Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-07-30
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

nAlLllOhD AOOADIAN -
xvENTEEN PERSONS KILLED
ANDA LARGE NUMBER
CRIPPLED.
ROCHESTER, N. Y, July 28.-The
lone, Watertown and Ogdensburg
ailroad, heretofore SO free from disas-
kous accidents, has ut last met with
ne which has cost dearly in life and
roperty. The accident occurred at
ac station on the Oswego and Niagara
PaIls Division of the road known as
karlyop, so miles " est OF Charlotte, and
lmost directly north of the village of
lbiop, on the Falls Branch of the Cen
Fal Railroad. The train was the
eamboat express, which runs regular
between Niagara Falls and Cape
incent, and fire. quently draws from
even to ten sleep ing cars, filed with
thousand Island excursonists from
he West Last night it consisted OF
Cht sleeping cars, one regular coach,
smoking car and baggage car, and
las drawn by two locomotives, engines
los. 81 and 81.
A terrible gale was blowing, and rain
vas falling in torrents. The train was
Inning at the rate of 80 or 40 miles an
our. 1t was not marked to stop at
arlyou, and there was no one to warn
6e engineer of any danger. A box car
ad been left on the siding, and this car
las started by the wind and blown
own unon the main track, so that it
nod mon an angle, half on and half
Fl the track. The express train struck
h;u oar and the terrible wreck which
Hllowed was the result. The crash was
earl nv persons living near, above
he storm. and they rushed out of doors
hehold nothing. but to hear groans
nj cries for help.
Thn front engine was flung from the
Lack on tn. north side, while the one
hllowinp left the rails on the south side
nd. turning around parallel with the
ain. literally made a sonlersault, land.
hv in the ditch with its trucks in the
r. with escaping volumes of smoke
nj steam Corning from it. The bag
ooe ear was ierkpI a ter it and tossed
IF only the tail of Il kite on top of the
hcomotive. The smoking car, which
nllowed was torn from the rails and
ashed into n thousand splintcrs. The
rat sleener kent on the track. although
waa hurled from the trucks. and the
ides and ends we're smashed in. It
ras completely tlattered out The Sc
ond sleeper was telescoped half upon
and left it's trucks and the tracks.
fhe third left its forward trucks and
nounted the wreck and stood on i.s
gar tyncks and was not demolished.
Under and around the wreck could be
aan heads and arms and men and wo-
nen were calling for help in most pit
ous accents, For a wonder the engi-
eer and fireman of the pilot engine
vere not seriously injured. Their COM
an;ons nm the followinp train did not
mr. 81 we'll Engineer Mccarthy, one
4 the hest on the road. was terribly
calded. and his death was only ques-
on of n few hours. Fireman Lncius
rance was Instantly killed, his body
einy scarcely r.copuizable. w. II.
,hamncey. train master of the road, sat
non tJe Il treman's side of rhe engine,
md ia among the iujurad. but notwith-
tanding his wounGs he suppr,utended
he work of rescning the victims.
sunday desnatch states that no
nora hodieS have been found at the
rene of the railroad accident ut Carlyon.
6np lady. Who was badly injured. Mrs
.at.vra ne Raw (itv. Mich. died this
nornin9 Her hus unnd arrived lust in
me tn he re opnized by her. An i'm
nense thronu has visited the scene of
he disaster il heinz estimated that
E,I,v & 0o0 n,rsons wrr. nrpsent to-day.
danv of than carried away as relies
ieces of the wrecked cars. It ~ e,ri-
natnJ tha, the romnonv's loss will be
hrger sum- litigation in various ways
yill probably grow out of the accident;
Kiss Mary Troop, who was reported