The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-08-08

McQuate Commences His Investiga-
tion-CompIete List of the Killed
and Injured-Many People Visit the
Scene of the Accident.
THE DEAD.
EDWARD KENNEDY, actor, injur-
les to the head.
THOMAS COLLINS, of South Bethle-
hem. Pa.
CHARLES QUERFURTH, of Rob-
bins, Tenn, skull crushed.
THE INJURED.
JOHN Won CLASEN, Philadelphia,
scalp injured, face and body cut; will
probably die.
ADOLPH SoDER, New York, bruised
and scratched; not serious.
EUGENE ACKERD, Philadelphia,
right arm broken, back bruised.
JOHN LEYDEN, Chicago three severe
scalp wounds, right ankle dislocated.
FRAK MORAN, Cleveland, back in
jured.
and face scratched.
CHARLES WATSON, Pittsburg, leg
injured.
A most disastrous freight wreck oc-
CURED at 2:15 o'clock this morning on
the p, Ft w., g. G. railway, at Stark
siding, east of Canton.
Three tramps who were beating their
way west, were killed outright and five
others were so badly injured that 1t was
found necessary to remove them to Ault-
man hospital.
The wrecked train was an extra through
i,.bt Ditfchnrn IN ChinaOO
The collision was caused by the train
breaking in two. The engine stopped at
the tank for water, the engineer not
knowing that the train had separated.
The rear portion of the train crashed into
the front part with terrific force, doing
great damage to life and property.
Some one on the train must have been
a little negligent, or it would have been
known that the train had separated. 1t
will be a hard llatter to fix the blame just
where it belongs, but it Is probable every
possible effort will be made to do so.
The train was due at Stark siding at
2:15 q. m, and was about on time Nine
cars were totally demolished, which
shows the rear end must have
CRASHED INTO THE FORWARD PART
of the train with great force. When 1t
was known in Canton that there had been
a wreck, people flocked to the scene in
large numbers Coroner McQuate and a
News Democrat reporter wee early ar
rivals, and the coroner commenced his In
yestigation at once
Ten or twelve tramps were riding In a
large box car, most of them being asleep
at the time of the accident The car In
which they were riding Is known as a
furniture car, and was Grand Rapids &
Indiana car No 1,046 There is some
difference of opinion as to whether the
car they were in was the last on the front
section, or the first on the part that
crashed into the other portion, but 1t
seems more probable that the former was
the case.
THREE KILLED OUTRIGHT
OF the men in the box car, three are
dead, five very badly injured, and two
escaped with slight bruises. Only ten
men are accounted for, while some claim
tho number of tramps was from twelve to
fourteen. If this is the case, the other
men must have walked away uninjured,
or possibly some of them are still In the
debris
Among the men in the car were Charles
Watson and william Mccoy, both of
Pittsburg. Neither of these were seri-
ously injured, Mccoy being badly burlsed
and cut about the face and body, while
Watson was bruised on the leg. These
men assisted in getting out the killed
and wounded, afterwards coming up
town, where DR.. b. Post dressed their
sgounds. The men were seen early this
morning by News-Democrat reporter,
and the story of the wreck is probably
best told by william Mccoy.
WILLIAM M'ooy's STORY.
Watson and myself boarded the train
at Allegheny, said Mccoy. when we
got In the box car there were number
Of men there, should judge about ten In
all. l didn't count them, but including
ourselves, think there must have beeii