The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-01
Fatal Wreck of New York Excur-
sion Train.
THREE PERSONS KILLED
OVER A DOZEN MORE ARE TER
RIBLY MANGLED.
Engineer Lost Control of His Loco
motive and a Coach Filled With
Pleasure Seekers, While Rounding
a Curve at a Terrific Rate OF
Speed, Left the Track.

Rochester. n. Y. April S0.-Three
persons were killed, more than a dozen
seriously injured and fifty less serious
~ hurt as the result of wreck this af-
teTnoon on the Rochester & Lake On
tario railroad, better known as the Bay
railroad, at Rosenbauers Corners about
one and half miles north of the city
line. when two cars on an excursion
train filled with passengers left the
track while rounding a curve at full
speed, and were completed wrecked.
The Dead.
John Helberg, aged 20, died at hos
pital.
j. Tierney, aged "a. died at hospital.
Unknown man. died after being re-
moved from the wreck.
Seriously Injured.
Julia Sullivan, aged Is, fractured col
lar bone.
George Brasser. aged SO. compound
fracture of forearm.
Emil Steingraber. aged %. back badly
injured.
OTTO Hahnke, aged 81. both legs badly
bruised and bones of right hand broken.
William Goodman, aged -, severe
scalp wound.
Emil schram, aged IS. small bones of
foot broken.
John Biershel. aged AZ. compound
fracture of leg.
Emma TueseIbelof. aged II, nose
broken; face terribly lacerated.
James Lombard, internal injury; may
prove fatal.
J. F. Moore.
II. l.. Borie.
Oscar DorcShal.
William Doerer.
c. Rhinehardt.
John Sullivan.
Charles Werner; may die.
Joseph thinner; may die.
Slightly injured
Charles barrow
A. F. Burnham.
Henry KOehlin.
Valentine Lochner.
John RusSinger
Henry Rother.
Frederick Goldsworth.
Charles Nachaler.
John H. Fredericks.
John Fleming.
Frederick Schelber.
Albert Tippens.
Fred j. Wehnert
w. S. Woodruff.
John De Roller.
Joseph Hicks.
Airs. Joseph Hicks. injured internally
Engineer Lost Control.
Besides these, at least twenty-five are
cut about the face and otherwise in
jured. They went home without giving
their names.
the train. which was crowded with
excursionists bound for different points
along the shores of Lake Ontario, in
the IrOndequoit bay district, left the
bay station in this city at 2:41 o'clock
this afternoon. about fifteen minutes
late. Every seat in the coaches were
filed and d 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
a 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 went the train. its
speed increasing constantly. When the
far curve was reached the engine
rounded it with startling rapidity. Next
to the engine was the closed carriage.
divided into two compartments, and
when it reached the curve it veered
over to the north side of the road
around the curve on the left wheels. 1t
had gone but a part of the bend in the
track when it left the rails ard shot
straight ahead There was a sudden
crash and the couplings between the
engine and coach were severed and the
coach again veered over and plowed
through the earth for several feet be-
fore dropping on its side in the front of
the Ridge Road hotel.