The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-07-10
SEVENTEEN DEAD.
A Frightful Railway Disaster
at Youngstown; o.
A WRECKED TRAIN TAKES FIRE
Aud an A,mo.. 1na,.c,,sab,s see.s rep
lows.-The poor vLc.,ms wedgsa uodei
tho ar.ssowly isurn TO lsssth-bsnsrai
Aailss' Escape.

YousosowN. D.. tnly A-The east:
bound Erie vestibule No. &. due at
Youngstown At 2:55 a. M, was behind
and had stopped while the engineer was
trying to remedy defect in the loco.
motiv, machinery. Tho Aagman wad
sent back to stop an approaching freight
train. but failed to go far enough. The
rails we're slippery and the brakes
would not work satisfactory, the re-
suits being that the heavy freight
crashed into the express at almost full
speed. The wreck took fire and an al:
most indescribable scene Ut horror foE
lowed.
The fire department Of Ravenna was
called to the spot and extinguished the
flames; but not in time to save the lives
6f the victims.
The DeaA
THOMAS vERHILL
DAVID REI4lTlON.
A. GANTkAl..
j. DEMEER. "a:
j. COYI4E. =.
j. HUFF. Ii
+. BURNS. ~
A. HARDIN.
LEWIS KIMBALR
w. NEWCOMh f..
ID. RYAN.
u. CASSIDY. =,
p. NOLAN;
w. KAMA. ., -.
JOHN GRIFFIN.
THOMAS COLvILLR
I a NURSE GIRL.
ALI but three of these were burned ID
crisp.
The dead and injured worked in tbs
Richardson glass works at Findlay, o.
The Injured.
Tho injured. all of whom are front
Corning, N. Y, and unmarried, are as
follows:
George Smith. leg fractured.
John Cadagan, bruised xboht the biyNY
head and hack.
IL. c. DeGraff. neck and shousaers
bruised.
james McGill; slight internal injuries.
John keating, cut about the he;Id.
A. c. .Ioiies. severe cuts
G. Reilly, cuts about the head.
ION Hanley. severely cut about tbe tG1
head and shoulders.
Joseph Mangan. lea. bruised md hacIf
tnjured-in q serionN cOalgls ION 3.
Jonas Clark, bruises and cuts.
]. NcAvery, bruised about the head
A. Il. Humphrey, hantsand face burned.
John O'Harsl, arms bruised
j. Durkin, fare cut and br,lised
Patrick Ryan, cousin Of Patrick Ryau
who was killed, slightly injured.
David Stricklcr. legs cut.
III. Young, bruised about ehe head and
shoulders
NJ Moscer. hands burned
w. Gunthcrlp. whose brother was
killed, burned about the hes,,l aud f;cs
| w. e. JONES' slightly bruised.
| i. Shaw, cOntusions of the face. aud
THO Scenes ne the wrrtls
were hcartrending. A nurse girl whose
name is unknown, and babe about q
year old, which she was caring for, were
burned to death before the Very eyes
Of the horror-stricken spectators.
Heroic efforts were made to save them
but they were apparently pound down
by the broken timbers of the car. The
poor girl pleaded piteously for some
body to kill hef.. The flames almost 60
veloped the car and repeatedly lsoyd
the rescuers away. Finally tlS vol ~
were compelled to fall back ana abaa-
don the girl to her awful fate. This
was but one of the awful scenes being
enacted. When the great freight loco.
motive plowed through the rear couch
it mangled the passengers into unrecogs
nizable
Masses Of Elssh ana lsones.
Their deaths, horrible th6ngh they
were. were easy compared to that Of
rome Of their friends. When the loco
motive had come to a standstill five
forms were seen to be pini6ned between
the head of the boiler and the torn aud
twisted timbers of the cnach. Two
were undoubtedly dead III unconscious.
but the other three weakly swayed their
bodies and waved their hands In an ag-
onizing endeavtr to free themselves
from their frightful position. QuiclelyI
the debris Of the coach caught m -
in few minutes the forms q he,pooe
fellows were enveloped In ial1E6 -
flames.
General Nriies sas..
CHICAGO. July 4.-When the news Of
the wreck on the Erie reached the city,
grave fears were expressed At army
headquarters for the safety OF General
Miles and Captain e. L. Higgins, Who
were known to be on the train. They
were on their way to Buffalo, where q
reunion of the Army of the Potomac is
being held. A telegram! however, WAS
received from Captain Higgins stating
that neither General Miles nor be was
injured.
yellow Fever In che ou,s.