St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-03
The Most Appalling Railroad
Accident Which Virginia
Has Ever Known.
A Heavily Loaded Passenger
Train Drops Through a De-
feetive Culvert.
The Wreck Takes Fire and
Dozens of Persons Are
Cremated.
Estimated That Thirty Per-
iShed and Twice as Many
We're Injured.

ALTOONA, Pa. July "A Waterspout
broke over this city about 10 o'clock
tonight, doing great damage. The rain
is now coming down in torrents. Reports
from South Fork state that the great
viaduct is in danger and no trains from
the West have come in since o'clock.
The Juniata is rising beyond bounds at
Tyrone. and if the storm continues the
middle division trains will be annuiled
until morning. Kittaning Point reser-
VOlr. this city'S water supply, is eX-
pected to break. The water is pouring
over its banks like small Niagara, and
should it go the city will lose $780,
600. Mrs. II. l.. Nicholson, wife of the
Pennsylvania ticket agent, was struck
by lightning and is not expected to re-
cover. The Pennsylvania agent at Hol-
lidaysburg. A. M. Hyle, wife and child
were found unconscious in their home
from the effect of a stroke. The dam
age by the WaterSpOut is widespread
and cannot be estimated at this hour =
midnight.
LIST OF THE UNFORTUNATES.
The names of the killed, as far as pos
itively ascertained. are:
PATRICK DONOVAN. Lynchburg, Va.
CHARLES BRUCE, Roanoke. Va, fire
man.
L. B. SUMMERS, Abingdon, Pa. mail
agent
NATHAN COHEN. merchant Roanoke.
Va, en- route to Germany to visit his parents.
w. S. STEAD. Cleveland. Tenn, en- route to
England
j. W. BEAL, Cleveland, Tenn, en- route to
Paris.
a. NJ. JAMES. Roankoe, Va, travelling
engineer OF the road.
j. ". LINDSAY, Roankoe, Va, train dis
patcher.
JOHN KIRKPATRICK, Lyuehburg, Va.
DENNIS MILTON, Roanoke, janitor of the
general ot1ces OF the Norfolk d Western
Railroad company, was en- route to New
York TO be married.
a little niece of Mrs. Judge Thompson, of
Staunton. Va.
It is believed 10 or 20 others perished,
as there were nearly seventy persons on
the train, and between Is and 20 are un-
accounted for. The dead were horribly
cremated.
The injured are Bishop Alpheus W VIII
son. of Baltimore. wrist cut and body slightly
bruised He is at the Hotel Roanoke here.
ana will be able to leave for Baltimore in a
few days. The bishop lost his gold watch,
all his clothing and $500. j; f. Tenn
pie. Pottsvllle, Pa. head and limbs burned;
+. 7. Dexter. Beverly, Mass, severely bruised
on head and body; j. B. Young, Radford,
Va. arm mashed: Mrs. Judge Thompson,
StauntOn, Va. bruised ana deranged with
grief over the death of her little
neice; Roland Johnson, Roanoke, Va,
conductor, frightfully cut on head and face;
E. C. DuBarry superintendent. bruised Sc
verely: W. c. Glass. Roanoke, arm broken:
W. H. Hayward. Pullman conductor shoulder
hurt; j. D. Tanner. Lynchburg, badly bruised;
Joseph Goldberg, New York, leg and
shoulder bruised. and hand hurts Miss
Inez Jackson. Texas, bruised: R. B.
Goodfellow Roanoke, hand and foot injured:
j. c. Casseil, Roanoke. superintendent, arm
hurt. II. W. Marsin. Chattanooga. Tenn,
cut and bruised NJ D. Temple, of Chicago,
back injured. Mrs. R. B. Young. Marshall
Tex. body bruised. On the body of W. c..
Stead, of Cleveland, Tenn, was found the
sum of $4,000. He was on his summer va
catinn and WAS gOing 10 England