New-York tribune., 1884-01-16
PETROLEUM'S AWFUL WORK
P,-RNEp ALIVE IN RAILWAY CARS.
PASSENGER TRAIN CATCHES FIRE FROM HL'oN
TRACK

.p,ssFNGTR TRAIN CATCHES FIRE FROM )IL'oN
TRACK
pp,proRD. Penn Jan. l5.-A stream OF waste
o;l flowing from a tank the Bradford. bofue!i
ond Kinzua Railway, two miles east OF this to"u'
canoht fire this morning as the passenger udlu
,ron, Wellsville for Bradford due at 0'to' Ian
;pto il and the train was Immediately enNei'peu
IN flames. The track for fully distance OF IOV
- was covered with oil 1t is believed that the
cominc in contact with the fiTe-bOx of the en-
zine exploded. setting fire to the OIL and the
ao,es sprcadinq with the speed of hurricane en-
,cloned the doomed train in an instant The en-
moor while rounding curve, discovered the OIL
:, .be tracks. He reversed his engine but was too
- The brakes could not bold the tram, and 1t
d,sbed into the oil The flames instantaneously
envclopcd the train. which dashed down steep
radc 100 feet to the mile, the rate of forty-hVe
miles an hour.
ca intense was the heat that the windows of the
cars cracked and fell in in less time than 1t takes
~ write it and the passenger coach and baggage
car were converted into secthing, kissing caldron
of fire. The sight of this blazing train. moving
with terrible rapidity, excited profound wonder
along the route ,e
mile, however before it was thrown from tne
track The engine turned a complete somersault
senger coach were soon a mass of smoking RUNS
rupEr PRISONS pEAD-FIFrEEN MORE INJURED.
The instant the oil ignited and flashed up, the
manic stricken passengers forty in number jumped
10 their feet and sought TO escape. A te" eoU OUT
of the windows and jumped into three teet ol sno"
Others thronged TO the doorway, bnt the naiileS
drove them back. and the paSsageway 3ecanlSg lS
blOckaded As a result three persons were puIl1u 1
+o death and fifteen others more or less seNeTey
hurt Three or four OF the laI'oi viii F'''''''
die. &. c.o- ,r,-od a boro
The express messenger and baggage mas mas
ter iumpcd from the train and were practically uu
Gurt but sexton stood by his engine III the race o
almost certain death. 49, 1900, cont 70
the scene as soon as possible, anu tne s Ia g.,
being vcn cared for by President carer anu. anu
Deriutendeut Williams VINO nave lui' '",tt 81
IIbrs,cians and attendants They were OIoUsh' ~
bradford and lodged in the hotels; ..,..al aud
The passenger coach Is entirely tr GonSIheI h r. Sis
the baggage ear partially destroyed IH' i'"'
and baggage were pa tly saNeu'
A LIST OF THE INJURED.
The following are the names of the victims ol
this strange calamity:
Mr. /. c, Far. of Kinzua Junction, was burned
beVoud recognition. she was young woman anu
Lod been married only two wears. Her husband es-
caped bv jumping through window, -
Katie Moran OF Aliens \. y, a small station near
Aiken was burned almost 10 a crisp. MISS -H"'au
was found hanging outside the codch. ,..,I
The other dead woman ha, not been ldentlhed
Professor Taught is not expected TO live;
Patrick Sexton. the eng HCcr. was teiII'l. "uIH'u
ghout the face and hands. ,,,,
Michael Walsh the fireman. was horribly burned
about the face and arms.
W II. Belman. who jumped from the train l' in
Jerry Denagan, brakeman. had his hands badly
Cut. . -; 1,..,,o1
Charles Hcdriche. express messenger Is "U4Hcu
about the hands, It'll, ,l
George McCa1ty, nevsboy. was terribly burned
about the head and hands. and Is not expected 10
live His hands are burned almost to CIiaI'
A. y Carpenter. of Little tennessee, n l.. hlu
hi, face and left hand burned. ., ,,
Jerry Haggery. of Ceres y. y, IS Dauly ourhod
about the face and head. ,.
Mrs Black of Aiken. was severely burned ABOUT
the head and hands. Her daughter and son were
G. W. Van. wife and son of IudlanapoIs, We're
burned the boy. badly about the face ana h2hlo
John Kapoos. of Aiken, was terribly burned ABOUT
tho face and hands.