St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-03
ROASTED IN A WRECK.
An Appalling Railway Acct
dent in the North OF
England.
Fire Breaks Out in a Wreck
Caused by a Coils
ion.
Ten Mangled and Burned TO
Death and Twenty In
jured.
Twenty-Five People Trampled
to Death in a Church Pan
lie in Austria.

LONDON, Nov. Am appalling rail-
way accident occurred early this morn
ing near Thirsll. IN Yorkshire, by which
ten persons were killed and twenty IN
jured. The express train which leaves
Edinburgh every evening for London
was running at full speed as 1T ap-
preached Thirsk, when ahead of 1T APP
peared heavily laden goods train. the
engineer of the express train reversed
his engine and put on the brakes, but
the momentum of the heavy express
was too great and it dashed into the
goods train, making most terrible
wreck.
TO add to the horror, the carriages
caught fire and were destroyed. A
large number of persons from nearby
places were soon at the scene and did
everything possible to eXtricate the
dead and injured. The burning cars
greatly hampered their efforts, but had
it not been for their bravery, the loss of
life would have been much greater.
The scene of the wreck was pitiable.
Some of the bodies taken out of the de-
bris had been burned beyond all sem
blance to humanity. The clothing had
been destroyed and in some cases the
jewelry had been melted by
the Intense Heat
This will render the identification of
the dead in some cases extremely diff
cult, if not altogether impossible. A
wrecking train was dispatched to the
scene as soon as the fact of the disaster
became known. A number of physi-
clans were carried to the wreck, and
they at once devoted themselves to re-
lieving the sufferings of the injured.
The accident is said to have been due
to a dense fog, which prevented the en-
glneer of the express train from seeing
ahead of him for any distance. The eX-
press was crowded with passengers re-
turning from the Highlands OF Scot
land and from Dundee and Edinburgh.
Among the passengers were the Mar
quis Of Huntley and the Marquis of
Tweeddale. Neither of the nouemen
sustained serious injury, though the
Marquis of Huntley had one Of his
shoulders bruised and one OF his
thumbs fractured.
A signal man, who was charged with
being asleep at his post. has been sus-
pended from duty pending an investiga-
zion. The escape of the occupants OF
the wrecked Pullman car was
Little Short of Miraculous.
The wheels were torn, but the coach
stood the crash with but little damage.
Pinioned beneath the huge engine
the rescuIng party saw a woman. She
was in great agony and screaming tor
help. They were pOWerleSS to help her.
Before their eyes. the flames enveloped
her and she was burned to death and
her body reduced to ashes. The dis
tracted husband of the poor victim,
piteously appealed to the would-be help
ers to save his wife. One passenger
says that he aWoke suddenly with vague
forebodings of evil and gave his valu-
ables to his wife. Immediately after
the crash came and both were thrown
beneath the carriage and badly injured.
The fire burned fiercely until noon,
when the flames were gotten under con-
troll. The occupants of one carriage
were imprisoned by debris and in great
peril. They could see the flames slowly
approaching and suffered from the in
creaslng heat. Then terrified bevond
measure they shreked continually for
help. They were rescued from their
horrible position in the nick OF time.
The engineer of the express train HIM
self badly injured and held down by the
debris, implored the rescuers to save
the passengers and not mind him.