Evening journal., 1890-03-07
ALAKE SHORE SMASH UP
Fatal Wreck on That Road
Near Buffalo.
TEN KILLED; TWENTY-FIVE HURT


FrlghtfuI faroe and Deadly Enect--some
of tho Injured.
BUFFALO, March TRAIN 10 on the Lake
Shore from tho west, due here at 9.10 last
evening, and running very fast to make up
lost time, broke in two near Hamburg at
about $3.50 p. m. The front part Of the train,
consisting OF engine, tender, smoker and
two day coaches, was quickly brought TO a
standstill. The rear half composed OF five
heavy Pullmans, came on down the grade
and crashed into the second day coach.
Tho Day Coach Telescoped.
The Pullman, being the heavier, lifted
the day coach into the air, and they now
lie one on top Of the other, both having
telescoped the day coach Both the day
coaches and the Pullman were full Of pas
sengers, and the number Of killed and in
iured is probably very large. Ten are re-
ported killed outright.
No Reporters Allowed.
| A wrecking train, with relief party Of
surgeons, soon left for the scene Of the acci-
dent The railroad authorities and employees
refused any information whatever TO the
press. One reporter went on the train as a
surgeons assistant. No reporters were al
lowed to go II known to be such. The first
news Of the accident was brought to the city
by the engineer Of the wrecked train. A
call was at once sent out for doctors Evi-
IDENTIFY the tracks are blocked, as no regular
trains are being sent out
His Arm Amputated.
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was brought in on the engine. His arm was
crushed and had to be amputated. He was
at once put under the influence Of ether, and
consequently no details are obtainahle from
him. From the preparations made there is
all the appearance Of a bloody disaster.
A Lake Shore official at the train dis
patcher's Office say that the train was m ade
up Of eleven cars aud ought to carry from
100 to $50 passengers.
Onicials Say Four are Dead.
The wre cking train sent word to the Fitch
hospital at half past l2 TO be prepared for
ten patients, that they were then ready to
start back The wreck is one mile west OF
Hamburg. At 80 a. m. the railroad ofn-
cials stated that four persons were killed,
one fatally injured and ten less seriously in-
4 jured. The south track was cleared at 1915
} a. m. SO that trains could pass.
Ten killed, Twenty-Five Injured.
A later dispatch states that ton were
killed and twenty-five injured The list d
injured as near as can be ascertained is:
H. 7. Jaeger, Rochester
Charles j. Rice, Newton Falls Mass
L. H. Fisher, Boston, leg sprained and
chin badly cut.
The Rev. Thomas A. Hall, Buffalo, leg
badly cut
r. A. Coombs, New York, head and chin
? cut and both legs sprained.
Julia Haley, Boston, cut in breast, ovei
left eye, and head
George e. Allen, Buffalo, ankle spra ined
James d. Barnes and wife, Boston, th'
man not much hurt. the woman fatally.
Injured Taken to Buiraio.
A great bonfire on the side Of the tract
throws q livid light upon the terrible scene
passenger says the coupling was defec
tive. 1t broke precisely in the same plac
as the train was leaving Cleveland. A
1880 o'clock ten Of the most seriously In
: jured were brought to the Fitch hospital
Buffalo.
How the Accident Occurred.
The forward portion OF tire train wasstop
ped by Conductor Houghtaling, who pulle,
the bell rope Most Of those in the last dal
i coach were warned of their peril in time Il
leave the car, but those in the first Pullman
car had no warning, and were in the ca
when it telescoped one coach and was buriet
under another
Il was two hours and half before the ply
sicians arrived, but wrecking train cam
sooner and began the work Of extricatinl
/ fI, syfnfff,u Qiha 6ndfaa faL nut Nuag,
J placed in a baggage car. One Of them wa
that Of ]. Swan, a colored porter.
More Of the Injured.
The names Of the seriously injured are:
Rev. johnson Myers, Cincinnati, cut Il
head and back.
L. H, Fischer Boston, right ankle dislc
Gated; head cut
F. A. Coombs, s7s North Twenty-hft
street, Philadelphia, side and head cut.
julia Healey Boston, head injured an
collar bone and right arm fractured.
. j. @. Armstrong, 1856 Fulton avenue
Rochester, head cut and leg injured.
Mrs J. ID. Baucus, Saratoga Springs
fracture Of the skull ihas since died..
w. W. Branch, Charlestown, w. Va, lei
: arm broken.
Charles Barch, New York city left ankl
sprained.
H. T. Jaeger, No. 16l South Goodma
street, Rochester, ankle sprained
: L. f. Haupt, No. 2G4 Summer street, Bu
falo, badly cut.
George 4. Allen, general northern passeI
ger agent Of Lake Shore railroad leg fra,
tured
Henry Ulrich, Rochester, knee sprained.
j. d. Baucus, Saratoga Springs, face an
leg cut.
julius siegel, New York city, left arr
broken.
!. George S. Thompson, ankle sprained
jumping from the train
Z. E. Stewart, Of $50 State street, Roches
ter, with his wife and ls-months-old baby
was in the day coach when the crash cam'
Mr. Stewart was instantly killed. Mr.:
Stewart died before she could be taken froi
the wreck. The baby was uninjured.
A complete list of the killed cannot b
learned, but it is positively known tina
seven are dead, six Of whom were Instant
killed.
The Hero OF the AFFAIR.
u LATER. Swain, negro porter Of Cir
cinnati, has been identified among the deaC
The hero Of the affair was Waldron, on
Of the colored porters of the Wagner car
He was the first man to rush into tn
wrecked car and seized the lamp, whic
was burning in the debris, and threw
from the window, thus preventing terribl
holocaust.
a Conductor Fest conductor of the Wagne
, ear, also distinguished himself for braver
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