American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-02-05
ANOTHER RAILROAD HORROR.

Details OF One OF the Many Recent Rail-
4 reAdlsA ssnents-A Tr~sn ON the New York
ana sec 3. FIRE. xa1 Fear Men Burned to
Death.
ELMIRA, N. Y, January q.
ERIE train No. Il, from Buffalo, left Elmira
last night at eleven O'Clock for New York.
Tbs train cUusisted Of one postal car, one ex-
press caTttwo baggage cars and nine passen-
ger coaches, most OF them Pullman sleepers.
when i've miles west of Owego, near Tioga
Center. ono o. the driying-wheel axIes of the
looorpodyt br0k e,cloee up to the wheel, and
the entire ttsia. whioh was going at the rate
Of thitJflve miles m hour, was thrown from
The accident occurred where there was no
erbankment. The engine kept its feet, the
fenginees applying tie airbrakes as soon as he
felt tho shock. eThS cars were istopped vefy
quickly, but the forward ones were turned
ever and over two or three times, some soips
on one side Of the track and some on the
other, rs.s .k
The postaEcar contained. four clerks: - This
car almost instantly took IRE and burned ike
gunpowder. The oil lamps used probably ex-
ploded and added fuel to the fire. Every man
In the car was, pasted to a crisp. The apains
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In the express carIWAs a messenger, Henry
C. Brewer, Of Elmira, and efforts were made to
relieve him. A hole was out in a side door of
. the carso that he got MS head sus bptnfs legs
were fastened by the piIed-up mass Of express
matter. The train men tried to pull him out,
but the flames drove them away They saw
his heir and whiskers burned OF. and then he
put his hand up to his eyes and fell back into
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If The men 10 the posted car must have per
tshed very quickly, as not a sound came from
the wreck except the cracking Of the flames.
The names OF tho dead are Joseph Reding-
er, mail agent; Ecnry C. Brewer, express
agent, of Elmira; Mail AgenSy-sey bolt, OF
Mount Hope; Mail Agent Ingraham, of Bling
hamtoa; sAail- lNai0hse EsG.zef< NaN-sIN
The remains were taken to Owego, whore an
inquest was held.
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NEW YORK, January %.
The passengers on the train wrecked at Tioga
Station reached New York tonight Among
them wmkHenry C.vtlas, of q felan Gend4f'
Aalager Of. the Soufh Sh0Ee tne, eAe Of -
passengers in the forward sleeping car. He
said to, a Tribune reporter: THE crash oc-
Efredstsbout MS o'clocf. 4 shdAd shink-
ZONE time after ( had Gone 10 pedA 1t was
very severe, and woke with n start Hastily
putting ON mycGatI rushed feut aud found
myself one Of the first on the ground. At once
began to look out for the unfort u rate people
in the forward cars The seene that presented
itself was terrible The postal car which was
directly behind tho engine, had been
: .nsys sf sss " f..Is sd at a,.t s'ass
Of s'neany VHe iaNantIed feet, and
it was smashed all to pieces. Tho flames i'm
rhediateIy began to rise from it; doubtless
caused by the fire In the stoves and the OK.
plosion OF tie KEROSENE lamps with which the
Saf WIS 1Ighteu9 ana m flessthan five minutes.
the whole car VISA in a blaze. which lighted up
the bare fields around with ghastiy glare. II
lay in q heap under a large elm tree, which
soon took fire and was cnvcloped in flames.
Nothing could be seen at first OF the. mail
clerks who 9e2 OCCUPIED sRe Ser ana nd!pua
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distinctly seen huddlcd up in one corner Of
the ear, where it is supposed they were thrown
and killed by the first s0belA The other body
was found in the opposite end OF the ca9Ad
all were charred and bIackcued thnJ C
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