The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-07-13
DEATH ROLE IS LARGE
Many Killed by Disasters in Diff
erent Parts Of the
Country.
FRIGHTFUL PLUNGE OF A CAR
dumps the Track at a High Bridge,
Falls 100 Feet and Kills Thirty-Six
. PeOpIe-Explosion Victims.

Tacoma, Wash, July 6.-FOurth Of
July festivities were stopped by the
most appalling street railway disaster
ever known in the west. A car loaded
with men, women and children from
South Tacoma and SpanaWay lake
Jumped the track at the high bridge over
the gulch at Delin and d streets, turn
ing completely over as it fell through
100 feet Of air and striking on it's top.
The trucks crashed through the floor
of the car and crushed the upper works
to splinters and mangled the bodies of
victims as the wreck rolled farther
down the side of the gulch. Thirty
six persons were killed and nearly six
ty hurt
List of Those Killed.
Following is the list of the dead:
Miss Lois Drake, emplOye of telephone
company, lived at South Tacoma; An
ME Glass, Lettie Suffer, South Taco
ma; DOrley Dinger, Lois Dinger Lake
view; Edward Bray, Carl MOser, AL
bert MOser Richard Lee, South Ia
coma; Mrs. GrOssman, McNeiPs island;
G. BetrtOIi, Hillhurst; Otis Larson,
Falkland; James BenstOn. Hillhurst;
Charles Davis, William Williams. John
Paulus, South Tacoma; William Me
sen, Lake Park; Robert Steele, -
Seidenberg, South Tacoma; Rev. Her
bert Gregory, Lake Park; Griffith
VandersheldOn, Reservation; a. l..
Healy, Lake Park; G. McAIullen, Taco
ma; John J. Shaugher, Falkland; I'M
known man; w. II. Davis, LakeyleW;
Joseph Mccain, Ballard: Roy Longer
man, Gordon Newton. Richard San
burn. South Tacoma; Willie Hardings,
102 Tacoma avenue; George Elliott,
1917 South l street; Mrs. X. j. Shaugh-
er, Falkland; !. d. Calhoun, conduc-
tor, Tacoma; unknown man.
Jumped Track at a Curve.
Where the car went over there is a
sharp turn in the track just as it goes
on the bridge, which gave the car a
Whirl to the right, completely over
turning it with the people penned up
inside. When the car struck the side
of the gulch and then swept on down
through brush and stumps it left an
awful track filled with the mangled
remains of the dead, and others, as
in them to add to the heart-rending
scene by their cries and means.
EXPLOSION KILLS SIX.
Railway Men Lose Their Lives at Parkers-
burg, w. Va.
Parkersburg, w. Va, July 6.-SiX
men were blown to pieces and two
others injured, probably fatally, in the
yards of the Ohio River railroad in
this city. A collision broke an oil
tank, which caught fire and exploded
with frightful results. In addition
to those killed. forty others were in
jured. The list of the dead is as fol-
lows: George Chalk, fireman; j. II.
Hamilton, general superintendent Ohio
River railroad: e. Lalinme, master
mechanic; Charles MOhler, yardmas-
ter; Bradley Reeves, brakeman; G. D.
Shannon, train dispatcher.
Most of those injured were train
men. A car tank containing 5000 gal
Ions of oil was on the yard track for
shipment. Engine No. 26, pulling q
fast freight, came slowly toward the
yards at 3 o'clock in the morning. The
switch was open and the train ran
into the SidetracK. cOlliding with the
tank car. The front end of the en-
CINE knocked in the end of the tank
igniting the oil. The oil burned slow
ly for hours, as the hole was only a
small one, and at Z o'clock in the
morning it was still burning The
officials who met their untimely death
a few minutes later were near the car
experimenting the removal of the
Wreckage and the clearing Of the track,
when suddenly the whole tank eXplod-
ed. Gas had formed in the inside Of
the big tank and when the fire reached
it there was a terrific explosion.
SEVEN CHILDREN KILLED.
Many Others Are Badly Injured by an
Explosion of Fireworks.
Philadelphia, July Ga blank cart
ridge fired into a stand loaded with
dynamite tOrpedOes resulted in a
frightful explosion, causing loss of life
and property. Seven children were
killed almost instantly, seven are ex-
pected to die, and dozen others are
suffering from terrible wounds which,
if they recover, will leave them
manned or diStigured for life.
At the Pennsylvania hospital, where
the dead and injured were taken. sew
en- physicians were kept busy relieving
the wounded. Never before in the his
tory of that institution have accident
victims been admitted to treatment so
mangled and disfgured. The list of
the dead follow: Carmicla Di Jenno,
II years old; Jennie Di Jenno, years
old. TONY Di JennO, 9 wears old:
Charles FeruzZi, IL years old; Frank
Nacinto, 10 years old; Nicholas Bu-
grasco, IL years old; and an unidenti-
fed boy.
Mrs. Mary Fennely, who was sitting
by the stand of explosives in front of
the bakery Of Antonio Momorello, 755
South Eighth street, says Isaiah Har-
ris, an S-year-old boy, fired a blank
cartridge into the box of dynamite tor
peroes. The explosion which followed
was so sudden that none Of the chill
dren crowded about the stand had time
to run.