The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-07-16
A RAILROAD MASSACRE.
AWFUL DESTRUCTION or LIFE AT
RAVENNA, ONO.

~ AsS"hEcr Irafn KUN Ihto IFoh Inc
Rear b. IL Freight T'air, TYmin Fright
fully Wrecked and Set on Firc--Euin-
beIs oI the Dead Roasted To Il Crisp.
RANENNA, o., July 3.--The worst
railroad accident ever occurring i'm tiiia
vicinity happened at 3 O'Clock tins
morning. The horrible calamity has
iairly appalled, the town and ncighbor-
hood. Twenty people were Killed and
their bodies burned to Il crisp. More
than that number were Injured. Tl!:
Charrtd remains Of the dead were taken
from the ruins Of the demolished pas
Senger train as fast Is the flames could
he suhdued 10y the townSpeoplc who
rallied to the rescue. Such Terrible
sights rs were witnessed in the early
morning hours made the rronlp almoit
sick.
An express, loaded with sleeping pas
SrlgerS, WAS run into by freight train
while the express was at a StanGStill III
this city. The wreck of the passenger
train was terrible and complete. TO add
10 the condition Of the unfortunate pas
$rngtrS who were imprisoned in the de-
hrlS the train caught fire and was con-
Sumed. In this way death fairly swept
light twenty bodies, nearly all ui tlrn
charrcd in Il hUrriblc MANNER, we've talk
IN out. W,nty-thlrr injured had also
leen rescued. y large number Of the
Killed were Gi:EslioWcr$ who we're OF
their way east from E'intllay.
The freight train that tclvSCOpcd the
express IS the drrtS' q meat express fru!n
Chicago, and Was running about thirty
miles an hour when il struck the pas
%rnS"r tram. The aCci;!rnt was due to
ca rltSSntrS in lraving Il switch open.
he passenger tram, which WAS the
v'stlhni" express with eight coaches
ir'm tlnclnnaN TO New York, on tie
New OK, Pennsylvania and OHIO
Naiiro&d, Was forty.SiX minutes kate
hh6 IN" engineer was trying to remedy
tnc lauit III the engine when the fast
lr'lGht Was sighted ir The rear. \
hraktman was sent back. but the heavy
lrt'Hht tram Of tWcntv.GOur cars could
i!o' De stopped on the down grade III
tlnp, AMI 1t crashed into the rear Of t! {
passenger tram.
/ lie rear coach contained fortv.siy
passengers, Ail glass. workers recently
rmpioyrd at thr Richardson GHs 5
"rkS IN fnG,Hy, WHO were on I'll,
way to Their homes in New York State
~ car was completely GcmoliShcd, and
- ~ 'ii'l' slaughter occurred.
GEORGE Holman, the engineer of the
'rriEi!t. sand to Il reporter: Il cannot
see That ava to blame. on, nav God, If
rould have got sand | could have
stopped tie train, but the rails wcr,
wet ana the sand would not take.
WAS moi warned III time, and could not
ste lhr nights ON the rear Of the paSSrn
ger, owing to the darkness and iog.
reversed the lever rs quickly as poS:;i
ne, ana with the fireman Jumped from
me train, sustaining Il severe fracture
ct the right hand" Mr.. Holman seem.
I" thnk that the man of the pasSpngc,
irain, Fred BoyntUn. could have llaggr,
from Il greater distance.
The fire department OF Havrnna wn
soon on the scene, and rXtiuguSh, Il tI
flames, hut not before terrible hayr
had hccn wrought
lieHlucS the Victims III thcIr;tr c,;arl
i"Nr passengers in thr Iulmm G..
h'NI forward were killed. TWO me
HhI one woman were burned to dr;i
III TINS car, while their bodies wpl
parity out Of the windows, their a
ltmptS to escape having lctn lruitirS
ont woman WAS heard screaming hu
rlDiy While being burned hut sh" co,ll
rot be reached. Two hrddlrsH houi,
81 men coll'd De seen caught in the Ou1
|
irhScOpcu car. and anut her dead boo
was suspended from the cow.catcici
ne brakeman Wa. WAS seat back hi,
E"I only about fifteen yards lrrorr J.,
met the freight train
lhe scenes here at the wreck th!!
morning were heart ring. y
HlrSc Rlrl, whose naul, Is unknown
ana baby about year old. which she
was caring for, were burned to dealt
before the very eyes OF the horror
stricken spectators. Heroic effort.
were made to save them, but they were
apparently bound down hy the broker
'ilnhrrS ct the car. The poor CIR
pleaded lit'oHSiy for somebody in
mercy {" Kill her. re flames alnoSt
rhVclopcd the car HI;; repeatedly drov,
were compelled TO fall Hrk and ahAu
""n the girl tu her awful fate. THIS
W;S hut one "f the aM tui scenes being
enacted.
Nhrn the great freight locomotive
W"uEhrd through the rear coach, it
lEangitd into undergraduate masses of
II 81 ana ZONES several OF the na>Srn.
gers. Their Deaths. horrible though
tl'y were, were easy compared to !hat
ct some Of their friends. When tn,
locomotive had c0mrt0 Il StandStill, five
l,iliiS were seen To u" NNlOnCu between
NE head Of the huiiVr and the torn and
twisted umbcr$ Of the coach. Twu
were undoubtedly dead or unconscious
nHl thc other thrt" weakly SWHyrd their
pp0lcS and waved their hantiS in an
agoniZing cndcavor TO free themselves
from their frightful position. Quickly
.he debris OF the coach cauGh, fire. aMd
III lew minutes thr forms Of the pOOI
ieIloWS were cnvclorVd in smoke, anN
flames.
ANOTHER RAILROAD DISASTER.
Ht""n i"rsnns Killed aud r,uy-ElyMj
Injured.