Morning journal and courier., 1889-06-13
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 IA RAILROAD HORROR Over Seventy Excursionists
 Killed in Ireland. NEWS FROM HENRY M. STANLEY. A Great Exodus of Work |
 men From JohnstoWn. l,l92 BODIES RECOVERED TO DATE l The Work of Restoration l at Seattle Progressing.
l,I92 BODIES RECOVERED TO DATE
IN EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED


 ! school Excursion i'm Ireland-Over a ! Hundred Passengers Injured - A | Dozen Parboiled OOrpses Found Be- meath the Engfne-A>Car Driver Dies of Horror.
 DUBLIN, June 12-A train containing an excursion party from Armagh hes been wrecked near that place. The passengers numbered 1 200 persons, Methodist Sunday school scholars, their teachers and relatives, going to Warren Point, watering place at the mouth of the Newry river, in county Down. Seventy bodies have been taken from the wreck, and there are others buried beneath the debris. Over hundred of the passengers were injured.
 The excursion party left Armagh in two trains this morning. 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 trou- ble. The second section attempted the as- cent, but the weight of the train proved too great for the engine. Several cars were detached and allowed to run back to the level track, but before they reached it they cam in collision with an ordinary train from Armagh which was proceeding at good
 
 completely wrecked. The scene which en- sued was heartrending. Hosts of volunteers were soon at hand and the dead and injur- ed were taken from the wreck and carried down the bank. Medical aid wes called for and special train from Belfast brought to and number of medical men from other places between Belfast and Armagh.
 The disaster is unparalleled in the railroad history of Ireland. The accident has cast gloom over the Armagh. All the shops were closed this afternoon and the people are in general mourning.
 The engineer, fireman and guard of the train and the traffic managers were sum- moned before 8 magistrate and were remand ed on the charge of being responsible for the accident.
 The brake power of the engine of the third was inadequate. While the second train was ascending the incline the engineer remarked The following train was commencing the as- cent when the engineer saw the runaway cars. Shutting of the steam and revers- ing the lever the engineer and fire man jumped from the engine, shouting to the passengers to do likewise. The latter, however, not hearing the cries, did not obey. No one was injured on that train. The en- zine was hurled sixty feet down an embark ment. The carriage that ran into the engine was shattered into splinters and fragments of dress, umbrelle1, etc., etc., were scattered hundreds of yards. A dozen corpses were found beneath the engine in a parboiled con- dition. Some ot the occupants of the run away cars tried to escape, but the doors were locked. The front part of the train started hard in pursuit of the runaway cars and the passengers SAW the collision at distance of 800 yards.
 A car driver named Hughes, who visited the scene of the disaster, was so mortified at | zss-l,k k1,-kl lsaI !, was taken to Armagh in his own car.
 Another account of the disaster says that the engineer of the second train finding his engine powerless to pull the train up the steep grade, unlinked several of the cara with the object of taking the front portion of the the remainder. Heavy stones were placed behind the wheels of the detached cars to prevent them from slipping, but the locomo- tive on re-starting gave the entire train shunt that displaced the stones. The result was that the detached cars began to slip back increasing until they had attained frightful velocity. After running four miles they crashed with terrific force into the third train at @ point about a mile and @ half from Armagh. The shrieks of the children were horrible. The bodies were arranged in rows as soon es recovered. Many were mangled beyond recognition. There Is scarcely family in Armagh that hes not some one dead. The embankment on which the accident occurred is seventy feet high. Many touching scenes were witnessed. The children bore their injuries with great patience. Wrecking gangs are at work clear ing away the debris. A private of the Irish Fusileers before the collision jumpei on the foot plate of one of the csrs and dropped four children to the ground. He then offer ed to assist others to escape, but his offer was refused. In many cases whole families were killed. Crowds of people are visiting the scene of the disaster and the air is rent with lamentations.
 The train consisted of fifteen carriages. The bulk of the children were in the front of the train. Only about a 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 before the collision. The passengers on the hind train were not injured. They alighted and assisted in the work of relief All the bodies have now been taken from the wreck. The total killed is 72 of which 64 have been identified. At the inquest this evening the magistrate said 1t appeared that there had been most culpable negligence. The number of injured is about one third of the entire number of passengers. Many of these are certain to succumb to the effects of their wounds. McGrath, the engi- neer, Parkinson, the fireman, Moore, guard, and Elliott, the traffic man. sger's clerk, are held on the specific charge of having by negligence caused the death of Mir. Steele. clerk of the petty sessions, and his two children, who were among the excur-