The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-07-04

died on the floor. Coroner Sherman,
with assistants, stepped from one 10
the other searching for letters or some
means Of Identifying one mass from an
other. In half q dozen instances the attlre
had been burned OF, leaving only black.
ened trunk, grim and CHASTITY, defylng all
efforts at Identification. Names and other
date could only be secured from surviving
friends; no one could tell one trunk frcn
another. Among the entire nineteen De
headed bodies but two had retained any
thing resembling the features OF human
being.
1t was here in the morgue that the most
touching and awful discovery Of the night
was made. The coroner tenderly removed
from one form clotted sheet to behold
under it the unmistakable form OF
woman, and, worst of all, clasping In her
arms, as If to shield its young limbs from
flames that had consumed both. was an in
FAINT child. She had shielded the babe
until the last, and even in death her black
ened arms were unwilling to be separated
from their charge. The coroner has been
busy all day gathering means of identlnca-
ton. Nothing toward an inquest but a
searching examination is now being made
Of the survivors.
One fact has impressed all here: Not a
trainman met with an injury. w. FL.
Young, of Meadville, Pa, conductor on the
affair, said: 1--WE were running at mod
crate speed, but the grade was steep and
we had u very heavy train The hagman
was not far enough out and we could not
see him in time to STOP All the trainmen
got on In time TO escape injury"
The two sleepers were the Warsaw and
Accoli The rear car was special. in
which was party of glass blowers This
Car and the Warsaw, next to it, were com
MI oil An1 cd he Il hsa on
expensive one from financial standpoint,
as the loss will foot up in the neighborhood
of 100000.
BY o o'clock the wrecking car mad the
debris nearly cleared and the wounded were
being cared for. Trainmaster Corbin was
also on the scene. Superintendent Matson
would give no opinion nor make any state
ment regarding the wreck, but the case
will be fully Investigated and the strict
rules of the Erie system be enforced.
Many wild rumofs are atioat but none
worthy Of credence, and only close investi
CATION can place the blame where 1t be-
longs.
Albert Smith, of Corning, N. V, who
escaped with broken leg, tells his expe-
rience as follows: II was in the rear coach
asleep. The stopping Of the train awoke
me. heard the roaring of the meat train
and had just raised my window to look out
TO see what was the matter when | was
thrown through the open window and
landed twenty feet from the car, alighting
on my leg and dislocating it, and tainted
from the pain, which had become intense.
When came to was at the Etna house
and the surgeon had Just finished setting
my leg. Willie Kain. of Brooklyn, was sit
ting in the seat in front of me, and it was
in answer to his question of What's the
matterP / raised the window, which act
probably saved my life, as he was caught
in the Car and burned 10 death"
Mary Magill, another survivor, says:
81 was sitting in the front day coach and
suddenly felt an awful jar. Some one said
it was the air brake and everything would
be all right soon. Just then my brother
came in all covered with blood and his
clothes torn. He told me we were all
right, but that the rear coach was destroyed
and all the boys hurt or killed. / could hear
the groans of those who were burning. 1t
was awful"
This afternoon an inquest was held in
Ravenna court house, the object being to
find out who was responsible for the wreck.
About twelve witnesses were present, but
only two had testified when the inquest
adjourned.