Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-01-23
the cause of the disaster will commence
until to-day.

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HOW DID IT HAPPEN:
Upon this question the character Of
the accident seems to hinge, and it il
rather. remarkable that up to a late
hour laSt pighk the railroad officials in
San Ffxncisco had nosinformation ID re.
gard to il. They did not know IT the
| rear brakeman was a. his post OF not.
They could not say whether or no. be
had applied his hand-brakes a: all, or if
/ the air-brakes had been taken off and
the engine guncnupled, leaving the cars
| standing on the ircline track without
| anything to hold them. One thing
| they did know, and that was that
| there. was . rear brakeman who had no
| right t6. leave the train under any
| cifeu instances, and that 1T was his
duty to put on the brakes to-hold the
train. There are brakes in the postal,
baggage and express cars, but they are
, not accessible to the brakeman, aud it
is his duty to hold the train with the
brakes on the four rear passenger cars.
or as many of them as is necessary.
This being the imperative and only duty
| the rear brakeman had to perform at
| the time, it seems incredible that be
should have neglected it in any way or
! improperly performed his work, for. he
| is said to be an old hand on that divis-
ion and thoroughly conversant with his
duties. Ft may he that he put on
cnuple Of the brakes, thinking that suf
ticient TO hold light train, and then
jumped off to get little exercise, or it
may be that he applied the brakes prop
erly aud stood at his post of duty walt
ing for the engine to. hitch 90. Ii this
| is thesoase, the accident that occurred
is not properly accounted for by the IN,
formation received Dy the San Francisco
railroad ofhcials., Z. 49,.
Twenty -one + erspns, We're burned to
death in that awful fire., burned to a
crisp slowly and With an fol torture,
and scarce . soul near TO comfort and
none to assist. The fierce wind that
swept round the bleak, bare side
of the mountain only Knocked
their cries of pain and famed
to greater heat the cruel tl,mas
that were torturing them TO death. The
fearful scene cannot be imagined, and
there are but few left alive of those
who were in the cars to tell the tale Of
horror. \ few were saved without
injury, a few were seriously injured,
aud Of the twenty-ope crushed ana
burned to death ouly seven are known.
Mrs. ex-governor Downey of Los
Angeles, burned to death.
Mrs. H. c. Oliver, wife OF the County
Clerk Of Lake county, burned to death.
Miss Minnie E. SGu'rea of O4kland,
bruised and burned to death.
Mrs. John F. Cassell. wife of j. F.
Cassell. mining operator, residing at
No 2llS Pacific avenue, San Francisco,
bruised and burned to death.
Mr.. Weathsrhead. bruised to death.
+. w. Pearson. Wells Fsrgo's ES.
press messenger, burned to death.
~---iEright, porter Of the sleeping
cars, bruised and burned to death.
zTwotsamps, names unknown, burned
and crushed to death.
Twelve passengers burned to death
and totally unacceptable. ~
steamer Run Down.
New YORK, Jan. 2l.-Captain Davis
OF the steamship Camira, which arrived
from Halifax last night, reports that
early yesterday morning, when off the
end of Long Island, he was run into by
the brigantine Mariposa, which sank
shortly afterwards. Que of her sea-
men, a young man named Charles II.
Powers, was saved, but the other men,
l. g h.. IF $ha Loaf 81
all drowned. The Mariposa left Perth
Amboy for Boston on the l3sh instant
with small cargo Of coal. Her mas.
ter, Captain Milton, has been sick for
some time, and he remained behind,
the vessel being placed under the com.
mand of Captain Haskell, young man
who has for some time past acted as
Sound pilot. The crew consisted of
Mate Henry Clifford. of this city
Second Mate John Norton. OF Nova
Scotia seamen- Michael Kent and
Patrick Donovan. of st. John, New
Brunswick; Martin Emerson, of Nor
way. and young Powers, who is native
of Eastport, Me-, and colored cook.
whose name is unknown. At 3 A. NJ.
on FRIDAY the Mariposa had passed
through the Sound and was off. Fishers
Island, near the end of Long Island,
the vessel going quite slowly.
Miss MelvilIe's Affairs.
New YORK, Jan. 2l.-People here
who know anything about Emile Mel
vile, the California actress who, accord.
ing to all accounts. has eloped from
her wealthy husband to share the for
tunes Of a young man ten years her
junior, wonder what has become OF
Emiiie's austere mother, who used to
keep a remarkably watchful eye on her
more or less fair daughter, particularly
when opportunities for Irritation
seemed promising. As long Us sixteen
wears ago Emile Melville and her
mother used TO make circuit Of prob
ably every town of 10000 inhabitants
in the Northwest. playing such pieces
as F0nch6a and Daughter If tie ReJi.
ment, to the great delight OF provincial
tastes. She left the stage some ten
years ago, when she married a Califor-
uian. but subsequently, returned to it.
ard for several years has been plying
all through the country. Two or three
months ago she started on professional
tour to Australia. and meeting a young
man named Casell, embarked on the
same vessel in Disguise. It is now sal |
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