The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-30

ATTACHES OF A CIRCUS PERISH
\ Car ON Colorado Railroad Burns ith
sixty Men Within 1t, Many of
Whom Lose Their Lives
Horrible Scenes, Etc.
SARGENT A. a..

DENVER, Aug. %. The Daily News
Greedy, Colorado, special says: The
burning of the circus car, nine miles
north of Greedy, was attended with
scenes of horror. The burned car was
next to the engine, in train of seven
teen cars containing the Anglo American
circus, which lett Fort collins about
midnight for Golden over the Greedy,
Salt Lake y Pacific road. The train was
nearing Windsor, a small station near
Greely, running about Twenty-Five miles
an hour. When the engineer discov-
cred that the car was on ii,e, he reversed
his engine and threw open the whistle
valve. There We're sixty men in the ear
arranged in tn ee tiers Of herths on both
| sides, The forward side door was closed
ana the men in bunk, sleeping, against
1t. The rear side door was also closed.
ana me men who aWoke discovered that
the lower unoccmpled herths next
10 IT, containing rubbish, wi
tire, filing the car with smoke. and cut.
ing oil escape in that direction. The
only means Of egreSs was
through small window be-
tween the car and the engine. John
| Ilne, from Edgartou, Wisconsin, and
| II. Mlllet, of Iowa, crawled through the
opening and tried to pass in water from
/ the engine tank. Owing to the sufficient
| ing gasses, it was difficult TO arouse The
/ sleepers. Some were kicked and
! b. used ina shocking manner, and were
/ pitched out of the window. The
| screams OF those unable to get through
/ the blockadcd aperture were terrifying.
/ me wild glare of the flames
from the burning car showed
lkFtf IA Al
in agony o. cactus beds. and caused the
wild beasts on the adjoining car To
become frantic, making the
scene appalling. The performers
who occupied the rear car, gazed with
white faces upon the awful spectacle.
In the midst of the confusion
two or three heroic souls appeared
equal To the occasion, and bravely cut
their way to their companions, TO find
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 bliStored tinfortu
mates, ana wrapped them in blankets.
an old Pacific coast sailor, named Me-
Donald, formerly of Forepaugh's show,
was terribly burned, his flesh h,ngin,,'
IN shreds. The heartrending cries of
the men on the prairie
smothered the appeals of the
dying within the car. The roar
of the flames and the bowling of the ami
mails made the scene terrible. The
od0r OF the roasting flesh and
the distant cry of tho cayOtes
added horror to the scene. The
voices OF the dying grew fainter
and soon ceased. In the meantime, the
men who had gone 60 Greedy for aid,
had returned with DIR. Jesse HAYES,
President of the State Medical asso.
citation. Many of the rescued on
being pulled through the small window
had limbs broken, joints dislocated
hands burned oil, roasted trunks
he body found in one place
the legs in another, and piles q
E roasted, shriNolod carcasses were pulled
p out of the ruins. At daylight Hat cal
carried the charred bodies into Greedy TO
lntorment. The county commissioner
: buried the remains In u huge coffin
seven feet wide and ten feet long, il
Greedy cemetery. Tho coroner impau
p elled Il Jury who was unable tolearli the
cause OF the fire, or any important facts
rs the manager, with the remainder nj
the company left Immediately fui
Golden to I'LL an afternoon
: engagement. II is impossible to get d
compute AlNA " Alf NtiAls AZ llnnA
were engaged but u day OF
two their names are un
+ known. The names of the dcau
; rs far rs learned, are rs follows: AleN
Mcleod, Marrlnottc Wise, Thos. Nc
Carthy, John Kelly, of New York; tn,
. others are known rs Andy, Frenchv
Frank and George Smithic. one
q unknown. The following is list o
: the sufferers now nj st. Lullo's hospital
) in this city: 4, Fairbank, arms
; legs and face badly burned; Albert 10.
gan, arms and face badly burned; Thos
Golden, of Detroit, very badly
= burned on back and legs; n. THINNER
3 man, ST. Louis, Michigan, arms
, legs, back and face loarfully
: burned; Frank King, Michigan CITY
badly burned about the hands aud feet
Michael McGlinn, Holton, Michigan,
: badly burned about the face, arm.
\ aud back; will die. A number o
, the rescued agree that In the
car were two barrels of gasoline. which
3 were exploded, either by sparks from
b the engine or from a naked torch, Will
b which the mon wore accustomed
' light themselves to bod.
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