The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-19
BURNED TO DEA1i;!
FEARFUL RAILWAY ACCI-
Dent!
LEGISLATION Needed

q 1 IL
for steam-heaters, or other appliances
Il FIR warming the cars and the total
aboIition of kerosene lamps on the
troins. We alluded to recent disasters
~osulting from the use of stoves and
an,ns on the trains; and predicted that
hos. o~atastrophes would continually
& racur until public opinion forces the
raiiroad to make a safer pro-
u vision.
81 Two days after those lines were penn
ii "a = fearful accident occurred on the
Il Hudson River Railroad between New
york aud Albany, in which ten or more
norsons were burned to death under
pronm.4ances of unusual horror.
Fl f..f train left Albany with seven
81 ,E,i%~" ears filed with members OF
pa stature. After getting around
- cGn,TtendyyiI curve, south OF larry
,arrn. the air brakes got out of order,
and III. trait stopped. A f1agman was
cont back to signal a train which was
y foiIow;ag. He did not 90 far enough
and IN a few minutes the rear train
Il crashed into the staining one. Two of
tbe rear-most palace cars were tee
scoped. and the inmates caught amid
the broken tlmbers. Several were no,
hurt, but couldn't get out and the
overturned stoves quickly burned them
70 death. Among the victims was Sep
ator Webster Wagner, a man of consld-
cradle prominence in New ork. There
was great excitement IN the city over
the news. We give some extracts -
A passenger who was III the rear Of
the parior car Empire says:
-. Was standing III the aisle, chatting
with Major Charles Uirich, Commits
sioner of Emigration, when the crash
came. There was a shrill shrek Of Il
locomotive close behind us, a sudden
crash like an explosion, and the cal
became almost dark, and glass AND
splinters and dust filled the air. Some
thing struck me on the head, and / was
half stunned for a moment.
wv hen I recovered my senses [ found
nv head IN contact with a roof v~eptila~
tor. | thought for an instant that the
car had been Over-turred and was lying
on its side, but | soon found that it was
upright on the track and that the roof
of the rear cat had crushed through
the roof of our car. There were shrieks
and groans. and, above all, the piercins
crles yf women. l found myself clos,
AGAINST a car window, and drove ny
elbow through it. | was on the wes,
size G. the car, aud looked u upon :
stony AID slippery ENHANCEMENT Jus.
then somebody shouted, This way
from the other side OF the car. | start
ed across the aisle. over broken seats
and debris, to a window through which
other passengers had escaped. lu'
oroans 81 the cries OF a man cntangIcd
among the seats attracted my attention
| tugg1i al his coat tails aul assisted
hin 10 his feet. He speedily scrambled
O of he window to a place OF safety.
an / f,Ilowed hun.
~ ilhin five minutes after the crash
the tTJ rear CAT were Ill f1amas. The
pa,sen GERS stood In the snO" and mud
ON thu slippery emDankmeDt and saw
lbs f. darling through the wreck oi
i ,ke two cars. poweriess to assist those
within, VINO were grooming and scream
ing fer succor.
The villagers quickly gathered at
the scene Of the disaster, and rendered
suca aid as they could but it was sew
eral minutes before water, carried for
some distance in pals, could be thToNt
upon the fames. Men AMI boys role
huLe tails OF tue damp SNOW and hur!e.
il through the car WINDOWS, which
other meu had broken With fragments
Of the wreck No faces appeared at
the car windows, bur clIes IN a dozen
voices were heard from within. lie Wa
evident that they anne from persons
piGue. fa,t beneath the debris and un-
able to escape.
Before the police and iremen, with
ladder aud apparatus for extinguishing
the flames, had arrived, q dozen persons
rad Gssa SufJcr:eoL. It IS not prot ',le
that more HIR one or tlcO ICere EtLtt
outr1gdt by the collision.
About the middle of the rear car
sat Park Na.eutine, - years OF age, nDh
of the gentleman wh1 stood at the rta,
Of the car and escaped. Young Na'el
tine Was 90 his wedding trip, hay IL
been married to Miss Louise Gaylord G
North Adams, Mass, on Thursda
night. Both bride and groom perIsEeu
IN the flames.
Lieut.-Goy. Bafstow, Of Vermont,
who was with the bridal party, had
zone to a forward car, and he escaped
uniniured. Near them in the car sat a
large, handsomely dressed woman, APP
tarGlJlS dDJul ~ yGdIH VI aye ihtl
body was the first recovered from the
wreck by the irenen. La her pocket
was found a visiting card bearing the
name Mrs. Maud Brown, 455 West
FJrty-third street"
Miss Mary Daniels, who was on her
way from Troy to visit friends IN New
York, was rescued alive. She suffered
~contuslons and burns, but will recover,
Oliver keeIy, 4 stove manufacturer
Of Spring City, Pa, was taken OUT
through a window in a dying condition
His right arm was burned off nearly to
the shoulder, and he was internally IN
iured. The Doctor SAID he could not
live until morning. He was IS year:
old. His dying words were directions
to send to his wife.
The body Of a nan Of large stature,
the face burned past recognition, was
next taken from the wreck.
Then came a body, apparently that
Of j negro. supposed to be one IT the
palace car employees.
Then two more charred and blackencd
trunks Of human forms were lifted out
upon planks by the tiremer. One oi
taem VAS the body of a man. TIL
other, it was co%njectured, was that OF d
woman.
1t was some time before more bodies
were found. Fragments only rcmaiue !
Of them. 1t was impossible to tel
whether they We're parts OF one, two, o.
more human EpipuS I'm ia miInYpI