The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-04
PINIONED VICTIMS
ROASTED TO DEATH
At Least Eighteen Lives Lost in Wreck of
Train on Way to Fair-Details of
Horrible Sufferings.

her neck, and she was gasping for
breath. Dr.. FarrelI inserted a silver
tube IN her throat and she brcathed
easier She was finally removed to the
hospital, where she died. fully conscious.
IN awful agony. Her grief-StriClSeu blIs-
band took the body in a caslCet this
morning TO her former home in YOungs-
town, Ohio.
Crawled Legless From Wreck.
An awful death was that of Rev. NJ.
NJ Mills. of BridgetOn. Iowa. who
worked his way out of tho wreckage
and expired Both legs had been cut
off
Hundreds were working to rescue the
injured. Flames which were now burn
ing furiously. drove them back
J. FOunk and julius BergdOrff OF
this city, who were working at the
wreck, saw woman burned to death
Her limbs We're held down by the wreck
age. Frantically and fruitlessly to and
fro she sWayed her body trying TO get
out. Finally she fell back In the flames
ana was crelnated-
Eyewitnesses say that two men were
also burned 10 death
James Fitzyell, fifty, a blacksmith Of
TaylOrville. H., was not hurt by the
wrcckage but an umbrella in the seat
behind him was pushed clear through
his body. When found the umbrella was
still sticking from his back. It requir-
ed two men to pull IT out. At the hos
pital DR.. J. D. Colt said the injury was
IN all probability fatal
Pitiful Scenes at Hospital
The trim little South State Street St
Francis Hospital, a mile from the wreck,
was a scene that made strong men trem-
bic and women faint All lost nerve eN-
Cept the nine patient sisters and doctors
Every room, the halls and even the
q afr landing contained hDFiEG Y~fH-
tins. On the lawn facing the street
were many of the injured who could rot
be placed in the wards.
FrantiCalIy DR.. Colt hurried from one
patient TO another injecting morphine
and doing all in his power 10 relieve
their misery Father P +. Carroll. pas
tor of st. Mary's Catholic Church. ad-
ministered spiritual comfort To the dying
and Cheered those who were conscious
and in pain.
a delegate to the convention on the
train was A NJ. Lawrence delcgate-at-
large from Illinois and a manager Of
another delegate from North Dakota,
met death.
Blame for the Wreck.
The blame for the wreck remains 10
be fixed by the coroner.
Harry s. RUbens, former corporation
counsel. of Chicago. a passenger, ex-
dent. The paddock to the switch was
upright instead Of on the ground as Il
should have been if the switch had been
closed.
The station agent believes some per
son turned the switch a few minutes be
fore the Inflated train arrived
\ thrilling scene was enacted while
the reSCucTs We're saving the passengers.
The wreck occurred within a stone $
throw of the l.itChfieId Mining and Pow
der Company The flames had COmmu-
nicated to two freight cars and were
creeping toward small building when
a man shouted:
Run for your lives. There are two
tons Of giant powder stored in that
house
Powder Removed to Safety.
The rescuers were thrown into a panic
when Chief of Police William c. Goodiu
dashed toward the powder house, burst
open the door, and yelled:
I'm going to get that powder out
Who viii volunteer TO help me2'
4 score of men responded 70 the call.
Within ten minutes every ounce Of pow
der had been removed TO place of safe
Many. slightly injured. who refused 70
give their names, We're removed TO the
litchfeld Hotel. where they We're cared
for by local physicians.
one who had miraculous escape was
George Cooke, Of Omaha. He was in the
third coach, from which nearly all the
fatally injured We're taken. lie fell for
ward when the crash came and his head
bumped against the seat ahead. II raised
up and he fell forward without a
scratch
The woman in the car suffered a bro
ken leg and internal injuries
w. l.. Wooster and j. L. Dodds, the
village undertdkers. worked all night
preparing the dead for removal
Relatives of the dead and injured be-
gan arriving this morning, and heart
rending scenes were enacted 1T the hos
pital and DODbs' morgue.
one of those killed was Miss Florence
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