Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-09
NEWS SUMMARY.
EIGHTEEN KILLED.
An Accident on the G. T. r. at Ham
ilton, Ont, with the Above Result.

An Accident on the G. T. r. at Ham
ilton, Ont, with the Above Result.
One of the worst accidents that has oc-
Cured on the Grand Trunk railway for
years took place at seven O'Clock on the
morning of April % about three miles west
of Hamilton, Ont. The engine of the St.
Louis express, from Windsor to Suspension
Bridge. jumped the track at junction Cut
and pitched into the water tank. The bag
gage car and smoker, Immediately in the
rear, telescoped and took fire before the
passengers could be got out or any assist
ance rendered. The fire communicated to
the four cars in the rear, and they were
soon in flames, but the passengers man
aged to get out of the latter cars and tried
10 save those in the others, but without
success. The tank was so badly wrecked
that the supply of water was almost entire
ly cut Off, and what water could be got had
To be taken from the wrecked
engine and from other locomotives
in the vicinity. There were about thirty
passengers in the smoking car and as far as
known thirteen got out. Two were killed
instantly--one, Mr.. l.. i. Quincy, who was
on his way from Chicago TO New York, the
other an Italian, name unknown. Fifteen
bodies were taken out Of the wreck, which,
with the two killed and thirteen rescued
all more or less wounded, makes up the
thirty who are supposed to have been in the
ously injured. Edmund Chapman of Lon
don, fireman, had his right arm burned and
suffered scalp wound. None Of the fifteen
bodies taken out after the fire have been
identified, and it is doubtful If any will be
for some days, as they were all badly
charred and unrecognizable. Many were
mangled badly before the car took fire, and
some were taken out all in pieces. The tif-
teen killed were all huddled together in the
forward end OF the smoker. The baggage
car jumped over the top e the engine and
was carried down on he track about 100
yards ahead of it, The railway company
and the city officials did all in their power
TO help the wounded, twelve of whom were
taken TO the city hospital. The others had
their wounds dressed at the scene Of the
accident and went on their way on special
train. IL is not likely that any OF the
wounded will die of their injuries, as none
are of serious character.
Among the wounded in the hospital are
the following:
James A. Palmer, Ilion, n. Y. head cut,
but not seriously hurt.
Hamilton Clark. l47 West First street,
Chicago: double fracture Of right leg;
bruised badly, head cut, and probably in
ternally injured. OF all the injured he is
the worst, but will probably recover.
Anthony Mas or Martz, all Italian on his
way from Wisconsin to Italy head cut, but
not seriously.
Edwin Chapman, fireman: head badly cut
over right eye; not seriously hurt.
/ Enoch Kenyon Of London, Eng, n mining
engineer: ribs broken; not seriously iniur
| ed
c. Asbell, .El1,arl5port, Ind; slightly
! injured.
E.W. Phillips, 6 North Sagumund street.
! Chicago slightly in ured.
+. L. Doney, Dansyille, ILL.,; head cut;
! not seriously,
Geo. Viii e. a German, on his way from
| Illinois TO Union Hill; right ear cut of and
/ scalp wound; not serious.
Andrew j. Carpenter, Yankton, Dakota !;
! injured about head, but not seriously.
5. +. Young, pa North Avenue, Chicago
very slightly hurt
Joseph Morris, East Sioux Falls, Oak
on his way TO Clark's Island. Maine, scalp
wound bruised leg and shoulders: not
serious.
About ten others were slightly hurt, but
not so bad as to prevent their Journey.
Later reports from the scene of the acct
dent say that the list of those who lost their
| lives has been increased 10 IL, and that
| there are many more wounded than was at
| first reported. A correspondent who visit
| ed the dead house where the victims of the
! accident were sent, writes: In the dead
! house are the charred bones and burnt
| flesh of ~ bodies. Identification is inn ossi-
! bic, as every face is burned TO the bone and
! in many cases even the skull has been con
| sumed. These charrod remains have been
| boxed up, and one box contains what is LETT
| of four human beings. In fact the bones
and burnt flesh are jumbled together
! heterogeneously, and there is no telling
which is which. A pile of coffin boxes fills
| the dead room, but as yet 10 one has come
to identify the corpses
Many Michigan people were on the
wrecked train-among them members Of
! the Detroit Light Infantry en- route to New
York TO take part Ia she centennial celebra
| ton-but, so far as known, none of these
are among the killed or injured.
Several other accidents have occurred on
the site of this one, and the public is in
clined 70 hold the railroad company re-
sponsible. A jury has been impanelled, and
| an inquest will be he'd.