Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-29

BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION - TWENTY
| WOUNDED AND LIST OF THEIR NAMES.
| Yesterday morning terrible railroad acct
| dent occurred near Hamilton. Ont in which
| eighteen persons were killed and twenty in
| iured. The accident occurred at Junction
| where a ~ is built. This '.Y'' is used to
| switch through trains for Toronto to the To-
routo branch from the main line. The train is
said TO have been running at speed of 40
miles an hour or more, when, directly on
| crossing the switch. the engine jumped the
| track and Pblnged into a water tank. which
stood in a space between the ''Y,' smashing
| the tank into atoms and turning almost upside
| down.
! The baggage cars came directly after the
/ engine, and the first of these was pitched over
the engine and thrown on the main track, leav-
/ ing its wheels behind it.
The other baggage car caught fire from the
engine. and the two were soon in flames The
coaches following. with the exception of the
two Wagner cars in the rear of the train. were
huddled together by The shock and soon caught
fire from the baggage cars.
BURIED ALIVE.
The passengers on the train numbering over
$50. many of whom were asleep at the time.
had terrific experience. A majority of those
on the train were able to get out of the coaches
before the fire reached them. but in the confu-
( sion that relCGeN 1t is not known how many
victims were left to the mercy of the flames
penned Ill by the material OF the wreck and
unable to cxtricate themselves.
Il. ;. Quincy of Brooklyn, n. Y. had his
/ head completely severed from his body by q
piece OF flying debris. Rudolph Deerer, whose
address Is not known. was also killed MANY
OF those on the train were on their way to New
York to take part In the centennial festivities
Among them was part of the Detroit Light
Infantry. but none of them were injured. with
the exception of one who got slight cut over
MS eye. Most OF the passengers lost all or por-
/ ton OF their baggage and clothing. and large
| amount of the mails were lost by fire.
There was great difficulty in securing water.
owing to the tank being smashed, and the fire
held sway for many hours before a thorough
search could be made through the debris
Up to ) o'clock the charred remains of
! eighteen victims had been exhumed from the
wreck. In no case was there enough of the
body left 10 identify the remains or TO tell
whether the person was of the male or female
sex.
THE WOUNDED.
The names of the wounded now in the hos
pltal are as follows:
James \. Palmer. of Hon " Y. head cut
but not seriously hurt: Hamilton Clark No.
III West ONO street. Chicago. double fracture
of the right leg. bruised badly. head cut. and
probably internally injured of all the in
jurcd he is the worst. but he will probably re-
cover. Anthony Nlaaz or MART an Italian on
his way from Wisconsin to Italy, head cut but
not seriously: Edwin Chapman. fireman. head
badly cut over right eye. not seriously hurt:
Enoch Kenyon. OF London. England n mining
engineer. rlbF broken. not seriously injured: c.
{. Abel. EdwIrdsport. Ind. slight injuries;
VIM. Leipsey. No. 90 North Sangamon street
Chicago. ankle badly sprained; \. /. Doney,
Danvl!le. H.. cut about head. not seriously:
George White. a German. on his way from Hi
nois II Union Hill. right ear cut off and scalp
wound, not serious; Andrew j. Carpenter
Aankton. Oak, injured about head. but not
seriously; :. L. Young, No. 2s4 North avenue,
Chicago. very slightly hurt; Joseph Morris,
East Sioux Falls. Oak. on bis way TO Ciark's
island. Me-. scalp wound, bruised leg and
shoulders, not serious.
THE DEAD.
When the charred bodies were taken out of
the wreck it was found that they were cut to
pieces almost to man. and burned beyond all
possibility of recognition. They were huddlcd
together In Il heap i'll the end OF the smoker
and were pinned In by timbors which made it
impossible for them to eXtricate themselves
Nothing could be done for them. as the fierce
ness OF the flames made 1t out OF the question
for men to Rescue them.
The only way in which it could be ascer-
tanned that eighteen bodies had been taken
ont was from the fact that legs and arms cor
responding to about that number were found
IL will probably be days before the dead are
identified.
\ dispatch from Suspension Bridge. Y. Y.
says: A special tram on the Grand Trunk came
III to-day about lao pm. having on board
ABOUT StNeEtE-hve OF the passengers that were
III the accident that occurred a short distance
west Of Hamilton this morning. Among them
we're four men who were badly cut and injured
about the head and body. One of them was
james Williams, of 33S Prospect avenue
BROOKLYN, who was on his way from Chicago to
his home. and Is i'll the employ OF T.. H. Nc
Cam. He has several bad cuts upon his head
and a bruise on his cheek bone lie lost his
overcoat. hat, watch. grip and contents, and
quite Il sum of money.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
Malcolm Mckay, of Boston. on his way from
Chicago to New York, in the employ of \. L.
Munro, of New York. was another of the in
jured. liz relating his experience he said: Il
have no idea how ] got ont OF the wreck but
would not be surprised If | went through a
window. as the doctor took several pieces of
glass from the cuts in my head | am hurt
here tplaclng ms hand over his heart. and can
feel the pain through my bOdE. / remember
the doctor saying my back was all black and
blue. Il have q faint remembrance of two
men helping me stand. but was halfway here
before l clearly understood what had hap
pencd.'
Another SAYS that he saw the body of f. W.
jefferson. OF sos Munroe street. BROOKLYN,
headiess, after he. himself, was rescued