The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-03-08
THB AWFUL DETAILS
Or the Terrible Disaster on the
Lake Shore Railroad, y
THE HEART RENDlNG SCENES
That Wcro Witncsscd-A Bride
Among tho Killcd-IiCr Illus. {.
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perlencCs on the Train.

! perlenccs on the Train.
BUFFALO, N. Y. March 7.-All Buffalo
was Mortified last night by tho news o
the terrible disaster (mentioned in thii
mornings dispatches) on tho Lake Shore
railway near Bayview station about nine
miles from this city. All kinds Of ru.
mors were floating about, each one more
appalling than the last, and as Is always
true In such cases, it was almost an i'm.
possibility to get any information from
the railway people. The ill.fated train
was No. Il, bound eastward, and due
hero a. 9:l0 o'clock p. m. IL was made
up OF three baggage cars, four coaches
and four sleepers. ~
Some miles west OF Hamburg the
trains parted between the last coach and
the first sleeper. thus destroying the eff.
cheney OF the air brakes as far rs the back
part OF the train was concerned. and
placing 1t In an alnos. uncomfortable
condition. 1t was down.yrade where
this occurred and the two parts of the
flying express thuudered onward with
increasing speed with lis load Of pre-.
cious humanity to death and destruc-
tion.. The first section went along as
usual uatil the conductor, John L.
Houghtalipg, discovered what had han.
pened and pulled the bell.cord, II
was probably just what most men
would have done under simila. circum.
stances; but theact was attended with
disastrous consequences. The section
came to stand.s,ill, and moment
or two later the rear section crashed into
into itwith awful force and velocity and
the wreck was complete.
Louis X. Test, the sleepipr car con.
duetor, was the first in back Of the train
to notice that the coupling had parted
aud he instantly pulled the mir brake
cord only to find it had no effect, He
then ran to the other cars witt, the eame
result and was just III the act OF screw.
ing up the hand brakes when the COLI.
sion occurred. The sections came to.
gether with such force that the forward
sleeper, Salina, tclescoped the rear coach
OF the standing section, killing seven
people and injuring fifteen others. The
cars were piled in all shapes on TOP OF
one another, while the Salina was almost
completely buried from sight, Those
who escaped injury. brayely set about
helping those less fortunate, while the
screams and shrieks Of many oi those in
the wreck were enough to make ones
blood run cold. I-G
KILLED AND INJURED. Il.
There were eleven people in the ST..
lima, and one Of them, J. Swain, the co !,
ored porter, was hurled from the car
distance Of thirty-three feet and instant.
~ killed. All the rest were more or less
injured. The others killed were John
W. Flynn, Of Canton. Ohio, q travel.
ing agent OF this city; John r. Power, Of
Pittsleld, Mass, supposed travelling
agent; Mr.. and Mrs. j. y, Stewart -
Rochester, and Mrs. Joseph D. Baucus.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. at s o'clock
this morning the railroad people brought
the bodies Of those killed into the Cen
trail depot, where Coroner Tucker, who
had been notified and was in waiting, at
once took charge OF them. o.
All the bodies, with the execution of
Mrs. }. D. Baucus, OF Sarotaga Springs,
were taken to the morcue. That Of MA
Baucus was taken to an undertaking
establishment. She was % years Of
age and her former home was at Rome.
n. !. She was married week ago
to-day. J. W. Flynn leaves mother
at Canton dependent on him for support.
All Of the bodies were badly manrled,
The LIST OF those Injured is us follows:
J. N. Minnick, Of Philadelphia, right
arm crushed and subsequently amputat-
ed At the Fitch hospital; L. +. Haunt,
Buffalo, wrist badly cut, will 70 home
and be attended by his own physician:
George E. Allan, General Northern Pas.
senger Agent Of Erie road, Buffalo,
spralned tissue Of leg; J. D. Baucus, Sara.
toga Springs, face and leg bruised, Fitch
hospital; W. w. Branch, Charleston, W.
Va, lett arm broken, Continental Hotel;
Z. Barch, New York City, ankle sprained
o. A. Llewellen, st. John, N. B., left foot
injured; Henry B. Ulrich, Rochester,
injury to knee, Stafford House; julius
Siegel, New York City, injury to left
arm; George S. Thompson, Rochester,
alight ssprain Of leg; George E. Martin,
Boise City, Idaho, bruise OF chest, hos.
pitai; Rev: johnson Meyers, Cincinnati,
cut in head, Tiff House; +. A. Coombs,
Phlladelphla, aged IS, head cut; w, II.
Fisher, Boston, bruises on chin and leg;
july Healy, Boston, injury to head, irac.
tured rib, fracture OF right arm, Fitch
Hospital; J. 0. Armstrong, Rochester,
cut IN head and neck, Mansion House;
Mr.. Davis, Les. Angeles, Gala, slightly
injured. ~ '-5,e'
NE,t AsAD FEATURE. .. 4.
There were about ninety people on the
train, and among them was a young
couple Just started out in married life,
married Just q week in fact, and the
story OF their fate is indeed sad one.
They were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph D. Bau.
Gus, OF Saratoga Springs, N. Y, and they
were returning home from their honey.
moon trip. The couple occupied a seat
in the coach and the bride1was pinned
down when the crash came. i She was
friRhtfully injured, being bruised in
many, places, while her skull was
terribly crushed The husband was
also injured about the body aud
lega, but his physical suffering was
nothing TO the mental agony he suffered.
The bride was rolled iu blankets and lay
stretched across two seats, while Dr..
Thompson, Of Angola, did what was pos
sible to save her. Other physicians were
also there and looked alter the young
couple, but Mrs. Baucus- was doomed
from the first. Her husband acted in a
heart-brokep, distracted manner calling
upon the doctors to save her, and kissed
her poor blanched and bleeding lips in q
way that would bring tears from a stone.
IT was without avail, however, and the
bride OF q week gave up her life as the
relief train approached the city about
2:SO this morning. She was lady Of
great beauty. ID, &gl..s,l
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