The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-30

Terrible Train Accident at
Hamilton. Ont.


DE were killed ~ "A aecsdsnt - the -
L<yu1s express 81 this p1ane - o'eitcl
Sunday rn0rnEnx. The train WIS eamp5<ed
OF "a engine, two baggage cAi's. . suokxs
caiezxe q Grand Trunk fhnpuxzz psssen
ser cueek. Uskzsh teach. s'Ezxnsv 1rst
class coach. raslmxu car aid Two wag
p<r sleeping cara. Ia the order nzznsd. TksE
exc1aeEf oexmrref &c . FUNCTION nhere I
4 Is huiIf This IL used 60 SWITCH fascsuzt
ssalns Tor me Toronto hrnHish from TIE
masn line. Whea directly on sfe crps<tuz
into water tank which stood In toe place
Between che r. smazb5nz Il sais ATOMS ass1
furzinx almost upside S0ans The b9zEak<
ears earse directly after tn. engine sfs1
fha Ersf OF These vss plBsEed ossr tie
engine aud thrown On the n1xfn track.
The Aher baggage Gar and sh1 smoker
ranxs.t IRE iron the enxine. and the two
we're soen Ia flames. The cDzlslaes follow
Tag. with the exception ri tWo Wagner carr
tn The ear ct the train, we're hgddle1
together b. the shock. and so0h esuzhtfr
from the baggage care.
The passengers on the trEsa. uumbeFinE
ever 10, FDe0y OF whom we're ilsS@Ep 81 the
fl1ne, had terrible experience. A fas-
jerity Of those on Board fs1e train we're able
. 70 get oat Of the coaches b&tfors the Ere
reached them. but In the eo<ifnEloa that
fsigass Is ie not known exactly hns uaus
victims were left 20 The marcy 81 fhs
flames, pxnnfd Ia b the material Of the
wreck and unable ~ extFirate themselves
r. S. Carney, Of BFookIyB. y. T., had bis
head completely severed from the body By
4 pIefe OF flying debris Kadolpsa F. u0ur-
rer Was also instantly killed. A seozl Is
the engines rolled over after ftrlkIug the
water tank. Engineer Watson and FEFen4fl
Chapman efAwied out fsosn underneath,
neither being much hurt. An auxiliary
train wss sent out from this city Infneds-
atsiy on receipt OF the news pt the aeri,
dent and the passengers. including the In.
Jured and two Of the killed. were brought
10 this city. The TWO Wasnsr cars In the
rear Of TIE train were uneoupl..d from the
others and were SAVED from the flames.
There WIS great difficulty in securing
water. owing 10 the tank being smashed
and the FIRE held sway for msfly hours BE-
fore thorough search could be made
through fhe debris. Up 70 o'clock SUN.
day afternaen the eharred remains OF
eighteen victims had been exhumed from
the body left % idenfify The remains or q
tell Hhe.lser the persons were Of the male
or issEaalc sex. The only way in which II
could be ascsrfniHed thai from sixteen tc
eighteen bodies had been takeu out was
ffom the fact that legs and arms core
spending 20 als0as that number were found
The remains were taken 20 the city hospital
and placed In the rnorzue awaiting ldcnti-
ffcafson.
Among me wounded now in the hospital
are fbe following James Palmer. lion
head cut. but not seriously hurt; Hamilton
eiafs- Ghiesso: double fracture OF right
leg. bruised badly. head cut aid probably
ialernediy injured. of all the injured he
being hss worst: Anthony noaz. "a Italian
on tae way from wisconsin 20 Italy, head
cut: Edwin Chapman, fireman, head badly
cut: Earissa kenyon, Of Linden, ribs
broken; G. &. Axbeii, Edwartispors. Ind,
slight Injuries: William Leipsey, Chicago,
ankle badly sprafned. A. l.. Doney. Dan
vile. III. cut about head. Gs.erge White
German, on the way from Illinois TO Union
Hill. right ear cut of and srxip wound
Andrew w Carpenter. YaEkfon, OAK. In.
5ured shout the head: 3. T.. Young
Cheyeuhn. slightly hurt; Joseph Morris
sl9nx f.slls, OAK. on the WHY to CLARK !.
Island, NO, scalp wound. bruised leg and
shoulder, not serious About ten others
were slightly hurt, bat not 81 badly as ID
prevent E1en from continuing the journey
ltwss6 o'cloek before the track was cleared
A. far a. can be learned there was nc
negligence on the part Of the railroad Ths
train simply jumped the track at . frog
burned 30 death IN the smoking car could
be heard above the noise OF the escaping
steam aud the roaring OF the flames. Con
/ ductor Pool says the train was fifteen min
utes late. bat was not running more thar
| twenty miles M hour when the aeciden
| happened. as the orders are that a fraif
must not run At that place kt q greatei
speed than tweutyaniies. The place VI here
/ the accident occurred Ii considered danger
ous. as there IL switch on . rather shary
curve. hence the precxuiion OF running
slowly.
seven cars. . baggage car, two trstelss
/ ceschss. . smoker. 4 tirss-elass day coacl
1 = GH xxa WHRnar = Ft4r .s..1
there being not = yestige Of ,rooa or any
thing that would burn left. One car, fhs
baggage car. was demolished. and the en-
CINE WAS the most complete wreck imag
inahia. The loss TO the company win b,
enormous Many OF those On the fraii
TIE centennial festivities. Most 81 th,
| passengers lost all or = portion of thei
baggage and clothing, aud large amour
OF mails were lost by Ere.
Wofkmen In shifting The remains OF the
wreck this afternoon discovered what wa
without doubt thb cause of the disaster
0ge 81 the axies of the engisie was foun,
20 be broken. The axle after the acciden
badt been pitched into the Maud aud waite
aud bad also been somewhat burned. Tn,
jury seemed to DC OF the opinion that th
broken axle caused the accident. bur II
order 70 shed some more light upon III
ssst3sct ST expert 10 iron and steel work
ing was appointed TO make ala inspection
The coroner inspected thu eharfed re
mains very closely, lie says he Is sur
there are not the remains Of eighteen pei
sous among them. lie thinks flfteel
would be the right nnmber-sevunseen q
the outside. which viii make af most nfar
teen deaths from the accident Most O
these were killed instantly iind their n
mains burned afterwards. but some. Ii /
certain. suffered intense agony. bcfnD
slowly burned 20 death while hesnued Il
by portions OF the wrecE All she wounde.
are doing well Ia the Hamilton hospstal
Many kilograms have been received In
qatrsng about persons supposed TO hav
been in the wrecked train majority q
the inqairIes are from Chicago and place
west of there. II Is feared faat Mr Cur
nick, ot Chicago, vas among those burnel
to death Pieees of a shirt bearing tn
word Curniek were found anon
che ehafred remains of the vic
tins. Mrs. Enllins. OF Chicago, VIII
IL haa been stated Was on the train, esnno
he traced among the eharred bodies
There have also heeu foasa two note
books inscribed with The name OF I
posed TO have been from Pueblo. Al
arithmetic hearing the name OF Edmund
Johnson has also been found
Constable BslnhFidge brought in 4 DO
from the wreck containing saiuahies OF a
kintas, tnelni.ng gold watches melted iat
AANkNAH A4E &ktAASt sAHSksAE 81 t&sf tlfnji
I from Chicago aud intervening posufs VIA
harmed Al the mail haxs issr Hamiife
kre missing
srSFHxsos Balnsx. NY, Aprli ~ -.
speesas train GA the Grand Trunk came I
lass ght 81 IL, having ga hoard shoa; kes
cnsy tsecs TIE passengers tfaf were Re IA
skzsdSnt thss eseGgrcd y short distance va,
/ ot fIantiiisn. Auiang them sere four me
wae were badly eat aud saIassad ahoss e.
bead aasi body. Malcolm Meksy. OF Eassos
"a relating hik experiences said - bare n
ssisa how ! goi ctf 81 The wrekk. Aas weas
fot be surprised II went through the sEit
dow, as = doctor took sevetal s,sasas
glass from cuts ia my head / have q far
swFnsm eVa9ee Of Two men lie ping ne
stand. aat was half way hers before
csraris understood what had happened
Il "a sesrrSi shas Bill Phillips OF SAieAg,
ETst hsss9nAn ~ the Hamilton sessa. - /
sassoEg the killed. he was expected |
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