Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-06
BIG RAILROAD HORROR
Trolley Car Struck by an Express Train and
Eighteen People Killed.
BODIES WERE ALL TERRIBLY mAseLtD.
,,..d,s.. and Limbies- Trunks Haired
my Rect In Some fnstanees--A
Terrible sight.

MAS STRUCK ny t'N 'eNs
q, the Delaware n Hudson railroad
a., crossing ut the west end OF the
u,a,,n river bridge, which connects
80 ,rv with IansnEburg. and It's
"a a., human freight was hurled Into
49, air Eighteen of the thlrty-nvo
.,,,gsfs are dead and at least ten
', a. remainder viii die. The follow
Inc bodies have been Identified;
Archie campeau. cohoes.
fsn,s Temple 0f Dlnslngburg.
TdWnrd Barney, Cohoes.
Mrs John Crayen. cohoes.
Mlss Kitiy Craven, CohoeA
Ieseph sense. Cohoes.
Sefiie SWEET, aged IS, Cohooe.
Mrs Eliza McElroy, coho.a
Mrs John W. sutcliffc. Cohoes.
MIR. James Taylor, CohoeA.
Miss Winnie Craven. Coh0es.
Jamts Linez. cohoes
Mrs. Ellen scaw. cohoes'
John Timmins, cohoes.
INJURED,
Isaac shaw. skull fractured.
Cisorge Ankeru, Cohoes' injured IN
John W. suiclre, cohoes. head cut
Mis- Lssio McElroy. cohocs. les
Mrs' lien Ncsse. cohocs. collar bone
Fractured anil several ribs broken. she
had a baby In her arms. II was crushou
Emma pcvashlre. cohoes. skull
crushed.
Mrs. James Temple. LansinghruE.
Jaw fractured and Injured Internally, 4,
Mrs Ira Gcwey. cohoe'' hoau
The car entered the city from Lam
slnrburg and was crowded with panten-
gers returning from y Labor day pie
mic at Rensselaer, park, % pleasure re-.
ndrt near Troy. n was car No. ifs OF
the Troy Guy railway that met WIN
disaster, II came over the bridge
about 1850 O'Clock laden with n merry
party Of people. frnAh from the enjoy
mont ~ the day.
mo cro~Anr whenc the accident oc-
cured IL 81 grade. Four tracks % the
Daagars a Hudson railroad, which
runs pnr.h and south at this poini,
croW the two tracks u the trolley
rnd I, was the hour when the night
b,g special. a train which runs south
and connects with she New YORK city
boat Es Albany. was due 90 pass that
Tho tracks Of .hc stree, lines run at
grade from the bridge 90 the poln,
where the dlustor topk place. In cons
sequence ~ thls fact and a frequent
ptulng Of trains, u has been the rule
Tor etch motpr car conductor 60 stop
hs car and - forward 50 observe the
railroad tracks und signal his ear TO
proceed n no trains are In sight. II
cannot be- asceriainej whether that
rule was compiled with on this 0cca-
zion. for all events prior TO she crash
ufe forgotten by those who were In
voived.
The motor car was struck directly In
the center b. the engine OF the train.
which was going nt high rase 81
speed. The accident came without che
slightest warning The car was upon
the tracks before the Grain doomed In
sight and no power On earth could
have saved u. The mo; Jrman evident
~ siw me train approaching as ne
reached ,hc track and opened his con-
iroller but In vain.
Whh a crash thrt was heard Cor
blocks. the engine struck Into the
llEhser vehicle. The eject was hlr-
rlble. The mo;or car parted In two,
hsh sections being hurled Into the air
IN spllntcrr. The mass ~ humanity,
for the car was crowded 10 overlooking.
was torn anu manElei. Thusc In she
front ~ the car met WIKI the worsl
nte' The force % the collision was
there experienced 90 the Creates, de-
gree and oveTy human being In that
htcnQu Was Killed.
The seene was horrible. Bodies had
BEEN hurled Into the air. and their
heailest and llmbless trunks were
round. In some cases iifty feet from the
crossing The pilot " the engine was
SMASHED and amid is wrceiags we're
We manned corpssa % two women.
INC passengers u the train suffered no
injury except a shock. The malorlsy
OF the passengers on the trolley ear
wsic YOUNG people. They Included
many women,
within ten minutes after the coll-
hlon fully one-half of the population
ui The city were surglng about The
vicinity In an endeayor TO ascertain IN
IslahNes were among the unrortunatsa.
lhe injured We're taken 10 the city
hospltAl and TO the Continental Knit.
ung mil, the former not having sun
neish' ambulance service to care for
The corpsos were placed In boxes and
Wken TO nclghborlng min shed. MANY
W mem were unrecognlxable. The
a.s Nas frlghtful In Us result.
h'adless women with gay summer
uieNra bithed In their own and the
V.N vi others, limbs without trunks,
ny means Of Identifying To whom
Ma. onEed, womens and mems
auh were crushed and distp1ted
Ts.uIesi bodies crushed and fattened.
"s.e Ashts constituted a spectacle
"sst horrible 10 behold.
Waln of the Delaware 8 Hud-
A. Ieal, Immediately after the acel-
49,, 49,, preceded 20 Troy. The engineer
mil mat he ala not see the car
Ven, M was upon II. lie tried 10 pre-
tr,s ~ flln from striking the ear,
w.. NJ yHons were frultlcaA. His train
b9ins at very high rate OF speed
'"e Nlne, lie was some minutes late