Morris tribune., 1891-07-29

Three Carriages Wrecked and Fifty Peo-
plo Sent Into Eternity-The Wreck
Caught Fire and bIsny Unfortunates
Were Eoasted Alive.
PARIS, July GA terrible railway
accident occurred near the village of
Saint Mande in the. department of the
Seine. Two excursion trains collided,
owing to some error on the part of the
driver of one of the trains. Both were
loaded with people out for holiday.
The collision was followed by scene
of frightful confusion. Three carriages
were utterly wrecked, over fifty peo-
pie being killed and sixty injured. Most
OF the bodies recovered are without legs,
through the seats being jammed to-
gether and cutting off the limbs. Twen-
Ly thousand people assembled at the
scene, Including many relatives of the
injured and de:;d. The scenes were
most hea3 trendeling as the victims
were extricated. The driver and fire.
man of the second train were burned
alive. The stati0nmaster, on whose
oversight the blame is now placed, has,
it is reported, gone mad and dlsap-
peared.
Scenes of H"rror.
PARIS, July 27.-A dispatch just re-
ceived from the scene of Sunday nights
feariS collision between excursion
trains near Sainte Mande represents
the accident as having been even OF
more distressing character than at first
appeared. After the fearful crash the
train caught fire and the unfortunates
who were hopelessly wedged in the
debris We're slowly roasted. Many of
the poor creatures were SO placed that
for many antagonising minutes they
were forced to look upon death re-
morselessly burning its way to them.
Nothing that humanity could do could
extricate them from a situation not to
be described by language. The awe
stricken multitude were compelled to
stand helplessly by and listen to the
awful din made by the cracking flames,
the falling iron work of the burning
cars and the shrieks, means and prayers
of the doomed. Occasionally a voice
would raise itself above the tumult,
supplicating the nerciful to kill the un-
happy speaker and put him out of pain.
In number Of instances men and
women were seen laughing, gibbering
and fiinging their arms wildly about,
fear having dethroned their reason.
Two Hundred Killed Injured.
The engine of the rear train teles-
coped the last three cars of the train
ahead and almost instantly the reser-
vcir in which the gas was stored ex
ploded with terrific force. The wreck
age then caught fire. a half hour
hour elapsed after the outbreak of the
flames before the last faint cry of agony
was stilied. Fully 200 persons are
known to have been killed or injured.
The town hall of ST. Mande presents
fearful spectacle. The blackened bod
les of the dead lie in rows upon the floor
and upon tables in that building. In
some cases the remains are but little
more than heaps Of cinders intermixed
with portions Of limbs and fragments of
other parts Of what were but short
time ago human beings, laughing chat
ting and singing in jovial contentment.
One pile Of charred limbs and human
cinders was especially conspicuous, as it
consisted Of mass of unidentified and
unconnected bodies placed in heap.
An Official Statement.
. PARIS, July 2S.-An official statement
of dead and wounded in the railway ac-
cideot at Saint Msnd Sunday. n1ane the