The tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1890, 1890-03-12
PULLHhNS DEMOLISHED.
4 Defective Coupling the Cause of Q
Terrible Collision ON the Lake
Shore Road.
Sleepers Detached From the Train
Telescope the Front Section on
Heavy Down Grade.
List of Casualties Ipcomplete-Sever
Known to Be Dead--A Score or
More Seriously Injured.

BUFFAIO,N T., March 1O The Clevo.
land and Chicago express on the Lake
Shore railroad, due here from the west
at $3.50 p. M, broke in two at Bayview
station, about six miles from this city.
The two sections came together and .
terrible wreck resulted. The train
was running at very high rate Of
speed to make up lost time when the
break occurred The front part of the
train, consisting OF the engine, tender.
smoker and two day coaches was quickly
brought to a stop. The rear portion,
consisting of five heavy Pullman cars
dashed into the second day coach. The
coach was thrust upward by the greater
weight of the Pullmans and now lies on
top Of the Pullman. The Pullmans tel
escoped the first day coach. The day
coaches were full of passengers, and the
loss of life and limb is large.
The wreck occurred at spot where
there is quite down grade, and, as the
train was running at a good rate of
speed, it is remarkable that the collision
was not more serious and that more of
the cars were not derailed. The scene
around the wreck was terrible one.
The telescoped cars were mass of
Twisted Iron and Broken Timbers
and along the track was strewn pieces
of iron, splintered doors and window
frames. When your reporter reached
the scene several men were hard at work
trying to get bodies out of the mass of
timber. Through hole in the side of
The sleeping car could be seen the head.
shoulders and one arm of dead man.
Apparently he had been sitting in his
seat when the day coach fell on him,
crushing him to death. 1t was nearly
an hour and half before the bodies
were taken out The following
Graphic Account of the Wreck
was obtained from Pullman Conductor
Lewis Fest: "Ihe train was made up Of
a through st. Louis car to New York,
another bound from Cleveland to New
Yord, and the car back was a second
class excursion from Cincinnati. There
ahd MslS5e, telu atlu AAe @aab @AAbfisso tiso
u dining car named the Cleveland.
There were also three passenger coaches
and two baggage cars I was the CON
,luctor Of the four sleepers. The Salina
was from st. Louis and it had twelve
passengers. The steam coupling broke
in pulling out of Dunkirk. The air did
not seem to work and it was sudden
lurch that caused the break. 1t may
have been defect in the coupling that
pulled it apart and in that way the
steam pipes were broken and we were
without steam. At some point near
West Hamburger was on the first plat
form and looking ahead. l made the
startling discovery that
MI. ,r.ni,, yUoy R.oLou
I Immediately pulled the air brake cord
and found it would not work. ran
back into the rear car and pulled the
cord, but it, like the other, would not
work. then ran back to the third Car
and found the air brake there also USE
less. | was Just turning the brakes when
the crash came. The first section had,
on finding that there had been asplit,
stopped, and we, going down grade,
crashed into it. The collision jammed
the Salina
Right Under the Passenger Coach
in the rear, which was thrown on top of
it. OF those in the Salina two were
killed, nine injured and one unknown
man escaped. One man was killed in
the passenger coach, an Italian, name
unknown. j. Swain, the negro porter
Of the Salina was thrown thirty feet into
a ditch and killed. Both legs and arms
were broken, his chest stove in and his
head cut Porter Waldron. of the Au-
burn and myself got out the axes and
went to work to free the imprisoned pas
sengers. As fest as we got them out we
put them in the Auburn. The Salina was
Split Into kindling Wood,
and nothing remains of it except the
trucks and one side. The wreck started
| 10 take fire but Porter Waldron estin-
| guished the flames"
| At Least Seven Killed.
A complete list of the killed cannot
be learned. but it is positively known
that seven are dead, six of whom were
instantly killed. J. Swain, q negro por-
ter, of Cincinnati, has been Unidentified
among the dead. Twenty Of the wounded
were brought to this city and taken to
hospitals. The relief train arrived in
Buffalo at $50 a. M, with all the killed
and injured.
Three We're Drowned.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March 10.-While