The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-08-08
THE REGULAR.
Another Railroad Horror De-
strOying Human Life.
Ten Lives Lost in Railroad Collision in
New York State.-List of Killed
and W ounded.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, August 6.-Thi.
morning "A freight train on the West
Shore railroad going west, broke in
two between Port Byron and Montezu-
ma, and the fast train following
smashed into the rear section. Ten
Italians en- route to Niagara Falls in
the smoking car, were killed, and eley-
en- others in the same car injured
some will probably die. One sleeping
car burned and it is supposed nearly
all the passengers were rescued. 1t is
thought none OF them are ba1ly hurt
The injured were brought here and are
being cared for.
The bodies Of the killed are at Port
Byron where the coroner will hold an
inquest. Among the injured was a
member of an opera company, who
died ON the way here. The train men
say that more were killed in the wreck.
Physicians were sent from Syracuse,
Auburn, MOntezuma aud Port Byron.
The scene at the wreck was terrible
one.
liz l'IllNlN NIX 10 Illt llSi vi Tile utdU
NJ chael Bergen, fireman of fhe passen-
ger train; AIphonse Carilla, Coco Rocco;
homas Meriing, John Rosio, Veanzo
DIiauri, Dominlco Ricbone, Dominica
san lie, Antonio Scazzaffava, Italians;
John BramhOtt and an unknown Ital-
ian, who died Oh the way to Syracuse.
Of the eleven Italians injured four
will probably die. They were in the
smoking Car of the ST. Louis express,
VIII oh crashed into the freight tram.
Twelve cars of the freight train were
wrecked and piled up on the tracks,
completely blocking the road. Hardly
Il whole piece of timber was left of the
smoking car. The wreck took fire and
The passenger car burned with the ex-
ceptIon of three sleeping cars. The
train was made up of two express cars.
baggage car and smoking car, a day
coach and four sleeping cars.
j. j. Sullivan of this city was on the
train: He WAS in the car behind tile
smoker Regarding the accident he
said: THE fraight train with which
eur train collid d was running on pas
spnger train time. When the crash
came the scene was terrible one. The
smoking car was smashed to splinters
and the shIieks of the wounded i'm
prisoned in the wreckage were heart
rendIng. The accident occurred at 3
O'Clock. When | left the dead and the
wounded were scattered ABOUT on the
ground inside of the trucks and surviv-
ing passengers We're doing all they
could for the relief of the wounded.
The victims so far as could see were
all men who were in the smoking car.
None of the passengers in the sleeping
cars were injured"
John f. BOwdish of Boston, who had
a narrow escape, gave similar account
of the accident. He said no one in the
rear cars was injured. The attendants
of the express and baggage cars had re-
tired to the rear coaches to catch lit
tie sleep and the entire fatality there,
fore was confined to the occupants Of
the smoking ear and locomotive.
Joseph NJ. Keeshan of st. Louis and
Antonio lmbello, an Italian, died at
the hospital in this city. These deaths
make the number of fatalities twelve
OF the injured some others will proba-
bly, die.
New YORK, August THE West
Shore official says: From what can
be learned there is no doubt the acct
dent this morning was the result of the
neglect of the conductor of the freight
train to send back a flagman and warn
trains moving on the same tack.