Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-03
AT LEAST Is ARE KILLED.
1t Is Said Signal Man Had Fallen
Asleep at His Post in a Fog.
TWO NOBLEMEN WERE ON BOARD.
American.Made Armor Plate Tested in
England and Found Best.
NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN CAPITALS

LONDON, NOV Z.-lne EXPIRE traln IRON
Edinburgh ran into freight train heavily
laden with iron this morning, near Thirsk,
in Yorkshire. The result is many persons
killed and large number injured. The
coaches caught fire and were destroyed. The
fastest news is that more bodies have been
found in the wreckage 1t is certain that
Is persons were killed.
The accident is said to have been due to a
dense fog which prevented the engineer of
the express train from seeing ahead for any
distance, but the passengers say signal
man had fallen asleep.
The Marquis of Tweeddale and the Mar
quis OF Huutley, the latter a Lord-in-wait-
ing to Queen Victoria, were on board the
train. The Marquis Of Tweeddale escaped
uninjured, and although an elderly gentle
man, he did active service in assisting to
rescue others. The Marquis of Huntley
was bruised and had thumb broken, but
suffered no other injury Captain Duncan
Mcleod, of the Forty-second Highlaude-s,
is among the killed.
A Nobleman's Account of 1t.
In an interview, the Marquis ofTweeddale
press train was travelling 60 miles an hour.
The freight train was going slow. If it had
been stationary the results of the collision,
in view of the enormous weight and power
of resistance, would have been far more
serious. The shock was severe, smashing
the engine and tender of the express train
and the carriage next to them, but the
parlor car, in which the Marquis of Tweed
dale and the Marquis of Huntley were sit
ting withstood the shock, although its for
ward end was knocked off The passengers
in the parior coach were all asleep when the
collision occurred. 1t was a marvel that
they all escaped as well as they did.
Among the killed are the driver of the
freight train and the fireman of the e1-
press train. The thighs of the driver of
the express train were smashed. The Mar
quis added that the people in the Pullman
were pretty thoroughly frightened when
they were awakened by the crash. When
they got out they found thems elves amid
a terrible wreck. The engine and tender
were doubled back upon the first carriage
and the Pullman car forming one heap,
which took fire from the red hot Goals from
the engine furnace. The carriage behind
the Pullman car was broken.
Met Death in Pitch Dark.
The accident occurred at $50, and the
night was mitch dark. The Marquis said he
saw several OF those who had been killed
lying by the rails. The bodies he saw
were less mutilated than might have been
expected, considering the bad nature of the
wreck. He saw the body of man terribly
mangled, crushed under the Pullman
coach. A rescuing party was trying to ex-
tricate the body when the Marquis left.
Besides the Marquis of Tweeddale and
the Marquis of Huntlev there were in the
Pullman coach General Lambton and Mr.
kynoch, a railway director. Lady Stewart
MAS in another carriage. All got severe
shaking up The Marquis of TweeddaIe,
together with the Marquis of Huntley and
a number of other passengers, came from
the wreck on special train. The Marquis
of Huntley got off the train at Peterbor-
ou"h. lie seemed to feel more severely
than the others the effects of the shock.
The Marquis of Tweeddale came direct to
London.
Among the dead is Captain Duncan Nc
Leod, OF the Forty-second Highlanders, who
was proceeding to Australia Many of the
injured were also bound for Australia and
India.
The Pullman Proves Its Strength.
The official report of the killed places the
number at ten. The signal man, who was
charged with being asleep at his post, has
been suspended from duty pending an in
yestigation- The escape of the occupants
OF the wrecked Pullman car was little short
OF miraculous The wheels were torn off,
but the body of the coach stood the crash
with but little damage.
Pinloned beneath the huge engine the
rescuing party saw woman. She was in
great agony and screaming tor help. They
were powerless to help her. Before their
eyes flames enveloped her, and she was
burned to death and her body reduced to
ashes. The distracted husband of the poor
victim appealed piteously to the would-be-
helpers to save his wife, One passenger
says that he awoke suddenly with vague
forebodings of evil, and gave his valuables
10 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 control. The
occupants of one carriage were imprisoned
by debris and were in great peril. They could
see the flames slowly approaching, and suf-
tered from the increasing heat. Terrified
beyond measure, they shrieked continually
for help. They were rescued from their
horrible position in the nick of time. The
engineer Of the express train, himself badly
injured and held down by the debris, i'm
plored the rescuers to save the passengers
and not mind him.