The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-08
BAD WRECK ON
PENNSYLV wanna
Seven Men Killed and Another Is
Dying.
REAR BRAKEMAN AT FAULT
CULPRIT HAS BEEN MISSING
SINCE THE ACCIDENT.

nITTSBURG, Jan As a result OF
a cOIliston between a passenger
train and the rear end of a freight
train On the MonongaheIa- division OF
the Pennsylvania railroad tonight al
COchrane station, just above Duquesne.
seven men are dead. one IS dying and
five others injured.
Dead.
I. D Stroud, bassagamaster.
c. f Bonner, brakeman of accom-
mOda ton.
John Stewart. passenger ras55ar,,
unknown
Two unknown foreigners. killed out
right.
Two unknown foreigners, died OF
way to hospital
Injured.
T. D. Cook. conductor accommn5a-
ton; VIII probably die before morn
Ing.
Sam sullaniskey. shoulder bIads
fractured.
Peter Kimonsli, burned.
John Smith
Seriously injured: Mike chonnie.
Nike GentiH
Fault of Brakeman.
The passenger in the wreck was the
West Elizabeth accommodation train
from Pittsburg. 1t was on time and
had clear track, according to the
signals displayed. At the siding at
COchTane II ran into the rear car OF
an extra freight which had taken the
switch but had failed TO clear the
main line The officials of the road
attributed the disaster TO the failure
of Patrick Quinn. the rear bra KEENAN,
I of the freight. 10 see that his train
/ had fully cleared Up to a late hour
Quinn has not been located.
In the collision the tender of the
passenger engine was forced back up
on the combination baggage and smO|S-
ing car with terrible force. The tbfr-
teen passengers were damned against
the rear end Of the car into almost a
solid mass.
Three Killed Outright.
Three of the victims were apparent
" killed outright. two of the other
four were literally roasted TO death and
the two who died on the wav 10 the
hospital were so badly burned that rec
ognftiOn is impossible. Almost i'm
nediately after the impact fire from
the stove in the smoker communicated
TO the wreckage and the imprisoned
victims We're tortured beyond descrfp-
tlon- All or the victims were badly
burned. Conductor Cook was found
unconscious under the charred body OF
Baggagemaster Stroud He is so bad
~ hurt that he can hardly live the
night through
Strange to say. not truck except
those Of the tender. left the track, and
the only passengers injured were those
in the smoker
Slowly Burned to Death.
When the wrecked car began to burn
one mans body extended halfway out
of the rear window Of the car His
feet were piniOned by a piece Of wood
in the car He was alive and thorough
" conscious Of his peril He was a for
eigner and in broken English he yelled
for some one 10 release him. Chop
here he would shout, pointing back
him Heroic efforts were made to re-
lease him, but finally the poor fellow
had to be deserted and he was slowly
burned 10 death
One Of the most horrible things out
side of the death of the foreigner hang
ing out Of the window. was TIE body
of a man standing upright against the
window which opened on the rear plat
form Of the car. The body was that
of Baggagemaster Stroud He was in
an erect posture. His head was above
the top Of the window so that his fea-
lures could not be seen, but he was
identified by a ring he wore on one
hand which prOtruded through the win
dow, and by his badge.