The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-07
THIRTEEN PERSONS KILLED.
TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER IN 4 roc on
THE VEST SHORE RAILROAD.

scoped By n Locomotive, ana = Smoking
Car by Passenger Coach Thirtecn
Persons Killed, and Twenty or Moro
IrJured-The Wreck Takes Fire.
SYRACUSE. Aug. G.-Tho Chicago md 81.
Louis limited on tho West Shore Eailroad
stopping only at Newark and Rochester be-
tween this city and Buffalo. left the West
shore depot here at / :j3 this morning on tme.
Tho train consisted Of locomotive ll2. In
charge OF Conductor J. j.. Knnaly Of Syracuse.
With Engineer Patrick Ryan Of East Buf NO,
Fireman Michael Burgcn o. Macedcn. and Is
train OF two sxpross cars ono baggage car. a
smoking chr. day coach. and four Wagner
Weeping coaches. the =" Marathon" -" rocnssil,"
Newfoundland" and Santiago" The
train was going nj the rato OF about forty.siN
m les an hour. Whom three mics west of Port
Byron the passengers who wcro awake felt
enc application OF the air brakes. AMI In nn-
other instant cnne terrific crash. Thu pgs-
scnscr locomotive had buried itself In the
yahooso OF n freight tran tho day coach had
telrscopod tho smoking car and together with
tho three baggage and express cars WINS piled
In hemp on tho double tracks, which Mt that
p int were elevated ahovo ,he Mon;cauma
marshes on n ion foot embankmcnt
Tho awful extent Of the accident waa ut once
Of the Injured nd d> Ing In tue forward Part OF
rho train. Tho station house Mt Mon,eznmn
was broken into and tho news OF the accident
:elegtaphcd to tho train dispatcher at syria.
cnse. uul reicf train WA soon hur:yinx to
tho scene with six doctors, Coroner i. W.
Smith. aud number Of RAILROAD mon. In the
tnean tins. .rssh eau . Of alarm was creutei
Hy nres starting up in several parts NJ tho
wreck. the principal fire startin. from tEo
locomotive, which lad toppl-d over the om-
bankment md lay on Its side. against which
tho forward express car pressed closely. The
trninmen and porters wers hurrying out the
passengers In The dav couch and sleepcrs. mud
1t was fonni that no one in the rear end OF tho
train had been seriously Injured. The attend
ants OF the express and baggage cars had re-
tired to the rear coaches To catch q little sleep.
and ,he entire fatality was therefore confined
TO the occupants OF tho smoking car and loco
motive.
In tho smoking car were twen:y lone italian
'Rtorers in charge OF m interp "etor, Saverio
scozzafava. who was taking he III from Tomp-
kins Covo to Niagara Falls. whore they were
to DO worked on the new railroad tunnel. Oaly
one metnter OF this rarty escaped death or
serious injury. Firomnn Michael Burger OF
Macedon was found 10 have been instantly
killed at his DO on the locomotive. and En-
gineer Patrick Ryan OF Eat Buffalo was
seriously injured. The flames which started
80 slowly increased in fury witt great ran di;y.
and beere all he victims in tho smoking oar
could Be removed from the wreck the express.
baggage. and smoking cars and the dny O aches
were burning The forward end OF tho sleeper
Marathon" had also taken IRE. and to save tho
three sleepers behind it, which had not lett tho
rails, they wore unled nm | pushed by hand
TO place OF safety Ten freight cars and the
he freight tain witch eau ed the accident
Srnsistcl OF forty r9rs AID was hound for the
, Mss av wa. TO let Shr IT. ~
II mad started to leave he main track and WINS
h hst wy :" upon .ho sw tnh wnen sourlng
THom.s TON Of ' the el.Is train ss1t
.nsS 10 " shsrE Ss tn" srnc St x wa
BE- ID not gel ar enough u. tn" Ioad. or hi.
s sign a., IVES npt teen. i not known. new
have cen out OF til" way ami the dsa.Ser
was on toa Of The tram and va. thrown o 'i"
o 20 &: ss rsSs by M one
arsvised list OF the killed and injured:
KILLED.
CsriA Alfouh ccco Eoca vincenzo pilauri Dominica
a.. Aa!tn,e sso.1.t.va john Ga@cot .na an ' IN.
Lir'm.n H,eh.sl Burgsn of Msesdon. n. Y. leave.
,s :i:, j n. ;:.I & Ss
sSs ssps f.s,: Va. crushed .na
a. 3: a'sf a. ss u ~ OF , M herhiS ny 10
THE INJURED.
pstsief Ryan engineer Of the cypress lives in Bnf
ssIS has serious ,n!srns. Injuries .. has osen ~ The
never had an accident l. ore ''>"e' ""1
tbs snsS b.as ssea deep flesh wound on
An Lovsas Hungarian. lad scalp wound aud leg
, John q sshu!tS member Of Uncle Isaac farce com
sI fss csS.atf' and .'0
Nserss II. saxOy Of Hamilton. Ont. Injury to back
Soha rs:cn ., Troy ,a,1 .;sk and .hou
Jnu. Myers OF Suna:o scroa. INJURIES hip .noul.
n' .rl to f. nss
S.mSs iynS .s.Is. 1niuri,. !" sa .r.a.. and hin.
h:a.! 1IsAOno Italian, OF bruises and in..rna,
Giov.nno Ros.i burned S,""t hsa% and "sst "eA1
fSn. .;":n s"s: i Tsssn ' ns Shoulder
Suino.n hungarian, Bruised about tbs head and
xntonio rsG.llo Italian sur.rip: from sever. inter.
~. AZ oit 9 q, above wore taken to III. Hons. Of
y. Y. went 70 his homo. Frank j. Ieittr 81
this city. Internal Injuries. was removed to his
tie Vest Shore depot il ihis Oily. III. ruin no /"
Fort Byron was rHiid. and 1t Was ten min
utes nat when 1t drew INFO that station
A more desolats PLACE for 4 wreck could
hardly have boon found. For 4 1uarter - q
m 10 mo single t!nck runs upon All sm! nnk-
ment about twelve feet high. TN either side OF
tbe tracks through This little valley extend
the widely known Monl-Zuma mar hes, and
the spectacle In tho landscape Hs viewed from
the railroad trRcks was dense wast. OF green
1ags which rise from tbs swamp. In the dim
M, Nin
nothing tut tho dense log which surrounded
every ..,E Eb!sGt and rendered Il almost
q ths freight train on ahead On IoarI ~
dead: and the in ured were Disposed OF as COM
Sor ABLY 40 the Grampcd a"Cts OF /. day coaches
would III ow The dead were laid in the bag.
gage cera At 30 start was made for syria.
cuse When por, Byron was reached tho do at
woe taken on and laid in tue il elphr Ii u.s. and
tween Port byron and Syraruse' ne otthe lIul-
died. and was Lard out ~ the hnggage car.
Conductor kansly Of tito limi al said that
the accident occurred ut exactly = 40 o'clock.
" Was In the front end OF the head sleeper
Marathan" hs said. and had Iust noticed
that we wore making the usual running time.
We lett syracuse at l;hs on time The train
was heavily loadod. zach Of the Shoppers hRv-
ing nOOuf tW6uty Tha day