The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-01
JUMPED The TRACK.
Disaster OvsTtakes a Sunday Excur-
sion Train at Rochester.
Two Persons Killed Dozen Others
Thought 10 Be Fatally Injured.


road wreck occurred yesterday on the
Rochester and Lake Ontario railroad at
Rosenbaur's corners. about one-half
mile north OF the city line. when two
cars OF an excursion train filled with
passengers left the track while going
around a curve at full speed and was
completely wrecked over so persons
were injured. two are dead and at least
a dozen are fatally injured.
The train. which was crowded with ex-
cursionists bound for different points
along the shores OF Lake Ontario, left
the bay depot in this city at 2:41 o'clock,
about 15 minutes late. Every seat in the
coaches was filled and large number
OF people were standing on the platforms.
The train was made up Of an engine. one
closed and two open coaches. There is
q grade about 100 yards from the corner
OF North avenue and Ridge road. and
when this grade was reached the speed
OF the train increased perceptibly.
Down the grade swept the train, Its
speed increasing almost constantly.
When the far curve was reached the en-
gine rounded IL with startling rapidity.
Next to the engine was the closed car,
0iNlutu lilO TWO anu
when II reached the curve IL veered over
To the north and rode around the curve
on the wheels on the left side. 1t had
crossed but part of the bend in the track
when II left the rails and shot straight
ahead. There was a sudden crash as the
couplings between the engine and coach
were severed. and then IL again veered
over and plowed through the earth for
several feet before dropping on Its side
in the front OF the Ridge Road hotel.
When the first coach left the track the
engine sped on down the track and the
other coaches were forced off the track.
The second coach scraped along the side
of the one left on the track tearing away
the platform and otherwise injuring the
car. These cars, impelled by the force
they had already received, ran ahead
for about 100 feet. The second car had
been drawn off the track by the first
coach. and being tossed TO one side.
poised i'm the air al though IL was ready
to follow the other and topple over In the
road But the next instant IL struck one
OF the trucks OF the coach already de-
rallied and the car was thrown back on
the track. where IL came to a standstll.
The engine whirled on down the track
and was not stopped until 1t had gone
nearly a mile.
The closed coach, which was over
turned, had in II partition that divided
the front from the rear. The front apart
ment was a smoking compartment. In
IL were several men, and standing in the
entrance were two women ano a little
girl. These were thrown into jumbled
hs. Of ,,.J
were pinioned under the seats and the
partition In the car. which was torn TO
splinters.
The scene which followed was heart
rending in the extreme The means and
shrieks of the injured filed the air and a
sickening sight met the eye. John Hill
berg was standing on the platform be-
tween the second and third cars when
the crash came ard was caught between
the two cars and crushed TO death. His
body was removed with great difficulty
and sent to the morgue.
Little Emma Tuefel was among the
first OF the wounded taken from the
wreck Her face was covered with blood.
her nose broken and cuts and bruises all
over her face, hands and arms. She
was crying piteously. and said she was
sure beth her father and mother, who
were aboard the train, had been killed.
George Brasser who sustained COM
pound fracture of the forearm, was
found pinned under a heavy beam and
was removed with considerable diff
Guilty The work of rescue was ener-
getically carried on and as soon as each
sufferer was taken out he was sent to
the hospital Ambulances had been
quickly summoned from the city, and al
though II was a long run, remarkably
quick time was made. The ambulances
carried extra doctors. so that the wound
ed were quickly attended to and the
more seriously hurt were hastily re-
moved TO the several different hospitals.