Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-05-16
A COLLATION. i,etwocn Two Trains in
the Mida Of q Terrific
storm.
both ENGINES BATTERED INTO
a sHAPELEss MASS.
NJ Teicsi aph to tho SsNs
ANOTHER RAILWAY HORROR.


GLIyps, o., May lO.-in tue mlhst
Of n terrific storm OF wind and rain
two hig trains crashed into each other
at Clovts thls morning with awful
effect, the full horrurs OF which are not
yot known. Freight No. ", north
bound, was ordered TO stop AT North
Bend 20 allow Express No. so, tue
"cannon.bali" special to pass. The
summer schedule went into effect to-
day, aud. under the old schetulc, the
trains passed some miles further on.
Instead OF stopping, the norin-bound
pulled ahead and approached Olives
running at tho rate OF twenty miles an
hour. AZ Tho train appeared Charles
smith, the Telegraph operator, rushed
to the wires and put ny Ihe danger
tigLal. Eltny II was not seen or tue
engineer could not control hia engine,
for the train sped on. AZ the SAINT
moment tho special cane into sight,
and the iron monsters crashed Into
each other with "a ronr that sounded
above the storm. Both engines were
battered into u shapcless mhss aud
rolled OF the track. The cars behind
were smashed into klndling aud tho
track tore ny, telegraph poles were
broken, and It was two or three hour
before notice VI tho wreck was sent out
,1and special train sent TO the scene
.lrom Cincinnati. People from the
'killAgrs in the surrounding country
gathered and did all they could TO res
cue the wound.d, many OF whom were
taken away, ana the number cannot
be definitely stated tonight. IL Is
claimed That some OF the wounded
were in dying condition. Not u por-
son ON either tFaiu escaped uninjurcd.
With the arrival OF the special train
the worl. OF getting out the dead began.
Upto q O'Clock hvo bodice were ~.
covered, four shockingly maugled and
crushed out Of human. shape. Under
the freight engine wore found
nRoKEs, CRUSHED AND scALDED,
william fidds, the engineer, ami
| Hiram Bruce, the fireman, both Of
indianapolis; Philip Gibbon and Da-
vid Harwood were found under spe.
cial freight car, nearly every bone In
ulrir b0dlef broken AID their faces
horribly disflgutoi.
The illth dead body was that Of
Berry Edwards, the engineer OF the
| passenger train. Fireman ii. TyTrell
| Jumped before the crash, but was
caught under the mass OF wreckago
aud so badly crushed that ho cannot
survive the night. John Schroeder, the
conductor of tue passenger train, was
| Injured In like manner, and can live
but u few hours. George w. Huiler, u
commercial traveller from NiamlsbuTg,
was crushed between two seats, being
bent almost double. lie cannot sur.
yive.
"Bonny" Keeio, n freight brake.
man, who had just reached the top Of u
Car when the collision occurred, was
thrown over n Telegraph wire forty
feet into a stream Of water, when
saved HE life. He thinks there are AT
least three tramps under the wrecked
freight. Several passengers ON the
express are positive that several OF
their hunter were also killed. IL Is
certain that They are missing, tut nrc
possibly among the wounded scattered
around town. Holt0n TeTrall OF Della,
o.,was badly scaldod aud can't survive,
David NJ. Sherwood OF indianapolis,
conductor OF the freight, WINS killed.
Mrs. Moroland OF North Bend, wal
badly injured.
FIVE or EIGHT PASSENGERS,
who were supposed to be- In thcsmokcr
which IL buried IN the wreck, are
missing, and nothing II known as h
their identity. The wrecked freight
was going west and the passenger
train accommodation going to Cinoin
natl from Lawrenceburg with about
thirty passengers. A lire started IN
the wreck, but the people rushed 10 IN,
scene and prevented n holocoust. For
tunaiely relief was prompt and every
thing possible was done for TIT
wounded
A pathetic incident was the death Of
brakeman Gibbons. lie fingered I'LL
this afternoon conscious nll tho time
He left young wife nn hour before
the accident, and all HE grief and talk
was about her. In the agonieh Of
death TIL his tongue was stilled, h,
spoke only OF her. Again and again
he begged some one TO pray, and .
colored minister responded TO hi
plsadings and knelt a, his bedside
There was scene Of solemnlty thai
will not soon DO forgotten by thot,
who witnessed II, and silent tear
mols,ened every eye.
A wreoking party, aided by citizens
Ia working with might aud main I,
| tADlOhtc kub boult7 W Nhoho ptIton
who were In the smoking car. sup
posed to DO under the mass OF debris
There Is faint hepe OF supposing tina
eight or nine pesops killed 4
erroneous.
OTHERS UNDER THE WRECK.
CINCiNSATI, May l5.-Julius Web
Der, chief clerk In the county coroner
court, has just returned from tn
wreck at Cleves, aud snys he think
there arc from five TO ten more dead II
in the ruins, but the exact numbe
cannot be told tonight. Owing 10 tn
probation Of the telegraph wires by tn
} accident and the telephone wires by tn
storm, details OF the wreck are slow ii
coming IN, and no com alo.e list OF tn
wounded can bo given. The prOport.
, loss is very severe and willreach 500,
900. Both engines are complet
wrecks and the coaches OF the expires
train are ruined. II ls claimed tha
much valuable mail aud expires
matter was lost. A Vdozen froiph
cars, loaded with costly goods, We're ala
lost.