Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-07-17
DEATHS HORROR
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accidents which ever occurred In the
state % Ohio Al s o'clock the vesii-
buled night express train on the New
York. Pennsylvania & Ohio. which had
come 10 a stop here. was run into by =
fast train and almost totally demol-
shed. the wreck instantly taking fre.
Nineteen people were instantly killed
and twelve MANNED and injured In the
awful disaster.
Two miles from Ravenna the New
York. Pennsylvania & Ohio and Cleve.
land & Pittsburgh roads cross When the
New York. Pennsylvania & Ohio express
reached this crossing Il was delayed for
considerable length Of time. Behind
the express and laundering along at a
rapid rate was a refrigerator train, used
60 transport meat and accustomed to
cover the distance IL had TO run Rt =
speed little less thRn that Of an ordinary
passenger train. After the halt at the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh crossing was
ended. the express hurried on 70 Ra-
VIENNA and pulled up at the depot but
the time the train was held at the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh road was suf-
ficient TO permit the meat train to come
up. and hardly had the wheels OF the
express ceased TO ~revolve when the
engine OF the freight crashed into the
rear end Of the express almost at full
speed.
The scene that followed was terrible
an the extreme. The engine plowed its
way. pushed on by the weight and mo-
mentum Of the heavy cars behind II,
through the coaches as II they were
made OF thin boards. Allows the grind
ing and crunchinR OF the cars could be
heard the agonized shrieks OF manned
passengers, who but a few seconds be-
fore were sound asleep. There were
two or three sleepers on the train and
these were we'll filed. There was also
"A car Of excursionists bound east
MANY glass blowers from Findlay were
on board going 10 New York state. A
dozen people from Akron composed an
excursion party on the Inflated train.
When the collision occurred those In
the rear cars were either instantly
killed. wounded or pinned down by
portion, OF the demolished cars. The
latter could not escape unaided. and in
the terrible fright and confusion that
followed and before the citizens OF the
town could reach the scene of the dis
astcr fire started and spread with
frightful rapiditv. II the accident had
been awful before II was now an un-
equalled horror.
The flames rushed through the debris
and the shrieks OF the manned or PIN
toned could be plainly heard on the
night air. Forward OF this wounded
and unframed passengers were getting
themselves out of the ears that were
still intact They did all they could to
stay the flames and rescue the imper.
lied But before this was done nine.
teen people were sacrificed, that many
bodies being taken out afterward.
Most of these mangled corpses were
'blA0.ened and burned in a manner
Sickcuing TO look upon, some OF them
being roasted into unrecognizable
MISSES.
A. the work OF taking out the bodies
mr. gressed the full extent OF the calam-
Cty dawned upon the workers from the
town and those of the passengers who
escaped alive. by daylight nineteen
bodies had been carried out
Those wounded TO n considerable ex-
tent numbered twenty-three. Many
Others were bruised and scratched
Al daylight a subdued and fearful
crowd OF several hundred stood at the
station, gazing upon the awful sight,
while all about them was a smothering
odor of burning human flesh, arising
from n mass of blackened, heaped-uI
~wreckaRe.
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
RAvEssA, o., july 5-Following is q
FULL list of lead in the collision here
Patrick Ryan. 7. Hauf, f. Burns, ].
Kimball, Owen Hardeman. Thomas
Nolan, Thomas Keeville, George Gil.
dea, David Belehian, ]. Coyle, w. New.
comb, u. Ryan. ID. Cassidy, Henry Nc.
Gill, @. Griffin, OF Brooklyn, N. Y; A,
Gunthrop, Of Brooklyn, N. Y; w.
Kane, of Brooklyn, n. Y; nurse girl,
unknown; infant child. unknown.
of the nineteen the first sixteen were
glass blowers Of Findlay and Corning
N. Y, and the last three passengers In
the sleeper.
The injured were: Joseph Morgan, OF
Corning, N. Y, cut on the face and
badly burned about the legs and back.
very serious; Thomas Hanlcy, OF
Corning, N. Y, severely injured about
the ACE and head and shoulders
George Smith, of Corning, N. Y,
crushed and burned; James Dwicken
OF Corning, n. Y, crushed and
burned; James Smith, leg broken; II
C. De Graf. head, neck and shout
ders cut and bruised; John Cadween
nip, back and shoulders injured: James
McCill, badly squeezed about the body
John Heating, cut on the head; A. 7
ZONES. head cut Jonas Clark. bend cut