Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-03
v BRE LOCKED IN,
And When Fire Broke Out
Were Burned to Death.
Several Killed in a Railroad
Wreck In England.

Some OF the Deaths Undoubtedly Duo to
Passengers Into the Several COmpart-
ments OF the Csrs-Elre Adds to the
Horrors of the Wreck.
LofDoN, Nov. "a terrible railway
accident, accompanied by a number Of
deaths, occurred early Wednesday
morning near Thirsk, in Yorkshire. The
East Coast express train for London left
Edinburgh at 1890 Tuesday night.
The express being unusually heavy it
was divided In two sections. The first
section proceeded safely to London, ar
irving at the usual hour The second
section had over one hundred passen-
gers on board, including several noble
men and other distinguished people.
The train, which consisted of coaches
from Dundee, Perth, Abroath and Aber-
deem, swept safely through southern
Scotland and the extreme north OF En-
gland. A thick fog prevailed and 1t was
difficult for the driver to discern the
signals. Approaching Thirsk the fog
was thicker than ever and at q point
about two and half miles north of that
town the signals were entirely obscured,
and the express train collided at full
speed with goods train on siding at
Manor House.
The wreck Of the express was COM
plete. The engine came full tilt against
the goods train and toppled over,
smashed and dismantled, with the car
riages after 1t, into field next to the
track. The carriages were broken and
jammed together and most of the pas
sengers were caught In their compart-
ments, as in 80 many traps.
The Wreck Took. Fire
almost instantly from escaping gas, and
the smoke and flame and the shrieks of
the dying and wounded made horrible
scene. Those who managed to extricate
themselves uninjured hastened to assist
those who were alive and caught in the
wreck. It was difficult work owing to
the way in which the carriages were
crushed together, and the trouble in
| opening compartment doors that We're
| fastened after the usual British fashion
| Men and women could be heard shrek
| ing for assistance, and one man who
was slowly being burned to death and
| who could not get out, begged the res
cuers, In heavens name, to kill him.
| "a 1t is known that not less than ten are
dead and that thirty are injured, twelve
| of them seriously. The fireman of the
train was killed, but the engineer, who
! dumped at the instant of the collision
escaped with broken leg.
| The Marquis of Tweeddale and th(
| Marquis Of Huntly, the latter lord-ln
waiting to Queen Victoria, We're aboard
! the train.
The Marquis of Tweeddale escaped
| uninjured, and although an elderly gen
tleman he did active service in assisting
to rescue others.
The Marquis of Huntly was bruised
and had q thumb broken, but suffered
no other injury.
Captain Duncan Mcleod, OF tn
Forty -second Highlanders, is among TIN
killed.
Trains were sent to the scene TO clea
the wreck and carry away the injured
and dead. The mails for the nortl
were delayed for hours owing to the &C
cident,
The Marquis of Tweeddale states in al
interview that he travelled in Il Pull
man car with the Marquis of Huntly
Mr.. Kynoch, of Keith. and Major Gen
eral Arthur Lambon accompanied hin
on the trip. The collision occurre
about 4:10 Wednesday morning.
The goods train, with which the eS
press collided, was loaded with iron
which made the encounter all the NOR
disastrous for the express and its huma
freight.
1t has been ascertained that the sigma
, man at the siding was asleep at the time
which may account for the accident.
The Rev. John Forsythe, chaplain {
4 the Caledonian asylum, was badly IL
| jured in the wreck.
, The Pullman carriage was thrown o
the rails and shattered, but the occI
, pants escaped death.