The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-30
Horrible Catastrophe.

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ac road; forty minutes later, when
near Gree,y, a sleeping car in when
seyenuy-fve men, employed IS
r0nstabouts by the circus Were
ssleep. c8ught fire and was Wnoiiy
consu med. Zen men peIiahed, two
were seriously and five slightly
buroed The Ere was eommuM-
csted from an open torch with Wh CO
,he car was lighted. 10 quaint y Oh
gasoline which was being carried ID
! he same c.I, causing an explosion
| It ia 1mposs be TO lesro the Names
at present. IL is believed the em-
pleyees OF the circus W. re- sntliely
responsible for .he acc dent.
Denver. News Greeley: The
buroing Of the circus Car nlne
miles north of Greeley, was 81
tended with indescribabis herr rs
rhe burned CIR Was NJ xb so the en-
&. zine la a train OF seventeen Cars
4 r 1ntaining OrtOu's Anglo. American
C,raUs. which LEFT Fort Collins ABOUT
nidnieht for Golden, over the
Greeley, Salt Lake e Pacific ROAD.
: The train was nearing Windsor,
small station near Greedy, riur'np
! abouC twenty-five miles an houS,
, when Engineer CoIieDriest dis
t covered the car on fire. He reverse d
the engine and. threw open the
whistle valve. There were Sixty Raen
in Jhecar arranged IN three tleTs OF
ba7ths on either side. The forWar
aide door was closed and men were
: in hunks sleeping against is. The
,, rear side door was alaO closed AND
IL the men discovered the lower
70 unoccupied berth neyt to them con-
K tanning rubbish was On hres filing
o the car with smoke, cutting OH eS-
d cape in that direction. The only
,f nleaus of egresS was through
. srn all win low between the car 2ne
IS engine, John Pine Edgerton. o.
II Wisconsin, and Elmer Miiios, OF
lr Iowa, crowded through the opening
and tried to pass IN water Iron
the engine tank but owing :;
tie suff0cating gases il was dlficnl
70 arouse the sleepera. Some We'
= Kicked and bruised in shocking
r. manner, aud pitched cut OF the win
ttu doJg. The screams OF those unsbl
10 10 get through the bloc6aded aper
~ turs were terrifying. The wild glaF'
40 40 of the flames, the light OF the burn
o. ing yictimc outside. who Wer
L yrithing in agony on the caetu
u beds, caused the wild beasts IN To
ny adjoining car to become franel
se with terror, making the scene al
90 pslling TO the performers WI
:" occupied the rear cara, With WEI
faces and witnessed the aWfl
speotacle. In the midst of tue cor
fusion two other heroic fellows 81
va ueared equal to the occasion, al
in their companions to Eu6 them s
in ready IN the agony Of death. Abe
he Lake. in charge OF the animals, ar
de his friend, Keat walked over II
in caotus in their bare feet pouriT
Of buckets of oil on the bli
on. tered unfortunates and WRAPS
nm. them in blankets. An old Pacl
AXIS Goa it sailor named Mcdonald, TO
civ merly OF Forepaw's show, was tt
raj ribIy burned, the flesh hanging
shreds, The heartrendlng cries
the men on the prairie smother
the appeals Of the dying in the ca
che roar Of the flames. al
nur the bowling of the animi
lett made the scene terrible beyol
ere description. The odor of the roa
m ing flesh and the distinct
hey OF the coyotes added to the genel
It is horror of the scene. The voices
AIRY the dying grew fainter and so
ceased. Meantime the engine b
gone to Gfeeley for sssistanee,
turning with DR.. Jesse How
president OF the State Medical
the ISOLATION. Many Of the rescued
anu snu being pulled through the en-
tom window had limbs broken q
aug icints tiislocated. Hands and 4
WIZ were burned off; roasted trur
7ere of bodies were foun1 in one pla
and LEGS in another, and piles
roasted, shriveled carcasses W
puJled out of the ruins. At dayliI
this 4 fat car carried the sbRtteI
lge's cbarred bodies into Greeley for
Irds, terment The county commission
d for buried the remains IN huge cot
leral seven feet wide and ten feet long
for the Greedy cemetery. Rev.
,0Ce, Ried, OF the Presbyterian chul
conducted the funeral services.
coroner impannelled jury '
were unable to learn the cause
the Ere or any important facts
IsWn the managers with the remain
the of the company left immediaf
"a IN for Golden TO ill an aftern
the engagement. 1t IL impossih g 10
com plete list of the ceaths
many were engaged for day
two aud their names were unkno
.merp The names of the dead
Mia for as learned areas fallews: E
800 as Marienette, Wiscor sin; Tho
McCarboy, Independence, 10
John Kelly, New York City;
oilers known as Silverihorn, i
Frenchy. Frank George, Smi,nie
Lejsns unknown.
Ilism Following is list of the su
ers now in st. Lukes hospital,
city: E. E. Fairbanks, age %, a
legs and face badly bur
Is Albert, Borden, aged II, Lo
Id for Kan. arms and face badly bur
Salt Thomas Golden, IL, Dstfoit, nj
'etter, very badly burned on the back
Jorns, legs; n. j. Seimmennen, Is.