Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-30
MORE DE- TAILS OF THE HOLOCAUST.

sickening Discoveries in the Embers of
rending Sights and sounds-A Young
Girls Doom and GuavaiIins Attempt to
Rescue Her-Lucky Escape of Man
Other Fatal Occurrences.
HAMILTON, Ont, April 30.-Fuller details
Of Sundays accident describe it as the most
ricksning spectacle ever witnessed in any
such disaster. The cause of the accident is
said now to be due to slippery tracks, Il steep
grade and a curve which the engine jumped
instead of rounding. The express train came
down the grade at a high rate of speed, and
with slippery rails that made it difficult TO
control the momentum of the heavy load.
The train wheeled the first curve in safety,
passed the switch on the embankment, but its
momentum was too great to enable it to
round the second curve Il jumped the track
and bolted straight into the water tank at
the apex Of the Y The engine left the rails
1876 feet from the tank rushed across the in
tervening space like fash, and struck the
tank with such force as to stave IL into
pieces In an instant the so, 900 gallons Of
water rushed down the bank To the marsh
beneath. The wreck of the first four cars
was compete and awful
Indescribable Horrors.
OF the scene that followed no correct ac-
count can be obtained from the survivors.
Amid the escaping steam and the binding
rain the screams of the injured arose from
the awful mound of debris. The survivors
worked like heroes, and in a short time had
removed about dozen wounded from the
wreck. Then the flames leaped out, driving
back the already half stified rescuers. The
heat drove them of, but above the noise Of
escaping steam could be heard frenzied
voices shrieking in the ruins woman's
voice rose high above the rest for few mo-
ments, screaming with pain and fear, and
then 1t was stilled. The fire department. of
the city was sent for and responded. About
o'clock in the afternoon the flames had been
30 far extinguished as to permit search being
made for bodies.
Sickening Work i'm the Wreck.
When the heap of black ashes, filed with
cushion springs and seat irons, was turned
over, body after body was found blackened
and charred out of all semblance of human
ity. Seventeen in all were picked out during
the afternoon, and the workers turned away
sick and Mortified. 1t was most frightfu
holocaust One of the through passengers
who did not give his name, related that
when the accident happened he crawled out
and ran forward to assist those who were
imprisoned in the wreck The first cry he
heard was that of woman. Bending in
over the debris he saw young girl with one
leg out of a car window. She told him she
was caught by the other and he made efforts
to release her. The flames spread rapidly
towards where she was caught and forced
him back, and the means of the victim left
there to die grew fainter till at length they
ceased.
Released just In Time.
Mr.. A. J. Carpenter, n passenger from
Yankton, d. T., was on his way to Richtielt
Springs, N. Y. He said: al was in ths
smoker when the first jolt occurred. In thu
smoker at that time were about eighteen.
was thrown forward in the car and two mel
fell on top of me One of them had his leg
caught fast in the timbers. / got out from
under him and with the aid of the fireman
got the man out just rs the flames reached
him We had a close call