Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-12-24
Limited on the B. & 0.
Thrown From
Rails.
STRIKES LUMBER PILE
Victims are Mainly
Negroes and
Foreigners.

CorneIlsville, Pa, Dec. 24-As Il re-
suit of last nights wreck on the Bal
timore q Ohio. near Dawson, 60 dead
are in temporary morgues in this city.
1t is believed several more will be
added to this list before the day is
over. Forty-nine have been identified.
and II designated as unknown. Most
of the latter are foreigners, principal
" Italians. With a few exceptions
the dead were scalded To death. But
few were mangIed. In the hospitals
three of the injured expired. and five
others are in Il critical condition. The
dead and injured are from Pennsyl-
vania. West Virginia and Maryland.
Struck Pile of Lumber
CoLnellSviEe. Pa, Dee. "a. - With
terrible crash ana grinding noise
the Duquesne limited. the fastest
through passenger train from Pitts
burg to New York on the Baltimore
and Ohio. ploughcd into a pile of lum-
Der ut Laurel Run. TWO miles west
of Dawson. at T:45 p. m. and it is
lost and thirty persons were injured.
The train left PittSburg few min
utes late, in charge of Engineer Will
lam Thornley,. of ConEelISville. When
approaching Laurel Run. which is
particularly fine piece of roadbed. the
train was running at Il high rae OF
speed.
Comes Terrific Crash.
Suddenly the passengers were
thrown from their seats by the light
ning-like application of the air brakes
and moment later there was a ter
rife crash. The train was made up
of two baggage. two-lay coaches. one
sleeper, and one dining car. and was
carrying at the time. at the lowest es-
innate. $50 passengers. The train
plOughed along for considerable dis
tance. and the cars were torn to pieces,
passengers jumping. screaming falling
from the wreck as it tore along. Sud
denly the engine swerved to the left.
and the coaches plunged down over
the embankment to the edge of the
YOughiogheny river.
Then There Was "a Wild Scene.
The minute the cars stopped rolling
there was a wild scene. Many were
piniOned beneath the wreckage. and
the screams and cries that r-nt the air
were beyond description. Many of the
injured. in their mad excitement,
plunged into the river. Others, pin
iOned beneath the heavy timbers,
pleaded 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 able-bOdied men were unable to
assistant in helping the injured from
the wreck on account of having faint
ed.
Fast Mail Wrecked.
Mexico, Mo-. Dec. 2i.-Thc Wabash
fast mail coIidcd with cattle train
between Mexico and Benton City early
today. Engineer Witten, of the freight,
is believed to be under the wreck. The
fireman of the freight. head brakeman
and two tramps were injured. No pas
sengers were hurt. The engines were
demolished.
Crash on Missouri Pacific.
Atchson. Kans.. Dec. 24.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific southbound passenger
ran into an open switch at Everest
early today and coIlided with freight
standing on a siding. The mail and
baggage car and smoker were damag-
ed. Two of the crew and two passen-
gers were hurt. none dangerously.
The injured: Cornelius Young. Boone
Iowa; Blanche jackson. Lecompton.
Kans.; Joseph Dunley. fireman. and
Henry Schibel. engineer. Other pas
sengers escaped with a severe shaking
up.