The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-30
FIFTY WE'RE KILLED.

FIFTY WERE killed.
Trains ON French Railroad Collide and
Two score and Ten Deaths Result
| Three Lives Lost BY : Disaster Neas
| Dayton, %. - aa -
PARIS, Ju]y q. "A collision between
excursion trains occurred at4S Mande
Sunday night in which fifty persons
were killed and three carriages
wrecked. Both trains were returning
from musical festival at Fontenoy.
The second train crashed into TIL pre-.
ceding train before the latter had
left the St. Mande station. The guard
van and the three rear carriages
of the fast train were wrecked and
caught fire from the gas The injured
occupants were shrieking in despair
and the other passengers hurriedly left
the train and assisted in extricating
the victims. Soldiers also aided
the fire brigade to '"quench
the flames and rescue the suffer:
ers. The work of helping the in:
jurcd was carried on by torchlight. A
! dispatch from st. Mande dated o'clock
| a. III. says that 100 persons were injured
and that forty nine dead bodies have
been recovered, including those Of two
!; children who were mangled beyond
recognition. 4Most.of the dead victims
| arc legless, their limbs - having
been crushed off through the tanning
together of the seats. Fully 10000 on
lockers are at the scene. Many rela-
tives of the victims are Assem- bled at
| the railway station, and heartrending
scenes are witnessed as the victims are
extricated from the wreck. The driver
and fireman of the second train were
burned alive. 1t is reported that the
station-master has gone mad and de-
, camped.
DISASTER IN OHIO. :
DAYTON. O., July 27.-The wreck at
Middletown, near this city, in which
three were killed and thirty wounded,
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad Saturday night, is one
of the worst that has ever hap.
pened in this vicinity. The National
Cash Register Company had given
its employees an excursion to Woods.
dale, near Hamilton, and train of six
teen coaches left here at o'clock in
the morning. Several other trains
took passengers to Woodsdale and at
o clock in the evening, when it was
time to return, about 1900
people boarded the train. The day
had passed merrily' and everybody
was laughing and chatting when
the train reached Middletown at
o'clock on its way to this city. Some
one had turned the air. brakes on for a
joke and the engine was putting and
wheeling to pull the heavy load with
the brakes on. Pretty soon u draw
bar broke and the train was
stopped on the siding at Middle
town for repairs. The train was
No. 8, with Conductor Glance and En-
gineer Harry Brewer in charge.
Several tlagmen were sent back to flag
No. A freight, with Engineer Schwind
and Conductor sam King in charge As
soon as the repairs were made the pas
scnger excursion pulled out on the
main track to make start The flag
man started on a run to catch the
train and just then freight "a dashed
around the bend. Vainly did the
brakemen signal the freight train to
stop. On it came and dashed into the
rear OF the passenger, wrecking three
cars. The rear coach was tossed to
one side, the next one was splintered,
and the third stood on end by the
freight engine. A scene of blood and
carnage followed. Shrieks of men and
women rent the air. Wild con-
fusion prevailed for a time, and soon
citizens of Middletown and the excur-
sicnists who were not hurt lent a hand
ir. rescuing the dead and injured. Il
v'recking train and two relief trains
with physicians and assistants were
sent out from here and two trains from
Cincinnati. The rescuers succeeded
in getting all of the wounded out of
the wreck and bringing them to this
city at o'clock Sunday morning The
dead came on later train at
10 o'clock. A Thousand people thronged
the union depot anxious to see and hear
of friends and relatives. Women cried
for children, husbands and sweet
hearts, and the scene at the depot was
sad one. At length all the wounded
who could walk were taken to the hos
pital or to their homes. The killed
were Maria Frier, William Matthews
and Frank Simonton, all of Dayton
VOLCANOES IN CALIFORNIA.
Fire and Smoke Issuing from 5000
Spoute"s of Various Sizes.
SAN DIEGO, Cal, July 27.-The San
Diegan publishes descriptive account
by Col. l. X. Allen. a well-known engi-
neer. of phenomena in what is known
as the volcanic region of Cocopah
mountains, situated is miles southwe
of Yuma in lower California. Col. Allen
says that there are over 5000 active
volcanoes there, one-half of which are
small cones, measuring 10 or IL feet at
the base. The remaining half are from
to 40 feet at the base and Is to IS
feet in height. The whole
volcanic region is encrusted with
sulphur. One peculiar feature of
the region is the lake, which is quar-
ter Of a mile in length and one-eighth
OF mile in width. 1t is seemingly
bOttomless and the water is hot and
salty and of a jet-black color.
Death Of Mrs. scar,es.
METHUEN, Mass, July q. - Mrs.
Mark Hopkins Searles. wife of Edward
f. Searles, the New York architect,
and widow of the millionaire, Mark
Hopkins, of the Pacific slope, died at her
mansion here as result of All attack
of the grip Her husband left an estate
valued at $50, 00O, 900, and Mrs. Searles'
wealth was estimated at $40, 600, 900.
Death of an Inventor.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July GA dis
patch received in this city from
Rangely Lakes, Me-, reports the death