The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-04
Ahoihas haniey, who are very seriously in
lured and are under the physicians care.

lhomas Hanley, who are very seriouslv in.
luTed and are under the physicians care.
THE FBEIGHr ENGINEFR's STORY.
WARREN, O., July 3-Engineer Holman Of
| uelght Train No. 3S, passed through here to-
! day en,route 70 his home at Meadyille Pa
interviewed as TO the cause of the wreck AZ
haNenna this morning he said: When Ra-
VIENNA which is SIX and two-tenths miles dis
tant was reached by the passenger. nine min
utes after the departure my, time was eleven
minutes. Supposng the passenger was EIGHT
! miles IN the lead / doubled the curve M
haEenna at full speed Ny fireman iumped
| with me. The brakemen were on the train ton
ana were prevented by the rapid rate Of
! tho train from leaving Fearing they would
be pinioned between the freight cars thew
! did not attempt to descend. With the col,
| hsiOn the cars ignited and three coaches and
/ engine No. 70 went up In flames The loss of
Iltc IS estimated at forty, eighteen of the life
| less bodies being recognizable but the Others
are SO charred that they defy identification.
lralnmen represent that the rear coach was
an excursion car filed with glass blowers en-
route 10 jamestown. n. Y. They were in A
state Of hi9rity, having been on a drunken
deDauch all day"
AN ESCAPED PASSENGERS STORY.
CLEVELAND, o., July 3.-Captain Wallace.
OF warren. o., was in the third coach from
the rear OF the train asleep in his berth when
the shock came. His story of the affair is as
lollOwS Ihe train was composed of yesti-
buled sieepers. lt was. as near as / can tell
about A. NJ. when crash unlike ANYTHING /
ever before experienced came | was thrown
from my berth and nearly knocked scnseles,
but hnally crawled from under pile of de-
bis ald found myself comparatively uniu
Jured. looked about me, and the sight that
met my gaze | Will never forget The three
rear coaches, including tho one was in were
pied IN an indescTibable mass. and flames
shot up from two of them like hugo bonfire
The air was filled with the means and
shreks Of the imprisoned passengers. and
strong men stood helpless with the knowledge
that before their eyes human beings were
being slowly burned or crushed TO death My
first thought was for the people in the rear
coach. When boarded the train my atten-
tion was called TO them by someI one remark
ing that there was party OF iifty-three men
in the rear car When the freight crashed
into US it crushed this car into a thousand
pieces and the flames broke out almost imme-
diately.
MORE THAN TWENTY KILLED.
How any Of the passengers in that car
escaped. if they did. Is "A mystery. ! saw them
take some eighteen OF twenty bodies from the
wreck, but do not think that that is half of
those who VIII be found 10 be missing when
the last reports are in. / am of the opinion
The SIGHT OF the corpses as they were taken
from under the debris was slckening Pieces
Of flesh, an arm or leg were found. and in
this way 1t was impossible 10 tell how many
we're killed.
Every piece that was taken out was burned
TO a crisp. 50 that Identification was impossi |
ble When left the scene the wreck was
still snouldering and the air was fairly thick |
with the odor Of burning bodies"
Harry Jones. Of this city, saw some Of the |
passengers who came ont Of the wreck at /
Leavttsburg. lie came through from YOunos- |
town He reached this city on the $50 New |
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio train which was |
an hour late.
The Union depot WAS crowded with anxious
people awaiting news Of the accident. but |
only the most meagre details could be OBJ
tanned.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
The story of the way the accident happened
is almost incredible showing that there must
have been gross carelessness on the part of
some of the officials The No yestibuled
limited from Chicago had pulled up at Ra-
VIENNA TO tx the signal whistle which runs
from the cars 10 the locomotive. This was
out of order, and while il was being repaired
a flagman was sent back thirty-fve car
lengths to stop trains coming up in the rear
lie claims to have gone back the proper dis
tonce, but fast freight came laundering
along at twenty-five miles an hour and as
there was steep down grade the signal was
Of little use
The brakemen on the freight worked like
but only succeeded in setting brakes
)n tiye cars when the crash came. The freight
locomotive plOughed its way through the yes
lbule cars, tearing them into kndling wood
The cars and their contents were blazing two
minutes after the accident. and soon the three
wrecked coaches were a smouiderIng mass Of
imbers and mangled bodies. The railroad
made an official report of eighteen killed but
he indications are at present that more than
hat number perished in the flames, and as
many more were severely injured.