Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-09

Tins Burned.
RAvENNA, O., July 4.-This station
was the scene early yesterday morning
Of one of the most appalling railroad
accidents which ever occurred in the
state of Ohio. At 3 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
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 Sc Ohio and Cleve-
land & Pitts burgh 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 a refrigerator train, used
to transport meat and accustomed to
cover the distance it had to run at
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-
fcient to permit the meat train to come
up. and hardly had the wheels of the
express ceased to 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
r. 1T
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 was also
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 I'M
equalled horror.
The flames rushed through the debris
and the shriels 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 mangied corpseS were
blackened and burned in 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
At daylight suodued and fearful
crowd of several hundred stood at the
station, gazing upon the awful sight,
while all about them was :. smothering
DIOR of burning human flesh, arising
from a of biacl1ened, heaped-up
wreckage.
THE KILLED AND INJURED.
RAvENNA, O., July 5.-Following is a
flIll list of fha ho,
Friday: Henry Gildea, John Macavery,
Patrick Ryan, L. Hauf, f. Burns, J..
Kim ball. Owen Hardeman. Thomas
Nolan, Thomas Keeville, George Gill
dea, David Belehian, J. Coyle, w. New
comb. D. Ryan, ID. Cassidy, Henry Nc
Gill, &. Griffin, of Brooklyn. n. V; A.
Gunthrop, of Brooklyn. n. Y; W..
Kane of Brooklyn. n. Y: 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. Y. cut on the face and
badly burned about the legs and back;
very serious; Thomas Hanley, of
Corning, n. ". severely injured about
the face and head and should ers;
George Smith, of Corning, n. Y,
crushed and burned: James Dwicken,
of Corning, n. V, 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
McGiil, 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. Riily, w. c. Jones, A.
Humphrey, H.. Humphrey, John
O'Hara, j. Mccain, Edward Berry, Of
Maltby.
Beers Driven Back.