Arizona republican., 1905-05-12
Victims of the Dynamite Explosion at Harrisburg
FOLLOWED BY CREMATION
Very Few of the Bodies Could Be Identified There Was a Series of Explosions, a Flash and a Roar Which Shook the Earth.

persons are known to be dead and more than 100 were injured in the rail- wreck and dynamite explosion which occurred early today on the PennsyI- vania railroad in the southern part of tEis city. That not more persons were Killed is ;CnsIGered remarkable iu ti.e middle of the heavy express train.
 Following is a list Of the dead:
 P. L. CRABBE. Pittsburg.
 GEO. ZTEGLER, Pittsburg.
 JAMES R. PHILLIPS, Fittsburg. PAUL BRIGHT. Pittsburg. MIR. H. SHAW, Pittsburg.
 J, l.. SILVERMAN. Philaarip..,a. MRS. ROBERT c. DOUGHERTY. | Philadelphia,
 1 ALFRED CROSBY,
 II. K. THOMAS. Parksburg. Ia. en- gineer of the express.
 C. KUHLMAN. Altoona, Penn. NORMA MARTIN. months old. Nine unidentified bodies.
 The Pennsylvania railroad officials | tonight gave out a list containing the names of 9S persons who were injured and treated at the hospitals or else where. The company also gave out a list containing the names Of 36 per sons who were in the wreck and whose Injuries are not given. Among the in 1, jured is F. 1T. AtchesOn, Of Denver who suffered a compound fracture of ! the left cheekbOne.
 1 The train carried a number of prom inent persons and most of them escar- ed with cnlv sis mt injuries. The WI nCked train was the second sects-n Of the Cleveland and Cincinnati express leaving Philadelphia at 1I:O5 o'clock | T~~ tiOn baggage and smoking car. one day coach and six sleeping cars. There are various stories of how the wreck O-,- l curred. but the official version Is as follows:
 About 1:4O o'clock the engine on an eastbOund freight train was Jagged by the crew shifting the engine ahead on the same track The engineer quickly put on his a-ir brakes and the trc-n. an unusually long one, came to a sud- den hat. The strain on the air valves vas 9 severe onG and the connecting air hose in tce middle of the train blew cut. This caused the middle of the train to buckle" and the damaged cars fell over on the passenger tracks Just as this happened the Cleveland ex- press came laundering up and side sWiped' the wreck The express WAS stopped within Us own length and tIc third sleeper was opposite the wrecked cars Before aIyz' one could leave the passenger train, which was not very badly damaged, a few slight exploS- -on; occurred and then there was one erea- Hash and a roar that shook the earth.
 -The whole affair occurred within a period Of a few seconds. 4 scene 1f horror followed the explosion of dyna- mite. The passenger cars and some of ! the fraiohr "a rS instantly s,ol- the reverberatiOn of the terrific explo- sion died away across the Susquehanna river, the aganizing cries of the injured could be heard. Men and women came tCmbling and climbing from the car windows and crawled from under the wreckage.
 Shortly afterward another explosion occurred. Fearing that the entire train might be loaded with dynamite no one dared go near the wreck. Finally the railroad men who knew the contents of the burning freight train led the way and the uninjured passengers followed Scores of those who were trapped in their sleeping berths or pinioned under the wreckage were taken out and laid in field badly hurt The advancing of the fire drove the rescuers back as they were about to take others from the wreck and the unfortunate men and women were soon envelOped in flames The cries of the dying were heartrend- ing, but nothing could be done for them.
 The alarm of fire was sent in. bur when the fremen reached the scene the flames had done their work The en- tire train was consumed With the hremen came a corps of physicians from the scene As quickly as the in Jured were temporarily relieved of pain, they were placed on a special train and trolley cars and hurried to the hospitals here Several hundred railroad labOrers were on the spor within an hour and by daybreak their number had been increased to a thou sand. It was gruesOme task for the railroad men. Not one whole body was found in the wreck. Either an arm ! or leg or all four limbs were burned or .i the trunk and in several cases only l portions of the trunks were found. Ten charred bodies were found under one ! Pullman car. It was the belief Of the railroad officials that if the explosion had not occurred there would have l no loss Of life.
 Coroner Krouse empaneled a jury which viewed the bodies this afternoon. ! He will begin taking testimony tomor- row. Physicians and nurses at Harris burg hospitals assisted by the trustees , and members of the board of women managers have been working inCes- ! sanity since the first of the injured were taken there at 2:50 o'clock this morning. The hospital is crowded tO its doors and row after row of cots now