Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-29
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
Frightfsl Loss Of Life in a Grand
Trunk Railroad Wreck.
dEJ ROAsTEDHEYoED RECOGNITION

Track Senr Hamilton. Ontario. and Is
Completely Nrecked-The Train Takes
Fire and seven Car~ Burn--NearIy
Score Of Passengers Rurned and Man
gled Beyond Idenufcation--Those In
jnred.
HAMILTON. Ont, April 29.-The linn
ted express on the Grand Trunk rail-
Dad yesterday morning met with an ac-
:ident about two miles west Of this city,
he result of which was the loss Of many
ives.
The train was compose of an engine,
;wo haggasse cars. a smoker. q Chicago
md Grand Trunk through passenger
:oach, Wabash coach, a Wagner first
lass coach. Pullman car and two
Wagner sleeping cars in the order
lamed.
The accident occurred at the Junction
where a Y" is built. The Y" is used
10 switch through trains for Toronto,
init, to the Toronto branch from the
main line.
A Terrible Crash.
The train is said to have been running
1t a speed of forty miles an hour or more,
when directly on passing the switch the
engine jumped the track and plunged
nto a water tank which stood in a space
between the .sY," smashing the tank
nto atoms and turning the engine al
most upside down. The baggage cars
came directly after the engine, and the
first of these was pitched over the loco
motive and thrown on the main track,
eaving its wheels behind it.
The Train Takes Fire.
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
u the rear of the train, were huddled to-
gether by the shock and soon caught fire
from the bSggage cars.
The passengers in the train, number
ing over 100, many of whom were
asleep at the time, had a terrible expert
ance. Large slivers of iron and wood
lew in all directions, and the confusion
among the wrecked passengers can bet
ter be imagined than described.
The majority of those aboard the train
were enabled to get out Of the coaches
before the fire had reached them.~but in
known how many victims were left to
the mercy of the flames, pinned in by
the material of the wreck and unable to
sxtricate themselves.
A Brooklyn Man Decapitated.
A man named L. j. Guurey, of Brook
lyn. N. Y, had his head completely sew
cred from his body by a piece of flying
iebris, and another named Rudolph Ed
erer, address unknown, together with
an unlznewn man were also instantly
Silled.
Those Injured.
Following is list OF injured:
Hamilton Clark, Of Chicago. had his right
eg broken and his head bruised He may also
nave received internal injuries, in which case
Edwin Chapmans fireman, Of London; not
serious
Enoch Kensie. mining engineer. Of London,
England. ribs broken; not serious unless in
ernally injured.
G. G. Azbell. of Edwardsport. Ind, cut and
0ruised not serious
William Lepsey. of Chicagot badly sprained.
A. T. Doney, Danyille, Ill. head cut; not
serious.
George White. going to Union Hin, N. X,
from Wisconsin, ear cut Off and head cut.
Andrew j. Carpenter, Of Yankton, ID. T., cut
and bruised; not serious,
5. Z. Young, Of Chicago, knee and back hurt;
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debris with dificultv and II IS lniraculous how
they escaped. The bacpaeemau and express-
man. james Welch and Frederick Durnas re-
spectively. both u niagara Falls. were IN the
car which jumped over the engine: ret neither
vern hurt.
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must not run Ct that particular place at
greater speed than twenty miles. The place
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