The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-07-10
The News of tn Day,
A Railroad Horror!
over Twenty KILLED and Roasted I"
Death and Many More Injured.

btNth anu uAhN 's''s
CLEVELAND, o., July 3.-Thcvc
was n terrible accident at Ravenna,
on the New York, Lake Erie aud
Western railroad, at 3 o'clock this
morning, by which more than score
of passengers were killed and nearly
twice that number injured. The cars
took fire and many of the passengers
were burned to death.
The train wrecked was known as
train No. s, through vestibule eX-
press from Cincinnati to New York.
1t was 46 minutes late and was wait
ing at the station at Ravenna for or
ders, Just behind the express came
freight composed of Swift's meat
cars. There is curve just west of
the station and heavy down grade
The freight came along at the rate of
20 miles an hour, dashed around the
curve without warning and crashed
ii to the rear of the express.
The engineer of the freight suppos-
ed he had a clear track, and, it being
a through train, he was not expected
to stop at Ravenna. He called for
brakes and reversed his engine. but
all to no purpose. On came the freight
train with but slightly decreased speed
and no word of warning could he
given the people in the doomed train,
A few feet west of the station the en-
gineer and fireman jumped, alighting
safely. A moment more and the
heavy freight crashed into the pass
enger train.
For moment after there was ST.
ence of death, and then commenced
the most frightful cries ever heard.
The means Of the dying, the piteous
cries for help from the imprisoned
and helpess passengers and the mu-
tilated and bloody remains of the dead
seen through the fragments of the de-
bris formed a scene of horror nothing
could picture. The freight engine
had gone through day coach in the
rear, through the sleeper and buried
itself in the second sleeper, the third
car of the train. There was nothing
left of the train but debris, ard the
sides of the third car stood about the
monster engine as if to hold itprison-
er and prevent further damage. This
scene lasted but moment. when little
tongues of flame sprang up here and
there, and the whole wreck was wrap.
ped in fire. 1t was a sickening sight.
Two scores of imprisoned passengers
in the debris, the flames lighting uE
the place with lurid glare, served
only to intensity the horror, without
aiding the rescuers. AS soon as the
dazed passengers in the other car re.
covered themselves they rushed to the
rescue of their unfortunate compan-
ions.
Many of the passengers on the train
were asleep when the awful crasl
came and a number were crushed tC
death in their berths. There were
cries for help from all parts of the
train mingled with dying means OF
others whose lives were being crushed
out. The steam was escaping from
the monster freight engine, and soor
the wreck caught fire, and the flames
crowded upon those who were fast il
the debris. The few persons who es
capped without injury worked with al
most superhuman power in their eff
0rts to rescue the most unfurtunat,
ones. In several instances persons
slowly burned to death while plead
ing With their last breath for help
which could not be rendered. I'll,
wreck was mostcompIcte.