Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14
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in the Salina two were killed, nine injur.
ed, and one unknow wn man escaped. One
man was killed in the passenger coach, an
Italian, name unknown. j. Swan, the
negro porter OF the Salina, was thrown
thirty feet INTO ditch and killed. Both
stove in and his head sma shed. Porter
Waldron, of the Auburn, and myself, got
out the axes and went to work to free the
imprisoned passengers. AS fast as we
got them out we put them in the Auburn.
The Salinq was split into kindling wood
and nothing remains of it except the
| trucks and one side. The wreck started
I 70 take are. but P9FteF Waldron extin-
guished the flames"
SOME OF THE SAD INCIDENTS.
One of the saddest incidents of the ac-
cident was that which befell Joseph ID.
Baucus, bright young lawyer of Sara
toga Springs. A week ago Mr.. Baucus
was married to handsome young lady of
Rome, New York. The happy couple
had spent their honeymoon in the West,
and were returning 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.
Mrs. Baucus was brought into sleeper
aud the surgeons set about mending her
wounds. Portions of the skull had to be
taken out. The bridegroom was stretched
out on another seat, two doctors working
over him. Every few minutes he jumped
up to get a look at his wife. The doctors
restrained him by keeping him constantly
informed of her condition, but the sus-
pense was too much for him. He jumped
up, and, brushing the doctors aside,
folded his arms about the dying woman's
form. "She's cold" he cried in despair,
aud he glanced up for a look of disap-
proval 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 ex-
treeme. He refused to be led away, and
clung to the side of his unconscious wife,
kissing her bleeding lips and urging the
doctors on to further effoIts. But medi
cal skill proved uravailing. The wife
died at $50 o'clock as the train was
slowly rolling into Buffalo. Mr.. Baucus
is completely Frustrated. His injuries are
not serious, although his face is badly
cut and bruised, and his legs are some
what sprained.
The most pathetic incident of the dis
aster was the miraculous escape of Baby
Stewart, the eighteen months. old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Stewart, of
Rochester. Mr.. Stewart and wife were
in the telescoped passenger coach, with
the baby clasped in its mothers arms,
when the two sections came together.
Mother and father were instantly killed,
being discovered on the floor of the car,
covered with debris, and crushed almost
beyond recognition. In the arms of
shO hothOi lhS bouJ was lOuhu'
prattling AMI crying Mamma,
mamma" but the mother was
cold in death, and strong men wept
while the little thing was lifted from the
embrace of the dead mother. The bodies
of Mr.. and Mrs. Stewert were removed to
the baggage car, and the ladies tenderly
cared for the little orphan. Soon the
baby tired of calling for its mother, and
fell asleep. Mr.. Frank Conger, Vice
President of the Greeton Bridge and Man
ufacturing Company, of Greetnn, N. Y,
took charge of the babe, and on arriving
in Buffalo went to the Continental Hotel,
where he will keep possession of her till
she is claimed by relatives. The kind
hearted people on the train took un col
lection for the baby's benefit, and $50 was
realized.
The action of the railroad officials in
refusing to permit reporters to 60 to the
wreck on the physicians train is severely
condemned. The man in charge of the
special train stated that " the officials of
the road had given orders to allow no
one but the surgeons to go out" and two
reporters were forced to leave the car.
The reporters we're obliged to drive along
the hilly and desolate Lake Shore road,
with the thermometer down near zero,
and did not reach the scene of the acc-
dent until after night
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
Following is list of the killed
MRS. j. D. BAUCUS, of Saratoga
Springs.
MRS. f. E. STEWART, of Roche ster,
N Y.
MR.. E. L. STEWART, of Rochester,
N. Y.
JOHN W. FLYNN, travelling agent, of
Canton, o.
JOHN T. POWER, travelling agent, of
Pittsfield, Mass.
j. SWAN, Pullman car porter
The names of the seriously injured
are:
Henry Bubrich, of r Rochester, injury to