Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-16
FLYING TRAIN In FLAMES
THREE BURNED TO A CRISP AND
SIX OTHERS TO DIE.

Sixteen More of the Passengers Terribly
Burned and Injured-OiI on the Trael,
Ignited by the Engine Fires the Train
While Running Forty five Miles an
Hour.
BRADFORD, Pa, Jan. 15.-The engineer
Of train No. 2, through train between
| Wellsville, n. Y. and Bradford. east of
here, at 9:45 O'Clock this morning dis
covered oil on the track. He reversed his
engine, but was too late, and the brakes
could not hold the train. 1t dashed into
the oil, which was fresh and gassv.
Sparks from the frebox ignited the oil
and the flames instantaneousIy enveloped
the train, which dashed down a steep
grade, one hundred feet to the mile, at the
rate of torty-fve miles an hour.
LEAPS FOR LIFE.
The forty passengers on board be-
came panicky, and jumped from the doors
and windows into the snow, which was
three feet deep. Near the doors the
doomed victims crowded each other.
blockading the passage way. At curve
half mile from where the flames seized
the fated train the engine and cars were
qeralled. Three women, named Kitty
Moran, Mrs. Lewis Fair and Mrs. Con-
nelly. or Jones, were burned to death.
Fliteen men and one boy were burned and
wounded. The engineer and fireman
jumped from the train. The former.
named Patsy Sexton, was badly burned
about the face and hands and will likely
die. He made himself hero by standing
by his engine in the face Of death. The
wounded are being taken care of by Pres
ident Carter and Superintendent Will
liams, who have full corps of physi-
clans and attendants. They are being
brought to Bradford and lodged in hotels.
RUINED ROLLING STOCK.
The passenger coach is entirely con-
sumed and the baggage car is partially
destroyed. The mails and baggage were
partly saved.
The baggage master and express messen-
ger jumped from the train and escaned
with few injuries. The arms and LEGS
of the victims were burned off. MANY
OF the wounded are in critical condition.
and four or five will, according to the
opinions of the doctors, die before night.
The burning train, as it dashed down the
mountain side, was an appalling sight.
almost unnerving those who witnessed it.
BRADFORD, PA, Jan. 10, 8 P. M.-Five
women escaped with slight injuries and
three were killed, their bodies being
burned to crisp. Three of the men are
likely to die.
WHENCE THE OIL CAME.
BRADFORD, PA, Jan. Is, 10 p. MA
stream OF waste OIL flowing from a tank
across the Bradford, BOrdell and Kinzua
Railway caught fire this morning as a pas
senger train from WellsviIle for Bradford
ran into it, and the train was Immediately
enveloped in flames. The track for 100
yards was covered with oil, 1t is be-
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with the fire box of the engine exploded.
firing the oil, and, the flames spreading
on the hurricanes wing, envelOped the
doomed train in an instant in a blazing
mass.
IN THF FLYING FURNACE.
So intense was the heat that the win
doWs cracked and fell in. In less time
than it takes to write it the passenger
coach and baggage car were converted
INTO mass of fire. 1t was terrible mo-
ment. The coach was filled with passen-
gers, and there was a rush for the doors.
but the heat was so intense that the panic
stricken passengers were driven back and
forced to jump through the windows,
landing in the snow. A relief train with
surgeons and cots was dispatched to the
scene. Upon its arrival there a terrible
sight presented ITSELF The passenger
coach and baggage car were a mass of
Smoklng ruins. The engine lay on its
back, having turned a complete somer-
sault.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
It's definitely known that only three per-
sons, all women, were burned to death.
Mrs. L. G. Fair, of Kinzua Junction. was
burned beyond recognition. Her husband
escaped by jumping through a window.
Miss Katie Moran, of Aliens. n. Y. was
burned almost to a crisp.
Miss Moran was found hanging outside
the coach grasping a window sill.
Ihe other dead woman has not been
Identified. She was badly burned.
sixteen persons were more or less seri-
ously burned, six Of whom are likely to
die.