The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-20
TRAIN And TRACK BLOWN TO ATOMS.
! Spark from a Passing Train Believed 10
Have Caused It.
SEVEN ITALIANS AMONG THE VICTIMS.
horrible scenes Presented 10y the Mutiiated
Bodies of the Dead and DyinE-The
Earth Shaken as if by
An Earthquake.

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An Earthquake.
ItmfroWN n. ~. May lH.-A car laden
wh dynamite % bc used iu blasting along
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ir- 'DIp" mere tAi- morning. "IetA AiA@
everything in the vicinity. tearing up all the
...te If tlo roo1 and Ifoyyifu, to atoms II is
,
t-i ila~' iuHF Aen- N'i"' "'io "'Iieu
dead toa great distance into the river The
t...r ON the locomotive of the train WAS
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t." IFti. All uainc on lne hudson iiFer
railroad wa. stopped.
q,. sboct of tbo ovnlo.ion ,cse f.lt for
..i,, in al directions and 1T is impossible to
alcate the extent OF Tine damage. The load
Of dynamite was ON fiat car ma construction
train ana was ID Doe used ln uuJdue ile iAifd
'r.'k. I-l0 was me cause Di ilc ui0a~iti.
lle bodies OF eight Italians and tWo Americans
were ichel up and cTedt1 the station here.
A. large number of people were injured, tits
--ib.e 90 tell now the accident origin
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i.-.7 +rt-i.,b+ we're literally blown to pieces
.Hl were horribly mutlated. Some of the
nied men had Their arms blown away,
others are minus their legs. .wlnle others
V-fe 4l-membtreQ ln an equally horrible n4--
rer The italian lahOror- working ON the
r.i are generally known by numbers ana lJ
S. lpossiole at present 20 give any names.
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d,naulife from, tIe ear and placed u aJ0no
"a ~ tIe t,oot TbeJ ST a blast
and the coDc-s.i.o nf tho blast
o-rl,3o5 +lo i,,.,oit- Au t,.irs have
of the accident a- the track and part of the
roadbed is am entire wreck special train
has just left here bearing the wounded They
Will be taken ID H. Joseph i''lal ID.
lonHeIs. w Wle'A Aine 1i4.u7 nave e'.n soNi
oul 10y lue ne" oIh en1I.l i''''' o"i, ,... .'-.,
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TIE TRAIN TORN To ATOMS.
The train was torn to atoms. the railroad
tracks ripped from their bed and great hole
many feet deep dug ont of the earth. totally
Ilocgino traff. ON the railroad Tor many
i.nrs. The train was in charge of Conductor
Connors. and the gang of men was under Je-
rome Disstou as boss. The dynamite was all
stored on the first of the four fiat cars
composing the train 10 consisted of twenty
frr cases. and each case contained
frypouuds. making grand tota. of 100
pounds of the terrible explosive. The force
'- llr tApI,9I'" was ''-'--' f ~
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