The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-24
.S0ME ROASTED BY FIRE AND
OTHERS SCALDED TO DEATH
SKty-three Lives BIotted Out in Frightfu CataS-
trOphe on the Baltimore & Ohio Road.
Limited Train Running Sixty Miles Hour DsfajIed- Appalling
Scenes Followed the Disaster.

send word Of the acct lent and to send
for relief He was watching the Du-
qGesne Limited as ii was speeding
along the Baltimore & Ohio tracks
across the river. He saw the cars pile
high IN the air and then sink back
on the tracks The screams Of the
injured and dying were plainly heard
/ tn another second he was sending word
20 the railroad officials at Dawson and
I Ccnnellsville.
Wreck Was Complete.
] For more than 500 feet both the east
and westb0und tracks we're torn up.
The engine was completely demolished
and the big 1000 gallon tank on the
4 tender was thrown 100 feet head OF
I the wreckage. The baggage car was
/ thrown into the river. but was only
B slightly wrecked. All the cars we're
derailed and the trucks of all except
the diner were torn completely from
underneath the cars. seW people were
seriously injured in the Pullman cars
end the diner. although few escaped
without at least some slight injuries
4 As soon - the wreck was reported in
, CCrnensvile all the available physic-
\ i3ns were summoned including Balti-
more & Ohio physicians, ard a special
/ train was made up and taken In charge
! by General superintendent Sims and
! Superintendent irwin IF the P1ttscurS
division The relief train was run at
/ full speed ard the scene of the wreck
\ vas reached about 3 O'Clock The IN
I iUred were looked after Immediately
and everyone was made as comfortable
las possible. They were loaded onto the
relief train and taken TO the Cottage
state hospital here.
Dead Placed in Rows.
The dead were placed in a long row
on the embankment opposite the wreck
age and i'm q single line thirty EIGHT
forms lay cold and stif or the frozen
ground Another row on the opposite
side of the wreckage contained eleven.
ana sea ttered here and there through
the undcrbrush were the dead bodies
OF many who had been able TO craW.
from the wreckage but died before aid
1 reached them Under his engine lay
Engineer William Thornley,. disem-
| boweled and mangled almost beyond
recognition. II was impossible at the
time TO extricate his body and it VIII
b. several Tours before the Wrecking
crew viii be able to remove the en-
CINE which pinions his remains under
the huge mass Of steel
Ghouls Robbed the Dead.
Hardly had the bodies of the dead
been removed from the coaches until
thieves began robbing he dea dot Jew
eiry and money. SPECIAL officers were
ldeputized and. with the aid Of the Bal
timore e. Ohio police force and Con-
rellsville officers, the work OF the
ghouls was stopped. Several persons
are under suspicion. and arrests viii
follow tomorrow 1t is charged that
the foreigners who escaped serious hi-
jury in the wreck Immediately set about
robbing their more unfortunate cOun-
ftrymer. and the dead, as well as the
Injured were robbed Of their money and
otter valuables.
Bodies Disfgured.
At 2:30 this Thursday morning il
was definitely known that sixty-three
persons are dead. The dead bodies are
all now in the morgue piled up in a
gruesome mass. and il IS Impossible al
this time 10 pursue the work OF tdenJi-
I hcatiOn with any success. 1t is pre-
/ sumed that many Of the dead belong in
/ Connellsville. but so disfigUred are the
faces that they would be passed by
unknown by their nearest relatives
The clothing of many has beer
searched for some Identification clue
but this means has proved fruitless
It is probable that at least half the
dead viii never be identified.
Screams of Agony.
Never were more terrible scenes tC
be Witnessed than these about the
wreck. The steam from the cars filled
the air many Of the stricken people
climbing out Of the windows, wild witt
bowls and screams Of delirium. went fl
the bushes and it is thought that many
have not been found. others it /.
thought were caught in their wander
inge and cared for.
One man. after rushing into thu
woods came back again, went into tn
baggage car Of the relief train and
sitting down. said:
MY Godr The next instant n,
! dropped over dead without anOthe
word. There was not a scar on him
He had inhaled the steam.