The Mineral argus., 1883-08-16
Horrible RanoaG Accident
York.

A terrible accident on the Rome. :
town & ogdensburg railroad occur
Carlyon station, n. Y. &C $50 o'cloc
the 2fth inst, by which n.neteen were
and thirty wounded. The train,
header, wa an excursion train No. 5
bound tor Clayton with thousand
tourists, mostly from Michigan.
hind time, and at the time OF e.
was running at the rate of forty
hour. The wind was blowing a gale,
had blown a freight car of q side n
partly on TO the main track. When the Z
cursion train came laundering along, .
collision came, throwing one of the en-
gines on its end and the other into the ditch.
The baggage car aud two sleepers were
completely demolished. Cars were piled
upon one another until 1t was one vast
heap of ruins. At the time a heavy thup-
der shower was passing over, and the ni0At
was dark. The cries and shrieks Of the dy-
ing and wounded were terrible. The crash
was heard three miles away The county
is but tbinly settled, and Il was some time
before assistance could be obtained. The
coroner, DR.. Cochrane of Albion, was sent
tor, and the work Of recovering the bodies
commenced.
Following are the names Of the persons
killed, who have been Identified:
Thomas Hayne, Chicago; Louis Trout,
fireman; A. Taylor, Watertown N. Y; Jane
Carl, Lansing, Mich; Prof G. ". Stone ,
Battle Greek, Mich; Lutte J. F RANGES, oswe-
/ 90, N. Y Willie .Iafevre, Bay City Mich;
Ashley Tyler, n. I Thomas Stalls, Water
town, n. Y; o. b. Troop and gran daughter
| Mary Troop, Schoharie, N. Y.;J.O @. SchenK.
Cleveland, Ohio; Thomas Dixon; 249 Pearl
Street, Cleveland, Ohio. A lady with a ring
marked ''Cornelia to Louis," and thought
to be Mrs. Booth, o, Bay City, Mich; Mrs.
Louis ]. Boos, Philadelphia; IL. Worleh ,
Saline, Mich; Henry Mccormick, Benton,
Mich; An unknown body thought to be
Mr.. Booth, Of Bay City.
The fireman was instantly killed, n
! Engineer James Mccarthy, OF the secOud
/ engine was terribly scalded.
The following are injured! Minerva Nun
day, Bay City, terribly bruised, thought she
daughter, Leslie, Mirh. Ms. Ball, injured
about the head, daughter, spinal injury.
Both will recover. Ms. b.. Salisbury, Bat
tie Creek, Mich, hip dislocated, doubl
fracture of the right side, neck and hes
badly bruisei. Thought she will recoY
Rev. E.. S. Gould, Carthage, Mo-. sew"
cash in back of head will recover. Mrs
F. Ireland, Granite Falls Mimi, ora
about the head.
Mrs. Moses Swseter, Parkersburg, '
spine bruised and head cut will reco
Mrs. T.. g. Field, Parkersburg, Va,
confused, ankle sprained and injured
the hip; will recnveri Mrs. A. L. Bngg
Saline, Mich. cut scout thc 80
cover, She is At LyLdOnville. Mr.
Masters, OF Ireland, wrist tract lred a
cut of; Mrs. Alice Jennison, Ehiladelphla,
broken aukle; Mrs Prof. @. W. Stone, Bat
tie Creek. Mich, fracture of arn ard 9th.
erwise bruised, Alex. Tower, Lansing
Mich, injured in head will recover. HI
is a brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Carl.
Total killed. twenty-five. The list Of tn
wounded will reacl thirty-hve persons
Reports from twenty-three Of the Tounde,
do rot indicate that over three will die
The dead were placed in caskets and boxes
and shipped to their homes. Conflicting
testimony Of witnesses is 30 great that the
Jury have been unable TO agree p)n a YER
dict yet, and adjourned until Wednesday.