The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-18
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In one car they found John Lynch
of Wilkesbarre hanging from the roof
by one leg. His cries brought friends,
who, torelieve his suffering, stood upon
wreckage and held his weight upon
their backs until ,,e was released from
his terrible position.
a young lady was found caught by
the lower limbs. One of her limbs was
quickly released, but the other could
not be freed, and an unfortunately mis-
directed blow Of an axe severed it from
her body She heroica!ly bore her tor
ture, and, ~.taking out her gold watch,
she handed it to an acquaintance as e
gift toa friend at home. She was put
on board one Of the trains and given all
possible care, but she could not survive
her terrible injuries, and died in the
arms of friends on board the car.
To free the bodies in the car the
trainmen attached the locomotive to
the wrecked engine and started to pull
it from the wreck. The first move
ment of the shattered wreck brought
from the wounded such awful cries of
distress that surrounding friends order
ed the engineer to desist on pain Of his
life. They did not wish to see the
mangled forms still further mutilated.
The few houses about the spot were
thrown open to the suffering, and bon
fires were lighted to aid in the work Of
relief.
Passengers on the train state that
they saw the train ahead when far
down the road. They sprang from their
seats and started in wender and sur
prise that the train did not slacken its
speed. Suddenly their engineer and
fireman were seen to jump. Then
came the shock. Engineer Harry
Cook and Fireman Hugh Gallagher
sustained slight injuries. The fireman
subsequently stated that he saw a red
light, informed the engineer and then
jumped.
Passengers gave many different ae-
counts of the probable cause of the
accident. Some attribute it to negli-
gence of the fagman in not going back
with red light. Others say the fourth
section, which ran into the third, had
no air brakes.
After news was received at the hospi-
tai confirming the worst fears, the
scenes at the depot were heart-rending
indeed. Several hundred persons as
sembled as the report spread. that a
train was approaching; then rush
was made for the platform. A line Of
policemen and railroad employees were
drawn up to keep back the crowd. 1t
was then reported that the wounded
were On board, and were to be taken OF
to Mill Creek, near the hospital, and
there to be transferred.
One desperate man, hearing this,
sprang forward, and, with an awful i'm
precation, declared his family were Oh
the train and that any attempt to keep
him from them would cost life. 1t
was learned a little later that no
wounded were on board.
AS the train drew up it was found to
contain many from Pleasant Valley
and Minook, who had left dead friends
behind. AS they alighted and met &C
quainta noes their shrieks and walls
were pitiful to hear. One young woman
moaned that her father and sister were
dead; another a brother, and so it went.
The crowd became wild with excite
ment. Gradually the facts narrated
above were cleaned from the more COM
posed.
A sad incident was the presence on
the platform of Michael Whalen of
Pleasant Valley. Up and down he wan
dered, questioning each one as to his
two boys, aged respectively II and IA
years. Finally one of the passengers
remembered that one Of the boys was
hurt. The strong man groaned. His
! informant hurried away and told re-
porter that he thought both boys were
dead.
The report getting abroad in Scran-
ton, number Of persons who had
friends on the train hired special train,
on which they came down to this city.
They were desirous Of going on to the
scene Of thewreck, but were refused
permission by the company. They were
indignant at the treatment received.
= special train of three cars, in charge
of DR.. w. Trimmer Of White Haven, ar
rived here at o'clock this morning
from the wreck with "a injured persons.
They were placed in care Of DR.. W. G..
Weaver of this city, who accompanied
them to the city hospital. Dr.. Trimmer
reports that many of the injured are
badly burned by the mass coming from
the engine stack.
The list of identified dead now foots
up sixty-one, and the number of in
jured twenty-five. Two of the injured
brought here died to-day in the hospit-
al, and FIVE or six more are likely to die.
The number ofinjured is surprisingly
small in proportion to the total casual
ties. There still remain a number O.
unidentified bodies.
WILL COST HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, October r.
All the injured and dead by the MuG
River accident, with the exception O.
one of the former, have been removed
from the scene of the wreck. Miss Can
non, of Hyde Park, had her back bro
| ken and she cannot be removed Pete,