The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-02-10
DISASTER AT BUFFALO.
FOUR HUNDRED FEET OF THE ROOF OF
THE LAKE SHORE DEPOT AT BUF.
FALO FALLS,
Burying a Waiting Passenger Train
Beneath Its DebrIs.-FOur UnFOr.
tunates Are Caught by the Fall.
Ing Mass Which CrUshes
out Both Life and HUI
man Shape.

man shape.
Buffalo Feb. 9.-2 o. m.-About o'clock thi
morning the eastern end Of the roof of the mon.
ster depot OF the New York Central Railroad In
this city fell In with great crash. Four hundred
and twenty feet, with the beams and iron girders
was precipitated by the heavy height Of snow on
the top, to the ground, distance of fifty feet At
the time the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
train OF eight coaches was waiting for the New
York Central train 40 arrive, and this was com
pletely covered, but fortunately none Of the cars
were broken In.
The train was full ofpassengers who were taken
through holes cut in the debris, and at last az.
counts two bodies had been found. The bodies
found we're those Of John Byrnes a tug captain
and Harry Walters, confidential clerk to General
superintendent Tillinghast OF the Central II ia
reported that there are ten people missing, and
| they are supposed to be buried In the ruins and
large numbers Of people had very narrow escapes.
Gangs ofmen are at work on the debris, and the
number Of victims will not be known until late
| tonight.
The noise resembled that Of an earthquake and
was heard mile distadt, At no other hour Of the
day or night could the accident have happened
without more terrible loss OF life as the depot at
the time was comparatively deserted.
The only train made up and In waiting was the
Lake Shore, to Erie, which was awaiting the com.
ing Of the New York Central, and Erie, from the
east, both Of which were late. The first train
went out about FIVE minutes before the crash,
and the eastern train had been gone sbout An
hour. The fast mail train was due about the time
Of the accident and was behind time and tba
heavy 81. Louis d Pacific Express was three hour.
late.
The lumber Of narrow escapes was large. las
W. Williams, depot masters clerk said I waa
stepping into the ofice to make out INV rennrt
when the crash occurred. Bricks, mortar and
other debris fell around me, and was slightlv
bruised, but my injuries are not OF muoh oSnsa
quence. In the midst Of the trouble / looked ont
| OF the door and saw Walters rushing from the an
gine toward the office. When he had slmoSt cot
70 II ne was struck by falling tmbers. He fell on
his lace, and was quickly covered up.
Sleeping Car Conductor Grimes, land agent NJ
the Cenral; and Smith, passenger agent OF the
Lake Shore and Butman, were also seen rnnnin0
by Williams, and they all escaped,
In the CARS Of the waiting train a few pssSen.
gers perhaps fifteen or twenty. five persons In an
were seated Not one Of them were injured. OF
course, all were mnch frightened, and being In
lde the cars could not tell at first Just what had
| happened. ~
They promptly realized however, they were vir.
tHally buried, but the roof and side wall In fall.
ing, had made sort Of an archWay over the carg,
Proeocng them from harm. The passengers, re.
covering from the first shock and surprise, had no
dlthculty In getting out in safety. The telegraph
wires have been generally repaired, and obstruc.
tions removed. The coroner will make an esriy
/ investigation.