The Portland daily press., 1884-01-16
A BLAZING TRAIN
Dashes Down a MountainaISideYin
ssEss9.s asszssi Pennsylvania. lsoaSHna
Passengers Leap from the Doors and
Windows.-Three Women Burned 10
Death and Others BADLY lnjured.-He-
relic Ccnduct of the Engineer.

BRADFORD, Pa, Jan. 15.-The engineer OF
train No, 2, between Wellsville, N. Y, and
Bradford, Pa, on the Erie, Marrow Gauge
system, while rounding curve two miles east
of here at 9.45 a. M. discovered oil on the
tracks. 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
gasy. Sparks from the firebox ignited the
oil, and the flames instantaneously enveloped
the train, which dashed down a steep grade
100 feet to the mile, at the rate Of 45 miles an
hour. There were about forty passengers on
board, who became extremely panicky, and
jumped from the doors and windows into the
snow, which was three feet deep. Near the
doors the doomed victims crowded, blockading
the passageway. AT curve, half mile from
where the flames seized the fsted train the en-
CINE and train were derailed. Three women
named Kitty Moran, Mrs. Lewis Fair and Mrs.
Connolly or Jones were burned to death. Eff
teen men and one boy were burned and wound
ed. The engineer and fireman jumped from
the train. The former was badly burned
about the face and hands and will likely die.
He made himself q hero by standing by his en-
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cd have been brought to Bradford and lodged
In the hotels. The passenger coach is entirely
consumed and the baggage car partially de-
stroyed. The mails and baggage were partly
saved. The baggage-master and express mes
senger jumped from the train and escaped
with few injuries. The arms and legs Of the
victims were burned off. Many Of the wound
ed are in critical condition, and four or Eve
will probably die before night. The burning
an appalling sight.
Five women escaped with slight injuries.
Three were killed. their bodies being burned
to a crisp. Three of the men are likely to die.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
A stream of waste oil flowing from tank
across the Bradford Bordell & Kinzua railroad
caught fire this morning as passenger train
from Wellsyille FOR Bradford ran into it and
the train wasimmediately enveloped in flames.
The track for distance of 100 yards was COW
cred with oil, and it Is believed that the gas
coming in contact with the frebox of the en-
gine exploded firing the oil, and the flames
enveloped the train in an instant in a blazing
mass. So intense was the heat that windows
cracked and in less time than it takes to
write it, the passenger coach and baggage
car were converted into seething caldron OF
fire. 1t was terrible moment. The coach
was filed with passengers, and there was q
rush for the doors, but the heat was so intense
that the paLic stricken people were driven
back and forced to jump through the windows,
landing in the snow.
A relief train with surgeons and cots was de-
spatched to the scene. Upon arrival there
terrible sight presented itself. The passenger
coach and baggage was mass of smoking
ruins, the engine lay on its back hav ing turn.
ed complete somersault. 1t is definitely
known that only three persons, all women,
we're burned