The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-15
1 Dreadful Disaster.
TERRIBLE loss or LIFE ~ g.kIzEoND
COLLISION.

special train from GrcenSbfF1s5 at twenty :
eighth street, where the riots occurred a few
wears ago. Both traius we're filled with pas
Sengers, especially Wallis which contained
several marching clubs Nyk5ch bad partcipa- .
ted ia the Democratic demonstration here to .
night. 1t is CepOrted tFdt nine passengers /.
were killed outright and forty injured
PTTTSBU r., October EJ.-Ihe collision now
appears toAGye been more disastrous than at
first reported. Nine people were killed out
right and eleven more have died since. max
ing in Ak twenty dea,hs while a many more
are dangerously hS-t, and physicians say
they cannot recover. In addition 10 these
there ere a large numbcr who are slightly in-
iurcd.
Tke first sectic.l Of the Walls accommoda-
tiOn train going east, left the | MON depot
here with large number of passengers, who
had come to the city to participate IN the
closing exercises OF the Exposition and Wit
ness The Democratic demonstration. The
back platform was 80 crowded that the head
light on the second section following cobid
not be seen. The first section stopped 3t the
regular station, at Twenty eighth street,
where thcr were delayed on account gt
another trs;iu which was in the next block.
The second section came along "a good
speed bD5 owing to the crowd on the back
platform of the first section the signal lights
were hidden from view, and, consequently,
the engineer OF the second section did not see
the train ahead of him until he was so near II
that his train could not be checked in time to
prevent collision, and the engine went
tom packed with human beings. The en-
gine buried itself to the very cab windows
among the screaming, suffering men, women
and children, manglfng all who Were IN It's
course. The boiler head of the c0llldinS en-
CINE was burst off by the shock, and the
scalding water and steam poured over the
occupants of the as if bent on completing
the horrible work that had gone befoTC.
1t Is impossible to describe the feartHi
scene that followed The m0aRS Of the dy
ing and wounded and the shrieks of tl0se
who had lost their friends were frightful.
WORD was Immediately telegraphed to the
Mayors Office fOTaSSIStance, and twenty-five
policemen. with full corps of physicians
and wagons, were dispatched ut once 10 the
scene of the disaster, where they were soon
busily employed in alleviatinC The sutlcrings
of the victims and clearing away the wreck.
/ The wounded who were unable to care Tor
+ themselves were carried to UAa Soldiers hos
pitaI, but a short distance from the accident.
The name OF the engineer Gf the second To-
cOmOtive is Julius Huey, and that of the FIRE
man is Ramho. Both are residents of Pitts
burg and-escaped uninjurett, nOtwithStand-
ing they stuck to the engine when it piOwed
through the rear car OF the either tCain.
Up to the present time O. l.. NJ. J twenty
. one deaths have occurred, Is follows Ed
ward Premier, of PittSburCs aged p, scalded
and died this morning Homer keppc; aged
20, lives at the East End Scaided Mrs. Mar
. Garet Jacobs, of PittSbWg, aged 20, crushed
+ and scalded John Farley, 0f Pittsburg, aged
IS, scalded and burned: Katie Farley, daugh-
ter Of john Farley, aged %, scalded; Miss
Jessie SImCOC, of the W est End, aged 10, III
haIatiOn of steam Annie VI. Schuster, OF the
East End. aged % inhalation of steam Mil
ton II. Edwards, son Of Matthew Edwards
aged - sca!ds and Inhalation; Miss Sarah
. Taylor, of iittSOurg, aged -, inhalation
James O'Neil, Of California, Pa. aged so,
died this morning from ScalGS; Charles iict-
Eel OF the East End, scalded Edward But
leT, baggage master, aged 81, crushed and
4 burned Isaac K. Love, Of EdEewood, Pa,
aged IL crushed WIIiiaM II. Love, brother
OF Isaac, aged u, scaldcd and trightfully
mutiiated, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd, of Pitts
buTgh, aged -. Inhalation; Miss RoSanna
BOYD, SlStgI-in- law OF Mrs Boyd, aged 20 IN
halatiOn David BallcngCr railroad eWplOye,
head cut from body Samuel ", Elliot, con
ductOr, aged -, crushed James McMechan,
OF Dallas station, aged bt, scaidgd NI.lam
IcnhaTdt, of the East End, died from inter
nal injuries aud Inhalation, Miss Emma
WiHneOcTG, aged 10, OF PiJJs6urg, scaided.
7 Those dangerously HjuIgd and nov in the
West Pcnusy lvau:G H1spi.ai, of whom the
physicians say but lew VIII recover, are
George Young, Of the East Eud Frank Kin
. singer, East End JEFF =. Myers, TrCUsbuTg
ChaUtauqua county, y. Y Frank Defayic,
East End James IjctZeL EdgGwood IL
W. Black, Swissvdic Robert Dickson, Sv iss-
vale; David Aiken. Cherry Camp, W. Va.
. George Cummings, East End James Law
renee, East End Hugh MuldOou, Springhiii
Pa. James Dempsey, SprinGhil Pa; VIM
j. smith, SpT:ngaiii. Pa. Annie Quinn
Shady Side Miss MulHe StiEcDaugh East
End Miss Matte Taylor. Edycwood Miss
Mary Dawson, East End Ms J. p. Bie
mOud, EdEewoOd Miss hose M'CaDc, East
End Miss Kate Leslie, East Eud.
Those injured painfully bat not dangerous
. l. are Nancy Manly, cGicycd, CathJTiut
Manly and Wilkinson Manly, all OF Wayues-
burg, Pa, and Miss Bessie Remand, of Pitts
burg
1.50 \. M.--SeveraI more deaths have oc
CURED Tonight, swelling the total number u
deaths totweuty-five.
.;-,f
road. says that if the rules had not been dis
, obeyed the accident would not have occurred
, GARFIELD AND REBEL CLAIsfS The fol
lowing editying composition was recently re
ceived at Washington from 4 New ! YOrk Re
2 publican claim agent, who writes that il is Z
copy of circular just received by him
, WAsHINGToN, d. {, SePtcmner 30, 1880
LCOnfden'i1l1
DEAR SIR: The letter Of General Hancock in re
gard to he payment OF clAIms leaves doubt Il
, thc minds Of those who know him that he viii
. stcrnly carry out his views therein announced
and that lie viii promptly veto any and all act
lo9kllg 10 sucH compensation as may hereafter b.
asked for losses incurred BY citizens Of ths States
IN rebellion BY tie army OF the tnitcd StAtcR an,
1lso Ii"O ~ VII uSc upon congress the repeal @
any and all laws now in force making ii poss ibi
Prom many Of :he Southern States aud fnotH .
great many Democratic members Of Con grcss Lay,
iu. to the views expressed by General Hancock
? The position occupied by General Garfield uJloi
= been much more favorable towards claimants thai
that assumed by General Hancock in his letter.
y gu arc cited to The TACT that General Gartel,
{ was chairman Of the committee appropriation
when the present Vice President, Hon. r. 4
Wheeler, reported ard had placed upon the arm
appropriation bill the Of July l. under wfici
+, you and your clients have received large rewards
and that tis measure received tic Erlert sui.,,tr
OF General Garfield in spcsch upon the subject
aleo. That General Garfield strongly urged the *
tension O! the time OF the southern claims commits
. sion upon both occasions when said extension wa
made. 1t is extremely doubtful il the last cxtcn
faga l1aa oil
+ had not been for the strong appeal made to tn
House 10y him, as you viii see by referring to tn
= record when the OIL came up for consideration
southern claimants under the opera tiOu Of the Law
. creating the commission. a. you aware, wer
. paid nearly F5,O5lUOO, It is considered. tn,
. opinion Of the t-posted and thoroughly CONVEX
SAINT attorneys here In Washington the the into
csts OF both claimants and attorneys will be bette
promoted by the election Of Garfield than that O
Hancock, and TINS continuing the Repubiica,
party in power, as the Republican party have Jeel
{ claims than the Democrats. Witness as an exam
pie, the conduct Of the war claims committee
Bragg, Of Wisconsin,, chairman ut the last session
OF congress 10 accomplish this many Of the at
torncys here have contributed lIbcrany ana the,
now ask you TO aid them all in your power. An;
contribution that yuu may Gt TO make can b
D forwarded to ycuT local correspondent here wit
Instructions as 10 its disposition or sent to Hon
. Edward Mci'hersou, Secretary Republican Con
make your response liberal YOU jioSsiblv car
t0r the demand is urgent and the interest 10 Z,
i + conserved IS very great.
GEN. HANCoCK or THE THRTFF.-A rep
re5eHtative Of the Paterson y. !. y GfdTdi1l
Z interviewed Gen. Hancock on Friday last
. After some genera! conversation the reporte
said
There is one thing, General 1 desire Z
speak about. The tariff question IS creatin
y a good deal of talk ia Paterson, particularl
n among the manufacturers and working class
h.sya SC hot fr,. = -