Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-03

the other near points. the hrp. 20 arrive rem
dered all the assistance possible The Gre ~as
sons had perished.
In a couple Of hours the company had 70
sponded and . relief train. with Q corps of
PHYSICIANS and nurses. arrived from Cleveland
and other points and the injured we're given
every attention. Those able 90 be removed
were sent 60 Cleveland and placed in the hos-
pital there. The dead were removed 90 the
rooms of undertakers In Ravenna. where they
Will await Identification. some are 20 badly
burned and disfgared that il will be . dificuft
task 10 identity them at once.
At 10 O'Clock the list Of names had not been
secured. Every one has been busy m their e.
forts 20 alleviate the sufferings Of tho injured
and rescue the dead bodies frora the great mAss
OF wrecked and partially burned cars
THE RESPONSIBILITY.
Who is responsible for the wreck isa ques-
ton as yet undetermined. The coroner viii
begin the inquest this afternoon. The company
officials now here will render all assistance pos-
siole. and will as soon as possible make q most
complete Investigation. Ii would appear that
the whole accident was due 60 the csrelessness
OF some one in leaving q switch open. The
heavy freight train was running at the rate of
thirty miles an hour. and il struck the passen-
ger train with full force. IL rumored that
three OF the members Of the Pittsburg base
ball team were killed in the wreck, but this
was sfterward disproved.
COULDN'T STOP rHr FREIGHT rnArx.
Nrw YORK. july s.-The Eoe1,,ns Words Re-
VIENNA special says that the passenger train,
which was the vestibule empress with eight
coaches from Cincinnati 10 New York on the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad was
forty-six minutes late and the engineer wss
irving 70 remedy the fault in the engine when
the fast freight was sighted in the rear. A
brakeman was sent back. but the heavy freight
train OF twenty-four cars could not be stopped
on the down grade in time and it crashed into
the rear OF the passenger train.
The rear coach contained forty-sir passen-
gers. all glass workers recently employed at the
Richardson glass works in Findlay. who were
on their way TO their homes in New York state.
lhe car was completely demolished and Q ter
rlble slaughter occurred. Many Of the dead
and injured were caught in the debris, and the
hre which Immediately resulted from the scat
tering OF the locomotives cinders comrleted
the work of destruction and death The dead
ana the wounded ss fast they could be saken
out we're taken ~ the EtnA House and cared
for.
THE DEAD AND INJURED.
The list OF dead and injured 30 far - ct Pre-
sent learned il az follows:
kILLED.-Thomas venhill. David Relitsu. A.
Gantrap, L. HUFF h. Burns. ]. Demee J. X
Coyle, A. Hardin, Lewis Kimball, W Neucombe.
u. Ryan, ID. Cassidy, p. Nolan, all Of Corning,
\. u; W. Kane of Brooklyn, n. Y; John Grirtin.
Boston. Mass; Thomas Colville and nurse glrl
10 a crisn VI '"''o "s's oui i"eo
Injured-George Smith, leg broken; John
Cadwean, hip, back and shoulders injured;
II. Z. DeGraff, head and neck injured; J. No
Gill, body squeezed: J. Heating, cut on head:
head. Tom usnIs, o., ~, 90 a. "S"es, sus On
sboulaers. Jo..nb Nar.a,, t,,-.1a .' - - ~
back injured.
ENGINEER nor NAN. sr.-rxrx,
g. -,
ioinau' tne engineer oi the ireient'
S saiu ieporer' cannot see that am TO
u'Ame on' my uod' III could have got sand
. oouiu nave stopped the tram, but the rails
~ VIC. aIu we sahu "ouid not take- was
Eoh,s -, .fa ~ sil1e anu oouIu not soe .ne
~ ,hs Sn sle rear oi tne passenger tram owing
sH,,;aL, u" noss anu ios. reversed the lever ss
H;rra,,as possioe anu Win the nremAn
ssn.as ~ a' eu SUSTAINING se'ere irHo-
NJ uoi,na.a Az. -
,,a,, 20 n I'm u seenis 70 tnihA una, tne orAke-
shnn,S h e Sssser 'raih, fred; boynton'
Tbe sra d.n.s,n,a, ~ p $500 ~ uir'ace-
,b. soa,,. ~ n,.H'D'. ~ iaae aehlia "s~ sooh on
hatars ,'us;,'S hs Iirneu 'ile nailes, out nos
'''''''s NA'oe mao oeen wrought
BURNED ALIVE.
Besides the victims in the rear coach four
passengers in the Pullman car next forv.rd
wera Lila IT, -, "a :. - -
~ - -. .l. a1 Vne "onAn "e'e
- ~ 'nie Cal "ihe ueH pooies
"ele Paiu! OUT OF WINDOWS, TIER attempts TO
escape having peen frustrated One woman
was hea.d screaming horribly while being
our neu, out she eouia not be reached,
nesaiess oooies OF men could De seen
cauen' IN the outrigging OF the locomotive IN
M s,ue .ne 'eiercoped car ana another dead body
was suspehoeo from the cow-catcher.
t praAeesn eH VINO Was sent back had gos
oE aoou. ni'een roos before ne met ne
neisn' 'raih-
WHAT suPERNTESDESr TUcKER sara
CLEVELAND, ONO July s-Cenersl supersp-
tendent Tucker of the Erie n.rvo,.ly -,
b.cL ana forth ;n ~. -. m - f.
waiting anfiously for each dispatch from Ra-
. /, feoeiseu ne set oniy mesger
for full accounts from of,n,.ls Th anou
ing to conceal about the wreck IL was csnsed
by an employees negligence. Train No. s, .
iast night express going east. left Kent all
riBht WIN a long line OF coaches and slespers.
A lew minutes later fast freight No.
o. louowed, the regulation distance behind. At
hasenna, the next stop, the engineer found
something wrong with his machine and delayed
lew minutes TO Tx II. knowing that the
irelght was following hagmGn was sent back
TO stop IT, The failure OF this man TO properly
perform his duty cansad tha