St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-04
A REVEL OF HORRORS
Nineteen Men Crushed and
Burned to CinderS in a
Collision.
Loaded Passenger Coaches
Suddenly Turned Into a
He'll on Earth.
Piteous Scenes Of Human
Woe in the Darkness Ere
the Dawn.
The Carelessness of a Train
man Brings Awful Misery
to Many.

? RAvENNA, O., July Sat 8 O'Clock
This morning Passenger Train No. z,
east-bound. was lying quietly at the
station al this point. Something was
wrong with the coupling of the special
ear, and the train crew gathered in a
little knot about the end of the car,
while the regular yardman whistled
rheerfGlly as he tapped each smoking
wheel, to be sure that all was right be-
fore the train, heavily laden with
precious human freight, was forever be-
yond his control. Meanwhile there was
one upon whom all their lives depended
-Flagman Boynton-idling lazily to-
ward the rear end of the car, and thence
back into the night, with flag and Ian
tern, to ward off danger from that
point. He was not long walk
ing to the end of the car,
not longer than any one might take
when there was no danger, and surely
there was no death in the peaceful,
quiet darkness that stretched away to
the rear of the train. No, BOyntOn was
not long in starting, and he surely was
not long in reaching a point distant
enough from the train he was bound to
protect. No matter how long it took. it
was TOO long; no matter how far back
he walked, it was not far enough.
There was some dreadful mistake or
carelessness, or fate. There was sud-
den dazzling flash of a locomotive light
In the beWil cred eyes of the rear flag
man, a cry of warning when 1t was too
late, whirl of wheels, an awful crash,
and deep silence, but only for a mo-
ment Nineteen precious human lives
lost in a moment, and twelve manned
and injured. A terrible rear-end collis-
ion had occurred, and the fiagman,
throwing away his useless lantern,
could only help to save. Following is a
full list of the dead and injured, who
but moment before had been sleeping
and dreaming of the morrow, or waking
and speculating as to how long the
present delay would last:
These Were Killed:
HENRY GILDEA.
JOHN M'AVOY.
PATRICK RYAN.
Il. HAUF.
F. BURNS.
J. KIMBALL.
OWEN HARDMMAN.
THOMAS NOLAN.
THOMAS KENlLLE.
GEORGE GiLDEA.
DAVID BELEHIAN.
j. COYLE.
W. NEWCOMB.
D. RYAN.
j. CASSIDY.
HENRY M'GILL.
All the above were glass workers, Of Find
lay, o., and Corning, n. Y.
G. GRIFFIN.
A. GUNTHROP.
W. KAN.
Unknown nurse girl and infaut child.
These five were from Brooklyn,
n. Y. passengers in the Pullman
sleeper.
The Injured.
JOSEPH MORGAN, Corning, n. Y. cut on the
face and badly burned about the legs and
back; very serious.
JONAS HANLEY, Corning. n. Y. severely in
iured about the face. head and shoulders.
GEORGE SMITH, Corning, crushed and
burned.
JAMES DwICKEN, of Corning. crushed and
burned
DESS1s RYAN Of Corning, crushed and
burned
JAMES SMITH, leg broken.
II. c. DEGRAFF, head, neck and shoulders
cut and bruised.
JoHX CADwEEN, hip, back and shoulders
injured.
JAMES McGnL, badly squeezed about the
body.
JoHN HEATING, cut on the head,
a. p. JONES, head cut.
JONAS CLARK, head cut
j. DATING.
j. CoDT.
HI. MOsIER.
il. YoUND.
G. REILLY.
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