The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-04
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DESvE'. Aug. ~. Tho Daily News
freely. Colorado, special SAYS; 1hr
BURNING 0f the circus ear, nine milos
lurth uf Greedy, was attended with
SCENES of horror. The burned ear wa.
next Ia The eugiuc, In n tain Of seven
ten cars containingtho Anglo american
.ncus, wiIch ,ult rnrt collins dbuut
nidnlghJ for Golden over the Greedy,
salt Lake x Pnriiic road. The train was
nearing Windsor, Il small station nctr
Greedy, running about twenty-five miles
IN hour. When the engineer diSCuV-
cred that the ear was on ii,", lac reversed
his engine aud threw open the whist.
valve. There were sixty men IN the CHi
arranged In IN ce tiers of hcrthso on both
sides. The forward side door was CLOSED
lnd the men in II hunk, sleeping, against
L. The rear side door was alsu closed;
lud the men whu awOku discovered thai
he lower u~nuccupied hrrlhS next
q II, containing Rubbish, Of
lire, iilling the car with smoke, aud cut
ing oil escape in that direction. The
'nly means of cgrcss Was
trough small window lc-
tween the ear ant the engine. John
Pine. from Elgnrtnn. Vie u~in, md
l.. Millet, of Iowa, crawled III ough the
opening aud tried IL pas Ia water nom
IN" en.lns tank, owing u thg sum
eating glsHc', II wIS Il III 'ulJ Ia aroI>r
the slnCparS. Slmn wore k,lEuL au.
hrtllse IN II shocS ug manner, and were
vi'clrI "ut OF ,ty wul'N. Ihr
.nr. uua n"'',-r .F..ff. -. l.l f'-.
inc wild glarc Of tho flames
uom tne burning car showed
the Victims lying ont ,idr writing
IN agony on cactus beds, and caused the
wild beasts On the adj lining ear 4"
nerome frantic, making tie
scene appalling. The performers
who occupied the rear ear, g,Hrd with
white faces upon tho awful spectacle.
In the mid of the cInfu sion
two or three her lie sualS appeared
equal to the OCCASION, and brtvcly cut
their way to their cOmpIni ms, To tiud
them already IN the agony of death.
Albert Lake, in charge of the animals,
and his friend Kent walked over
the cactus in their bare feet pouring
buckets of oil on the blistcrrd uuturtu
mates, and wrapped them in blankets.
An old Pacific coast sailor, named Me-
Donald, formerly at F~orepaugh's show,
was terribly burned, his flesh hanging
~ shrods. The heartrenJIns erie. Of
the men on the prairie
s~mothcred the appeals OF the
dying within the ear. The roar
Of the flames and the bowling of tho AMI
mails made the scene terrible. The
NV " Ni' 'a'N'hS ii'fh INV
the distant cry of the cayotes
added horror to the scene. The
voices OF the dying grew fainter
aud soon ceased. In the meantime, the
men who had gone 10 nrpely for aid,
had returned with DR.. Jesse hawcs,
President OF the State Medical asso-
citation. Many of the rescued on
had limbs broken. Joints diNl"catcd
hands burned off, roasted trunks,
the body found in one place,
HE legs in another, and piles of
roasted, shriveled rarcasscs were pulled
out of the ruins At daylight II filt ear
carried the charred bodies into Greedy for
intCrmcnt. The county commissioners
buried the remains in Il huge coffin,
seven feet wide and ten feet long, in
Grecly cemetery. The coroner impin'
elled a jury, who was unable tolcarn the
cause I'll the fire, or amy important facts,
as the manager, with the remainder OF
the company, left immediately for
Golden to fill an afternoon
engagement. 1t is inn os-ible to got II
complete list of the dead. As many
were engaged but 4 day or
two their names are nm
known. The names OF the dead
aS far as learned, are as follows: Alex
Mcleod, Marrinette Wise, Thos. Me
Carthy, John Hell, of New York; the
others are known as Andy, Frenchy,
Frank and George Smithlp. Ono is
unknown. The following is a list of
the sufferers now at 81. Lakes hospital,
in this city: r.. F~airbanl;, arms,
legs aud face badly burned; Albert Lp-
gan, arms and face badly burned; rhoS.
Golden, OF Detroit, very badly
burned on back and legs; y. J.Ximmer-
man, st. Louis, Michigan. rms
legs, back and face feariully
burned; Frank King, Michigan City,
badly burned about the hands and feel;
Michael McGlinn, i~!olton, Michigan,
BADLY burned about the face, rms
and back; will die. A number of
the rescued agree that in the
car were two barrels of gasoline. which
were exploded, either by sparks from
the engine Or from II naked torch, with
which the men were accustomed to
light themselves to bod.