The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-03
A COLLISION In ENGLAND
TEN LIVES LOST BY A CRASH IN
YORKS HIRE.

A Passenger and q Freight Train
Rush Together in g Fog-Fire Breaks
Out in the Wreck-The Marquis of
HunsleY and the Marquis of Twee-
dale on the Express.
LONDON, Nov. Am appalling railway
accident occurred this morning near Thirsk,
in Yorkshire, by which ten persons were
killed and large number injured. An ex-
press train which leaves Edinburgh every
evening for London was returning at full
speed as it approached Thirsk, when ahead
OF it appeared heavily laden goods train.
Fha 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 near by 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 at the wreck
was pitiRble. Some of the bodies tax en- out
Of the debris were burned beyond all SEM
blancs to humanity. The olothing had been
destroyed, and, in some cases, the jewelry
will render Identification Of the dead ex-
tremely difficult, If not altogether inlpossi-
BILE. a wrecking train was dispatched to
the scene as soon as the fact OF the disaster
became known. A number OF physicians
were carried to the wreck, and they at once
devoted themselves TO relieving the suffer-
logs Of the injured.
CAUSED BY roc.
The accident is said to have been due to
dense fog, which prevented the engineer of
the express train from seeing ahead of him
for any distance. The express was crowded
with passengers resurRing from the high
lands Of Scotland, from Dundee and Edin-
burgh. Among the passengers were the
Marquis OF Huntley and the Marquis of
TweedAle. Neither Of the noblemen sus-
tained serious injury, though the Marquis
of Huntley had one of his shoulders bruised
and one of his thumbs fractured Eleven
other persons we're more or less injured.
In an interview the Marquis of Tweedale
said that at the time of the accident the
express train was travelling at the rate Of
sixty miles an hour. The goods train, into
which the express ran, was loaded with iron.
The former train was going slow. The
shock was severe, smashing the engine and
tender of the express train, and the car
next to them, but the Pullman car, in which
the Marquis of Tweedale and the Marquis
Va IAuhbioJ WeIo elbbiuSs btOOu Cue hnOCh &,
although its forward end was knocked off.
Many persons received slight injuries and
q severe shaking up.
The signal man, who was charged with
being asleep at his post. has been suspended
from duty pending an investigation. Tho
escape OF the occupants OF the wrecked
Pullman car was little short OF miraculous.
The wheels were turned of, but the body of
the coach stood the crash with but little
damage.
A WOMAN BURNED TO BEATH
Pinionod beneath the huge engine the
resculng party saw q woman. She was in
great agony and screaming for help. They
were powerless TO help her. Before their
eyes the flames enveloped her and she waa
burned TO death and her body reduced to
ashes. The distracted husband of the poor
viotIm piteously appealed to the would-be
helpers to save his wife. The occupants of
one carriage were imprisoned by the debris
and i'll great peril They could see the
flames slowly approaching and suffered
from increasing heat - Terrified beyond
MEASURE, they shrieked continually for
help. They were rescued from their horri-
bic position in the nick of time The en-
Ginesr OF the express train, himself badly
injured and held down in the debris, lnl-
plored the rescusrs to save the passengers
and not mind him. Among Rthe dead is
Cdpe. Duucau mcDSOu OIL ING rOrJy y-BecOnQ
HiRhlanders, who was proceeding 10 Aus
tralia. Many Of theinjured were also bound
for Australia and India.
The cause of the accident has not vat
been definitely decided upon, but the fog
was undoubtedly an imp factor. The
accident occurred at $3.50 O'Clock and the
night was pitch dark.
A SIGNAL MANS EXCUSE.
A passenger named Ralath, In an inter-
view said that he saw the signal man
Holmes. after the collision. The man was
in q pitiabls condition OF mental distress.
His child had died on the previous night, he
told Ralath, and he had asked the station
master for leave of absence. but had been
refused. He had to take his turn Of duty,
though greatly fatigued and was so tired
that he fell asleep and neglected the signals.
TWO COLLISIONS.