Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-06-20
ANOTHER HORROR.
A Sunday School Excursion Train
Wrecked in Ireland.
Pleasure Seekers Crowded ia Cars That
Rush Down steep Grade at a Fright
full Rate of speed-Seventy-
af Them Killed.
AN AWFUL DISASTER.


DUBLIN, June IA train containing an
excursion party Of l. 200 persons principally
Methodist sunday-sehool children and their
teachers and relatives was wrecked
yesterday near Armagh. The acct
dent IS without parallel in the
history OF railroading in Ireland The
ain carrying the Sunday school excursion
bound for the popular little seaside resort
of Warren's Point was made up Of two sec
lions, and fully 40 children and their
relatives and teachers were on board
This train, short distance out of Ar
magh. was ascending steep grade
to bank that rises to a height
of fifty feet. when the engine Of Che rear
section gave ont and was unable TO draw
the heavy train In some way which is not
now clearly understood several of the rear
cars became detached from the balance OF
the train and started down the steep GRADE
In a few seconds the cars were going down
hill at terrific rate of speed with the
brakes either utterly useless, or.
from negligence on the part of the
guard, without proper attention Had
the track on the level just below the grade
been clear for any considerable distance
the detached cars might have lost their
momentum and the terrible accident
that followed been averted. but, unfortu-
nately, the regular train from Armagh fol-
lowed just behind the rear section of the
excursion train, and with the locomotive of
this train the detached cars came into col
lision with terrific force, wrecking the loco
motive as well as the cars themselves.
The scenes at the wreck Immediately
after the accident We're heartrending in the
extreme The rear section of the excur-
sion train, from which the Inflated cars had
become detached was stopped after pro-
ceeding but short distance and the pas
sengers as well us those of the forward sec
ton soon ran back to render what assist
ance they could to those of the
little children in the wrecked cars.
where MANNED and mangled bodies
still showed symptoms of life. The
dead and the dying little ones were scat
tered in inextricable confusion among the
Jagged timbers and twisted iron work of
the wreck, and the groans of the inn
prisoned sufferers mingled in an awful din
with the shrieks of their more fortunate
companions who stood by powerless to
afford assistance
There is scarcely family in Armagh that
had not member on the Inflated train,
and the excitement in that city is intense
The embankment from which the coaches
were hurled by the collision is seventy feet
high, and both engines and cars were al
most ground to powder by the shock of the
collision and the terrible plunge from the
embankment which followed.
Immense crowds visited the wreck dur
ing the day. DR. Ryan, who is at the head
of the school TO which most of the excur
sionists belonged, is one of-tllse most promi
nent Methodists in Irefand. The train con-
sisted of fifteen Carriages The children
1lara6n1 If les
boarding the train, and there was general
merry-naking on the part of the whole
town before the start Most of those killed
were about 20 years of age There were
few very young children. There were
seventy two killed all told, of whom sixty
four have been so far identified
LONDON, June 1a-Thc Board of Trade
has instituted an inquiry into the Armagh
disaster The total number of deaths up to
this time is seventy-five. The Queen has
sent message of sympathy to Armagh.