Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-24
Sixty Three Persons Dead As
 a Result.
ONE OF FASTEST TRAINS

St
 of Lumber-Cars Were Smashed Like so Much Kindling Wood Scenes at the Wreck Heartrending Passengers Pinned Down and Scalded to Death.
 CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Dec. 24.- With terrible crash the Duquesne limited, the fastest through passenger train from Pittsburg to New York on the Baltimore and Ohio, plowed into a pile of lumber at Laurel Run, two miles west of Dawson, at a quarter to last night, and 1t is estimated that sixty three lives were lost and thirty or more persons injured.
 The train left. Pittsburg in charge of William Thornley, engine driver, of this city. When passing Laurel Run, which Is a particularly fine piece of roadbed. the train was running at a high rate of speed.
 Suddenly the passengers were thrown from their seats by the lightning-like application of the air brakes, and a mo- ment later there was terrific crash. The train was made up of two bag gage, two day cars, one sleeping car and one dining car and was carrying at the time at the lowest estimate 150 passengers.
 The train plowed along for consid- erable distance, and the cars were torn to pieces, passengers Jumping, scream ing and falling from the wreck as it oIa 1an cr1cy yjrln edrt the left, and the cars plunged down over the embankment to the Youghiogheny river
 The minute the cars stopped rolling there was a wild scene. Many were pinioned beneath the wrcckage, and the screams and cries that rent the air were beyond description. Many were injured in their mad excitement and plunged into the river. Others, pin toned beneath the heavy timbers. plead rd in agonized tones for release.
 So terrific was the force of the wreck that nearly every passenger suffered a moments unconsciousness, and many of the ablebodied men were unable to assist in helping the injured from the wreck on account of having tainted
 
 ger cars toppled over the embankment beside the river they caught fire. The messengers who were able to stagger about in the darkness heaId the cries of those imprisoned in the wreckage. and water from the river was thrown on the burning mass with everything that would hold drop
 The flames consumed one of the cars in few moments, and if is not be- lieved that more than half it's inmates escaped. From the adjoining one per hans the 1r1ato''i+v rr,oona +o oat out s Of the bodies recovered forty-nine have been identified, and, eleven are designated as unknown Most of the latter were foreigners, principally Ital- ians. There was also one Chinaman. In the hospitals three of the injured were expected to die at any moment and five others were in critical condi- tion. The dead:
 Engineer William Thornley, Hazel wood, Pa.
 S.. G. Heater, assistant engineer in charge of construction, .Glenwood, Pa. Fireman J. I! Cook, Hazelwood, Pa. Herbert Holmes. Emlenton. Pa.
 Jesse Hines Tarboro, N C., Union sE Sx ' !. News Co agent on train.
 William Edwards, Pittsburg, going to his wife in Cumb erland.
 Richard Duckett. Baltimore. Edison Goldsmith, about 21, Con 1ellsville, Pa
 Rev Father F'inello, pastor Italian Catholic church at Conpellsville, whose new church was dedicated last Sun day.
 Charles Langford, Confluence, Pa T. I. Egerly, Butler. Pa.
 Conductor Lewis Relgotb, the limited conductor. Hazelwood.
 John H. Powers. about 90, Soutl Cumberland
 Charles A. Cook, no address.
 John Seamon. about 35 New York D. Murray, about Is, Pittsburg.
 Attles G. Protzman, no address.
 Charles J. Grey, Trenton, N. J.
 Charles Walter Stewart, Stewart Sta ton, Pa; letters in clothing showins that his mother is now in Camden, N Thomas ]. Farnam. Philadelphia general yardmaster for Riverside Iror Works. Benwood, W. Va
 NJ. NJ. Myerowitch. Johnstown.
 W. Shelby. Patterson Greek, W. Va. c. N. Mlclicnie, residence unknown Harold M. Morrison, Hazelwopd.
 Victor Viol. Rochester, Pa.
 John A. Wills, o0. Pittsburg; badge: and credentials show him to be mem her of lodge No II. E. F. o. E'of Pitts burg.
 J.. Ware shupe 40, Mount Pleasant Pa
 c. J. Wheeler. 35. westmont, Pa.
 George F. Reel. Baltimore.
 Thomas TippleE Philadelphia.
 G. W Martin. lineman of the West ern4 Union Teegraph Co, of Councils vile. Pa.
 William A. Kelp, about 35, of Noun Pleasant, Pa.
 James Barnard. 32o Dewey street Pittsburg.
 H. F. Roush, %. Pittsburg.
 Fs B. aIolker. 40, Elk Ridge, Mir.
 Charles " Wagner, 30, Berkeley Springs. W. Va.
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