Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-11-03
III COST TEN LIVES
English Express Train Collides
With a Freight
AND THE WRECK TAXES FIRE
Thlrty Persons Injured. Twelve Of Them
SeTlousIy-Locked Doors Add
Horror 10 the Affair.

LONDON, Nov. "A terrible railway
accident. Ia which al least ten lives
were lost and thirty persons were in
jured, occurred early this morning
near fnirek, IN Yorkshire. The east
coast express tram for London left
Edinburgh al 1880 O'Clock last night.
The train, being unusually heavy, was
divided in two sections. The first sec
ton proceeded safely to London. The
second section had over 100 passengers
on board. including several noblemen
and other distinguished people, and
consisted OF coaches from Perth, Ar
breath and Aberdeen. thick fog
prevailed, and IL was difficult for the
driver to discern the signals. APP
preaching Thirsk the fog Was thicker
than ever. About two ana one-half
miles north of that town the signals
were entirely obscured. and the express
tram colllded al full speed with q
goods train on . siding at Manor
House.
Collide Head On.
The wreck of the express train was
complete. The engine came full tilt
against the goods train and toppled
over, smashed and dismantled with the
Carriages after it, into q field next to
the track. The carriages were broken
and damned together, and most of the
passengers were caught IN their COM
partments as in so many traps. The
wreck caught fire almost instantly
from the escaping gas, and the smoke
and flame, with the shrieks OF the dy-
ing and wounded, made q horrible
scene. Those who managed 10 extrl
cate themselves uninjured fastened to
assist others who were yet alive and
caught in the wreck. Ii was difficult
work. owing to the way In which the
| carriages were crushed together and
the trouble IN opening compartment
doors that were fastened after the
usual British fashion. Men ana women
could be heard shrieklDg for assistance,
ana one man, who WAS slowly being
burned to death and who could not get
out, begged the rescuers, IN heavens
name, to kill HIM.
The Killed and Injured.
1t is known that pot 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
jumped at the instant of the collision,
escaped with broken leg. The mar
quis of Tweeddale and the marquis OF
Huntly, the latter a lord in waiting to
Queen Victoria, were on board the
train. The marquis of Tweeddale es-
capped uninjured, and although an
elderly gentleman, he did active ser
vice in assisting to rescue others. The
marquis of Huntly was bruised and
had 3 thumb broken, but suffered no
other injury. Captain Duncan Nc
Leod of the Forty-Second Highlanders
is among the killed. Trains have been
sent to the scene to clear the wreck
and carry away the injured and dead.
The mails for the north have been de-
layed for hours owing to the accident.
Another Accident.
Another railway accident is reported
from Liverpool. Last night a train on
the Mersey railway, loaded with pas
sengers, many OF whom bad been on
the Birkenhead ferry boat when it col
lided with the ship Fury dice, was leav-
! ing the ferry station, when it ran into
an engine and was badly damaged.
| Three passengers were killed and about
| fifty injured, and some of the injured
will probably die. When passage on
another tram was offered to the pas.
sengers vino were unhurt many OF
them, having been in the ferry boat
| collision and the railway collision on
the same night, thought 1t would be
unlucky to continue their journey Just
then and refused to do SO.