, 1891-07-04
SLAUGHTERED
Horrible Railway Acct
dent at Ravena, 0.
A Fast Stock Train Crashes
Into an Express.
Nineteen People Instantly
Killed and Twelve Injured.
The Catastrophe Due to Care
lessness of a Flagman.
Fire Breaks Out and Many
Bodies are Burned.
Tom Hanley's Graphic Story
of the Fatal Affair.
The Catastrophe Due to Care.
lessness of a Flagman.
Fire Breaks Out and Many
Bodies are Burned.
Tom HanIey's Graphic Story
of the Fatal Affair.

RAvENNA, o., July 3.-Nineteen PEG
pie were killed and twelve injured at an
early hour this morning in the most
frightiul railroad accident of the present.
year. At 3 o'clock the %east-bouud express
on the Erie was lying at the station while
some repairs were beng made by the
engineer. Flagman Boynton was started
back with a lamp to warn any possible
danger from the rear. Suddenly, without
warning, the headlight of a locomotive
flashed around a curve aud a Fast stock
tram dashed down tho steep grade from
tie west, crashing into the rear of the
passenger train standing quietly at the
depot. There was some dreadful mis-
take. Nineteen precious human lives we're
crushed out in a moment, and twelve
persons manned and injured.
The following is the list OF the dead
aud injured-Killed: Henry Gildea.
John McAvoy, Patrick RYAN, y. Bhauf,
f. Burns, j.. Kimball, Owen Hardman,
Thomas Nolan. Thomas Keville, George
Gildea, David Belehian, }. Coyle, N.
Newcomb, ID. Ryan, ID. Cassidy, Henry
McGill, all glassworkers of Finley, O.,
and Corning, n. Y: G. Griffin, A.
Gunthrop and W. Kahn, Brooklyn, NY,
passengers in the Pullman sleeping car.
Injured: Joseph Morgan, Thomas Han
lev, George Smith, James Dwicken aud
Dennis Ryan of Corning, N. Y; james
Smith, H. G. DeGraf. John Cadween,
James McGill, John Heating. A. p.
Jones aud John Clark. All these are
seriously hurt and some may die.
The passenger train was about ten min
utes late, owing to trouble with one of
the cars. The TRAIN at-tAalime of the ae-
cidenr 44TT orr the main track, lust at the
bottom of a steep grade, and though the
traInmen knew they were followed by a
fast freight, no one seemed to think the
freight was at their very heels. aud once
on the DOWN grade coming into the sta
ton it was a hard matter to stop. especi-
ally as the freight did not intend to make
Ravenna a stopping place. What might
have been expected actually happened.
The freight was making up time and
came down tho hill with a rush, the en-
gIne and tender being fairly hurled
through the rear ears of the passenger.
When "a correspondent arrived on
the scene after the accident, the scene
was awful. PIteous cries for help arose
from the heap of wrcckage. and willing
hands were already tearing at the heap OF
broken and twisted timbers and iron.
SuddGnly here and there tiny tongues OF
flames sprang up from the c~revices OF the
wrecked train. Fire had added to the
horrors OF the wreck, and, iight as they
would. the rescuers could Lot drive the
ugly element back one foot from the
writhing victims, who shrieked and i'm
plored in VAIN for help that was willing
enough, but was far zoo weak to tear aside
the iron and timbers before the wreck and
flames had lone their worst. There were
very few injured who did not die. and
very few dead who were not bruised and
broken aid blackened and burned out of
all semhlance to the form of their maker.
Tom Hanlev, of Corning. who was IN
the fatal rear car with a score of fellow
glass workers, on their way home to Corn
ing after a season s work in Ohio, says it
was a miracle that a single occupant Of
the car escaped to tell of what followed
the crash.
Il was half asleep" said he, when
l fancie1 | heard a man cry out in alarm
too sleepy to fully investigate. |
glanced around the car and sunk back
into the seat. On opening my eyes the
mex moment, it seemed as if | had fallen
asleep and wakened in another world. |
seemed to feel no shock. only a smothercd
crash and a dull sensation of pain, re-
s%ulting. probably, from a terrific blow |
received on the back of my head Then
n realization of what had happened came
only too soon, rs the moot horrible groaus
and cries came from cYerv side from poor
fellows who, an instant before. had bgcn
exchanging some CHEEKY remark.
Then came the fire. And wi'h the
first blaze | stopped my ear, TO the
scream of pain aud terror that arose. ]
was wedged IN ly s,m" one. my friend
probably, but he was So bent. twisted and
doubled under the scat and ahou: my
benumbed legs, that | could not tell what
1t was, except that it was human and