The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-08-07
AND RUIN !
HORRIBLE WRECK ON THE
WEST SHORE RAILROAD.
ELEVEN PERSONS WERE KILLED.

Into the Rear of a Freight
Which Had Broken in Two.
Terrible Scenes.
Syracuse, N. Y, Aug. THE St.
Louis express, on the West Shore rail
road, which leaves here at 15s a. m.,
met with a terrible accident three
miles west of Port Byron, near what is
known as the Duchess Cut yesterday.
The train was running at high rate
Of speed, and at that point ran into a
freight train.
The wreck was an awful one, aud
the deaths outright number ten.
Those killed outright and those who
died from their injuries, were all
Italians but one, the fireman Of the
passenger train.
Eleven Italians were badly hurt,
four fatally.
Twelve cars of the freight train were
wrecked and piled upon the tracks,
completely blocking them.
The Italians We're in the smokin g
car, which was completely shattered.
Hardly a whole piece of timber was
left of the car.
The wreck took fire, and the passen-
ger train was burned with the except
in of three sleeping cars.
The train was made up of two ex-
press cars, a baggage car, p smoking
car, q day car and four sleeping cars.
The following is a list of the killed
aud wounded:
KILLED.
Michael Bergen, fireman on passen-
ger train, lives at Macedon.
Alphonz Cabilla, Italian.
Coco Rocco, italian.
NeanbO Dllauri, Italian.
Dominica KichOne, Italian.
Thomas Merling, Italian.
John RosiO, Italian.
Dominica SautilO, italian.
Antonio Seazzsftave, Italian.
John Geambout, Italian.
An unknown Italian died or the
way to Syracuse,
THE INJURED.
Mihle Codarella, Giovanni Rosso,
Punco AgostmO, Tomaso CanzorlnO,
Lippis Camilli, Lupus AgostinO, AricO
CialonO, Joseph Mascarelli, Angelo
NOvelli, Ricco Agostury, Antonio Cob.
bella, all Italians.
Benjamin Potts, Oneida James
Chaser, st. Louis j. Myers of No l.
OPS Fillmore avenue, Buffalo Frank
Seller, Of North Selma street, SYRIA
cUse John Preston. West Troy Pat
rick Ryan, engineer passenger train,
East Buffalo Mr.. Teller, West Point
NJ. LeWice, Norwich.
John f. Bowdisb, of Boston, who is
in the brush business, was on his way
to Detroit. Hhe-accident was between
3 and 4 O'clock, Mr.. Bowdish says.
He had been riding In the Stocking
car and had been in a dOze, but was
fully awake when the crash came.
"The first thing that attracted my
attention, " said h. twas the working
Ofthe air brake. q flashed through
my mind that something terrible was
about to happen, Quicker than l
could take a second thought there was
a crash, shrieks, and all was darkness
and confusion.
81 felt myself pinned down by a
great weight, / could look below me
and see broken boards, beams and car
wheels, but was unable to move.
"SoOn 1 heard the cracking of flames.
You cannot imagine the horror
that cTept over me as l thought thatin
the next moment the flames would be
upon me, and l would be slowly ere
mated alive.
"My God, help me- I cried.
Hurry hurry Just then | heard a
voice, heres a man alive; let's get him
out Then | heard the sound of axes
and pleasanter noises never greeted my
ears, l a assure you.
ut was hope not unmiXed with fear,
however, o rthere frequently came the
thought that the roaring flames would
drive away the workers before they
reached me and / would be left TO my
fate. | suppose it was only a few min.
utes, but II seemed an age when day
light broke in from above aud two burly
trainmen hauled me out.n
The Italians came from TOmpkins
Cove, Rockland county, and were on
their way to Niagara Falls 10 work on
the nnelthere. They were in charge
of interpreter Savarino Scozzavana.
1t was reported that the engineer and
fireman of the freight train had disap-
peared, but railroad men say that they
were not responsible for the accident.
The cause was the breaking ina two
of the freight train as it was going on
the stretch.
A flagman had been sent back, but
the engineer did not see him because
Of IA dense fog. The dead and wounded
were brought TO this city.
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