The record-union., 1891-08-07
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
SYRACUSE, August 6.-This morning q
freight train on the West Shore Railroad
going west, broke in two between Port
Byron and Montezuma, and the fast train
following crashed into the rear. A brake
man went back toward the passenger
train, but the night was so foggy he was
not seen. The fireman on the passenger
train, Michael Burgen, eleven Italians,
en- route to Niagara Falls, in the smok-
ing-car, were killed, and Joseph NJ.
keenan, of st. Louis, and twenty-one
others injured. Some of them will prob
ably die.
The sleeping-cars were burned and it is
supposed that nearly all the passengers
were rescued. The injured were brought
here and are being cared for The bodies
ofthe killed are at Port Byron, where the
Coroner will hold an inquest
Among the injured was a member of an
opera company, who died on the way
here.
The trainmen say more of the killed
are in the wreck.
Physicians and others have been sent
from Syracuse, Auburn, Montezuma and
Port Byron.
Twelve cars of the freight train were
wrecked and piled upon the tracks, COM
pletely blocking the road. Hardly a
whole piece of timber is left in the smok-
ing-car.
The wreck took fire and the passenger
train was burned, with the exception OF
three sleeping-cars.
The train was made up of two express,
baggage and smoking-cars, a day coach
and four Sleeping-carS.
j. j. Sullivan of this city was on the
train. He was in the car behind the
smoker. Regarding the accident he said:
THE freight train with which our train
collided was running on passenger train
time. When the crash came the scene
was a terrible one. The smoking-car was
smashed to splinters, and the shrieks OF
the wounded imprisoned in the wreckage
were heart-rending. The accident oc-
CURED at o'clock. When l left the dead
and wounded were scattered about on the
ground inside the tracks, and the SurviV-
ing passengers were doing all they could
for the relief of the wounded. The vic
TINS, so far as | could see, were all men
who were in the smoking-car. None OF
the passengers in the sleeping-car were
injured"
John z. Bowdish of Boston. who had a
narrow escape, gave a similar account of
the accident. He said no one in the rear
OF the wreck was injured. The attend
ants of the express and baggage-cars had
retired to the rear coaches to catch q little
sleep, and the entire fatality, therefore,
was confined to the occupants of the
smoking-car and the locomotive
Conductor Kanaly of the limited said:
81 was in front of the sleeper Marathan.
and had just noticed that we We're MAX
ing the usual running time. We left
Syracuse at 1853, on time. The train was
heavily loaded, each of the sleepers hav-
1rlFr oil fyKrn1
very foggy, and the engineer, of course,
expected that the Montezuma side-track
would be all right for him. The first in
dicatiOn / had of the accident was when
felt sudden application of the air
brakes. A moment later came the crash
That is about all | can tell, except that
the engine went clear through the ca
boose of the freight train and then rolled
down the embankment. The day coach
telescoped the smoking car, and when /
got out of the door they We're all mixed
up with the express and baggage cars.
The sleeper did not leave the rails
The Coroner's jury returned verdict
finding Conductor Tobin and Flagman
Connolly guilty of criminal negligence.
Both men have fed.
Antonio Ambello, one of the injured
Italians, died at the hospital tonight,
making the total killed thirteen.
KILLED AND INJURED.
Following is revised list of the killed
and injured:
Killed-Carrilla Alfonso, Coco Roca.
Vincenzo di Lauri, Dominica Richone,
Thomas Merlino, John Rosia, Dominica
Santilo, Antonio Scozzafava, John Clam
bot and one unknown. All the above are
Italians and all adults. Fireman Michael
Burgen of Macedon, New York, was
instantly killed. Antonio Umbello died
after removal to the Home of the Good
Shepherd. Joseph NJ. Keenan, of st.
Louis died at the Home ofthe Good Shep-
herd.
Injured-Pa Patrick Ryan of Buffalo, en-
gineer of the express; Louis Diller OF
Alsace-Lorraine; a. X. Louvas, Hun
garian; John Schultz, member of the
"Uncle Isaacn farce company of Easton,
Pa; George II. Saxby of Hamilton, Ont
John Preston of Troy, n. Y, railroad
man; Julius Myers of Buffalo, n. Y; 3.
L. Pitts, musical director of the Uncle
Isaac company; Camille Libiz, Cuisine
Libiz, Henry Tralono, Giuseppe Was
ciarello, Giovanni Rossi, Nicolo Machini,
Tomasse Tonzano, Lugui Donaro, ali
Italians; an unknown Hungarian, and
Antonio Cabello, an Italian. All were
taken TO the Home of the Good Shepherd.
II. X. Serviss Of Newark, n. j.; Lewis
Taylor Of West Point, \. Y, and Frank
). Zinter of this city, were removed to
their homes
CAUSED BY NEGLECT.
New YORK, Aug. GA West Shore
official says: From what can be learned
there Is no doubt the accident this morn
ing was the result of neglect of the con-
ductor OF the freight train TO send back a
nagman to warn the passenger train that
two trains were moving on the same
track