Evening journal., 1891-08-07
4 DOZEN MEN ARE DEAD
Details ofthe Awful West Shore
Wreck.
0sE CAR TELEsCOPED BY ANOTHER

Relentleasly Crashed and Ground Ita
Way Through Score of Sleeping Itai-
ians-Scenes of Awful Horror.
SYRACUSE, N Y, Aug. Twelve of the
victims Of the horrible wreck on the West
Shore railroad, mile west of Montezuma
station, have died and others are dying.
The train, which was the ST. Louis and
Chicago limited express. was made up Of
two express cars, a baggage car, smoking
cae, day coach and four sleeping cars
After the wreck all THAI remained Of the
train were three sleeping cars and the
dismantled engine. The other cars were
burned.
Crashed Into Freight.
The express train left Port Byron little
late and was running at a high rate of speed
when 1t crashed into tho rear Of freight
train which had broken in two while be
ing switched TO side track to let the ex-
press train pass.
The engine of the express train was
th@pwn down an embankment after run
ming some distance ON the ties. The wreck
took fire in three places, but the dead and
injured were taken out before the flames
h@ made much progress.
Nearly all Italians
In the smoking aar was a gang Of twenty
Italians, from Tompkins Cove, Rockland
c@uRty, on their way to Niagara Falls to
work on the tunnel there. They were In
charge Of Interpreter Savarino Scozzava-
ma Ten were killed and nine were hurt.
The day coach was also wrecked, but the
passengers were taken out alive The fol-
lowing are the names Of the dead:
Michael Bergen, Of Macedon, fireman OF
passenger train; leaves a widow.
Alphonse Carilla, Nincenzo Dilauri. John
Giambos, Joseph M Keeshan, OF St Louis
died in hospital al Syracuse) Thomas
Merling, Dominica Richone, Coco Roca,
John Rosia, Dominica Scozzofava, Antonio
Umbello died in hospital at Syracuse).
leaves a widow and four children in Italy
Some Of the Injured.
r. X. Serviss, Of Newark, N. Y. Lewis
Teiior, of West Point, N. ", and Frank J.
Setter, Of this city who sustained internal
injuries were sent to their homes
Others Of the injured are Engineer Pat
rick Ryan, of the express train, Buffalo;
Louis Diller Alsaoe- Lorraine, deep flesh
wound on the leg, John H. Schultz, mem
Der Of Uncle Isaac" farce company scalp
wound, shoulders and clavicle badly
strained' George II. Saxby, of Hamilton,
Ont, injury to back and hips; John Pres.
shoulders strained aud bruised and knee
Gap disloeated, julius Myers, Buffalo.
serious injuries to hip, shoulder and head: |
u I. Pitts, musical director of "Uncle |
Isaac" farce comedy company, severe
strain to back and bad bruises about
ankles and hips. Nine other Italians were |
badly hurt.
Who Was at FauIt9
Conductor Iobin, OF the freight train. /
says that he sent brakeman back with a 4
lantern 20 signal the engineer OF the ex. |
press train, but the fog was so dense that
the red light could not be seen. On the
other hand, 1t is said that the brakeman
went back only short distance, supposing
that the freight train had time to be
coupled together end get safely on TO the
switch. Michael Bergen, the fireman on
the express train, was killed and his body |
was thrown several rods into a marsh |
Engineer Patrick Ryan stuck to his post
and was pinned in the wreck Il is thought |
he will die
or the Italians who occupied the smok- /
ing car, only one escaped death or severe /
injury He was thrown about fifty feet
into the rushes near the tracks and stuck i
in the mud
Some Thrilling Experiences.
John r. Bowdish, Of Boston, was so
pinned IN by the debris that he could not
escape. He said "The first thing that at
TRACKED my attention was the working Of
the air brake. There was a crash, shrieks.
and all was darkness and confusion. /
felt myself pinned down by great weight
1 could look below me and sec broken
boards, beams and car wheels, but was
unable to move. Soon l heard the crack
ling Of flames.
ttVott rapnpf ff.or.fu.s fl,.. hr-.,. 49,. i
crept over me. My God, help me, cried.
just then / heard a voice, Here's a man
alive; let's get him out Then / heard the
sound OF axes, and pleasanter noises never
greeted my ears. ! suppose it was only
few minutes, but it seemed an age when
daylight broke in from above and two
burly trainmen handed me out"
Ielescoped by the Rear Car.
Arthur Hutchinson. of Portland, Me.
said; n was in the smoking car when the
accident occurred. In the front OF the car
were Italian immigrants Most Of them
were asleep. God help theml Some OF
them never knew what struck them. All
at once the shock came. The rear baggage
car was telescoping us. ] could sec Il com
ing straight through the door, driving
right through the sleeping Italians, carry
ing everything before il.
Don't ask me how / got out. | could
not tell you. ] must have got out 10 about
a second, and had half the length Of the
car to 90. Every man in that smoker was
hurt except myself Many were pinned
down BY timbers in an sorts OF shapes.
We cut them out with axes, but it took
long time Then the car took FIRE and
burned up. saw one man entirely
scalped, but he was alive. Some Of the
bodies were broken and twisted and bat
tered all out Of shape The groaning was
awful to listen to l am sure there were
more than twelve killed, as / am certain
that some burned up that we could not Il
get out in time"
He Told Them TO Go Rack.
William J. Wilsey, Of San Bernardino,
Cal, was among the injured He said: ~ /
was in the rear end Of the smoker when |
the crash occurred. In an instant / was
mp to my neck in debris and felt that was
hurt, but managed to extricate myself |
and crawl out upon the top of the wreck
II saw a brakeman of the freight train
stgnding by the side Of the track, crazy
With excitement
oh, my God, he fairly shouted, 4
told them to go back; told them to go
back
What do you mean-back whereP
Back from the freight
Il asked him then II he meant that the
freight didn't send back any light, but he
would not say anything more"
They Were All for sheehan.
BUFFALO, Aug. About 900 Demo
crats met at OConnelps hall, As Perry