The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-11
A FEARFUL WRECK.

Suburban Train Loaded With Working.
men in Collision with Freight on the
G.a~d Trunk Railway Near Toronto,
! Canadn - Twenty-Five Lives Lost and
Many Injured, Some FaraIIy-The Vic
TINS Scaided and Roasted to Death-Liyt
/ OF the Dead and Wounded.
TORONTO, ONT, Jan. ..
one Of the most frightful railway acct
diets that ever occurred in Canada took
uIr,o Guns morning at five minutes to sew.
-,"vut fifteen minutes previous q SUI
hurban train consisting of n dummy engine
and two cars on the Great Western division
Of the Grand Trunk left Union Station,
having alb ard about sixty passengers,
chiefly employees of the Bolt AMI Iron
Works at Humber resiling in the city, who
were going u their work. Each was hap.
per than the % her, and, although the
weather was severely cod, gale blowing
the snow against tho car windows, the
merry crowd did not heed it as they told
how they spent New Year.
On rounding n sharp curve just be fore
&c ,cAing the Bolt Wo ks the engineer saw
a freight train coming laundering down
the grade toward him. He reversed the
engine, blew warning and with the fire.
man jumped for his lfr. Tie conductor
beard the warning, and shouting Jump,
boys, for your lives" spranc into the SHOW.
In Il second more there was Il terrific crash
The engine at the freight train Knocked the
boilers OF the dummy char through the
iirSt car, crushing tine unfortunate passen.
gers III every direction, and piuniDg many
TO the n0Or. Tn. impetus was 50 great the
engine aC' uaily mounted the truck of the
dummy (Which kept the rails, aud remained
Oh a Ial ince.
The engineer Of the freight train. when
he saw q collision wa inevitable, sprang
from the engine, hut Thomas, the fireman,
was killed ms antly.
TO add t. TIE horror of the scene, the
better of the danny exploded and the
steam aud boiling water ca Ised the death
and terrible injuries To the mangIel and
bleeding men. Then the fire., as if mad.
d"ned at other age. CjeS ClutchinS 50 many
victims, broke out and completed the sick
enlng work, OF destruction. Shrieks,
grUanS and heartreudinS cries for help
from the acuuIzrd sufferers rent the air
Several poor fellows, sur ring untolc
agonios, with limbs and bodies burnt to a
crisp, pteOu~ly Implnrcd thOS. near them
to pour water upon tn. ir scaldel limbs or
put an end to their Sutferings. Strong
'uI"n looked on appalled, and many an eve
was dim with tears. With every possible
phase of Disagreement tu Ice seen, limbs
rUi, bruised, manGled. half eaten away by
fire, swollen to enormous size by steam and
wafer, 10 possible horror was left to the
Imagination. No more awful scene could
be witnessed.
The first passenger car was a terrible
wreck and several hours elapsed before
tin. poor fellows buried beneath the del riS
were eXtrlCated. y relief party OF thirty
Or forty men were soon on the scene and at
ono. set at work slowly and ten Eerly to
rescue the sufferers, AMI al Ous ten o'clock
a carload Of dead and in jurcd was on the
way To the Ci V.
On arriving at the Union station an am.
bulance, station wagon and several cabs
and 'hu>SeS were in waiting. \ large crowd
had "a beTcd, and as one after another of
the dead amt wounded were carried from
the car to the COuveyaucrS many turned
sick at the sight. The woUnied men bore
Il cir sutfeiinGs with f"rtitude and pa.
tlrHCc, a few groans being the only mica.
tIun of their intense agony.
The scene at the mOTgur bCC"arS dcScriB-
ton. There wrr" fifteen bodies laid side
bv sd" III rows. Mothers, sisters, fathers
and brn'h'rS w"re 10 I've seen passing from
holy To body, and with tr'mbing hands
lifting the ""vrrler ami gaZin" on the faces
of the dead. Now ami then Il cry nj anguish
would tell too plainly Of the discovery Of
Sum" dear one carried of in the prime of
manhood.
Ell, doctors ct 20 work sewing up wounds
and did all in their power to alleviate tho
suilrrIn@S. Ono man, Jno. T. 'wiett, died
sh"rtly after arrival At the hospital. W ren
found amUnc the debris he SPOKE ch"eriuly
ANA asked 10 h. allowed 70 walk. On look
ing down 10 cIIoi: so, God, my legs are
Oh.' Aud they were-bu ned uif.
The Coroner rmpanclrd u jury, who
viewed the bodies and teen adjourned lili
two O'vlucH, wuen tuey again mt. Some
evidence was taken and u further adjourn
nI"nt had.
baLcr, the conduc.or OF the freight train,
was Immediately placed under arrest. lie
admitted hr ~ ord r. a. Hamilton To run
to Queens wharf, avoiding all regular
trains. He hooked ~ his ime-tabir, bat
forgot tn" SUBURBAN train on the list % reg
ular trains. Barber dill not show the order
TO IN" engineer, JelTery, al Stratford. This
WIS Je.frrv'- first tlIr on this part OF the
r"hI, and IL was ju.s...E una, 'gUnIn;eh with
the trains. lac "nty train which MAS
passed between Hamilton ami the point OF
"C'.d at WAS the IL" paper tram. gong
v"-J. TINS WAS uas-,d at MInr!CO. II"
hal lis n.nd. he says, on the express,
which Ira,eS the city fifteen mIuut after
tin u Il. utin.
Fujl,. sympathy i, Thoroughly aroused
for III" un.ur uuarr widows amt children.
Already subscription lists have started and
oilers of en:,r. ailments made t. + OXIDE
funds. Severa' ia'n'"eS ~ the men killed
are n poor CITt um,l..:.ccs.
B,sidrS Charlie, thomas, fireman Of the
fire. Ch' train, the following were killed in
stun.lv:
G. Aggetr; leaves wifi" and child.
J">rpn kecter: leaves u wife and two
Child al.
{. Spohn, single; was to be married to.
night.
il. SIHlligan; leaves vile and chill.
j. kr.nI.Iu: wifi. and family.
Alex. CurrUturrs: WI t an large family,
j. " hite; WIZ. aHd five cLildrt..
.in>rph Mcdonald, single.
W. IvrT. SINCE.
Iho>. Barns. single.
e.. Pre~,O t, single.
e.. Seari. single.
john Mckenzie, single.
ChaS. ; an-H, toy, a-cd fourteen.
Jup. R0wIrt leaves wife and child.
Jno. Lynch: wi and family.
Eddie Robinson, boy.
Sam kaiiy, " DOVER; Leaves family. .
H.. Z. herman; vile and child only SIX
days old.
Fred Boethroyd, single.
Hugh Cunningham; wife and three chill.
dren.
Three otne.s are not expected to live
through the night.
The severely injured are W. Rogers,
Patrick No. ton, Matthew WalkSr, Pa;rick
Cavanaugh.
The following were slightly injured: ".
Fitzgerald, Richard tarIIturr>, Michael
Kelly, CmaI4eI Mcdonald. James Kelly,
alexander Banks, john A.c2"tt. John Cor
Ryan, Victor G,reaux, Tuu,. McDoni.id aad
two Muntuomc. bro hers.
TIE damage TO rolling stock is -3.wU.
Manager Hlck>nu az TIE Grand Trunk i'm
- irri Rage. local mana-r-, 20
give every care 10 the wounded.