The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-29
MEETING INSTANT DEATH
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RoCHEsTEB, July 1s.--At O'Clock last
night the Steamboat Express on the NiagArs /,
Falls Division OF the Rome. WATERFOWL and
| Oedehsburg Railroad. mot with an accident
| friGhtful in its consequences. The train was an
| enormous oneZa double-header.a those are
called that are dragged by two enginea-snd
the engines were followed by six sleeperN aad
| six ordinary coaches. 1t was bound from Nj
agarn for Clayton. whence its passengers were
| to take boat to the Thoasand Islands. It wss
behind time. and swept along ~ forty miles
| an hour. Tn" way WIS along the snnth shors
! OF Lake Ontario. Suddenly. MhAn n, .1Asked
Carlyon. 1t dashed into thunder Sauat o. nm.
usual violence. The rain feifNin' sheets. the
Wind roared and pressed heavily. against TIN
tcAks. and. while the thunder was heard above
fthetrumbe and chatter OF the train. frequent
| flashes of lightning illuminated the country
side. There were 200 people ID the cars mainly
| pleasure seekers. and nearly all from Michigan
|, box freight car had boon standing in q
'siding near Caryon. and had either been blown f"
along to the junction Of the siding and main
| track or had been pushed there by some ma.
lklicious person. 1t rested 80 that one OF III
corners projected beyond one rail Of the main
ttnok. and the swiftly moving express
Strair ran against ~. Instantly. and
&itSont !. any, apparent loss Of head
tho Shoppers left the rails and were heaped one
upon the other-a mass Of wreckage-beside the
and partially wreckiha many any Of them mo- Il til" is
reported That the crash was heard three miles
adsi to the horrors Of the Situation for those
who hhye described the scene. and who could
exact nature OF tho disaster. The country
gathered. and it wns soon known that nineteen
persons I had been killed and twice IS many IN
rho dead who have been Identified are Thomas
"Sps Bat; dsns eek eEC}
F t,,.n Of osweE9; Willis Lefsyer & Bay City
Troop and Ss Mary Troop
SShohar!e; ]. g. sYhenck Of cleveland; Tnos.
Mrs. J. G. W9rtlsy OF Saline. Mich; Henry Nc:
to BIO that of u Mr.. booth OF Bay City.
Louis France. the fireman of the second
sry IKE sna MS
MeCari!h Thy, vas s iearfuily scaIded and though
out Of sh@ps brought tnt the d ditcS. Tse
other The LEADER stood t cab G%pward on
was ruling. Ho and the engineer and fireman
si s;"rrsS with their lives though all were
ARE, Archie Taylor bagGaseman. was probably
ia Thnyr are names o, other. who vere .sa
thus far no proof that more than nineteen died.
ksd maj buried Sas a The d RSsa but his
q 81 Re sSSd III sssn ,ss
inquest. but has adjourned II until to- morrow.
rsea he the Wrsc an n % asaS hSS
persons had been taken to the nearest houses.
The Tprk OF the Tsca is still
were those cars that first leaped tho track
, smashed to pieces. but many of the others
were piled one upon another in a hill OF frag.
mentS.
, One man. q farmer whose home is within a
soon after the wreck took pnce. He had taken
his son to the &C., station at Lyndenville three
! ali who could with safety be removed were
MN SAY they cannot s tell and are not able to
find out how many were Injured. The only
wire to the of the ,sa accident is the rarond
has nr n nt waS Tas
| travelling with him. all three Of whom are said
i taken back Dao hs Pas Roadway
he cleared red in few hours To- morrow It will
NC ppSSibo W oDttin uetAlls OF disaster.
, OswEGo. July Is. Passengers who arrived
here Tonight on the train from Carlyon were
unable to iive any.hng put Hc
names of the killed and wounded. 1t is not be-
lieved that more than one or two OF the
wounded will die. The passengers state tho
number of killed to b. Twenty-Five eighteen
, passengers and four train men.
They bring list OF killed that Is longer than
the one first sent over the wires. The addi-
tionaln are Burnham Bostwick OF Toledo |:
, Stills tcolored) of WATERFOWL. a porter on
one OF the slecpers q young lady Of Leslie
Mich: - Cromb. residence unknown Adams
of Chicago and Mrs. Dover Of Lansing They
substitute the name Thomas Dretson OF $40
Pear street. Cleveland for tho name OF the
Cleveland man rs it was sent over the wires
Mary Troop is not mentioned in their list. but
there is u mention Of woman thought to be
Mrs. Booth Of Cattle Creek. Mich.