Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-07-09
OHIO RAILWAY HORROR.
An Erie Fast Freight Crashes Into u
Vestibule Train.


RAvENNA, O., July 3.-At O'Clock
this morning passenger train No. s, east
bound, was lying quietly at the station
at this point. Something was wrong with
the coupling of the special car, and the
train crew gathered in aIittle knot about
the end of the car, while the regular
vardman whlstled cheerfully as he
tapped each smoking wheel to be sure
that all was right before the train,
heavily laden with precious human
freight, was forever beyond his con-
troll. Meanwhile there was one upon
whom all their lives depended, flag
man Boynton, idling lazily toward
the rear end Of the car, and thence
back into the night, with flag and
lantern to ward off danger from that
point He was not long walking to the
might take when there was no danger,
and surely there WAS no death in the
peaceful, quiet darkness that stretched
away to the rear of the train. No,
Boynton was not long in starting, and he
surely was not long in reaching a point
distant enough from the train he was
bound to protect. No matter how long
it took, it was too long; no matter how
far back he walked, it was not far
enough. There was some dreadful mis-
take or carelessness, or fate. There
was a sudden dazzling flash
from locomotive light in the
bewildered eyes of the rear hagman,
cry of warning when it was too late,
Whirl of wheels, an awful crash, and
deep silence, but only for a moment.
Nineteen precious human lives lost IN a
moment, and twelve manned and in
TO hi 10 ha n
occurred, and the tiagman, throwing
away his useless lantern, could only
help to save.
The passenger train consisted of an
express and baggage car, three day
coaches, two Pullman cars, and spe-
cial car and was about ten minutes late,
owing to the trouble with one of the
cars. The train at the time of the acct
dent lay on the Nypano maiI track,
just at the bottom of a steep grade,
and though the train men knew
they were followed by No. 81
fast freight filed with Chicago fresh
meat, no one seemed to think the
freight was on their very heels, and
that, once on the down grade coming
into the station, it would be hard to
stop, especially as the freight did not in
tend to make Ravenna a stopping place.
w lldU ullSuG lave UGcA SApCCtCo AHtO
actually happened. The freight was
making time and came down the bill
with rush, engine and tender being
fairly hurled through the rear cars of the
passenger.
ELMIRA, n. Y, July 5.-The neighbor
ing city of Corning presented aspectacle
to-day, as indeed it has ever since the
news of the railroad disaster was tele-
graphed from Ohio. On the through
trains Saturday and Saturday night
eighteen of the men from Corning, in
jured in that wreck, arrived and were
met by crowds OF people number
ing thousands. They we're tenderly
taken to their homes and cared for in
the best possible manner. Seventeen
bodies of the killed alo arrived, all but
one being from Corning. Five were
identified, but twelve were unrecogniza-
BILE. although it is known that they rep
resent the remains of young men whose
names have already been published.
The funeral of the identified took place
at noon to-day.