Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-15
EAST OF THE ROCKIES.
Terrible Accident to an
ExeuruIon Trails.
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Silver Creak, New YoFk. says that Nj
ARara Falls exsarsion train q TIE Niek.
Il Plate hallway andeI tAa nanazenani
Of J. W. BafieF. exsursiaa sQsnf. col
iided with q locaf frciaht train in eni
% cuKva iass east q there a. N oselaok
this morning. Both enQineers and are-
men saved themselves by Jumping
O1ly thoso IN The smokinQ ear wers
hart. that ear being eompistalV tals-
Seeped hy khs baagaae car. Only q par
fiaI lisi of tha killed ean b nivsn row.
several bodies are manEisd beyond r.
eogniiion.
Among she killed are ". W. Loamis.
of Erie. Ha1ry Gadhara and ann. John
+. GedAAFt. q PitfshnrR; Saaphan Cam
eron. Mayer Ct Waterford. Pa; John
S1doF, of PittaburQ; David Shsrf. W
". RssiatteF and Mr.. LipAir, q Erie;
Nm. Reynolds, of DunkiFk; Sohn MaV-
era. of Erie, and Aaron Parkharsa, Il
May8gillo. Iwo bodies have mne been
idsnaiasd. Osa 4 lhoarllt 8 hs tSss
of q son of LOOMS. Tha accident seems
70 have been eaused b = misandsr-
standing of telegraph orders. Fourteen
seriously woandod have sean taken from
The wreck.
Ths Yea dsa are: Hsary Huyok, Of
sleritina, Pa, both laRs eEuahsd, very
serious; >. Tracy, Of Erie. head and
shoulders injured ssri0ualg; Wm. Fin
negly. Of Ere badly hart; Louis Linx
Of Erie. badly hnrt; Martin Rosbalten,
Of kEie, shoulder and leg iniarsd, not
ssrieusly; Afchis Oampbsll, cl Erie, ss.
Ei0naly injured; E. w. Marble. Of Erie,
legs hraken serionaly; ChsA Schsnder,
of EFia, head and shealders injured
ssrio1sly; Chas. DilleE, of Erie, riRhi lee
broken and head cut; ]. p. HeFFinRlon,
os EFie. badly injured; Joseph Tupper,
of summit, Pa. badly brnisads Phiio
Llnteg, residence unknown. legs crushed
and NJ. CObarn. Of Tiiasviils, injured
slightly.
TAsfs are various oausss given fos the
collision. Enginesg WIN. Harris u tha
freight train h blamed. IL ID said thal
be haa orders TO meet tie excursion
train e living. he failed 10 oboy IN
strnetions aud vas Funnina e full
epeed when she crash occurred. The
train men win not talk regarding who
h 70 blame. A gentleman Who vas on
the train said that the ffeight'a oFdsra
we're % 10 10 Silver Greek, and The pas
ssaReE train % Irving, which b this
side, and Il vas these orders that
caused the collision.
Tue excitemeat amonQ the survivors
vas intense. The scene il the smoking
car vas most harroWiaq. The ART
warning was q slight lar caused by The
heavy pressure Of the air brakes. Some
Of the passengers stirred themselves IL
their seata. seemingly appEehendinR
danger. Then came terrible ahock.
followed BY the smashing Of windows
and roof OF the car. and all vas a mass
Of bleeding and struggling humanity.
Men oovefed with blood we're
locked IN each others arms,
while underneath them and on
ell sides lay the poor unfortunaiss who
we're instantly killed, crushed out of
all human resemblance. The wounded
eragled out OF the debris and we're as
sisted 20 neiQhboring houses. The pso.
pie bfouRht bedding, ETC., on whioh
they lay the dead aud dyina. and did
ell they could 20 relieve tha su4srines
OF the wounded until the arrival Of
medical aid.
Geaeral Fairchfla a. Charleston.
CHAnLEsros, Sept. 1a.--Rx Governor
Fairchlid, Of Wisconsin. Commander
in-Chief Of the Grand Arny Of the Re
public, and Oolsnel 3. B. Gray, arrived
here yesterday and spent teday examin.
ming the effects Of the earthquake and
csnsniting with the Mayer and the
Committee on Relief. Ths object Of
Governor FaiFchild'G visit is 20 see
whether Il ia naesssaEy 30 make a. ap-
peal 30 the Grand Army for assistance
for Charleston. The situation has been
faily explained 20 him.
AZ = meeting Of the Relief C0mmittes
today Il Vas stated that Il will take at
least 81, 900, 600 70 put the necessary r.
pairs % the housas Of persons who are
utterly unable 70 make theif hoasaa safe
aud habitablo. Forms Of applieations
f0r assistance 10 rebuilding viii Be
issued tomorros, and plans will BE- CON-
plsied likesisa for giving limited pesun.
iaFy relief 10 those IN need Of clothing.
bedding, etc, u o0naequenoe Of the
earthquake. BFiokiayers ere paid : q
day and plasseFers 81. which tends 70
check building operations.
view mampshirc Repablacaas.
OoscoHp, IN. q. Sept. 1.-The r >
NET. orRaniEsd. and nominated Taos.
n 04Nlc " AoF 1gfNE1o4s $50 So 4e0koeo
Rntil thia afternoon.
The platform realnrms devotion 20
the cardinal pFinciples which have ani.
mated the party ever giBes ltl OFganix3-
tion. The resolutions adopted advooate
TIE ten h0nF iAB, exomption Of wages
frem trustee process. abolition Of ehild
labor 10 misunderstanding corporations,
and Submission 70 the people 0f oonsti-
t1tionAl prohibitory amendments, ar
raigns rreaidanf OleVelaad for vatoiaa
the psuaion billa and the Democratic
party IN Congress for opposing tAe ex-
tension Of American oommsFoe, and for
its inactivity on TIE fisheries qusstion.
Fatal Kxploalsn.
6pHEaoEfnz.D. (Maas.). Sept I&.-Aa
exploeion ooouKrod IL the mixing build
inc 81 the Zeylonite works nt Adams
last evening, by which the bailding
was dsmoli Vhsd and AmbFoss b. Jerks
and Charles r. kinbali. niRht work.
man, we're killed.
maYoF BsWmaa's 9aFderer.
81. Lsu1s, Sept. 14.--Arthar Arfh.
b1.nual, alias Al. PiltmAn, alias Chaa.
walker. alias Paraons. recently arrested
at Irsinaton. Team. haa eonfeesed 20
The sheriff of thsi ooonty Of having
muFdsged ths late Mayer Bowman, of
Esaf st. Lsuis. on the tWeatieth of last
NoVembeF. The sheriff haa ssnt the
sonfeasisn 70 the East g. L1uis aaihoF
itlea.
0hs confession h as follous. During
ths early Fart q November, 1876, va
ViaitinR in East ~. Louis. and whils
walking Ia tue oatakifis of town aboas
dusk one evening. I gas approaahed b
. weil dressed man of pleasina manusrs
Who stoppsd aad eonveFsed With ms.
AfssE = whiis hs asked ne u I wanted
30 make some mo8ny. 4 toiG hin yes.
wAs prettg bard np, % uas roady g
DO most auytbine. he sid there eas
9 mas II kasi 8 Lsnis whom b wanted
% b. put COS d ths way. ] told bin
tbat w9a his ~ ~ aud esnid make A.
ranRemants % kidnap his victim he
sid be didn't want him EldnaBped. bai
pat ouf of ne gay. sid tbai seaia
marder ths maa fer tol0. II ! aas
RainR 10 b. kanesd a. eli. ! wanted 30
aail uynaif Tor . aeesut amount. 1 did
not intend % csmmit nnflief, noWsvsf
! msanf - kf3nap Ne man a1d kesp
kim IL a. asylam. and b fhia neana
soaia axsorl maney fton ny eap4fsa
and my pEineipal "a Ne sans tlme.
ihsa mada a. appoinlnsent 70 meei
hfm aqain, and q this sao1ud IN
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