Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-13
RA.nnoAD SLAUGHTER.
The Two Trains Crash Together in the
Darlx--But One Inmate of the Smoker
Escapes without Independently All the
Victims ure Italian wOrIsmon.

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cago and St. Louis limited on the West
Shore railroad stopping only at Newark
and Rochester, between this city and
Buffalo, left the West Shore depot here
at l.53 o'clock, this morning, on time.
This train consisted of locomotive No.
112 in charge of conductor J. B. Kenaly
of Syracuse with Engineer Patrick Ryan
of East Buffalo, Fireman Michael Bur-
gen of Macedon, and train of two ex-
press cars, one baggage car, smoking
car, day coach and the four Wagner
sleeping coaches.
TERRIBLE CRASH.
The train was going at rate of about
| as miles an hour when three miles west
of Port Byron The passengers who
| wera awake felt the application of the
air brakes and in another instant came
terrible crash The passenger loco
| motive had buried itself in the caboose
Of freight train; the day coach had
telescoped the smoking car and together
with the three baggage and express cars
was piled up in a heap on the double
track, which at that point were elevated
above the Montezuma marshes on a TO-
foot embankment.
AWFUL CRIES OF THE WOUNDED AND
DYING.
The awful extent of the accident was
at once realized by those unframed in
the wild cries of the injured and dying
in the forward part of the train.
RUSHING TO THE RESCUE.
The station house ut Montezuma was
broken into and the news of the acct
dent telegraphed to the train dispatcher
at syracuse, and relief train was soon
hurrying to the scene with doctors and
Coroner F. W. Smith, with number of
railroad men.
THE WRECK TAXES FIRE.
In the meantime fresh cause of alarm
was created by little coniagrations
which sprung from several parts of the
wreck. The principal fire starting from
the locomotive which had toppled over
the embanInent and lay on its side
against which the forward express car
pressed closely.
REAR CAR OCCUPANTS SAFE.
The trainmen and porters were hurry
ing out the passengers in the day coach
and sleepers and il was found that no
one in the rear end Of the train had
been seriously injured. The attendants
of the express and baggage cars had
retired to the rear coaches to catch a
little sleep, and the entire fatality was
therefore coniinel to the occupants Of
the smoking car and the rear car.
SLAUGHTER OF ITALIANS.
! The party consisted of 81 Italians and
an Interpreter, who was taking them
! from Tompkins' Cove to Niagara Falls,
where they were to work on the new
. railroad tunnel. Only one member of
the party escaped death or serious in
4, jury
Fireman Michael 9urgen of Macedon
was found to have been instantly killed
! at his post on the locomotive, and En-
/ gineer Patrick Ryan of East Buffalo
Z was seriously injured
2 THE IMPRISONED MEN BURNED.
The fire which started slowly from
the locomotive increased in fury with
great rapidity and before all the victims
in the smoking car could be removed
: from the wreck the express, baggage
= and smoking car and day coaches were
!. burned. The forward end of the sleeper
= Marathon had also taken fire aud in
= order to save the three sleepers beside il
7 which had not left the track they were
uncouplcd and pushed by hand to q
a place of safety. Ten freight cars and
/, the caboose were also in flames.
!, AN APPALLING DEATH LIST.
+ The death list began TO he appalling
S as body after body was removed unit
|. 10 were laia along the tracks in row
V The injured were twice as many, anc
/ their supplications for aid were heart
:. rending
G CARING FOR THE WOUNDED.
o The physicians did everything pos
/, sible for the comfort of the injured, anc
4 at $50 start was made for Syracuse
Ii When Port Byron was reached, Til,
t. dead were taken off and laid in til,
freight house, and the train continued
slowly TO Syracuse. Between Por
Byron and Syracuse, one of tn,
% Italians, who was terribly injured
!. in the smoker died and was laid out il
y the baggage car When the train will
n the injured reached the depot the in
q jured were conveyed to the hospital
Is and homes.
s. The dead were removed to tn
Y. morgHc, the cars were shifted to tn
1t yards.
IF WHEN THE COLLISION OCCURRED.
., Conductor Kanaley of the Unite
5 said the accident occurred at exactl
2.40 O'clock.
n There is only a single track at tina
ls point on the road where the acciden
W occurred,and twas occupied by freigh
% train Of 40 cars, which was TO take
IN side track at Montezuma station to Ii
G. the express pass. A coupling in tn
le middle of the freight train broke as
s. was taking the side track, and ii had
re stop. A brakeman was sent back
N signal the express.
ne Either the brakeman did not 60 ia
enough back, or the engineer of the eS
press did not see him.
IL William j. Wiley, one Of the iniure
lie passengers, says that he saw brakema
as Of the freight train standing by the sid
IA Of the track crazy with excitement. II
IN asked him: "For Gods sake, man, ho'
NJ did this happens"
al "Oh, my Cod the brakeman fairl
ur howled, II told them to go back, tol
40 them TO go back"
d. "What do you mean-back where
ne Back from the freight
~ Wiley asked him if he meant Thu
the freight did not send back any ligh
but he could not say anything more.
is said that if the express had been
minute late the freight train would ha'
Oh been on the side track and everythir
"s would have been safe.
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