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fHE WRECK OF TIE CIMBRIA.
ALL OF THE MISSING (4,o PROBABLY LOST.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC r. R. HORROR.
TERRIBLE POWDER EXPLOSIONS IN CALIFORNIA
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION IN MARYLAND
The Southern Pacific Railroad Dis.
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The Southern Pacific Railroad Dis.
8ster.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE ACCIDENT BIZ PASSENGER
san Francisco: Jan. ss!The Cau publishes the
Yale, British Columbia, the freight agent OF the
Canada Pacific railway company, who was on
time OF the disaster He says: Twas asleep In
q lower berth when the accident occurred. was
awakened by the terrible speed and the rocking
of the window and perceived that the. train was
dashing down grade with frightful rapidly at a
rate OF probably 20 miles on hour. realized that
disaster was imminent and laid down again to
wait for the inevitable, with the feeling man must
experience when he is standing on scaffod In
expectation OF the fall OF the trap 1t seemed only
an instant when the crash came, and was hurled
from my berth. 1 had been sleeping on the left
l was covered to my waist with mattresses, wood
work and DEBRIS but found no difficulty in freeing
myself Smoke passed through the car. giving
RESCUED FROM HORRIBLE DEATHS
To the right and on my rear- saw Mr. and Mrs.
Porter Ashe perfectly free, but Miss Petersen, the
maid, was buried under about feet OF debris, on
the top OF which was water cooler and wash
basin. Mrs. Ashe was endeavoring to extrcate
We soon succeeded in pulling her out They were
the cniN persons in sight. pushed up the window
on what was tiien the top Of the car and found 1t
Mrs Ashe followed. 1 asked Porter Ashe to throw
out some blankets; which he did. and then crawled
self had only our underclothing on. but Mrs. Ashe
wore sealskin sacQue. The cold was intense
sna Seep Stiffness ,he
crash, and we heard only one scream while we
were = tn tn the car, M AS emerged from the car saw
window. ! ran along and found we could reach
the ground by means Of the platform. lowered
Miss Petersen, Mr.. and Mrs Ashe leaping to the
ground. The upper part OF the car by this time
was In flames. Passing along by the sleeper saw
the legs OF man protruding from the car: He
W. nit " col limo hQ 10 arado I'm,
and thoroughly conscious OF his position. 1 sue
ceeded partially In extricating him, when a train
from a horrible death. He proved to be John F.
Cassel of San Francisco, and he was the last per-
son taken alive from the ruins All human efforts
were OF no further av all, as
THE SLEEPER WAS IN A SHEET OF FLAMES.
We left the spot and Iimped down to the bottom OF
the ravine. some fifty feet below, where We found
Ashe, Miss Petersen, Captain Watterhouse and
daughter, and few other persons scattered about
sh saeg sde no ene o cGa @ cas a he In roHs on
wounded to death and begging plteously for help
HEARTLESs PASSENGERS.
,,,11 'as ars IIme enefe Were some Dig s.rong men
appealed to for aid by the injured, but who took
no notice whatever OF their cries of suffering. I
being worn out could do but little. brakeman,
named Mckenzie, did Ill In his power for u.s. A
n rc m fS 70 sre our
arrived two hours after the accident occurred.
Here we were kindly cared for by railroad officials
and others. Medical aid was rendered, and every
thing done to relieve our necessities.
TERRIBLE ECENEa
The locomotive then returned to the scene OF the
disaster and brought to the station the in
1ured passengers. Miss SQuires, who was
killed, had occupied the berth opposite
mine. In front OF the berth OF Miss SQuires Mr.
Oliver, the county clerk OF Lake county was Sleep
Ing. He was burned to death. His wife was not
with him. The next berth contained Mr.. and Mrs.
CasseL He escaped but she was killed. A ply
sician occupied the next berth whose name is un-
known. He was burned to death, but his remains
were identified. All on my side OF the car, with
the exception OF Mrs. Ex-Governor Downey were
saved. Porter Ashe, wife and maid occupied the
drawing room car: In the dining sleeping car
were lady and her daughter who, believe, were
wife and two children were also In this car. There
were only few persons in the dining car who
escaped and they were more or less injured. One
OF the tramps who was killed jumped from the
train while 1t was moving at lightning speed and
the other waS-crushed horribly in the wreck. j.
w. Searle and Captain I. II. Thatcher, VINO were
reported among the injured, escaped unhurt Both
were on the coach which kept the track. do pot
know the cause OF the accident and can give no
reason for it. The engineer and fireman OF the
extra locomotive deserve great credit for their
tiring efforts In assisting the wounded.
The Loss of the Steamer CtmbrIa.
FRUrTLEss SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS.
NEW YORK, j an. 22.-MeSSrS Kunhardt Co.,
the agents OF the fl-fated Hamburg-Amerfca
steamer Cimbria, received the following dispatch
this morning from their agents on the other side: