The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-05-14
SHERADEN'S HORROR
TWENTY-THREE DEAD AND FULLY
800 INJURED.
MANY MORE DEATHS FEARED.
MANY PITIFUL SCENES IN THE VII
LACE.

Almost Every Home Is a House of
Mourning, Either for the Dead
for Those who May Die-PubIic
school Attendance Falls From roo
10 2OO-Of the Absent 1t Is Estimat-
ed That 100 Children Are Injured.
Property Damage VIII Be Heavy.
railroad Company Loses Heavily
and Many Houses Destroyed by
Explosions.
Pittsburg, Pa, May ia careful
and systematic search for the dead and
injured in the Sheraden horror of yes
terday reveals tonight a list of 90 dead
and 2O2 injured. The complete list of
the injured may never be known, as
many were able to get away without
making known their identity.
A conservative estimate, made by
those thoroughly familiar with the sit
uation, places the number more or less
seriously hurt at not less than 300.
The official list of dead up to 8
o'clock tonight, given out by the cor
oner follows:
Ebert Berry, lived at Sheraden;
Hugh Flaherty Esplen; Dallas Byrd,
New Cumberland, w. Va; Antonio
Leo Sheraden; -Finnerty, Sistersville,
w Va; j. Lawrence Keenan,, Carne-
gle, Harry S. Smithley, Uprichsville,
o.; George y. Wilson, Sheraden;
Matthew L. Marnon. McKee's Rocks;
Donald Smith, Sheraden; William H.
J,a,,
Greentree Borough; Walter E. Rice,
Dorrencetown, Pa; Elmer E. Hunter,
sheraden; T. w. Taylor, Miller's Sta
ton, o.; Passed. Nader, Sheraden; w.
E REESE Walter E. Wright, Sheraden;
John Swan, Sheraden; two unknown
men at Pittsburg morgue; unknown
boy; an Italian section foreman.
Achille Ferreyt, aged 80 of Cecil, Pa.
Tis list will likely be added to dur
q ing the night as quite a number of
victims at the hospitals are reported
4 by the physicians to be in such serious
condition that it will be a miracle if
II they survive.
There are scores of people in Shera-
cen who should be in the hospitals, but
for want of room they are being cared
a for by friends. Some of this class are
oiep cApeCleQ 10 ole.
Many Children Injured.
The scenes in and around Sheraden
to-day were pitiful in the extreme.
Practically every house in the village
4 had one or more injured inmates. and
IN many homes mourning families were
gathered about the ChaTred and dis
torted remains of loved ones who were
4 victims of the terrible catastrophe
Many children We're caught by the
q flames yesterday. and as a result the
Two public school buildings o-day were
almost deserted. OF the 700 pupils en-
rolled there were but 200 in attendance
dt the sessions to-day. OF the 500 alb
sent, Prof. Hannum estimates 100 were
injured. The children have started a
Iund for the aid of their unfortunate
Schoolmates, some of whom are in need
OF financial assistance.
me damage to property by the eX-
olos'ons will be heavy. The loss at
lne mouth of Corks' Run tunnel alone
WI probably exceed 500, 600 In ad-
uluon to the heavy loss by the railroad
n company, 25 house1s were DESTROYED nv
me force of the explosions or bv the
hre which followed
thousands Visited Sheraden.
Despite the fact that the rain came
pouring down all morning, thousands
went to Sheraden to-day and the cars
~l'u Trans were crowded with curious
People from all parts who went for the
'a me OIL seeing what had happened
me scene was gruesome. The Siberia
ueH YARDS lie between two hills. On the
~ III SIDE there is a steep cut, but on
tie south side it is not so high. All
oNer the hills on either side of the
tdVhs hundred were searching TODAY
III 81 coming which the injured tore
, I'm them when the burning fluid was
ttToNh upon them. Lined upon these
iS We're thousands watching the
|S Oh the wreck trains at work The
eneSe from the smouldering wreck
!.eu the cut and the wind blew it
against the spectators. Two fat cars
lay on the siding covered with cloth
lug picked up during the night, most of
II charred rags
oupt. Mccarthy of the Panhandle
III ip,tnat after a careful and thorough
III usatlon the conclusion was
way that the cause of the accident
III oo me inability of the brakeman to
.Lp"uol train of cars taken out of
ot YARD. The cars ran into a train
ar oaLS loaded with naphtha, breaking
I'll dur INK car, the contents of which ran
SWIM WH the tracks and ignited from
switch lamp
May BE Another Explosion.
~ lew feet below the wreckage lies
d., Dig thirty-six-inch main of the
fro ,lauelphia Company, which comes
ern me gas fields in the southwest
tba 2Qrllon of the state and supplies
Chees Rocks and lower Allie
s"aHN districts with natural gas. It
- feared that this main NAV burst and
use use another terrific explosion. Great
e"oIJ is being made 70 rra1an+ s,,ct,