The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-06-30

ono lives.
All the dead were men and all were
passengers on the buffet car. Eighteen
have been positively identified and tho
other three are in doubt.
Cleveland, O.. June 24.-More than a
score Of persons are dead as the re-
suit Of the wreck of the Twentieth
Century limited on the Lake Shore road
at Mentor Wednesday,. The train newly
essayed an eighteen hour schedule be-
tween Chicago and New York.
Travelling at the rate of over a mile
a minute, the heavy train was hurled
to it's doom with a momentum that
was appalling. The scene Of the acct
dent was at the Mentor depot Inc
switch that caused the trouble is To-
Gated about 100 yards west of the
depot.
AS the heavy engine struck the
switch. the engine left the main track
and swung violently to the left. Fol a
distance OF twenty yards the engine
rap on The rails and then leaplns from
the track turned on its side. The heavy
tender was hurled entirely over the en-
CINE and buried in the depot. the
combination car was hurled with ter
rife violence on top of the engine ana
tender and in a was enHeloped
in flames.
The Chicago sleeper. Immediately be-
hind the combination car swung from
the track and crashing into the. depot,
that building collapsed on top or the
coach. Helpless passengers were
crushed and MANNED and then COM
pletely buried in the collapsed struc-
ture.
The next sleeper following was left
off the track behind and the other re-
manned upright on the rails: An In
slant after the crash the boiler OF the
great engine burst Will terrific force,
cCattarirp fire and steam through the
wreck In a manner that made escape
for the helpless imprisoned passengers
impossible.
Fire Adds to the Horror.
The wrecked combination car was
at once enveloped In binding flames
oned passengers were heard above the
roar but they We're beyond all human
aid and the car became a pyre for a
number of human beings.
A score or more of PHYSICIANS from
Cleveland, Collinwood. A~shtabula and
Paijesville went to the scene at the
request Of Lake Shore officials. After
physicians had treated the Injured the
latter were placed aboard special trains
and brought to this city, where they
were hurried In waiting ambulances
to several hospitals.
G. H. WEL1.MAN. general manage,
of the Wellman-Seaver-M Morgan Engi-
nearin3 company, 'ieNelanu.
THOMAS r. MORGAN, same com
ARCHIBALD P. HEAD. London
Eng.
JOHN R. BENNETT, patent attor'
ney, New York.
A. l.. Rodgers. Platt Iron company
New York.
H. II. WRIGHT. travelling man, Chi
cago.
WILLIAM B. MICKEY. address un
D. ]. ARBAUGH, Milwaukee.
r.. ]. BRANDT. Toledo.
H. c. MECKLING. manage Wheel
lrg C~orrugatine company. New York.
s. c. RECKWITH. New York.
L. M. EIRICK. manager Keith's the
ater, Cleveland.
7. H. GIBSON. Chicago.
N. B. WALTERS, Hamburg. N. Y
baggagemaster
wood.
HENRY TRIM. New York.
%. E. NAUGLE. Chicago.
Seven unidentified dead. one whom
srnposed to be Arthur l.. Johnson {
Cleveland.
Aaron Gorham. Norwalk. o.. frena,
rudolf Ricardau. Brooklyn, will prof.
ably die.
r. D.. Countiss, president Of S. ]
Chaplin & Co, icago.
Scene Bergars Description.
The scene following the wreck W.
one that beggars description; 1T
the blazing coach on tor of the engin
Me, swarmed about u ~.:nbattir
farles with means at hand. gropir
their way through binding, scaldir
steer that rose in clouds. hunting II
- :..o5 r,hoco nitaOllS cries chile
their hearts. C"here was small wat
supDly and means at hand for fghtil
tho flames were nitifully inadequate.
Flrnes gradually drove the rescue
awful battle. they were driven aw;
from the blazing coach. and the In
prisoned passengers We" incinerate
The fire burned until after midnig
and the last burned and blacken
corpse was not recovered until
o'clock.
Trainmen did valiant work in hel
ing care for the injured. as they we
taken from the wreck. Bedding. blan
cts and sheets were stripped fro
berths of the Pullman coaches and US
for relief Of the sufferers. 1t is the b
lief of trainmen that those who
bodies were burned in the wreck we
unconscious after the crash.
Officials Of the road started an !
formal investigation Immediately
- 1nel. ARRIVAL. iOy So0AN - ~ uiAdS
stand why or how the train would
derailed at a switch which Is provid
with every known safeguard and W
carefully inspected prior to the passi
Of the train. While there Is NO reas
known why any one should taml
with the switch. the officials do not |
lieve the accident would have tax
place with the switch properly set a
in position.
miles an hour when the accident
miles an hour when the accident
CURED, according to Fireman "A
.Gorham, who was badly bruised.
otherwise uninjured. He miraculou
escaped death.
I'VE were speeding like the win
said Gorhar,. when the engine left
track. 1t occurred so quickly l III
knew what happened until we crasl
into the Mentor freight house. mel
er heard or saw the engineer al
that"
Conductor Hammond. of the limit
told his experience thus: I rus