Evening journal., 1890-03-08
THE HORROR AT HAMBURG
Further Details of the Lake
Shore Wreck.
THE DEATH LIST REDUCED TO SIX.

Gus. whose Young Bride Expired In
His Arms-A ChiId's Parents Killed.
Corrected List Of the Dead and Injured.
BUFFALO n. ", March s-General su-
perintendent Wright and Division Super
intendent Couch, of the Lake Shore road,
reached here early in the morning and at
once began visiting all the injured they
could find. They visited the scene Of the
wreck near Hamburg in the afternoon.
The men comprising the crew Of the ill
fated train remained on duty until late in
the morning after having told their stories
TO the officers under whose immediate
charge they were.
A little light was thrown on the cause Of
the accident by this investigation, and it
seems that the blame must be attached to
some one in the forward parto the wrecked
train. The train was equipped with the
Westinghouse automatic brake, and when il
first broke in two the air was automatically
applied, bringing the rear end TO a dead
stop
The Cause OF the Accident.
To release the brakes il is then necessary,
II the cars are uncoupled from the engine,
to open a small cock in the air brake cylin-
der under the car and allow enough air 70
escape to release the brakes. BY closing the
cock then enough air would still be left in
the cylinder to make two stops by pulling
the air brake cord in the car.
The most plausible explanation is that all
Of the air escaped, thus making the brakes
useless. And this explains their failure to
act when the cord was pulled by Conductor
Fest Of the Wagner car. Mr.. John Robin
son, the master mechanic, did not care to
say what his investigation showed. Its a
sad thing said he, land much to be re-
! GREETED Mooney is one Of our most careful
engineers and has the confidence of us all in
his ability to act quickly in an emergency
Condition of the Injured.
The bruised and wounded who escaped in
the disaster are distributed about the city
at the Fitch hospital the Iroquois hotel and
the Tiift house The most severely injured
are at the Fitch hospital The attendants
there say, however, that they were all doing
as we'll as could be expected. They were,
Of course, in too weak and nervous state
to talk.
The only injured woman at the hospital
who survived was Julia Healy, Of Boston,
/ VINO Is IN very DdA SttApts Oht piAo u AtA
head was mashed, rib and her right arm
broken and her left eye badly cut. The at
tendants said they thought she would re-.
cover, but that she would be seriously dis
! figured for life. Rev. johnson Myers, Of Gin
cinnati, will recover. He was injured about
the head and legs. He Is at the Tiff house
He said NonchaIentIy, "Cut Her on
j. NJ Nimic5, OF Philadelphia, was also a
the Fitch hospital. His right arm was am
putated. When the doctors intimated that
his arm might possibly be saved, doubling
whether be could stand the shock Of th'
operation, he said go ahead, cut her of, !
in the most nonchalant way. MIR. Nimicl
is now getting along comfortably.
A corrected list OF the dead and the in
jured is given below;
The Death Roll.
Baucus Mrs Joseph D., Saratoga Springs
skull fractured
Flynn, j. W., Canton, O., travelling agen
for Lantz Bros & Co, Buffalo.
Power, John T., travelling agent for ID. NJ
Collins & Co, Pittsfield, Mass skull frac
tured
Stewart, E. E., Rochester, N. Y; inter
! nal injuries and shock.
Stewart Mrs f. E., Rochester, N. Y. in
ternal injuries and shock
/ Swan, j., colored porter, Salamanca, ~ Y
A List Of the Injured.
: Allen, George E., Buffalo, general north
ern passenger agent Of the Erie; ankl
sprained and cut about left leg
Armstrong, j. C., No. 1856 Fulton avenue
Rochester; head and leg cut.
Bartseh, Charles, New York. left ankl
sprained-
Bavens, Joseph D., Saratoga Springs; in
juries to head face and legs.
Branch w. W., Charleston, w. Va. lef
arm broken.
fifth street, Philadelphia; side injured an
cut about head
] Davis. =. Los Angeles, Cal, en- route I
Bangor, Me- back hurt; injuries not SER
GUS
Fisher, L. H., Boston; right ankle dislC
Gated and chin cut.
Haupt, w. E., Buffalo lawyer; arteries /
left arm severed; arm will be saved.
Healy, Julia, No As Fabian street, Bo
ton: side of head mashed, rib and right arr
broken; left eye badly cut.
Jaeger, H. H., No. 10l South Goodma
avenue, Rochester; cut across forehead an
on the neck, ankle sprained.
Llewylen, A. A., st. John, Neb. left foe
bruised.
Martin, George f., Boise City, Idaho
wounds in chest
Myers, Rev. johnson, Of Ninth Sire,
Baptist church, Cincinnati; cut in head an
leg bruised.
Nimick, J. n, Philadelphia; right arr
crushed and amputated.
Rice, Charles L., Newton Falls, Mass. il
jures to chest ana legs
Siegel, Julius, New York; left arm frac
ured.
Ulrich, Henry, knee injured.
Boughtaling's Alleged Mistake.
Coroner Tucker and his jury returned las
evening from the scene of the wreck. The
found that the Wagner car SaIins and I'll
rear Lake Shore passenger coach were spin
tered wrecks. No evidence was taken. tn
inquiry will resolve into this: That whoeve
was responsible for starting the disable
train is responsible for the wreck. 1t is cor
ceded that the five Wagner cars left Dur
kirk attached TO the rest Of the train onl
by a coupling. The air and steam pipe
= we're not connected. Conductor Houghta
Q ing, who ought to have known this fact
pulled the air brakes ON the forward sectio
when he discovered the third break. III
first section was brought to dead stop. o.
dinarily this would have been the rigl
thing to do, but with five heavy Wagne
cars coming behind at the rate Of forty mile
u an hour, with nothing to stop them sxceI
d hand brakes, il was fatal move.
The Warning Came Too Late