, 1889-07-04
TERRIFIC DEATH.
"A Train Dashes Iuto a Deep
and Watery Gulch.
.Pinioned Passengers Slowly
Consumed by Flames.
'nrs KILLED ani Upwards Of Mun-
ared wouud-a-A Tale Of
Suffering

LtscHRcse, Va. July "A fearful ac.
c,usnt ny which several lives we're Iost
ana large nuniber Of people Injured me.
CURED on the Norfolk d Western railroad
snis morning, one n,iIe nbve FIaxton 8
SNlteh. an" three miles above tii. citv
KAN had been falling almost continuous
~ fpr twenty four hours, swelling the
mountain streams greatly beyond ib,Jr
normal state. several trains had passed
over the road during the night and il was
tnouBht th- line "as sale Tor ttattic not
withstanding the rsius. and that nu d.n
ger ute'i be apprehended
AT 'ne place OF the accident, however.
the water had undermined the rundh,d
and caused a.washout about eighty feet Ionp
anu hity feet VIDE. The water at this
point WAS ten ieet deep. In.
gine insde friphtful leap, while
running ut rate OF thirty mile. an hour
carrying with it the tender aud pilbt ca,s.
AS The eugine struck the bottom, III. rush.
ilS ~ "A'er into the locomotive explod,d
tue boiler, This lac, generally augmented
the oatastrophe Debris was thrown in
every hiftctlon by the force OF the exrlo.
sion, injuriug some Of those ou the train
Dy rylbx fragments and SCATTERING hr..
prhhds. which isnlted the woodwork of
tne coaches. The flames spread and de
sur 'yeu large amount Of mail aud .x.
pres H.lter' besides spreading u pane
DhSSHn
Iers. IL Is supposed that some pussruv,rs
were unable To * ,ficute themselves from
the wreck and were CONSUMED i'm the
ndmes. lt Is Impossible to state the npin.
Der vi persons, but ths most reliable .sti
t,nte places IL at bet Hren twenty aud
shirty,
Thus number would be far in excess nj
the number killed. Thirty OF the Wounded
have been taken To Roanoke thirteen to
burordsylile aud atty to Liberty The
adopted daughter OF Mrs. Judge Thomp.
ron ot Augusta county was Killed and
Mr.; Thoinpson herself is known 10 be
osdly hurt. Donovan. the engineer, with
bis brennan, was scalded and burned to
death Nv the escaping steam. Train Dis.
pstcher Lipsly Biso burned tn death.
Among Others who lost their lives were
) j. Rose. postal clerk OF Abingdon. Va
John Kirk rkpstrick Of I.ynchburp, w. g.
stead aud two children OF a passenger on
the train whose name cannot be learned
stead vas an I'm slishman aud agent Of the
Idaho hunting and fishing expedi.
Non; He wss on his way TO
England for supplies. Major Gas.
'eil, superintendent of the Lynchburg
division VI the Norfolk & Western was on
the train and was seriously injured, ~
were al-o Baggage Master Ford aud Cap
fsin Johns o., who WAS in charge of the
tram. l., Is. Summers, postal clerk, was
badly bruised but fortunately escaped with
MS returning mate, hose. There Is no
tsiegraphic comin nicatiou nearer the
wreck than Liberty, and il IL hard to get
lniorma'ion rom there, M the Norfolk &
Western refused TO permit reporters to 20
on the train which went there.
A relief train Vas made up at lynch
turg late I'm the evening To go to tn. scene
OF the wreck. A number of physicIans
went Oh To do what they cou ld for the
wounded A dispatch received at IL
o'clock from the scene OF the wreck by
way oi Liberty, SAVE Fix dead bodies are
In the roifs. The rallroad company has
taken y large cOrrs of physicians ; the
scene OF the wreck FROM Roanoke, Liberty
and other points. IL il thought a large
number OF bodies were burned iu tho con-
hagration.