The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-07-08
DEATHS HORROR.
Fearful Railroad Disaster ct Ra-
VIENNA, O.
A Freight Dashes Into . Crowded PasSe0-
ger Train-Nearly Fifty People Killed
and Injured-Nany II the VIC
Tins Burned.

VI one OF Inc most 8ppdlllu& TdllIOdO
accidents which ever occurred in the
state of Ohio. At o'clock the vesti-
buled night express train on the New
York. Pennsylvania & Ohio, which had
come to a stop here, was run into by a
fast train and almost totally demol-
ished, the wreck instantly taking fire.
Nineteen people were instantly killed
and twelve manned and injured in the
awful disaster.
Two miles from Ravenna the New
York. Pennsylvania & Ohio and Cleve-
land & Pittsburgh roads cross When the
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio express
reached this crossing it was delayed for
a considerable length of time. Behind
the express and laundering along at a
rapid rate was refrigerator train, used
to transport meat and accustomed to
cover the distance it had to run at a
speed little less than that of an ordinary
passenger train. After the halt at the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh crossing was
ended, the express hurried on to Ra-
VIENNA and pulled up at the depot But
the time the train was held at the
Cleveland & Pittsburgh road was suf-
ficient to permit the meat train to come
up. and hardly had the wheels of the
express ceased 70 revolve when the
engine of the freight crashed into the
rear. end of the express almost at full
speed
The scene that followed was terrible
in the extreme. The engine plowed its
way, pushed on by the weight and mo-
mentum of the heavy cars behind it,
through the coaches as if they were
made of thin boards. Above the grind
ing and crunching of the cars could be
heard the agonized shrieks of MANNED
passengers, who but few seconds be-
fore were sound asleep. There were
two or three sleepers on the train and
these were we'll filed. There v as also
a car of excursionists bound east
Many glass blowers from Findlay were
on board going to New York state. A
dozen people from Akron composed an
excursion party on the Inflated train.
. When the collision occurred those in
the rear cars were either instantly
killed, wounded or pinned down by
portion of the demolished cars. The
latter could not escape unaided, and in
the, terrible fright and confusion that
followed and before the citizens of the
town could reach the scene of the dis
aster fire started and spread with
frightful rapidity. If the accident had
been awful before it was now an un-
equalled horror.
The flames rushed through the debris
and the shrieks of the MANNED or pin
Toned could be plainly heard on the
night air. Forward of this wounded
and unframed passengers were getting
themselves out of the cars that were
still intact They did all they could to
stay the flames and rescue the imper-
lied. But before this was done nine
teen people were sacrificed, that many
bodies being taken out afterward.
Most of these mangled corpses were
blackened and burned in a manner
sickening to look upon, some of them
being roasted into unacceptable
masses.
AS the work of taking out the bodies
progressed the full extent of the calam-
ity dawned upon the workers from the
town and those of the passengers who
escaped alive. BY daylight nineteen
bodies had been carried out
Those wounded to a considerable ex-
tent numbered twenty-three. Many
others were bruised and scratched.
At daylight a subdued and fearful
crowd Of several hundred stood at the
station, gazing upon the awful sight,
while all about them was a smothering
odor of burning human flesh, arising
wreckage.
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
RAvENNA, O., July 5.-Following is q
full list of dead in the collision here
Friday: Henry Gildea, John Macavery.
Patrick Ryan. T. Hauf. F. Burns. J.
Kimball, Owen Hardeman, Thomas
Nolan, Thomas Keeville, George Gill
dea, David Belehian, J. Coyle, w. New
comb. d. Ryan, d. Cassidy, Henry Nc
Gill, G. Griffin, of Brooklyn. N. Y; A.
Gunthrop, of Brooklyn. n. Y; W.
Kane, of Brooklyn, n. v; nurse girl,
unknown; infant child, unknown.
OF the nineteen the first sixteen were
glass blowers of Findlay and Corning,
n. ", and the last three passengers in
the sleeper.
The injured were: Joseph Morgan, of
Corning, n. V. cut on the face and
badly burned about the legs and back:
very serious; Thomas Hanley. of
Corning, n. Y. severely injured about
the face and head and shoulders;
George Smith. of Corning, n. ",
crushed and burned; James Dwicken,
of Corning, N. Y, crushed and
burned; James Smith. leg broken; H.
C. De Graft, head. neck and Shout
ders cut and bruised; John Cadween,
hip, back and shoulders injured: James
McGill. badly squeezed about the body;
John Heating, cut on the head; A. p.
Jones, head cut; Jonas Clark, head cut;
j. Daling, j. Code. NJ. Mosier, H.
Young, c. Rilly, w. c. Jones' A.
Humphrey. H. Humphrey, John
OHara. j. Mccain, Edward Berry, of
Maltby.
Beers Driven Back.
CAPErowN, July About 100 armed