Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-03-08
SIXLIYES WERELOST
Further Particulars of the
Lake Shore Disaster.
HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED
The Air Breaks on the Severed Oars Re.
fused to Work.

Its Dead Mothers Arms.
BUFFALO, N. Y, March S.-The acct
dent to the through express on the
Lake Shore road. which occurred nea,
Hamburg, ten miles west of this city
was not less terrible than it was at FIRST
reported. The train containing the
] wounded and the bodies of the dead
rolled slowly into the depot in this city.
! In the sleeper Auburn the wounded
| were made as comfortable as possible
and physicinns ministered to their
wants The groans of the wounded
| were heartrending and the scene, when
the train reached the depot, was dismal
in the extreme.
List OF the Dead.
The list of the dead is as follows: Mr.
j. E. Stewart, Rochester; Mrs. E. Stew.
porter, Salamanca; Mrs. J. d. Baucus,
Saratoga Springs; skull fractured; died
of injuries; John w. Finn, Canton.
Ohio, travelling agent for Lautz Bros.
& Co., of Buffalo, and John T. Power,
Pittcfeld, Mass.
Fhe Injured.
AS correctly and completely as can be
ascertained, the names of those injured,
with the extent of their injuries are as
follows: The Rev. johnson Meyers,
Cincinnati, cut in the head; E. A.
Coombs, aged 30, head cut, W. H.
Fisher, Boston bruises on chin and leg;
Julia Healey, Boston. injured in head,
fractured rib and fracture of right
arm; J.. G. Armstrong, Rochester: cut
in head and neck; J. D. Baucus. Sara
toga Springs. face and leg bruised; w.
w. Branch, Charleston, W. Va, left
arm broken; Charles Barch, New York,
ankle sprained; 3. Jaeger, Rochester,
ankle sprained; L. r. Houpt, Buffalo,
wrist badly cut; George E. Allen, Buff
falo, leg badly sprained; Henry Rubrich,
injury to knee; Julius Siegel, New
York, injury to left arm; George S.
Thompson, Rochester, slight sprain of
leg; George E. Martin, Boise City,
Idaho. bruise of chest.
A Sad Incident,
One of the saddest incidents of the &C
cident was that which befell Joseph d
Springs. A week ago he was married
to q handsome young lady of Rome, N.
Y. The happy couple had spent their
honeymoon in the West and were re-
turning home on the Salina.
When the accident occurred the lady
was pinioned in the wreck. Her body
was horribly bruised and her skull
badly crushed.
Her husband was injured about the
legs and head, but his pains were moth
ing compared with the agony he felt for
his wife. He folded his arms about the
dying womans form.
"Shes cold" he cried in despair, and
he glanced up for look Of disapproval
from the physicians who stood BY.
"No, she's living yet," answered one
of the doctors.
The devotion of the broken hearted
husband was touching in the extreme
He refused to be led away and chung to
the side of his unconscious wife, kissing
her bleeding lips and urging the doc
tors on to further efforts.
But medical skill proved unavailing.
The wife died as the train was slowly
rolling into Buffalo.
Baby Stewards Escape.
disaster was the escape of the 1S-months-
old child of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Stewart.
When the shock came the child was
clasped tightly to her mothers breast.
Mother and father were frightfully
mangled and died almost Instantly. but
when the child was found it was calling
for Mamma" unconscious of its moth
er's terrible fate. Among the other mar
row escapes were those of Erie Passen-
. u. -.
Armstrong, of Rochester, and Charles
]. Rice, of Newton, Mass. They were
pinned for 20 minutes in the wreck,
dreading every moment lest the splint-
cred car should take fire, and were
finally rescued by Porter Waldron and
Conductor West.
Who Was Responsible?
The responsibility for the accident has
not yet been fixed. If the brakes had
been in proper order they should have
set automatically when the train broke.
There was evidently negligence shown
in not connecting the brakes properly,
and Conductor Houghtaling might
have used little more discretion than
to stop the forward section on a down
grade. This action in him was criminal
if he had any knowledge that the air
brakes were out of repair. Superin-
tendant Couch would say nothing about
the accident further than that the con-
ductor had been on the road rs years,
and was always regarded as capable
and efficient effioial.
Plain Talk From q Passenger.
L. F. Haupt, of the law firm of Nc
Laughlin, Ewell Il Haupt, of this city,
one of the survivors, said, in speaking of
the wreck:-"The cold truth is the train
was not in fit condition to carry human
beings from the time it left Cleveland.
The train parted once before leaving
the city. l spoke to the conductor
about it and he assured me that every
thing was all right. At Dunkirk the
train parted twice. Tn" steam coup
lings were broken and the air brakes
failed to act. A travelling companion
and discussed the question whether it
would not be wiser to get off there and
take another train We did not like the