The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-26
SIXTY MEN MLLDMNRECK
AND THIRTY INJURED. At CON
NELLsviLLE. pa.
baltimore q ohio Flyer Crashed Into
Pile Of Lumber-Ths Killed Wsrs
Mostly ForsIsnsrs-wsrs Roasted
At,ys-Tom J. Baum = ttsso-Not q
Woman Fatally injured.

Ati.s-Tom }. Baum tisso-Net .
Woman Fatally injured.
conneIlsyille. Pa. Dec. 25.-With q
terrible crash the Duquesne Limited.
,hs fastest through passenger train
from PitlsbuEg 10 New York on the
baltimore 4 Ohio. pl0wsd into pile
AZ lumber AT Laurel Run. two miles
west Of Dawson. At 7;45 O'Clock Al
night, and il Is estimated that fully 90
lives we're lost and 80 persons were
injured.
Roasted TO Death.
The killed were mostly foreigners.
Who were in the smoking car Just back
II the baggage car. They were liter
ally roasted so death. the baggage
and smoking ear geieseoping the en-
CINE and Immediately catching Ore,
Many Of their bodies are lying burned
TO = crisp In the baggage room u the
baltimore q Ohio depot 10 be removed
later 10 the different undertaking
shops OF the city.
A peculiar feature Of the accident
is the fact that not a WOMAN VAS In
luFud. e1eepg = few Slightly.
The wreck nas caused BY the break
ing d castings On car load ~ bridge
timbeFs on . vest boand freight train
uhieh had passed Laurel Run not
asoF1 than ls minutes before the i'll
salsd passenger train. The wreck oc'
cured on curve and il was impos'
sibie Toe Engineer Th0rniey 20 see far
stoaEh ahead 20 detect the obstrae.
Ii0n On tho tracks. A big Atlantic
type engine plunged into the limbers
al a velocity Of 80 miles an hour. The
snginr plaSed into the embankmens
ahd the baggage car uss thrown iHto
tho Yoashioaghsny river.
A Hero.
Ths smoker followed the engine and
landed saaaFely on top u Il. This a.
iowed tho escaping steam from the
engine To aii the car The smoker
vas packed 10 lie usmost capacity and
all the passengers we're cooked alive.
Not a sinsie passenger 10 this car co
capped alive and II 10 estimated that AZ
leasg 20 u the dead ucFs in tho atnok'
~.
maEsaEomAssrF Thomas J, Baum. 81
Hardwood. who vas In the wrecked
trala. proved himself hero. With bis
head and body friEhsfutiY cut. be man
aged 20 rroWi from the uFcckAsa and
rFoptnE hts nay along In tho darkness.
naFFrd the ussthoand paaapHker tFain
No 20 Ha had noshing With which 10
nag the train except matches and
thras he made uss % IN bis dospoFa.
ton. sakink % his coat and setting
Gre TO H. tie stopped the train Sos,
To- tln~ 10 psvr~nt u from plunEinK
Into the urcek and adding further Dor.
Eos naum collapsed ukcn be- san be-
had suecsosisd IL stopping The Eain
and uhsn the ensiHs STOPPED be Waa
tylnx wighin = fru gs~s - Il.
Tho dead hoiiSa are all noe IN the
nafERu piled up IN . EraeaoBe mass,
and q l. impossible ~ this time q
pursue che work Of sasasiacailun with
any suecrss Il IL presumed thai
tnany Of the dad heipns IN cunnslls
wife. hgs 80 dlshEarca arc tho facet
that they uoaid b. passed By ~ an
knuwn sxea ty their psaTcat relatives
Ths clothing ~ raahy hAa been search
s~i suf sauie iaeniinrasiun but thi
means has proved fgulsieaa II Il prof.
ahto that Al hast half the dad nj
never 30 lasasieed.
Never wuru more terrible scenes :
b. witnessed than thnss about n
wrr~h The steam from the cars aIiin
tho aIs and uiauy - che stricken -
no climbing out Of the windows vet
via 18th hosts and screams 81 d
lfrtgu4 in the bushes and u IL thougl
that many have uus been found. o,he'
e. ia thought. we're eanEh, In the
uan1orinEs and cared for.
ono rnan. after FushinE into q
van3s came hack aKaln. went 10 Il
baggage car ~ the relief train and q
tirr aown. said. MY God i"
Tho npxt instant he dropped ov
asat uithout another word. The
vas not a scar on hin. He had
haloi tho steam.
An operator at "vr" tower. On {
PItisburR q Lake Shore rad. acre
thr river. was the afst 20 send vc
o, tho accident and IN sand for rVll
10 vas watching the Dpaacsns u
Ned as u vas speeding along act'
TIE river He saw the cars pile h
IN Tho air and then sink back on
tracks The screams Of tho iniu
and dying we're plainly heard. In
ether second he was sending word
The railroad ofacIsis at Dawson
Conaellsvjlle.
wrsekses for Rods.
For more than 500 feet both the I
and vest tracks arc torn up. The
nne vas completely demolished
the his opO gallon tank on the ter