Evening journal., 1889-07-03
CRUSHED AND CREMATED
Another Railroad Horror Near
Roanoke, Va. !. .m
TWELVE BODIES REcoyERED,

And Fifteen or Twenty Others Missing
Seventeen People gnjured-Ths III Fated
Train Plunged Into Chasm and Then
Took Fire--A Terrible Disaster.
BALTIMORE, July 3-The Suns special
from Roanoke, Va, says: The eastbound
passenger train on the Norfolk and Western
road which left here at 1905 a. M. was
wrecked at Thaxton's, twenty-five miles dis
tant from this city, at 1.05 p. m. The bag
gage, express, smoker, passenger and two
Pullman cars burned, having taken fire from
the explosion Of gasoline lamp in one OF the
coaches.
Headlong Into q yawning Chasm.
The train went into chasm created by q
washout while IL was going at the rate Of
forty miles an hour. II is impossible to give
an exact list of the killed and wounded on
account Of the meagerness Of the informa-
ton obtainable. There Is only one wire In
use between Roanoke and the scene Of the
accident, and It Is next to impossible TO get
anything over it but railroad business
The Name. OF the Killed.
The names Of the killed as far as positively
ascertained are:
Patrick Donayan, Lynchburg, Va
Charles Bruce, Roanoke, Va, fireman.
l. b. Summers, Abindon, Va, mail agent
A. s. Francis, Marion, Va, mail agent
Nathan Cohen, merchant, Roanoke, Va,
en- route 10 Germany to visit his parents.
w. G Stead, Cleveland, Tenn, on route 10
England.
J, w Beai. Cleveland, Tenn, en- route to
PARIS
A. M. James, Roanoke, Va, travelling en-
| ginemnn OF the road.
J. W. Linsay, Roanoke, Va, train dis
patcher
John kirkpatrick, Lynchburg, Va
Dennis Melon, Roanoke, janitor Of the gens
eral offices OF the Norfolk and Western Rail-
road company, who was en- route 70 New
York 70 he married.
A little niece Of Mrs Judge Thompson, Of
Staunton, Va
is or 40 Others Reported Dead
II is believed that fifteen or twenty others
perished, as there were nearly seventy per-
sons ON the train and between fifteen and
twenty are unaccounted for The dead we're
horribly cremated
Names Of the Injured.
The injured are:
Bishop Alpheus w. Wilson, Of Baltimore
wrist cut and body slightly bruised. He Is.
at the Hotel Roanoke here and viii be able
70 leave for home in a few days. The bishop,
/ lost his gold watch, all his clothing, and 5000
al j. r. Temple, Pottsville, Pa, bead and
, limbs burned.
r.. F. Dexter, Beverly, Mass, severely
bruised on the head and body.
A j. B Young Radford, Va, arm mashed.
!. Mrs. Judge Thompson, stAunton, Va,
I bruised and deranged with grief over the
death Of her little nieca
4 Roland johnson, Roanoke Va, conductor,
. frightiully cut on the head and face
T. c. Dunbarry, superintendent, bruised
severely
W. C Glass, Roanoke, Va, baggage agent,
arm broken
W. H Hayward Pullman conductor,
4 shoulder hurt
I J. D Tanner, Lynchburg, Va, badly
Q bruised
Joseph Goldberg, New York, leg and
d shoulder bruised and hand hurt
(. Miss Inez jackson, Texas, bruised
& r. b. Goodfellow, Roanoke, hand and
i foot injured
!. J. c. cassel, Roanoke, superintendeut.
s IL W Marsin, Chattanooga, Tenn. cut
u and bruised
= NJ D. Temple, Chicago, back injured.
,s Mrs r. Young Marshall, Tex, body
l. bruised.
u sl4. 900 on Mr.. stead's BODY.
On the body Of MIR, W. G. Stead, OF CIeve-
D. land, Tenn, was found the sum Of Si4 600.
He was on his summer vacation and was GO
ing 70 England
Fearful Death by Fire.
/. The in fated train was passing over a cul-
vert when the track gave way and the whole
:, | train went through 70 the bottom twenty
! five feet below All OF the cars FIVE IN num-
I Der, with the engine, were piled up in hope
J, lessly confused mass The darkness which
I, reigned over all for a moment was quickly
! dispelled as the woodwork Of the cars was
! ignited by the flames from the lamps It
s was only few minutes after that the wreck
! was all ablaze and TO the horror Of bruised
and broken limbs and mangled bodies was
\ added the certainty Of fearful death by fire.
The shrieks Of the wounded.
Many had gone to their death quickly, but
the shrieks Of the wounded, pinned down by
! the heavy timbers and by rods Of twisted
h iron as the flames slowly crept towards them
+ and began their awful work, made the scene
one Of intense horror. Those who were able
|. to crawl from the wreck lent their aid, BY the
\ light Of the flaming timber to their less for
r. tunate companions. But little could be done
b. tor them There were no tools at hand with
i which to cut the timber that held them down,
= and they laid there helpless and were roasted
! in full sight of those who had been fortunate
J. enough 70 escape.
II is believed that fully thirty people have
been killed
!, at Gettysburg.
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