The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-07-29
FATAL DISASTER.
A lightning Express Pluuges Into a
Freight Car.
Wholesale Slaughter Of Trainmen and
Passengers.
heartrending GrOans and Cries Of the
UnfOrtunates.
The Scene of the Wreck Beggars Des-
cription.
A Whole Family Buried Under the
Ruins.
The Engineer BrAvely Remained at His
Post.
The Engineer BrAvely Remained ~ His
Post.
Partial List of the Killed and Wounded

Partial List Of the Killed and Wounded
ROCHESTER, N Y, July 2S.-News was
received here early this morning of terri
BILE disaster on the Rome, watertown &
osdensbury railway, near Carlton. last
night. AS the Thousand Island train.
which was running at a high rate of speed
on the main line, reared Carlton, the engi.
neer noticed single car standing on the
track ahead of him. He at once put ON
the air-brakes and reversed the lever of his
engine, but before the speed of the train
could be Stacked the engine
dashed into the obstruction and
instantly all was scene OF wreck and con-
fusion, and the air was filled with the
groans OF the dying and injured, The en-
gineer, who heroically remained AT his
post, was fatally injured, When the crash
came the fireman, who stood hy him nm
the last, was instantly killed. Word for
assistance was at once telegraphed 10 Char.
lotte, distance Of twenty-five miles On
the arrival of aid the work of rescuinp the
wounded and taking oat the dead from the
wreck was begun. SO far as can be learned
AZ present, the car which caused the disas-
ter was blown on the main line from a
branch track by the high wind which pre >
vailed at the time of the accident. Ii Is
supposed that Rev. DR.. Atwood, of Canton,
ana Kew Dr Fisk, of Syracuse, were pass.
myers on the Ill iated train. Fourteen
dead bodies had been taken out ofthe wreck
at iast aaVlces, and among the killed
ana injured are: Henry Mccormick, of Ben
ton, Michigan, Is dead; Louis France, fire.
man, was killed. Archie Taylor, of Water
Town, baggage master, was killed.
colored porter was killed. name
unknown; Mrs, Jennison, of No. Slg North
Ninth street, Philadelphia, had hip broken;
Mrs. Brooks, OF Philadelphia, a friend OF
Mrs. Jennison, is still In tho wreck and not
recovered; two ladies, named Hall, were
fatally hurt Train master Chauncey, of
Oswsgo, was fatally hurt; Engineer James
MoCarthy was fatally scalded; William
K0ckateller, foreman in the shops at Osye.
go, had his leg broken. With wind and
rain the scene beggars description. The
second engine is a total wreck. Fireman
Lonis Francis was mangled beyond reoog.
milton. From fifteen to eighteen passen.
gers are reported injured. Many persons
we're killed outright and others LETT In a
dying condition. The suilerings of the
wounded is terrible. A whole family.
named Brooks, is believed to be buried In
the wreck
The engine and postal car was thrown
from the track and badly broken. Its pas.
sengers were unhurt, but the news boy and
postal clerk were bruised.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
ALBION, n, Y, July ga terrible acci-
ftfa %
OFdensburg railway at Carlton sia-
tion, vt $3.50 o'clock last evening by
Witch nineteen were killed and thirty
wounded, The train, double header, was
an excursion train, No. 53, and was bound
for Clayton with Thousand Island excur-
sionist', mos ly from Michigan. II was be
hind time and running at the rate Of forty
miles per hour. The wind was
blowing gale and had blown freight car
OIL on side track, partly on the main
track, when the excursion train came
laundering along. A collision came, throw.
ing one of the engines on its
end and the other into ditch. The baggage
car and two sleepers were completely de-
molished. The cars were piled mp on one
another until 1t was one vast heap of ruins.
AT the time heavy thunder shower
was passing over and the night was dark
aud the cries and shrieks of the dying and
wounded were terrible. The crash was
heard three miles away. The country Is but
thiny settled and 1t was some time before
assistance could be obtained. The coroner
DR.. Cochrane, of Albion, was sent
ior, and the work OF recovering the
bodies commenced They are still
at work The following are
the names of the passengers identified:
Thomas Hayne, Chicago; Jane Carl.
Lansing, Michigan; Professor q. w. Stone
OF Battle Greek, Michigan; Luta T. Francis.
0swego, New York; Willie Lalever, BAY
City, Michigan, Ashley Tyler, Camden,
New Jerley; Thomas Stalls, Watertown.
New York; A. y, Troop and granddaughter,
Mary Troop, Schoharia, New York; J, c..
Sohenck, Cleveland, Ohio; Thomas, Dixon,
No; 2i9 Pearl street, Cleveland; two ladies.
with rings marked Cornelia to
Louis and l.. ]. b. TO G. NJ. b., thought
TO be Mrs. Booth, OF Bay City,
Michigan and Mrs. Q. Wortley
Of Saline, Michigan; Henry Mccormick,
Benton, Michigan, and an unknown body !,
thought to be Mr., Booth, of Bay City. The
fireman was instantly killed. and the en-
gineer, James Mccarthy, OF the second
engine, was terribly scalded so
that he died after being put aboard the
tThln lor OsWego. The engineer, fireman
and train. dispatcher OF the
first engine escaped, although
all were injured. Those Of
the injured who could travel were placed
in 5 eeper and taken to the Falls, while
the rest were taken TO neighboring
houses and cared for. One man,
who lives but f0w rods from the wreck,
had TO drive his son to Lyndouville, dis
tance of three miles, to take the cars, and
got home just in time to find him a
corpse. The work of removing
the debris is being pushed forward rapidly,
and the track will be cleared In a
few hours. The unknown lady
with the ring is Mrs.
Boss the wife OF Louis j. Boss, OF No. HOS
Pine street, Philadelphia, also since found
dead. The coroner commenced the
inquest and adjourned until tomorrow
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