Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-29
AN AWFUL RAILROAD WRECK. Eighteen Bodies Exhumed From The Burning Cars. INCENDIARISM AT NEW LONDON. The Presidential Party En
 Route For New York. THE RUSH FROM OKLAHOMA. An American Ship Burned
 At Bermuda.
THE RUSH FROM OKLAHOMA.
AN AWFUL RAILROAD WRECK.

| AN AWFUL RAILROAD WRECK. The Limited Express on the Grand | Trunk Railway Jumps the Track at ! Hamilton. Ont., and is Completely Demolished-Many Passengers Are l Roasted to Death in she Burning | Cars-Eighteen Charred and Unrecos- nIzable Bodies Exhumed From the | wreck-RIany Others Injured. ! HAMILTON, Ont, April 28.-The limited ! express on the grand trunk railway due here ! at 6:55 a. m. met with an accident when l about two miles west of this oity, the result ! of which was the loss of many lives. The ! train was composed of an engine, two bag gage cars, smoker, g Chicago and Grand Trunk through passenger coach, Wabash coach, Wagner fastclass coach, @ Pullman f car and two Wagner sleeping cars, in the order named. Conductor Poole was in charge of the train, with J. Watson, of Lon don, engineer, and J. Chapman, of London, fireman.
 The accident occurred at the junction where "Y'' is built. This "Y" is used to switch through trains for Toronto on to the Toronto branch from the main line. The train is said to have been running at speed of forty miles an hour or more when directly on passing the switch the engine jumped the track and plunged into 8 water tank which stood in a space between the "Y, /" smashing the tank into atoms and turning the engine almost upside down. The baggage cars came directly after the engine and the first of these was pitched over the engine and thrown on the main track, leaving it's wheels behind it. The other baggage car caught fire from the engine and the two were soon in flames. The coaches following, with the exception of the two Wagner cars in the rear of the train, were huddled together by the shock and soon caught fire from the bag gage cars.
 over one hundred and fifty, many asleep at the time, had terrible experience. A mas jority of those on board the train were able to get out of the coaches before the fire reaceed them, but in the confusion which reigned it is not known how many victims were left to the mercy of the flames. head completely severed from his body by piece of flying debris. Rudolph Deere, whose address is not known, was also in- stantly killed. As soon as the engine rolled, after striking the water-tank, Engineer Wat son and Fireman Chapman crawled out from underneath it, neither of them being much hurt.
 An auxiliary was sent out from this city immediately on receipt of news of the acci- dent and the passengers, including the in- jured and two of the killed, were brought to this city. Two Wagner cars in the rear of the train were uncoupled from the others and were saved from the flames.
 Up to 5 o'clock the charred remains of eighteen victims had been exhumed from the wreck. In no case was there enough of the body left to identify the remains or to male sex.
 The names of the wounded now in the hospital are as follows:
 James A. Palmer, Ilion, New York, head cut, but not s, seriously T. burt, Hamilton Ito double fracture of the right leg and probably poSd internally injured. Of all the in jured he is the worst, but he will probably recover. Anthony Maaz or Martz, an Italian,
 ont on h,n ht IS not vsrv seriousIy Edwin Chsnmsn fireman, head badly cut over right eye, not seriously hurt; Enoch Kenyon of London, Eng, 6 mining engineer. ribs broken, not seriously; 0. 0. Azbell, Edwardsport, slight injuries; Wm. Leipzey, No. 60 North Sauga- mon street, Chicago. ankle badly sprained; A. l.. Dooney, Danville, H. cut about head; s. E. White, Chicago, very slightly hurt; Geo. White German on his way from Illinois to Union Hill, right ear cut of and scalp wound ; Andrew J. Carpenter, Yankton, about the head, but not seriously; Joseph Morris, East Sioux Falls, Dsk., on his way to Charles Isl and, Me-, scalp wounds, bruised shoulders and leg About ten others were slightly hurt, yet not so badly to prevent them from continuing their journey.
 It was o'clock this evening before the tracks were cleared. None of the members of the Detroit Light Infantry were hurt. Not @ woman was hurt. The wounded are all doing well.
 From thirty to thirty-fve passengers were in the smoker. This car and the second
 baggage ear were telescoped completely and
 took fire immediately. The wrecking of the
 tank cut of the supply of water and the pas-
 Thirteen. as far as can be learned, got out
 safely. Those remaining were cut to pieces
 and burned beyond all possibility of recog
 hilton. They were huddled together in 8
 heap in the end of the smoker and
 were pinned in by timbers which made it
 Nothing could be done for them as the fierce
 ness of the flames made it out of the ques-
 ton for men to rescue them. The only way
 in which it could be ascertained that from
 ten to eighteen bodies had been taken out
 was from the fact that legs and arms cores
 An investigation shows that, as far as can be
 learned there was no negligence Ion
 the part of the railroad company.
 The train simply jumped the track
 at frog. The engineer and
 fireman did not jump because they had no
 time. They were got out from under the
 debris with difficulty and it is miraculous
 how they escaped. The baggageman and
 congressman James Welch and Fred Burns,
 respectively, both of Niagara Falls were in
 the car which jumped over the engine, yet
 neither were hurt. Conductor w. H.
 Poole, of London, says that the train was 10
 minutes late, but was not running more than
 20 miles an hour when the accident Hhap-
 pened, as the place is considered dangerous
 and alk orders are not to run at 8 greater
 speed than 20 miles. One car, the baggage,
 was demolished and the engine was complete
 ly wrecked The loss to the company will be
 enormous. Most of the passengers lost all or
 a portion of their baggage and clothing, and
 the mails were burned.