Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-07
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
Another Horrible Railroad
Disaster.
A Passenger Train Crashes Into
a Freight.
The Night Was Dark and No Proper
Signal Was Displayed.
Fourteen People Killed and Nearly a
Score of Others Injured The
Accident the Result
of Neglect.
Associated Press Dispatches.


SYRACUSE, N. Y, August 6.-This
morning a freight train on the West
Shore railroad, going west, broke in two
between Port Byron and Montezuma,
and fast passenger train following,
crashed into the rear section. A brake
man had gone, back toward the passen-
ger train, but the night was so foggy that
he was not seen. The fireman OF the
passenger train, and ten Italians, en-
route to Niagara Falls, in the smoking
car, were killed, and seventeen others
in the same car injured, some OF whom
have since died.
TERRIBLE SCENE.
The scene at the wreck was terrible
one. The Italians killed and injured
were in the smoking car OF the St. Louis
express, which crashed into the freight
train. Twelve cars of the freight train
were wrecked and piled upon the tracks,
completely blockading the tracks.
Hardly whole piece of timber was left
in the smoking car. The wreck took
fire and the passenger train burned with
the exception of three sleeping cars.
The train was made up of two express
cars, baggage and smoking car, day
coach and four sleeping cars.
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
Following is list of the killed and
injured:
Killed-Carrilla Alfonso, Coco Roca,
Vincenzo Dilawa, Dominica Richone,
Thomas Merlino, John Rosia, Dominica
Santillo, Antonio Scozzafava, John
Giambot, and an unknown. All the
above are Italians; all adults. Fireman
Michel Bengen, of Macedon, N. Y, was
instantly killed. Antonio Umbello died
after his removal to the House of the
Good Shepherd. Josh M. keenan,, of
st. Louis, died at the House OF the
Good Shepherd.
Injured Ryan, engineer of
the express. of Buffalo; Louis Diller, of
Alsace-Lorraine A. X. Louvas, Hun
garian; John Schultz, member of the
Uncle Isaac farce company, of Easton,
Pa; George H. Saxby, OF Hamilton,
Ont. John Preston, Of Troy, N. Y;
julius Myers, of Buffalo, N. Y; B. E.
Petts, musical director of the Uncle
Isaac company; Camille Libiz, Guisiano
Libiz, Henry Tralano. Giuseppe Mas
ciarello. Giovanni Rossi, Nicolo Ma
chini, Tomasse Tonzano and Luigi Do
naro, all Italians, an unknown Hunga-
rian and Antonio Cabello, an Italian.
The above were all taken to the House
of the Good Shepherd. r. x. Serviss,
OF Newark, N. VI; Lewis Taylor, OF
West Point, N. Y, and Frank j. Zinter,
of this city, were removed to their
homes.
CONDUCTOR KANALY's STORY.
Conductor Kanaly of the limited said:
81 was in the front of the sleeper Mara
thon, and had just noticed that we were
making usual running time. We left
Syracuse at :58, on time. The train
was heavily loaded, each of the sleepers
having about twenty passengers. 1t
was very foggy, and the engineer of
course expected that the Montezuma
side track would be all right for him.
The first intimation had of an accident
was when felt the sudden application
of the aIrbrakes. A moment later came
crash. That is about all can tell,
except that the engine went clear
through the caboose of the freight train
and then rolled down an. embankment.
The day coach telescoped the smoking
car, and when got out of doors they
were all mixed up with the express and
baggage cars. The sleeper did not leave
the rails"
PASSENGERS ACCOUNTS OF THE ACCIDENT.
J.J. Sullivan, of this city, was on the
train. He was in the car behind the
smoker. Regarding the accident, he
said "The freight train with which
our train cOllidtd was running on pas
senger train time. When the crash
came the scene was terrible one. The
smoking car was smashed to splinters
and the shrieks of the wounded i'm
prisoned in the wreckage were heart
rending. 1t was about 3 O'Clock when
the wreck occurred. When 1 left the
dead and wounded were scattered about
on the ground between the tracks and
those who escaped were doing all they
could for the relief of the wounded VIC
Tins. So far as could see they were all
men who were in the smoking car. None
of the passengers in the sleeping car
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 of the wreck was injured. The at
tendants of the express and baggage
cars had retired to the rear coaches to
catch little sleep, and the entire fatal
ity, therefore, was confined to the smok-
ing car and locomotive.
THE RESULT OF NEGLECT.
NEW YORK, August GA West Shore
official says: "From what can be
learned there is no doubt that the
accident this morning was the result of
the neglect of the conductor of the
freight train to send back flag man to
warn trains moving on the same track"
An Arbitration Treaty.
LONDON, August 6.-In the commons
yesterday notice was given that at the
next session resolution will be intro
ducad in favor of the conclusion of q