The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-07-04

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lamp 10 ward of any possible danger from
the rear. Suddenly, without warning. the
headlight of . locomotive dashed around a
curve. and fast stock train dashed down
a steep grade from the vest, crashing into
the rear of the passenger train standing al
the depot There was some dreadful mis-
take Nineteen precious human lives were
crushed out in q moment and twelve per-
sons MANNED and injured. Following is q
list OF the killed and injured:
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HENRY GILDEA, JoHx NcAyoy,
PATEIcK RrAx, J. HAGr,
OWES saaDxAs. THoaAs SclAx,
DavID BELFalas. ] CoYIE.
y. NgECoNB, D. RYAN.
d. CASSIDY, HENRY McGILL,
All gisssworksrs Of Findlsy. O., and Corning,
c GRIPf1y. Brooklyn n Gunthrop, Brooklyn.
". KAN, Brooklyn
Unknown nurse girl and infant child
The following passengers in the Pull
man sleeping car were injured:
JOSEPH MoEsAs, of THoxAs HAsLEys of
Corning. y. 7. Corning,
GEORGE SMITH, JANEs DwIcKEy,
DENNIS RYAN. JAMES SxITH,
II. C. DE6RAFF, JoBE CaDvEEN,
JAMES HFEIlL- JOHN kEkTiNE.
A z. JoSEs. JONAH CLARK,
L u. DATING, J. CoDT.
u. MosIER, H. foCSs.
c. REILLY. " C. JoSEs.
A. HUxFHREY, H HUNFHREy,
JOIN OHaRE, X McMAES,
EDwAED Percy. r. MALTBY.
All these are seriously hurt, and some
may die
The passenger train was about ten min
ufes late, owing 10 trouble with one of the
cars. The train, st the time of the acci-
dent, lay on the main track Just at the
bottom of q steep grade, and though the
trainmen knew they were followed by q
fast freight no one seemed TO think the
freight was at their very heels, and once
on the down grade coming into the station
il was hard matter TO stop, especially as
the freight did not intend TO make Ra-
VIENNA stopping place What might
have been expected actually happened.
The freight was making time and came
down hill with a rush, the engine and
tender being fairly hurled through the
rear cars of the passenger. When the cor
respondent arrived on the scene after the
accident the scene was awful
Piteous cries for help arose from the
wreckage, and willing hands were already
tearing al the heap of broken and twisted
timber and iron.
Suddenly here and there a tongue Of
fame sprung up from the crevices Of the
wrecked train. Fire had added 70 the hor-
rors Of the wreck, and, fight as they would.
the rescuers could not drive the ugly ele-
ment back one foot from the writhing VIC
tins, who shrieked and implored in vain
for help. that was willing enough, bur was
far too weak 10 tear aside the iron and
timbers before the wreck and flames had
done their worst. There were very few
injured who did not die, and very few dead
who were not bruised and broken and
blackened and burned out of all resem-
blance 10 the form Of their maker.
There was no delay in ready assistance,
but all efforts were fruities. until the ar
rival Of the city IRE department. The
flames could not be stayed until water had
been poured into the wreck for hours Il
seemed slow work 10 the sgonized onlook-
ers, but in reality all human power could
do was done. At daylight 8 subdued and
fearful crowd of several hundred stood =.
the station gazing on the sickening sight,
while all about them was the smothering
smoke Of burning human flesh arising
from the mass Of heaped I'D wreckage.
Now and then the eye chaaced upou little
shreds OF clothing or SCARED hesh and
bones, ali blaekened and roasted TO q bor-
rible degree.
Possibly the most fearful sight, If one
could be worse than another, was the ap-
pearance of the boiler Of the freight en-
CINE In the first shock the front end Of
the boiler was broken in. and IS the en-
CINE plowed its way through the mass OF
humanity, four poor fellows were actually
scooped up N the cauldron. wounded and
helpless. and there they lay, slowly roast
ing TO death, before the eyes Of the specta-
tors, who would bu; could not aid them.
Their bodies were afterwards fshed out
piece-meal by firemen's hooks and covered
with sheeting
Aid for the wounded vss soon at hand.
but fSr the dead there vas nothing but 70
hide them from sight as soon as possible,
The -Etna building was Transformed into a
morg1e, and as the masses OF burned flesh
were hooked they were hastily removed
there. and either stretched 81 full length
or huddled in little heaps An enormous
crowd had gathered about the norgue, bnt
the doors were closed. Some Of the NOR
bidly curious crepi up TO the windows,
only 10 fall back sghast al what
they had seen, the remains OF
what had been nineteen human
beings, covered with sheetings,
through which s bare, blsckened limb now
and then protruded. while blood soaked
through the white cloth and puddled On
the floor. Coroner Sherman with his as-
s,s:ants stepped from one 20 the ether,
searching for letters or some means Of in
Identifying one mass from another. This
wa difficult In half dozen instances the
entire head had been burned OF, leaving
only the blackeaea trunk. grin and
chastity, defying al efforts a. identifca-
ton. The names and other data could
only be secured from surviving friends
No one could tell one trunk from another.
Itwas here IN the morgus that the moss
touching and swful discovery OF the night
vas made. The coronsr tenderly removed
from one form s clotied sheet 20 ind be-
neath il the unnistskA5le form OF woman
and. worst Of Sl, ciaspei in her arms was
an infant child She had shielded the
babe until the last, and even IN death be,
blacsened arms were unwilling 20 be sepa-
rated from their charge.
On the person OF Willie Kin. OF Corn
ing. y. Y. glass blower. Was found 500