The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-24
Strong Men Faint From II l 4 erritls ii13
Force Alone Of the IA x III
Crash. iBBSss
THIRTY INJURED, J, BEs | De .: : n.
LONG LIST OF; d; !; DEAD |:|IE:Y Oh
Thc Shrieks of Passengers We're .e'at
Awful, as Many5Werc Pinliion'c'd1; P'irli': ned NJ
Under Wrcckagc Of Cars. IA. #
Crash Came When Train 'EI5sS$. NJ
Was Running alta Higl s
Rate Of Speed.
(By Prcss.)

(By Associated Press.) tSs /, 555,:g II .ssS n
E CONNHLLsvILLT, Pa, DeoembsxsS
2s.-With a terrible crasl, and Grind MI
ains noise, tile ;Du1uesne s$ Ltmiteds
the fast through passen ger tra >ta.I lsts
from Pttsburg to Now ork on the BATH B5ll IL
moro and Ohio Railroad. into aSS
,pilo Of lumber at Laurel Run. two HmilesSs
west Of Dawson at 7:45 clock tits eye
ming. and III IS estimated that sixty three Il
lives were lost and thirty persons wers'sss
injured: 5 n XII sS sSs
Ia The dead are; U n s8s ssss
ENGINEER WILLIAM \ I. HoRlNSI.iY = ! z.
Iazolwood. Pa. *
DIVISION n r 'AIiEK i N
ot lluzelwood, Pa Az ss
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wood Pa. : !. n # Y "A If NJ i,9 III &. ls:
Il fHERBDR,r HOLM Els. OF En, ton. Pa;
EssTE HINES, Tarboro. { NJ Cyl 9ss
Union News agent OH tho trail, !,
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U RICHARD 5DU K15TT, Bal tirnprc III AlJ .Sa
Es EDISON q q GOLDSMITH. .s lIsTi llsssss
Pa. 3 Is n as Il lss
Tho other fitty-thrco dead arc mos tly;$5
foreigners and negroes Tho w erc3 re ll1tss q
lin the smoking car The work Of thrlr$s
Identification has not yet hes lill.
Running Late. sls :IiS
The train left Plttsburg this evenlng,t
running n fcw minutes late In charSo{0H II
Engineer William THORNLEY,, Q II Con-
Vile. When npproachnG Laurel sit Z uiis5S.
which is a particularly Sfna piece OF 5roa,
bed, the train was running Ut q my q
OF speed Suddenly l,ellpnssengers were II
thrown from their. sents. by the light,iE-E5
like. application OF tho air bra ke. and W "
moment later. there was a terrific crash @
a5 The trail, was nadosup OF two baEgagc S
two day coaches, ono sleeper and Il oMlle' M ~ IN
tdlning car, ,llld was carrying at the me-
at tho lowest estimate. $50 messengers. NJ
,.he train ploughed along for q cons der
uble distance and tho cars were torn to N
pieces, passengers jumping, screAn,lMs' A
falling from tho wreck MS sit tore along .&E
Suddenly tho engine swerved to tho lelt sSS
and tho coaches plunged down over tlls M N
scmbaukmcnt to the edge OF tho Youghto"E4G
ghcny River. N a}S Sf u NJ
The minute tho cars 8st stopred rolling, tx n
thero was u wild scene. Many persons
we're pnloned beneath the wreckaga apd IN IN
nil were beyond description Many weIas NV
injured In their mad excitement and fS
plunged into tho, Erivor. R Others caught Sss
beneath tho heavy tlnlbcrs. pleaded n iIy "
ngonzed tones for relief. ss8ia sip
Terrific force. n I
So terrific was the force of the gwrecle rs
thut nearly every passenger 8 SUI Tered q w
moments unconscolsness aand many X
the uble-ho men wnrr unable to ass
slst In helping tl,ellnjureds from tho eWrecA si
OH account OF having tainted.
b Tho official statement Of oftSupertntendens59 Il.
W. C.5ELorek follows; s.l'% %5 I.Ss IA II
mo. 3l2 was. derniled by runnins inta Il
some switch -tlmbers or timberse ofSaboud III
that size. ,lei1lilins tho engine and all 5S
cars. All tho cars are badly damaged. Do s%
not think any of tho equipment will, l,fbolSt
ublc to go away from tho accident on SS
their own wheels, except possibly tl,dgs
lies across both tracks Tho baggaEe S'ur
lis over the ba nix. The ailrst coach Is partly
over the bank. Tho balance OF the train ~
is badly twisted, ! judge thirty five peo;s IA
Flo killed. AL the people killed were ~ l.gs ss
tho smoker, Escaping steam from the S
cnSlllc went lulO tHe. ulsLs NpuSH,t tsSoaAtus lft
tho people. Very few of tho other pass "
sengers were Injured, Injured have beaI, s
taken from tho wreck and arnl lying ont tlu N
bank Engineer and ilrenan cannot hd s
fCund.' n Bs
Tho killed, most Of them. we're for- n
eigners who wcro IN The smoker, just M
back OF the baggage ears They We're lit A
ternly roasted to death, the baggage sA
and smoker telescoping, tho engine tip-iEi
mcdiatcly catching fire. Their bodies are
lying many of them burned to a crisp IN IN
The baggage room OF the Baltimore and Y
Ohio depot to be removed later to the
different undertaking shops In the city. y
The entire popula ton has turned out nn III
masse 10 assist In caring Tor tho llving. &
ana In disposlng OF the dead. A peculiar
feature OF the accident Is the fact that
not woman was injured except slightly,
Tho wreck was caused BY the breaking s
of casting on carload Of bridge timbers
on IL west-bound freight train which had
passed Laurel Run. not more than IlfteeN s
minutes before the ll-fated passenger
train. The wreck occurred on a curve. and S4
1t Was impossible for Engineer Thornley, #
to see fur enough ahead TO detect the OBJ, 4
structopeon rhe tracks, 5 ~ 81. sH
The big Atlantic type engine PLUNGED ~
into the timbers at velocity OF sixty 8
miles an hour, Tho engine plo,ghea IN
tlroughed into the embankmsnt ana the
baggage and express cars were thrown
into tho YoughioghenY River @
Roasted to Death. i9
&Thc smoker followed the engine "A md IN
landed sauarely an top Of II, This allowsd Ss
INC escaping ,SsSam and hot water fsYIn