Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-04
WORSE AND MORE OF IT.
Nothing But spiintcrs Left of the Eight
Cars In the Virginia Railroad Wreck
The Fatal Fiames-A Long
List of the Killed


Cars In the Virginia Railroad wreck
The Final Fiames-A Long
List of the Killed
md Injured.
LYNCHBURG, VA, July 3.-The scene of
the terrible disaster near Thaxton's, on the
Norfolk and Western Railroad, is beyond
description. There is hardly enough left of
the train of eight cars that took the leap to
the bottom of the awful pit to make one
car. As soon as the boiler of the engine ex-
ploded the entire mass of debris took fire,
and those who went down who were not
killed outright were burned to death.
Portions of eight bodies have been taken
out, and it is believed that fully 10 others
were entirely consumed by the fire.
A survivor of the wreck says the cries for
help could be heard from all portions of the
wreck and those unhurt were powerless to
render assistance. The women who man
aged to escape lay about on the damp ground
suffering from the injuries, until daybreak
and many walked long distances to farmers.
Passengers left uninjured did all in their
power for the uniortunates. The following
is the list of killed and wounded thus far
obtainable:
Captain William 81. Ford, baggagemaster,
severely cut on the back of the head, much
bruised and supposed to be injured internally;
Sommers Newly, United States mail agent,
slightly cut about the head; Express Messen-
ger Ashmore, badly hurt and viii probably not
survive; Engineer Pat Donovan, Lynchburg,
killed and burned; Travelling Engineer A. NJ.
James, Roanoke, killed and burned; Fireman
]. Edgar Bruce, Roanoke, killed and burned;
Mail Agent Rose, of Abingdon. killed and
burned; Passenger John Kirkpatrick, Lynch
burg, supposed to have been killed and burned;
Passenger Nathan Cohen. Roanoke, sup
posed tc be killed; Conductor Roland
p. johnson. of Roanoke, badly cut
in the face and around the head;
Brakeman w. G. Glass, of Lyuchburg, arm
broken, head cut and sea lded: Passenger Frank
Tanner, of Lynchburg, slightly cut about the
arm; Bishop A. Wilson, of Dalton, Ga, badly
cut on head; Passenger Temple, badly burned;
]. W. Lifsey, train dispatcher, of Hicksfords,
stenographer for Superintendent Osborne, of
the Western division of the road, wife and
child, killed and burned; Mr.. E. l. Dubarry
Superintendent of the Eastern division,
and John Hardwick and Marshall, of
the same city, were killed and burned;
Mrs. Judge L +. Thompson of stanton, Va,
badly hurt; Mrs. Pattie Darlington, of Balti-
Joseph Goldburg, of New York, hurt on the
leg and shoulder; F. I. Dexter, of Beverly,
Mass, seriously injured: Mrs. r. b. Powell, of
Marshall. Tex, shoulder and back hurt; Mrs.
1nez Spankman, of Marshall, Tex, hurt inter-
nally; ii. w: Martin. of Chattanooga, seriously
hurt; NJ d. Temple. of Chicago, hurt seriously
about the back; ]. A Young dispatcher of
Radford, Va, head badly hurt; Robert B.
Goodfellow, of Roanoke. hand and feet in
jured.
The charred remains of what are supposed to
be eight bodies were found in very minute
particles. The body of Engineer Donovan was
dug out badly mutllated and identified by his
watch.