Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-30
HANILTON'S HORROR
Further Details Of the FrightfuI
Railway Catastrophe.
RUNNING AT RECKLESS SPEED.

The Train Dashed Along with . 1Eomen-
tum That Was ResIstless and Uncon-
trolIabie-The Engine Had . Broken
AxIe-Enorts to Identity the Victims.
The Coroner at Work.
HAMILTON, Ont. April 3O-The cor
oner denies the report that five addi-
tional bodies have been taken from the
wreck. The inquest on the bodies of the
killed was resumed. None of the bodies
have been identified.
Fuller details Of the accident describe
it as the most sickening spectacle ever
witnessed in any such disaster. The
cause of the accident is said now to be
due to slippery tracks, steep grade and
a curve which the engine jumped in
stead of rounding.
The Train Was Uncomfortable.
The express train came down the grade
at a high rate of speed and with slippery
rails that made it difficult to control the
momentum of the heavy load. The train
wheeled the first curve in safety, passed
the switch on the embankment, but its
momentum was too great to enable it to
round the second curve. It jumped the
track and bolted straight into the water
tank at the apex of the Y. The en-
CINE left the rails 1876 feet from the tank,
rushed across the intervening space like
a fash and struck the tank with such
force as to stave ii into pieces in an in
slant.
A sickening Spectacle.
OF the scene that followed no correct ac-
count can be obtained from the survivors.
Amid the escaping steam and the binding
rain the screams of the injured arose from the
awful mound of debris. The survivors worked
like heroes and in a short tiinc had removed
about dozen wounded from the wreck.
Then the flames leaped out, driving back the
already half stified rescuers. The heat drove
them off. but above the noise of escaping
steam could be heard frenzied voices Shrek
ing in the burning ruins. A woman's voice
rose high above the rest for a few moments,
screaming with pain and fear, and then it was
stilled. The fire department of this city was
sent for and responded.
The Search for Bodies.
About o'clock in the afternoon the flames
had been 50 far extinguished as to permit
search being made for the bodies. When the
heap OF black ashes, filed with cushion
springs and seat irons was turned over, body
after body was found blackened and charred
ont of all semDlance of humanity. Seventeen
in all were picked out during the afternoon,
and the workers turned away sick and horri-
fed. 1t was most frightful holocaust.
A Woman Burned.
One Of the through passengers, who did not
give his name, related that when the accident
happened he crawled out and ran forward to
assist those who were imprisoned in the
wreck. The first cry he heard was that Of q
woman. Bending in over the debris he saw q
young girl with one leg out of car window.
She told him she was caught by the other and
he made efforts to release her. The flames
and forced him back, and the means of the
victim left there TO die grew fainter, till at
length they ceased.
A Passengers Experience.
Mr.. A. j. Carpen, a passenger from Yank-
ton. OAK, was on his way to Richfield Springs,
N. Y. He said: II was in the smoker when
the first jolt occurred. In the smoker at that
time there were about eighteen. / was thrown
forward in the car and two men fell on top Of
me. One OF them had his leg caught fast in
the timbers. i got out from under him and
with the aid Of the fireman got the man out
just as the flames reached him. We had q
close call
Trying to Identify the Dead.
Numerous kilograms have been received
from different parts of the United States and
Canada inquiring concerning persons who
Wcf6 SuppOctu 10 nave Deeu on the Wfeckcu
train. The majority of these inquiries are
from Chicago and points west of there.
II is feared Mr. Curniek, of Chicago, was
among the unfortunates who were lost.
piece of shirt, bearing the word "Curnickr
was found among the charred remains OF the
victims. Mrs. Cummins, of Chicago, who
was said to be on the wrecked train, cannot
be traced. Among the charred remains were
found two note books, bearing the name of e.
Simons, Pueblo, Col the owner OF these Is
supposed to have been from Poland. An ar
ithmetic with the name Edmund Johnston,
was also found.
The Engines Axle Broken.
After hearing testimony the inquest adj
journed uRtil Wednesday evening. It has
been discovered that one Of. the axles of the
engine was broken. 1t Is impossible to tell by
examining the broken ends Of the axle
whether there was a flaw in the steel, but
from the position OF the engine after the
plunge 1t is certain that the axle was not
broken BY being struck by anything either at
the time or after the first crash. The jury
seemed TO think that tho broken axle caused
the accident. and Mr.. w. A. Robinson, a prone
inent manufacturer and expert, has been APP
pointed TO make an investigation.
Constable Bafnbrfdge brought in from the
wreck box of valuables Of all kinds, In
GLIDING gold watches melted into nuggets.
Not More Than Seventeen Killed.
Coroner Wolverton inspected the charred
remains closely and says he is sure there are
not more than seventeen people among them.
and possibly but fifteen. More OF these were
killed instantly. and their remains burned
afterwards. but It Is certain that the Others
suffered the agony OF being slowly burned to