The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-07
A VERY BAD WRECK
A Passenger Train on the West
Shore Runs Into a Freight.
NEARLY TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED
The Blame Not Located-The Conductors
story-Aecount Of a Passenger Who Es-
caped-Ihe Dead and Injured.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Aug. 6.-Tnis morn
ing freight train on the West Shore rail-
road going west, broke in two between
Port Byron and Montezums and fast
train following smashed into the rear. A
brakeman who went back toward the
passenger train was killed. Ten Italians.
car, were killed and seventeen others in
the same car injured Some of them will
probably die. The sleeping cars were
burned and it is supposed nearly all the
passengers were rescued. 1t is thought no.
body was badly 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 his way here
The train men were killed in the wreck
Physicians and others sent from Syracuse,
Auburn, Monte una and Port Byron 10 the
scene at the wreck say il Is a terrible one.
The following is revised list of the
killed and injured: Killed - Carrilla
Alfonzo, Coco Roca. Vincenzo di Lari,
Dominica Richone, Thomas Merlino, John
Rosia, Dominica Stanilo, Antonio Scoz-
zaiava, John Gismbot, one unknown. All
the above are Italians and all are adults.
Fireman Michael Burger, of Macedon, n.
Y, was instantly killed. Antonio Umbello
died after his removal to the house OF the
Good Shepherd. Joseph NJ. keehan, Of st.
Louis, died al the house of the Good Shep-
herd.
Iniured-Patrick Ryan, engineer OF the
express. lives in Buffalo; Louis Diller,
Alsace- Lorraine y. X. Lovvas, Hungarian;
John Schultz, member OF the Unite
Issac" farce comedy of Eastern, Pennsyl-
vania; Geore H. Saxby, of Hamilton, Ont;
Lob Of vail
man; Julius Myers, Buffalo, n. Y; b. E.
Pitts, musical director of the Unite
Isaac" company; Camille Libiz, Cuisine
Libiz, Henry Tralauo Guizppe, Masciarello,
Giovanni Rossi, Nicolo Machine. Tomasse
Tanzano, Lugui Donaro. all Italians, and
an unknown Hungarian and Antoni
Cabello, Italian. The above were all taken
TO the house of the Good Shepherd. r. X.
Serviss, Of Newark, n. Y; Lewis Taylor,
of West Point y. Y, and Frank j. Setter,
of this city, were removed to their bomes-
OF the eleven Italians injured, one will
probably die. They 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 up on
the track, completely blocking the road.
Hardly a whole piece of timber was left in
the smoking car. The wreck took fire and
the passenger train was burned with the
exception Of three sleeping cars. The
train was made up OF two express, baggage
and smoking car, day coach and four
sleeping cars.
j. j. Sullivan OF this city was on the
train. He was in the car behind the
smoker. Regarding the accident, he said:
1.-THE freight train with which our train
collided was running on the passenger
trains time. When the crash came the
scene was a terrible one. The smoking
car was smashed to splinters and the
wreckage was herrtrending. The accident
occurred at 3 o'clock. When l left the
dead and wounded were scattered about on
the groud inside the tracks, and the sur
vlving passengers were doing all they
could for the relief of the wounded The
victims. so far as / could see, were all men
who were in the imoking car. None of the
passengers in the sleeping car were in
jured."
John F. Bowdish, Of Boston, who had a
narrow escape, gave a similar account Of
the accident. He said no one in the rear
of the wreck was injured. The attendants
of the express and baggage cars had re-
tired to the rear coaches to catch little
sleep, and the entire fatality, therefore,
was confined Ia occupants OF the smoking
car and locomotive.
Conductor Kanaly, OF the limited, said:
81 was in the front end of the sleeper
Marathan, and had Just noticed we were
making the usual running time. We left
Syracuse at Us, on time. The train was
heavily loaded, each OF the sleepers having
about twenty passengers. IL was very
foggy, and the engineer. of course, ex-
pected the Montezuma side OF the track
would be all right for him. The first indi-
cation lad of the accident was when l
felt sudden application OF air brakes. A
moment later came the crash. That is
about all can tell, except that the engine
went clear through the caboose of the
freight train and then rolled down the en-
bankment. The day coach teiescoped with
the smoking car and when l got out of
doors they were all mixed up with express
and baggage cars. The sleepers did not
leave the rails"
The Jury returned verdict finding Con-
ductor Tobin and Flsgman Connolly guilty
of criminal negligence. Both men have
fed. Antonio Ambello, one Of the injured
Italians, died at the hospital TO-
night, making the total killed thirteen.
The Freight Conductor to Blame.