The sun., 1891-07-04

DEvxxN, JoHH. Corntne.
'GiLpAk HExar Corning
GRirSiN, JoHs. Corning.
GuSrnkRiE, ALsxRr. Coming
HARpEsAN D., Corning
K.,n w..,.. Ea.! avenue. Brooklyn.
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kalisis k .hS1 Ds,lS 1SInana 6srn,ns.
sI.s' B.sls CORNING
| Chid's nurse name unknown.
Fifteen OF the bodies have not BEEN positively
identified. Tho list includes names OF persons
| who are missing.
| INJURED.
| CAnwEzS. JoRN Corning. hip back and shoulders
SLAsE. JONAH. Corning head cut
ID y. G,trs 49,. u c. Corning head. neck. and shosldsr
fss:s ::s: s''na On wrist;
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WicKks. jams h. corning, crushed and burned.
| There is a steep grade for half q mile west OF
the station. and onoa on this grade the freight
| train could not be STONED, but crashed into
| the rear OF the passenger train. The moment
Of silence which followed tho crash was sue
cesded by the groans OF the MANNED and
wounded and the death cries Of those fatally
| hurt
In an instant tiny blaze appeared among
the wrecked coaches. and tho entire mass Of
splintered timbers was soon ablaze. Many Of
tho victims Of the disaster were burned to
death. Tho Fire Department was called out.
but was slow 10 respond. for some reason. A
| crowd OF citizens, however. gathered about
and worked herocally to rescue those who
were i'm mprisoned In the wreck.
The FIRE burned for two hours. and whom IL
was finally extinguisned the work OF taking
out the remains and caring for the wounded
began. Nineteen bodies were taken out
As fast as they were removed from the
wreck they were taken in wagons to the
| Etna building. near the City Square. the first
| floor Of which had been transformed into q
morgue The front doors OF the building were
barred to keep out the crowds which surged
to and fro In front Of the building. and even
then they climbed over ono another's shoul-
| ders In order 10 get q glimpse through the
| windows OF the sickening scene within.
The nineteen bodies. blackened and man
| Rled. were laid out on the floor. A NJ. Sher-
| man. the County Coroner. and his assistants
searched them for letters or other evidences
! of Identity. They mado little Roadway. how
| ever. for In almost every instance the clothing
was destroyed and the body charred beyond
recognition.
In five or six instances the head was burned
from ihe bodS. and in many other cases legs
and arms were burned of. Among the nine-
teen bodies there were only two that retained
features anything like those OF human beings.
These were two mon who had been placed on
q counter In the room. and although their lego
and arms were crushed and their features
contracted. yet tho bodies might have been
recognized bv friends.
Among the nineteen dead there was only
one woman. She WAS caught in the wreck
and burned to death with an infant in her
arms One victim was burned away to such
q deGree that the renal ns were placed in q
sheet and made up In bundle OF very small
Reief trains came from Cleveland, Young
town and Kent and everything was done lor
b. moved were taken to the hospital in Mead
.. Ihe train 2. tn the, g, time Of tho . sss,dsn. Icy
knew they were Followed ~ the fast freight
ing into 'he station i would bs = hard matter
to make Ravenna u stopping place.
The train End SrW 1 In
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fully as rs be e. tanned ,. e eacn smoking wheel to be
'ufH Fiasman ss Boyntoa VI was iding lazily toward
the nigh, with flag and lantern to ward of
Mas nnt ons Walking to the end of tho
car. not longer. than one, might tako when
as. sno
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ne fisG%sn aery Of warning when ,,, I. was too
we and the '5s The
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i, were eomplotsIy destroyed. Inc big freight
car. CAT The Ascoli was badly damaged. '''s.N'
When aSuN reporter reached the scene the
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pam pant SOY y the % car escaped to isi what followed
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tho the ess es' i saaE sasi Into os.nias
ass 'siG 'sss seemed srs sShsaeS shp
Ss s.Sassstlea q SsIs. qesaitiss proSae, .ssm rom
the terrific bloE ITsssiysd ia ths back oi the
Rs9sibs 0e cam. G2 aS0s s.ss ~ rom
the poor isllows who an initsnt hSioIo
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my ears 70 the criss that arose. ! wes ysdged
80 80 S.as. qesissd ana doabisd sna;f shs scat 3
Isll who he was: Many were caught and pin.
wa,s sns that had 5 eh as;hoa 1na Ssa hroai
the cars. Wherever they were they
stood or lay. pleading In, vain for hep. and
seeing every moment the ,hancs creeping
closer. My es.nre was simplyn miracle. and
came about, throoan ,is,Tfsi eEtj9ls ps 9nn.
]. was forced .ur knee oh tpK4 ~ n y eak y
the car. and after hard WORK sextricated myself
from the wreck and found myself standina In
the outside air, badly hurt but alive "a,
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