The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-07
Terrible Collision on the West
Shore Railroad.
Thirteen Passengers Killed and Many
Others Seriously Wounded.
Heartrending Scenes at the Wreck Criminal
Negligence Of Conductor and Flag
maa-Dead and Injured.
Special to The MORNING CALI.

SYRACUSE, Aug. 6.-Ths morning a
freight train on the West Shore Railroad go
Ing west broke in two between Port Byron
and Montezuma. and the tast train follow
Ing crashed int the rear. A brakeman
went back toward the passenger train, but
the night was SO foggy he was not seen.
Inc fireman on the passenger train was
killed, ten Italians, en- route TO Niagara
Falls, in the smoking-car were killed and
seventeen others in the same car injured
Some of them probably will die. The Sleep
ing-cars were burned, and it is supposed
nearly all the passengers were rescued
The bodies of the killed are at Port Byron,
where the Coroner will hold an inquest.
Physicians and others have been sent
from Syracuse, Auburn, MOntezuma and
Port Byron.
The scene at the wreck Is terrible one.
Twelve cars of the freight train were
wrecked and piled upon the tracks, COM
pietelT blocking the road. Hardly whole
piece of timber is 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 cars, day coach and
four sleeping-csrs.
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 collided
was running on passenger train time When
the crash came the scene was terrible one.
The smoking-car was smashed to splnters
and the shrieks Of the wounded imprisoned
in the wrechage we're heart-rendng. Tue
accident occurred at o'clock. When left
the dead aud wounded were scattered about
on the ground inside the tracks and the sur
yiying passengers were doing all they could
for the relief of the wounded. The victims,
so far as l could see, were all men, who
we're in the Smoking-car. None Of the pas
sengers in the sleeping-cars were Injured"
John +. 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 attendants of the
express aud baggage cars had retired. to the
rear coaches to catch little sleep, and the
entire fatality, therefore, was confined to
the occupants of the smoking-car and the
locomotive.
Conductor Kanaly of the limited said: Il
was in the front of the sleeper Marathon,
and had just noticed that we were making
the usual running time. We left Syracuse
at 1853 o'clock, 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 the
MonteZuma side-track would be all right for
him. The first indication had of an accl-
dent was when L felt the sudden appllca-
ton of the air-brakes. A moment later
came the crash. That is about all cap tell,
ntNt hat al 1nnr hrn IN
the cab0ose of tho freight train and then
rolled down an embaukment. The day
COACH telescoped the smoklng-car, and when
l got out of doors they were all mixed Up
with the express and baggage cars. The
sleeper did not leave the rails"
Following is a revised list OF the killed
and injured:
ALFONSO, CARRILLA.
DI LAURI, VINCENZO.
GIAMB0T, JOHN.
REFh5S22. RldHdS2. p6SHAs; b6SlHi5o
ROCA, COCO.
ROSlA, JOHN.
SANTILO, DOMINGO.
SCOZZAFAVA, ANTONIO.
One unknown.
All the above are Italians and all adults.
BURGEN, MICHAEL, fireman, of Mace
KEEsHAN. JOSEPH NJ, of St. Louis,
died at the House of the Good Shepherd.
UMBELLO. ANTONIO, died after re-
moval to tile House of the Good Shepherd.
THE INJURED.
A. X. LovvAs, an Hungarian.
b. L. PITTS, musical director of Uncle
Isaac" company.
GEORGE II. SAxBY of Hamilton, Ontario,
JOHN SCHULTZ, a member Of tie Uncle
Isaac" farce company of Easton, Pa.
JOHN PRESTON of Troy, n. Y, q railroad
man.
julius MYERS Of Buffalo, n. Y.
LOUIS DILLER, Alsace- Lorraine.
PATRICK RYAN Uf Buffalo, engineer of
the express.
CAMILLo LIBIZ,
CUISINE LIBIZ,
GIUSEPPE MAsCIARELLo,
GIOVANNI RossI.
HENRY TRALoNo,
LUIGI DoNARo,
NICoLo MACHINE,
IoMAssE ToNZANo, all Italians.
An unknown Hungarian.
The above were all taken to the House OF
the Good Shehperd.
FRANK j. ZINTER of Syracuse.
LEWIS TAYLOR of West Point, n. Y.
X. Is. SERVES of Newark, n. j.
The three last named were removed to
their homes.
A Coroner's jury returned verdict find
Ing conductor 1obin and fagman Connolly
guilty OF criminal negligence. Both men
have fled.
NEW YORK, Aug. Ga West Shore off
eiai says: From what can be learned
there is no doubt the accident this morning
was the result of neglect of the conductor of
the freight train to send back q flagman to
warn the passenger train that two trains
were moving on the same track"