St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-12
a FEARFUL WRECK.

TINS scalded and Roasted TO Deatil-List
Of the Dead and wounded.
TORONTO, 0NT., Jan.2
! One of the most frightful railway acct
dents that ever occurred in Canada took
place tuis morning at FIVE minutes to. sew
en-. About fifteen minutes previous a gu,
burban train consisting Of a dummy engine
and two cars on the Great Western division
| of the Grand Trunk left Union Station
having aboard about sixty passengers,
! chiefly employees of the Bolt and Iron
/ Works at Humber, residing in the city, who
were going to their work. Each was hap.
J pier than the other, and, although the
weather was severely cod, gale blowing
| the snow against the car windowN the
merry crowd did not heed it as they old
! how they spent New Year.
On rounding sharp curve Just y ere IS
| re aching the BoI5 Works the engineef sdw
| freigE5 train coming laundering down
/ the grade toward him. He reversed the
engine, blew warning and with the fire.
man jumped for his life. The conductor
| heard the warning. and shouting "Jump,
boys, for your lives,p sprang into thesnow.
In second more there was 5errific.crash.
| The engine OF the Freight train knocked the
| boilers of the dummy clear through the
first car, crushing ne unfortunate passen-
gers in every direction, and pinniag many
| &c the floor. The impetus great the
f. engine actually mounted the truck OF the
/ dummy which kept the rails, and remained
on balance. a~
The engineer OF the freight train, when ovf1
! he saw ascollision was inevitable, sprang ii am
was killed ms. antlv. tiot
To add to the horror of the scene, the
! boiler of the dummy exploded and the
steam and boiling water caused the death =.
and terrible injuries to the nansled and Rail
| bleeding men. Then the fire, as il mad
I dered at other ageGces clutching so many
victims, broke out and completed the sick
ening work, of destruction. Shrieks. -
/ groans and heartrendins cries for help
from the agonIzed sufferers rent the air.
4 Several poor fellows, suffering untold a q 4
agonies, With limbs and bodies burnt to Il Nc
! crisp, piteouSly implored those near ths u I'M.
| to pour water upon tneir scalded limbsl 3 "
1 put an end to their sufferings. Stre
zen looked on appalled, ana many an
! was dim with tears. With every posa
phase of Disagreement 20 be seen,
cut, bruised, 1ilangled. half eaten awaAs. LA
tire swollen to enormous size BY steai. SOD 8
| imagination; no more awful scene sfppTp0
/ be witnessed. 33. Eh1HBs
The first passenger car was terri
wreck and several hours elapsed hIly kept on
I the poor fellows buried beneath thedsEae Chcaps
were extrcated. A relief party Of tt
Of forty men were soon on the scene ans
| oncs set at work slowly and tendei1S
rescue the sufferers, and about ten o'cloed hams
! a carload of dead and injured was oand smoked
| way to the city.E
On arriving at the Union station an ID q esEs
! bulanee, station wagon and several en-
and 'busses were inweiting. a large creWad price
had gathered, and as one after another OF Ina
the dead and wounded were carried FROM
/ the car to the c2nveyances many turnes NM, air
I sick at the sight. The wounded men boresi1S ina
| their sufferings with fortitude and paERATE
thence, few gr0ans being the only inlIcas atefts
| ton Of their intense agony. IS time
The scene at the rnorgue beggars descriTsz
tion. There were fifteen bodies laid sitlsYise as
by side in rows. Mothers, sisters, fathers make
and brothers were to be seen passing FROM ~
i body to body, and with trembling hands M III
lifting the coverlet and gazing on the faces fens
i OF the dead, Now and then acry of anguish sfinu
| would tell too plainly of the discovery OF A
some e, dear ono carried On in the prime q
At the hospital on arrival OF the wound-siaIlnss,
l ed, doctors set TO work sewing up wounds 49,
j and did all in their power TO alleviate the
1 sufferings One man, Jno Rowlett, died tsU
i shortly after arrival ut the hospital. When
4 found among the debris he spoke cheeriulIy ---
! an5 asked to be allowed TO walk. On look &
4 ing down he cried: 30, God, my legs are
En- 1 oo55B bsy x sss9sisa + srv who
/ viewed the bodies and tlten adjourned till
two o'clock, when they again met, Some
evidence was taken and further adjourn
nent had.
Baber, the conductor of the freight train,
was Immediately placed under arrest. He
admitted he got orders at Hamilton to run. ~
/ to Queens wharf, avoiding all regular
trains. He looked ct his timetable, bus
/ forgot the suburban train on tilelist OF reg
ular trains. Barber did not show the order
was JefTery's first trip this part of the
4 road, and he was totally unacq uainted with s-e
i the trains. The only train which was
passed between Hamlson and the point Of =
Incident waS the newspaper tralnr gong Aass y
4 west. This passed at Milfico lie
had his mind, he says on the express,
which leaves the city fifteen minutlB after
| the suburban,
i Public sympathy is thoroughly aroused 8.
| forithe unfortunate widows and children. SeTv
Already subscription lists have started and pc
offers of entertainments made to PROVIDE
| funds. Several families OF the nell killed y.
are in poor circumstances. m
] Besides Charles Thomas, fireman OF Che
freight train, the following were killed In
stantly: mn
g. Aggett; leayes wife and child
Joseph Keefer; leaves q wife and two -
children, H1
g. spohn, single; was to be married to. ~
night. md
X. Mnlligan; leaves wife and child. lis
]. Kelnahan; wife and family. pa
Alex. CaFruthars; vile and largo family,
1 j. White: wife and Eve children.
4 Joseph Mcdonald, single.
w. Terff, single.
Thos. Burns single.
i g. Prescott, single,
i &. Searl, single.
4 John Mckenzie, single.
| Chas. S. anleY, boy, aged fourteen
i Jno. Rowlett; leaves wife and child.
Jno. LYNCH wife and family.
Eddie Robinson. a hoy.