The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-11
TX A HORRIBLE SCENE.
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ened and Cllarred Bodies OF
ktims Il Most Revolving
BIT to Look Upon.
Possible for the Sufferers
6ng Done go Tales of
Etlic Survivors.

Raw o.. July 3.-At 3 o'clock this
w I,ornfn6 senger train No. I east bound
nth 10 lyI31 uietly at the station at this
" Ifint. nething had gone wrong with
O.. AecoubIIlIf of the special car and the
Bar ain efoW gathered in a little knot
IT, Nut the end of the car while the
gulnx yard man whistled cheerfully as
tapped each smoking wheel to be
re all was right before the train, heavi-
laden with precious human freight,
= las forever beyond his control. Mean
lille there was one upon whom all their
yes Observation-Disclosures Boynton-who
--alked lazily toward the rear end of the
IT and thence back into the night with
az and lantern, to ward off danger from
rat point. He was not long walking to
Ale end Of the car, not longer thar any
ue might take when there was
o danger. No. Boyton was
R1Bot S1ous in starting and he
SfHnro1x not long in reaching
xxHs ~ tant enough from the train he
,NAsAao to protect. No matter how
Z 1Rbno ~ it was too long; no matter
Wow Blk he walked, it was not far
* nouGh.,9}4 was some dreadful mis-
Ex,hke. ~ ~ elessness, or fate. There was
suddensd g zzling flash of a locomotive
@gbtina tl0 bewildered eyes of the rear
43cry of warning when it was
100 lnt6.z8 whirl of wheels, an awful
srash, md deep silence. but only for a
! shomenk Nineteen precious human
Ativee WoEe lost in a moment and twelve
Mmaim6d and injured. A terrible rear
Mind collision had occurred, and the flag
|NNNnan, throwing away his useless lantern.
only help to save.
The following is a full list of the dead
and injured, who but a moment before
nad been sleeping and dreaming of NOR
row or waking and specializing as to
how long the present delay would last.
The killed are Henry Gildea, John Nc
Avoy, Patrick Ryan, 7. Hauf, 4. Burns,
!. kimball, Owen Hartman, Thomas
Nolan, Thomas Kevill, George Gildea,
t9r)avid Belehian. J. COyle, w. Newcomb.
}. Ryan, d. Cassidy. Henry McGill, all
@lass-workers of Findlay. Ohio, and
forming, N. Y; &. Griffin, Brooklyn; A.
1unthrop. Brooklyn; w. Kain, Brook
yn, passengers IN Pullman sleeper.
Iniured-Joseph Morgan, Corning. n.
Z. cut on face and badly burned about
oYHanley, Corning, n. Y, severely injured
OAabout face, head and shoulders; George
smith, Corning, crushed and burned;
? flames Dwicken of Corning, crushed and
hVburned; Dennis Ryan, Corning, crushed
and burned; James Smith, leg
broken: H. c. Degratf, head
srneck and shoulders cut and bruised;
'sr John Cadween, hip, back and shoulders
injured; James McGill, badly squeezed
about the body; John Heating. cut on
Al P. Jones, head cut; Jonas Clark
head cut.
The Messenger train consisted of an eX,
I press and baggage car, three day coaches
| two Pullman cars and a special car. and
was about ten minutes late owing tC
trouble with one of the cars. The train
at the time of the accident. lay on tho
Nypauosmain track, just at the bottom
Of q steep grade, and though the train
men knew they were followed by No. 80
a fast freight filed with Chicago fresh
meat, no one seemed to think the freight
was at their heels, and Once on the dowr
grade coming into the station it woult
be hard to stop, especially al
the freight did not intend t.
make Ravenna "a stopping place. Wha'
might have been expected has actually
happened. The freight was making
time, and came down the hill with +;
rush, the engine and tender being fairl,
hurled through the rear cars OF the pass
AenQer. When your correspondent ar
)Irived on the scene after the accident tn,
= scene beggard description. Piteous erie.
for help arose from a heap of wreckagc
and willing hands were already tearing
at Z heap of broken and twisted TIMBER
and iron when a scream OF horror arost
from beneath the ruins that sent a thrill
; through the hearts of the crowd gath
cred about. Then here and there thu
r darkness became gradually light as tin.
y tongues of fame sprung up from tn
crevices of the wrecked train. Fight a
T. they would, the rescuers could no
drive the ugly element back one foo
from the writhing victims, who shrieket
=, and implored in vain for help that wa
" willing enough but was far too weak t
!. tear aside the iron and timbers bofor,
' the wreck and flame had done thei
No worst. There were very few injured VIII
did not die and very few dead who wer
not bruised and broken and blackene'
and burned out of all semblance to hu
man form. Tom Hanley of Corning
who was in the fatal rear car with
score of bright, lively fellow -glasswork
ers on their way home to Corning afte
a good seasons work in Ohio, says it wa
, q miracle that a single occupant of tn
IN car escaped to tell Of what followed tn
\ crash. 81 was half asleep, listening in
w lazy way to jokes and an occasions
cheerful grOwl from n G
our friends in a corner vainly attempt
ing to get some sleep when / fancied
heard a man cry out in alarm. To
sleepy to fully investigate / glanced u
around the car and sunk back into tn
seat. Opening my eyes the next momen
it seemed as il | had fallen asleep an
Weakened in another world. ] seemed
WI feel no shock, only a smothered crashin
and a dull sensation of pain r~esultin
from a terrific blow / had received i
the back of the head. Then the realizf