The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-01-13
MAIN TRACK
NOT CLEAR
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT ON PENN.
SYLVANIA ROAD.
SEVEN DEAD MORE DYING
Passenger Train Crashes Into Rear
End of Freight Which Had
Taken the Switch.

P%ittsburg, Pa, lam. S.-As a result
Of a collision between a passenger
train and the real end of a freight
train on the Monongahela division of
the Pennsylvania railroad tonight at
Cochrane station, just above Du-
quesne, seven men are dead, one is
dying and five others injured.
The dead:
L. d. Stroud, baggagemaster.
c.. Il. Bonner, brakeman of accom-
mediation.
John Stewart, passenger; residence
unknown.
John Pollock, Wilson Station.
I Two unknown foreigners, killed out
right.
One unknown foreigner, died on
way to hospital.
Injured:
T. D. Cook, conductor of
dalton; will probably die before morn
ing.
Sam %Sullaniskey, shoulder blade
fractured.
Peter KimOski, burned.
John Smith, seriously injured.
Mike Chonnic. ,
Mike Gentill.
The passenger in the wreck was
the West Elizabeth accommodation
: train from Pittsburg. 1t was on time
n had a clear track, according to
the signals displayed. At the siding
at Cochrane It ran into the rear 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 brakeman
of the freight, to see that his train
had fully cleared. Up to a late hou,
Quinn had not been located.
In the collision the tender of the
passenger train was forced back upon
the combination baggage and smok-
ing car with terrible force. Thu 10
passengers were damned against the
rear end of the car into almost a
solid mass. Three of the victims
were apparently killed outright, two
OF the other four were literally roast
ed to death, and the two who died
on the way to the hospital were so
badly burned that recognition is i'm
possible. Almost Immediately after
the impact fire from the stove in the
smoker communicated to the wreck
age, and the imprisoned victims were
tortured beyond description. All OF
the victims were badly burned. Con
ductor Cook was found unconscious
under the charred body of Baggage
master Stroud. He is so badly hurt
that he cannot live the night through,
Strange to say, not a truck save
those of the tender left the track, and
the only passengers injured were
those in the smoker.
When the wrecked car began tic
burn one mans body extended half
way out OF the rear WINDOW OF lne
car. His feet were p%inioned by q
piece of wood in the ear. He was
alive and thoroughly conscious of his
peril. He was a foreigner, and IL
broken English yelled for some ONT
to release him. Chop here! ne
would shout, pointing back into the
car at something which held him
Heroic efforts were made to release
him, but finally the poor fellow had II
be deserted, and he was slowly burn
ed to death.
One of the most horrible things out
side the death of the foreigner hang
ing out of the window was the body o
a man standing upright against tn
window which opened on the rea,
platform of the car. The body wa
that of Baggagemaster Stroud. III
was in an erect posture. His heat
was above the top of the window, 81
that his features could not be seen
hut he was identified by a ring n
wore on one hand, which protrude'
through the window, and by nj
badge.
To Lift Embargo Soon.
Boston, Jan. S.-Dr. Salmon, chle