Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-16
Dashed Into the Rear of the
Passenger, While Standing
at the Depot.
The Accident Caused BY the
SlOwness of the Flagman
in Going to the Rear.
Flames Break Out and Many of
the Victims Find a HOr-
rible Death.

rible Death.
A FrightfuI Accident.
RAvENNA. Ohio, July Sat o'clock
this morning passenger train No. 7,
eastbound, was lying quietly at the sta
tion at this point. Something was
wrong with the coupling of the special
Car, and the train crew gathered in
little knot about the end car, while the
regular yard man whistled cheerfully as
he tapped each smoking wheel, to be
sure all was right before the train
heavily laden with its precious human
freight was forever beyond his
control. Meanwhile there was one
upon whom all their lives depended,
Flagman Boynton, idling lazily toward
the rear end of the car, and thence back
to ward off danger from that point. He
was not long walking to the end Of the
car, not longer than any one might take
WAOA oAOAO Was ~ uoA!6OA. @ASi ouAOiy
there was no death in the peaceful,
quiet darkness that stretched away to
the rear of the train. Boynton was not
was not long in reaching
was bound to protect. No matter how
ter how far back he walked it was not
20 1rrh Eel
mistake, or carelessness, or fate. There
tive light in the bewildered eyes of the
when it was too late, an awful crash and
deep silence but only for q moment.
Nineteen precious. human lives were
MANNED and injured.
Cured, and the fagman, throwing
help to save the others. The following
who but moment before had been
sleeping and dreaming of the morrow,
or waking and specializing as to how
Killed:
HENRY G11DEA.
JOHN MoAvoY.
PATRICK RYAN.
T. HAUF.
T. BURNS.
J. KIMRAnL,
OWEN HARTMAN.
THOMAS NOLAN.
THOMAS KEv1LLE.
GEORGE GILDEA.
DAVID BELEHIAN.
S. CoYnE.
W. NEwooh1B.
D. RYAN.
D. CASSIDY.
HENRY MoG111. all glass workers of
Findley, o., and Corning, N. Y.
G. GRIFFIN, Brooklyn.
A. GUNTHRoP,, Brooklyn.
W. KAHN, Brooklyn, N. Y, passengers
in the Pullman sleeper.
INJURED.
Joseph Morgan, Corning. N. Y, cut
on face and badly bruised about legs
and back. Very seriously:
Thomas Hanley, Corning, N. Y, Sc
verely injured about face. head and
shoulders.
George Smith, Corning, crushed and
burned.
James D. Wycken. Corning, crushed
and burned.
James Smith, leg broken.
H. @. Degratf, head, neck and shoul-
ders out, and burned.
John Cadween, hip, back and Shout.
ders injured.
James McGee badly squeezed about
the body
John Kean, cut on head.
A. P. Joust, head cut.
Jonas Clark, head cut.
The passenger train consisted of ex-
press and baggage car, three day
coaches. two Pullman cars and special
car and was about 10 minutes late,
owing to trouble with one of the cars.
The train at the time of the accident
lay just at the bottom of steep grade,
and though the trainmen knew they
were followed by No. 80 freight, filled
with Chicago fresh meat, no one seemed
to think that the freight was at their
very heels, and once on q down grade
coming into the station, it would be
hard to stop, especially as the freight
did not intend to make Ravena stop
ping place. What might have been ex.
pected has actually happened. The
freight was making up time, and came
down the hill with q rush, the engine
and tender being fairly hurled through
the rear of the passenger.
When your correspondent arrived on
the scene after the accident. it beggared
description. Pitious cries for help arose
from the heap of wreckage. and willing
hands were already heaying at the heap
of broken and twisted iron and timbers,
when a scream of horror arose from be-
meath the ruins that senta thrill through
the hearts of the crowd gathered. Then
here and there the darkness became
gradually light, though with no CRATE.
full welcome light as tiny tongues Of
fame sprung up from the crevicss OF the
wrecked train.
Fire had added its cruel fear and ter
ror to the wreck, and 6ght as the would
the rescuers could not drive they ugly
! element back one foot from the writhing