Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-23

| mp anu rent iOt Tue Wouhutd. Wucu
tile train bearing the dead nnd wound.
ed reached Alton, crowds gathered
and
HEARTnENDfNo SEEMS
were witnessed, when tobblng women
recognized among the dead some rela.
tive or friend.
The scencs In the hospital rooms
where the wounded we've removed
were the most pathetic. The dirty oh.
soaked rags were cut away from the
bodies nuu laid bare the horrible vor
OF the burning oil. The haids an
facee were all ecofched and hlrrtinr,
the ips and noses swollen amt disiur..
cd AMI the eyes either burned our or
ilamc.entcn and cncfusted with blood
and dust. The hands OF many were
burned to n crust, the 1ng.rs mssng
ana arms broken. Several victims
when uncovered were found ~ be
without cutlcle, Che nimes having
choked and burned IL until IL either
cluDg to the clothing In removal or fell
away OF lite own accord. Soon by each
bier with anxious, tear.Btainci faces
anu disheveIod appearance stood rela.
lives and friends whispering words Of
comfort into dying ears, sobbiDg words
Of cheer that were half choRei in
utterance.
| Later n second train arrived from
Wann with four more bodies, aud the
same scenes were Te.ennclcd. Several
injured begged TO he killed that they
might be free from paln. ooh. Pm
blindl" moaned one. az feel that my
eyes are gone. Oh! could stand all
Everything but to DO without my
Eyer ibaps Too much. i want TO dit!
i want 700 ui,!" Anu then n loving
.hother ooWeu low over tue moaning
FORM anu buried her teaf.stained face
anu 'he uisery'conVulseu form In the
coming That shielded her son. Sever
NJ MUG boys were among the victims,
anu their means were the most dis-
"ersihs OF Ill.
Inc hnanclal loss TO the railroad
company VIII be very large. The
engine anu tender, four coaches, seven
.ahk cnfs, anu considerable section Of
tue track We're totally ruined. Two
htnhii dwellings which stood near tho
Track were also burned with contents.
Slo5 .000' A track yaa go $500"
one slide OF the ruins, anu trains on
ooth the Alton anu Big Four arc run
ning regularly tonight.
Nopp nr,,,,s
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 22.-Eleven add
uonnl deaths IL the record OF the catas-
trOphe NJ Alton junction since mid.
night.
The wreck and the conseouences mr..
the talk OF Alton today, A represcnt.
alive Of the Associated Press arrIvod
In this city early this morning and
visited the hospital. The scenea In tbs
wards occupied by the blurred w.re
even more heartrendIny Than ves,or,
my. Lying on cots wrapped la
any resemblance to human bodies and
surrounded by weepinp relatives and
sorrowing friends, they formed a mic.
ture that brought tears 10 the ewes M
even the physicians, The moaning M
the patients was piteoua. Every fey
minutes some tortured soul writhinn In
agony would half rlee from his co,,ch
then fall back suffering NOR, intons,,
pain than before. They would
bha fiIEousLf 10 BE RELIEVED
from pain, Perhnps the most pItifuI |
sight OF all was that of thirteen.vear-
old Willie MCCARTHY. The boy,s |
flesh was cooked from head 10 foot. ms
ewes burned md the skin neel.d cir
his face ana head, taking with A lary.
OF flesh. The only answer lie
apx,ous mother r,cceiv,d 10 m a..
uuiry IA to how be felt WIS. ooh. nv
head. Doctor, can't 1 di.?U Some
patients lay perfectly quiet. no signs
or moan escaping from their lIus TINT
were soon 10 be beyond earthly suiIrr.
Ing.
Not until "A visit was made In tina
n''sue u'u
TIE HORRIBLE REALITY
d the accident become apparent. Hare.
waiting the undertaken. were five N,
hose who had died during the night
The bandages were removed from the
bodies and the fearful damages of m,
turning oil were plainly appareni
scarcely one OF the i've could be- rocov.
lized, even by their relatives. The
III, wherever IL touched the shin
burned deep into the flesh, while sIch
portions OF the cuticle as esoap,d an.
ire destruction was blistered md ia
many places black.ned by the Intense
leat. Their lips were terribly swnll.n
md discolored, and the eyes Of ali Ave
yore burned out entirely. Every
'estige OF hair was burned of their
ace and head, and In many places
heir skulls and check bones were ex.
'osed.
The wives and mothers, sisters md
on being shown the bodies
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