Connecticut western news., 1889-06-19
KILLED ON A PLEASURE TRIP.
Fearful Loss of Life in an Irish
 Railroad Wreck

Fearful Loss of Life in an Irish
 Railroad Wreck.
 A dispatch from Dublin says: train con- taining an excursion party from Armog gh has been wrecked near that place. The train con- taincd 200 persons. composed of Methodist Sunday y-schoo scholars, their teachers and relatlves. They were on an excursion to War ren Point. The excursion party lief Armagh in two trains. The accident occurred at point where the trains had to ascend a grade on @ bank fifty feet high. The first train ascended the grade without trouble. The second sec ton attempted the ascent, but the weight of the train proved too great for the engine. Several cars were detached and allowed to run back toward the level track. but before they reached it they came in collision with an ordinary train from Armagh, which was proceeding at good rate of speed. The ex- cursion cars were completely wrecked
 Hosts of volunteers were soon at hand and the dead and wounded were taken from the wreck and carried down the bank Medical aid was called for and special train from from that city and number of medical men from other places between Belfast and Ar magh
 Further dispatches from Armagh show that the accident was far more serious than at first reported Seventy bodies have been
 
 buried under the debris. Warren Point, the place where the party was bound is 8 water ing place at the mouth of the Newry River in county Down.
 train was inadequate. While the. second train was ascending the incline the engineer remarked to the fireman: "I am afraid we can't do it. The following train was com mencing the ascent when the engineer saw the runaway cars. Shutting off the steam and 4l,.>l man jumped from the engine, shouting to the passengers to do likewise.
 The latter, however, not nearing the cries, did not obey. No one was injured on that train. The engine was hurled sixty feet down an embankment. The carriage that ran into the engine was shattered to splinters, and fragments of dresses, umbrellas, etc., were scattered hundreds of yards. A dozen corpses were found beneath the engine in a parboiled condition. Some of the occupants of the runaway cars tried to escape, but the doors were locked The front part of the train started back in pursuit of the runaway cars, and the passengers saw the collision at dis tance of 300 yards
 A car driver named Hughes, who visited the scene of the disaster was, so mortified at the sight that he died on the spot. His body was taken to Armagh in his own car.
 Before starting on the fatal excursion the children paraded through the streets of Ar magh with flags and banners. The party of excursionists included ministers, teachers. the parents of some of the children, and few other adults.
 The accident happened opposite Sir Capel's Molyneux's establishment on the Belfast road. The passengers all complain bitterly of the stupidity of those in charge of the wrecked train, who, they say, tried to block the wheels of the detached cars with s'peb- bles."
 The train consisted of fifteen carriages The bulk of the children were in the front portion of the train. Only about dozen children were killed. The majority of the victims were about twenty years of age. They were in the last carriage, which was completely smashed Many of the occupants jumped from the windows and escaped with slight injuries be- fore the collision. The passengers in the req, train were notiniured They alighted and as sisted in the work of relief. The scenes on tho identification of victims by friends or relativ es were painful in the extreme.
 All the bodies have been taken from the wreck The total killed ig 72, of which GA have been identified.