Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-03
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. DEATH ON THB RAIL. IA Shocking Accident in
 Canada. IA NUMBER OF LIVES LOST. The Result of a Conductors
 CareIessness. A SEARCH FOR LOST TREASURES Over a Million sOVereigns
 Under the Sea.
A SEARCH FOR LOST TREASURES
NEW DOMINION.

Collision of Trains-Thirty Men
 Killed and a Number Badly Injured
 A Terrible Wreck Of Life,
 TORONTO, Ont, Jan. 2.-The new year opens with tragedy. The suburban train on the Great Western division of the Grand Trunk railway lest the city at 6:25 this morn ployed at the Dominion bolt works at Hum- ber. When the train was going down the grade at Owen street crossing it collided with a freight train. The engine of the suburban train was smashed to pieces and the cars con- pletely wrecked. Thirty passengers were killed and the remainder more or less serious ly wounded-not one escaping unhurt. Word of the accident WAS immediately sent to this city and five doctors and surgeon were sent out on a special train. The scene at the place of the accident was horrible one. Splinters of wood and broken iron were covered with blood and mangled bodies were lying in every position under the wreck. The wounded were taken to the hospital. A num- Der of dead were still under the wreck. Two of the victims lying under the engine were still alive at 10 o'clock this morning. The cylinder was resting on the chest of one and he cried, "For Gods sake take me out. :" There were no means of raising the engine available and the men were being kept alive with brandy. Conductor Barker of the freight train got orders at Mimico and came on to Toronto. He had not been on the division for long time and forgot the subur- ban train. Coroner Linde ordered him ar rested and he has been jailed. He claims that he had the right of way. His train was com- posed of an engine and two empty cars The engineer of the freight escaped with con- fusion of the head, but the fireman was killed. Carter, conductor of the suburban train the engineer and fireman escaped un- hurt. The snow at the accident is red with blood and the ground is strewn with heads, arms and human entrails. All the men were workmen and have fam flies in this city The names of the killed as far as known are: James Whit, donald, - Wells, fireman of the freight;
 - Carruthers, George Haggett, John Ker. naghan, Joseph Macdonald, Richard Multi gan, - Heath, boy; John Eowett. The wounded are: H. Herman, Michael Kelley, W. Rogers, Fred. Burnton, Thomas Mae donald, John Lynch, James Kelley, Alexander Bank, Hugh Cunningham, Ed. Robinson, - Bailey, Pat. Norton. Every occupant of the first car in the suburb an train was either killed or wounded. At Hamilton Conductor Barber of the freight received an order to run to Queen whaFfs giving him the right of way over all trains. He acknowledges that he forgot about the suburban train and thought he had 8 clear track until he heard the whistle for brakes The freight engine struck the boiler of the suburban engine, driving it back into the following car. The cars took fire and the shrieks of the poor wretches pinned in the wreck and slowly roasting to death were awful. No horror was left the imagination to invent. Death in many cases was instantaneous. The scenes at the morgue as tho bodies were brought in no one can forget. Some of the wounded craWled out of the wreck, their limbs hanging in shreds. A secoad calamity was narrowly averted. The conductor of the regular train leaving union station at 7:35 received no notice of the accident and left on time. On reaching the crossing the engineer noticed two men waving their arms and the train was stopped within 8 few feet of the wreck. Twsnty-one bodies in all have been recovered and identified.