The Springdale news., 1889-07-05
A FEARFUL FATE.

ipNheteF on the NoFfo1k x Wese. crH Railroad m Virginia Between Thirty and Forty Lives Lost and A Large Number "f Persans InJured- Many of the Dead Roasted Ia the Burning Caks Partial List of the yictims-Particu- lars Hard to Get Owing to the ob- str"etiTe Tactics of the Railroad offi- ciaIs.
 LYNeHBURG, Va, July ? A half-mils east of Thaxton's, thirty miles west of this city. occurred at three o'clock this morning the most appalling railroad &C., cident which Virginia has ever known. The east bound passenger train on the Norfolk & Western railroad was pass- ing over q euiYert when the track gave way aud the whole train went through to the bottom, twenty-five feet below. The accident was caused by wash-o out due | the heavy rains which have fallen within the last three days. All of the cars, i've ill number, with the engine, Were piled up in a hopelessly confused mass. The darkness which reigned over all for moment was quickly dispeled as the woodwork Of the cars was ignited Dy flames from the lamps
 It was only few minutes after that the wrecs. was all ablaze, and to the hor- Tor of bruised and broken limbs and maHgied bodies was added the certainty of q fearful death by fire. Many had gone to their death quickly, but the shrieks and groans of the wounded, pinned down by the heavy timbers and by rods of twisted iron as the flames slowly crept towards them and began their awful work, made the scene one of intense horror.
 Those who were able to crawl from the wreck lent their aid by the light of be sf,sb to l,as nate companions. But little could be done for them. Thsre were no tools as hand with which to cut the timbers that held them down, and they lay there help-s less, and were roasted in full sigE: Of those who had been fortunate enough 10 escape.
 Thus far the charred remains of seven or eight human beings have been taken from the wreck. They are badly mutilat- ed, and it is impossible in any way to identify them. Their names will not be known unless a list of the occupants of the ears can be obtained. It is believed that fully thirty peeple have been killed. It is difficult, however, to obtain any definite information because of the ob- struetions placed in the way of news gathering by the railroad officials. FUrther ParticuIsrs-PsrtiaI List of the
 Killed and Injured.
 BALTIMORE, Md, July 3.-The Suns special from Roanoke Va, says: The east-bound passenger train on the Nor folk < Western railroad, which left here at 12:95 a. III. yesterday was wrecked at Thraxten's, twenty-two miles distant from this city. The baggage, express, smoker. passenger and two Pullman cars were burned, having taken fire from the explosion of a gasoline lamp in one ef the coaches. The train went into a chasm created by a wash. out while it was going at the rate of forty miles an hour. It is impossible to give an exact list of the killed and wounded on account of the meagerness of the information obtaina- ble. There is only one wire in use be- tween Roanoke and the scene of the ac- cident, and it is next to impossible to ge any thing over it but railroad business.
 The killed as far as ascertaiued are:
 Patrick Donovan, Lynchburg, Pa.
 Charles Bruce. Roanoke, Va.
 Fireman l.. B. Summers, Abingdon, Va. Mail Agent Nathan Cohen, Roanoke.
 W. c. Stead, Cleveland, Tenn, en route to England.
 J. ". Beal, Cleveland, Tenn, en route to Paris.
 A. Nj. James, Roanoke, Va. travelling engineer of the road.
 J. ". Linsay, Roanoke, Va, train dis patcher.
 John Kirkpatrick. Lynchburc, Va.
 Dennis Mellon. Roanoke, ianitor of the general offices of the Norfolk & Western, en route to New York to be married.
 A little niece of Mrs. Judge Thompson, of Staunton Va.
 II is believed that fifteen or twenty oth- CTS perished, as there were nearly sey- enty persons on the train, and between fifteen and twenty are unaecounted for. The dead bodies were horribly crematad. The injured are; Bishop Alpheus ". Wilson, of Baltimore; wrist cut and body slightly bruised. He is at the Hotel Roanoke here, and will be able to leave for Baltimore in few days. The Bishop lost his gold watch all his clothing and S30). J. F. Temple, Pottsville, Pa, head and limbs burned; F. T. Dexter, Beverly, Mass, severely bruised on the head and body; J. B. Young. Radford, Va. arm mashed; Mrs. Judge Thompson Staunton, Va, bruised and deranged with grief over the death of her niece; Roland Johnson, Roanoke, Va., conductor, trightfully cut on head and face E. C. Du Barry, super intendent, bruised severely; ". C- Glass. Roanoke baggage agent arm broken; ". H. Hayward, Pullman con duetor, shoulder hurt; J. D. Tanner. Lynchburg. badly bruised; Joseph Gold berg New York, leg and shoulder bruised and hand hurt; Miss inez Jack son. Texas, bruised; R. B. Goodfellow, Roanoke, hand and foot injured; J. C. CasseH, Roanoke, superintendent. arm hrrt; M D. Temple, Chicago, be X in- jured; Mrs. R. B. Young Marshall, Tex. body bruised
 On the body of Mr. W. c. Stead, of CIevelaud. Tenn. was found the sum of Si40n0. He was an his summer vacation and was going to England.
 Nothing New in the Cronin Case.