Telegram-herald., 1889-07-04
THIRTY KILLED.
Fully That Many Lost in Tues
days Railway Accident
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IYscEBVke. VA. JAIN AT least tlsirty
lises ~ere lost il tAe fearful Aecidens
II hieh occurred ON the AaEfelk
Western railroad AT - o'clock Tues
day lnoraiEs eAe Iaile above laaAtoE's
sa-eA and thirty -one miles atoys
the -ity Rain had been falling alsaess
continuously ana al times very heavily
for twenty -foar hours, swelling the mount
ain streams greatly beyond their nVr-
nal state several trains had passed
over the road during the night and It
Vas thought that the tine VAS safe for
traffie. notwithstanding the rains AID that
no danger need he eplaehended Al the
place OF the accident however the water
lad und fIained the road-bed and caused
washout about eighty feet long and nfty
feet wide The water al this point
Was eight TO sen feet deep Into
this watery guieh the engine made
frightfui leap while running At the rate OF
thirty miles sn hour carrying with II tie
tender and eight cars Az the engine struck
bottom the rushing of the water into the
locomotive exploded the boiler This
fact greatly augmented the cstastro-
phe. Debris WAS tnrCwn Ia every
direction by the force of the eApio-
sion. inluring some OF those ca The
train 10y the flying fragments and scattering
fiTebrands which igniJed the woodwork of
the coaches The flames spread and de
stroyed a large amount OF mail and express
matter besides spreading panic among the
already terror stricken passengers IL is
supposed that some of the passengers
were unable ~ extricate themselves
from the wreck and were consumed
In the flames. but 1t Is difficult
10 get accurate information. as the
employees OF the Norfolk A Western railroad
refuse 10 give any information 10 the pub
lie Ii is impossible TO state the number of
persons killed, but the most reliable esti-
mates place IL at between twenty i've and
thirty. The number OF wounded will be
far IN excess OF the number killed Thirty
OF the wounded have been taken 10 koa-
noke, thirteen 10 Bufordsville and nifty TO
Liberty Among those who are known 10
have lost their lives are:
Charles Bruce. of Lynchburg. fireman. scaia-
ed TO death; Nathan Cohen. OF Roanoke. Ell
route for Germany VIA New YORK, Patrick
Donovan, OF Lyncnourg. engineer; A. 5 Fran
CTS, OF Marion. mail agent, A ID James.
of Roanoke. travelling engineer OF the
road; j. w. Livsay, OF Roanoke. train dis
patcher; Dennis Melon Janitor of the railroad
Offices. en- route 10 New York TO be
married; w. c. Stead, OF Cleveland. Tenn.
a stranger, bound for Paris wa New York. L.
Is. Summers, OF Abingdon. Va, mai agent.
little girl supposed 10 be the adopted daughter
OF Mrs. Judge Thompson. OF Staunton. Va; }.
w. Dubarry superintendent OF the Eastern ei.
vision j. j. Rose, postal clerk, OF Abingdon. Va
John kirkpatrick, OF Lynchbufg, The husband
and two children OF lady passenger on the
train whose name can not be learned
Mr. Stead was an Englishman and was
agent Of Idaho hunting and fishing
pedition He was on his way 10 Eng land
for supplies when he met his death On
his person was found package containing
&l4, ,0Oo.
Conductor johnson, Bishop Wilson, Ex-
press Messenger Ashmere. Mrs. Judge
Thompson, Major ]. c. Cassel, superin-
tendent of the road, and Baggage master
Ford are among those most badly hurt A
number of others, including several ladies
from Texas are slightly njured