frightful internal iniurie
by inhaling the steam, died at tn
Pennsylvania hospital to-day. Sara
Wright died at her residence i
camden. Her mother, Mrs. Wrigh
hes at the same house beyond hop
OF recovery. A list of the dea
brought down, up to noon to da7
numbers seven.
Two physicians from Camden an
six nurses arrived here to-day, III
railroad company has done ever1
thing possible for the relief of thoss
who were injured, and a Temporal
hospital has been constructed clio.
to where the accident occurre
Part of the first section of the e7
cursion train was on the bridg
across the great Egg Harbor riv
when the crash came. @. M. Hoo
land, the conductor, and Edw.
Aiken, engineer, of the second SCI
ton of the excursion train, wei
arrested here to-day. They al
charged with manslaughter. an
were each held in $1,000 bail. Mr.
David McCrystal, one of the victim
died at 5o'clock this afternoon. Mis-
Lille Grace, who is terr;hl