Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1891 — Page 1

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FIRST PART. ESTABLISHED 1821, INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1891 TWELVE PAGES. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.

C117C1 X Result of the Explosion in Nova Scotia. Pitiful Scenes Attend the Work of Rescue. Relief Asked for the Widows and Cue Orphans. The Brave Fight for Life of the Elizabeth's Crew. Flood Danger I Almost Past at Cincinnati. Spring IIii.l Coal Mines, N. S., Feb. 21. An exi-lo?;oa took place in the west side of the ea-t s:op? this afternoon. Air ady five dea 1 bodies have been taken out Tho victims art Earnest Blambridge, Herbert Armish, Joseph Turner and two boys not identified. A rescuing party is now putting up a brattice for the purpose of restoring ventilation in the mine. It is feared that a great many miners have been kilitd, but thus far it is impossible to reach more than the bodies of the five person?. The rescuers will not be ebl-s to get near the imprisoned men until some of the piles of debris caused by the fall of the roof are cleared away. It is thought that fully thirty men and" boya are stiil in the mine. Among the mssinghj Manager, witt who has net teen seen since the explosion. The bodies of the two boys brought up are bo badly disfigured as not to be recognizable. Some of the injured persons taken out are not likely to survive very long. The rescuers pay that a great many horses have been killed. Miners who have come up say that the levels are blocked in the locality of the explosion with largo piles of d.-bris consisting mainly of timbers knocked out by the terrible force of the esp!oion, which was felt above ground. To add to the horrors of the situation the deadly black damp has rnrde its appearance in the mine. Spr.-v., II n.i., N. S., Feb. 23. At midnight ninety-four bod es had been recovered, and the total number of dead remained :!t 117. A larg.y attended public nn-etng va hold here last evening and Arrangements tor a public funeral Tuesday nere completed. Chief Inspector iipin arrived vesfrday morning and, accompanied by Madden, went down into the n.itH'. Mr. liiipin cava so far as the 'vid-nce fcho'vs the ex portion occurred on either N'o. f, or 7 balance, and that the force o: the explosion ia these balances w. wry gr-at. Mot of tne wall Mas knocked eut; id'oviing the roof to fall, breaking boxes and mutilating men and hor-t. Two sjuail tires wero smouldering in th-debris, but were extinguished at one w ithout any delay by the searchii.c r.'.i ty. The explosion, Gilpin fays, did very little damage to property in No. 2 slope, having extended but a short distance beyond th" turinei, and all the deaths in that slope w en- iro:n suriocation by after-damp. Manager Swiit was at the bottom of No. 1 slope about fifteen minutes btlo;e the explosion occurred arid intimated to one of the road men that he was going into the place who re theexplosion occurrel. He has not bi- n seen since. It is probable that bis body v 1 I recovered when some of the debris is cleared op. A boy named Beaton heard the exp Vsion and rushed oT to t lie pace wh'.-ro ho knew his brother was at work pnd "uccci d in carrying him out, badly injured. His heroism is one of the chit i topics of conversation. There were plenty of volunteers to p-ireti for a 1 bodp-s. Men who came to th- pit as spectators divested themselves of their coa's and unhesitatingly went to the reciuetf their fellow-workmen. Many ghastly scenes were to be seen both on lie surf.ieo and und-r ground. Several of the holies were so f- artuily mutilated that they were p'a ed in bags and brought up to the surface. The explosion is more disastrous to life than any othrr in the history of coal mining o tii continent. it h a singular co-inc.d-iice tint the Ios of hfo epiis that of both f ort p t and 1 rummond co liery erp o.-ioi;-. 'l tie number of lives lot at the i'ort pit was liny-three, and at tho Iru:i mond sixty-four. The 1 ss here remains at 117. O: these, fifty-on" were married men, who leave 1"7 ch idrcn unprovided for. Tire relief fund of th miners, which had a balance of s7,fvi at th beginning of the year, is unnbli." meet thj l nms that "will be made. The relief from this source at best can only be temporary. This is so keenly lelt that a meeting of the mavor, town council and clergymen was held in the company's ollice yesterday, nnd it was decided to issue an appeal i'or ui 1 to the public. A g-mral appeal for assistance is being telegraphed to a i cities and towns of Canada and to the Fnitcd States. It is felt that something miint be done immediately for iherel efof the df stitu'e. From many families all means of support have been snatched away. Today there is mourning in the houses, and it is evident that suffering- will cuhtie unless the response to tiie appeal is hearty and prompt. Last night a meeting was held by workmen to arrange for the burial of the dead. The workmen sre recovering- from their bewddernv-r.t which the teriible blowcaused. Some of the dead are without relatives and iriends to arrange for their interment. They are among strango pe-.pl ). In cue boarding house Iat night four strangf rs wre laid out tor burial. In another hoiiKe there are two, an I in stdl others three. The explosion confined itseif to No. 0 and 7 balar.ceg, and not a man employed in that neighborhood escaped. In S'o.2s!ope men were found a considemb e distance from their working places trving to make their escape, but they were finally overcome and succumed to the deadly fire-damp, i The bodies in this slope were nearly all recovered yesterday, bat thev were not disfigured at all, except in thoe who were struck bv flying raiesiies. The explorers worked hard nd succeeded In getting all out at an early hour. The damage to the pits is not serious and it ia thought that work can be resumed In No. 1 slope within a fortnight at the outside, and possibly sooner. No danger from tire is apprehended. A number of men are watchicg for any indications of fire among tho debris, but this is merely a precautionary measure, a3 all danger from this source is put. l ull y 1.000 etraxuera visited the

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scene of tho disaster yesterday and viewed the dead as they were laid out in the carpenter shop. Tho work of recoverinz bodies has been carried oa throughout the day most successfully. A revision of the list shows the number of dead to be IVJ, of whom fiftyfour were married men, forty single men nnd twenty-five boys. The scene of the explosion is about three-quarters of a mile from the bottom of No. 1 slope. In all the bores in that district the men were killed. Their bodies are being recovered quite rapidly. A searching party is now under ground and it is expected that all the bodies will be brought out today. There are several now in sight, and these will be taken up immediately. I'auiel Iioliertson, who was severely burned, received his injuiies whilw carrying out Alfred farter, one of the wounded who died afterwards. Robertson will recover. Two boys named McCay were found looked in each other's arms overcome by the afterdamp. The corpses were taken home together. On one level the dead were strewn along most thickly. About twenty bodies were picked up within a distance of NdO feet, all of whom had died from the erlects of tin? after-damp while running for their lives. The bod.es are nearly all out of No. 2 s op,and thoe taken out are not burned. Relatives are arriving claiming their dead and takin;; them away. There ure now 1H1 orphans on the list. Subscriptions to the relief fund are flowing in. Preparations for the burial of the dead are being, mad. A car-load of coffins arrived from Amherst last night and more are expect. -d todav. The funerals begin this afternoon. A large gang of men are busily employed in diirginz graves in tho ceme'ery. All the llags in the town are at half-mast. All of tho dead will bo buried in separate graves, which will be distinctly marked. Arrangements are now being made to put the nits in condition to resume work on Wednesday or Thursdiy. Kighteen hoi-ses and a mule were killed by the explosion and by the after-damp.

'SAVE YOURSELF. BARCLAY." The Last lYorrt of tha lirave Cnptaia of the Elizabeth. San Francisco, Feb. 23. The loss of lives by the wrecking of the clipper ship, Klizabeth. oil North Head Saturday night, is now estimated at nineteen, including Capt. Henry of the local lifs-saving service. Eleven persons, including the wife and children of Capt. Colcord of the Klizabeth were saved. Charles Barclay, first mate of tho wrecked ship, who, with four other?, succeeded in floating ashore yesterday, says that after the captain's family had been placed aboard the tug Reliance Saturday every effort was redoubled to save the ship from impending doom. Capt. Colcord, says the mate, was badly hurt during the afternoon by beingthrown against a capstan, and was unable to move except with great pain, but he heroically refused to be sent ashore, and protested that he desired to stay by the ship. The angry sea and gale were what the helpless shin had to encounter, and though within canon shot of port she met her fate on the rocks on which the combined forces of the elements threw her. "Several tugs came np and attempted to succor us, but their tow lines either fell short of our decks or were broken like threads. We drifted to leeward all the time. I ordered a life boat rea'iy for launching, when the ship ctruck the rook and then went aft and requested the captain to come with us, as it was certain death to remain by tho ship any longer hs she was being pounded to pieces. Tvt cantain replied: 'Save yourself, I'arclav, I'm crippled and will on'y hamper vu.' " IUtrr'uy, continuing the storv, said lie tor.k th enptnin by the arm and started to lead him forward when the heavy seas wa.di"d the latter from his crap. " IUrclay again got hold of bi n and, a-s'sted by ono of the crw, ftnugled through the tremendous o;s sweeping over the deck. A sailor fu Jdenlv oNe'idmed that the captain was dead. When Dare' ay saw this was ti e case he went forward nnd found thirteen of the crew had launched the life loat and were endeavoring to kep r.ear the ship to render a I possible assi.-tance. The high winds and waves soon drove them out of sight. I'arc'ay and e'ght men rema'ned on tho vessel. The main top gaM. nt ma t went by the board. The miz.en mt fell with a crash and was eoon followed by the foretop mast. Th vessel wns rai-el high on the waves r.nd fell upon rocks where she bro';e asunder. I'irclay rtnd four companions struggled with tho waves for a lore- time, but were finallv carried ashore. Three of the ne-n remained entangled in the wreckage nnd were drowned. Tho names of thos't saved with Ha relay were V. (Jreenwald, Lewis Murry, Carl l effert and C. Ader, s?ainen. The life-cavirg rew. hi h had made u hard march fourteen miles ac;rs- the hills, found them being cared for by Portuguese ranchers. The boat containing thirteen se.vi en, which left tho Iviziheih before she broke up wi" overturned by the waves nnd only four of its oceupants were saved. The list of survivors so far as known comprises Mrs. Colcord, the captain's wife; their Hon and daughter, Chief Mate Barclay, James Taken, wheelman, and eir seamen. The drowned are : CAPT. COU'OIM. sf.cosi) officii phndleton. WILLIAM ItEDMON'D. boauwain. EDWARD MILK, hoatiwaio. CARPENTER SMITH. Twelve tea'iien. The Chinese cook. The body of Capt. Henry of the lifesaving service, who was washed overboard from the lifeboat, has been found and a body believed to be that of Capt. Colcord has been picked up. WATER. WATHR EVERYWHERE. The Rivera Ilotti Eattnnd Wet Are on the Cincinnati, O., Feb. 23. The Ohio at Cincinnati at 10 o'clock tonight was 5 feet, inches, and fluctuating as it usually does before becoming stationary. At all points above here the river is stationary, or nearly so, and all the tributaries are falling. Gila Bend, Ariz., Feb. 2C Traffic is suspended on the Southern Pacific railroad on account of the Gila river overflowing the tracks. Salt river near Phrenix rose ten feet an hour, sweeping away many houses. Thousands of people in the valley of Salt river are houseless. The branch railroad running from Maricopa to Phoenix is reported badly washed out. Ycma, Ariz., Feb. 23. Loss of life is reported from Gila valW, hut no particu'ara have been received, the Southern Pacific track is washed out for twenty-four miles east of Yuma and is tire feet under water. One hundred abode houses Lavs been washed down and 300 people are home less.

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Six Persons Burned in a Tenement House. Bodies Charred Almost Beyond Recognition. Seventy Lives Lost in a Nova Scotian Coal Mine. The River at Cincinnati Getting Dangerously High. A Steamer's Crew Lost in the English Channel. Nkw Yohk, Feb. 21. A disastrous fire in the cellar of a Brooklyn tenement huso occurred tonight and resulted in the death of mx persons. The house was the fivcstory brick flat hou? Yo". 121) and b'H Fands-st. The building was occupied by thirty-two families, who are left destitute by the destruction of their homes. The fire started about 7 p. in. from some unknown cause in the cellar of No. 12'.). Before the flames wero discovered they had reached the dumb waiter shaft in the middle of No. 120 and almost immediately rose to the roof. Three alarms oi lire were at once sent out, but before an entrance could be made to the building tho tir-j bad cut off all escape to the ground by means of the staircase. The whole front of the building Mas covered with tiro escapes, and most of the tenants came out upon them and were taken down on the ladders which the fire men raised to the iron balconies. The lire did not extend to tho second building until the upper floors wero reached, and none of the tenants in that half of the double flat lost anything more than their goods. Each half had eight apartments on each floor besides the ttories on the ground floor. Among the tenants on the fourth floor was John E. Dorney, a printer. With him lived his wife, Margaret Dorney, their four children, his wife's sitdcr Julia Grifiin and her aunt, Miss Mary Ciriftin, fifty years old. Downey was away, but a'.l "the rest of the family were at home. When they found that they could not make their escape down the" stairs, they rushed to No. 12!) in spite of the fact that the flames were coming up all around them. On the way up Mi-s Griilin said to Julia Grilliu, who had two of the children, that she would turn back to help Mrs. Dorney, who, with the two others was behind. She did so and was not teen again until her dead body was f und, together with that of Mrs. Dorney and one of the children, at the fo. t of the staircase leading to the roof. Julia Grillm and the two other children reached the roof in safety, and by crossing over they went down through the scuttle oi No. Li'l. One of the children that was with Mrs. Dorney escaped to the roof but was so badly burned that his little lifeless body wiik found stretched on the skylight on tiie roof. On tho third floor lived Carl Benedict and his w fe and eighteen-month' old child, and Jacob l'erieuict, the father of Carl. They, too, attempted to escape by the roof, but the grandfather and his littie grandchild were overcome at the foct of i he tatal stairway, and were found beside t lie two worn n nnd the child. The names of the killed r.re as follows: KDWAKD I'.KNLTHOT. lln trail !h n. wit? ir.een months eld. M A 1:( i A K K I' i R 1 1' FIX. ixty years old. M1U. MAlUiAKLU' DOWNEY, tweuty-five year o'd. DAXIELDOWNF.V, ei?htyean old. The bov found r.n Pie roof. 1! 1 N N i F. 1 m iv N i: V. four years old. All tho bodies were taken to the morgue. Some of them were burned alii) O.-t bevond recognition. All the inmates except tho-;e mentioned were gotten out in safetv. A soon as the firemen arrived truck No. 3 was put up and Charles Kiekett, John Silk and Robert MeNirimn climbed the ladder and brought down many of the tenants, who had crowded to the lire escapes at the front of the building. It is probable that there were more than two hundred people in tho houses. The building was u tenement house better than tin average in that part of the city. The roofs of both buildings were entirely burned away, and the upper three floors of No. 12J were completely ruined. The loss is estimated at ?,')( X). The people who were turned out of their homes were provided for as best they could be by the neighbors, who did all iii their power to relieve their distress. DANGEROUSLY HIGH. The Water of the O Seriously Threaten Cincinnati. Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 21-The flood tituation at 5 o'clock tonight looks more serious than it has previously been since the beginning of the present rise in the Ohio. The restoration of telegraphic communication has brought news from the left bank water shed of the Ohio in eastern Kentucky, West Yirginia and Pennsylvania that hsavy rains have caused floods in the tributaries of the Ohio not hitherto taken into account Rains on the riht bank water shed were known to bo heavy in Ohio and Indiana. With these Hoods from streams pouth and CHbi of tho river, it is feared the stage here will reach fifty-eight feet Monday or Tuesday. Business men on the bottoms are busy day and niuht removing their wares to upper stories and preparing generally for a flood. All navigation, buth up the river and down, by reeular packets has been suspended. The river here at 9 o'clock tonignt was fiftytwo and six inches and rising two inches an hour. At midnight the river here was fiftytwo feet, ten and one-hidf inches and rising at a rate of an inch and a half an hour. The ky is clear and the weather is becoming decidedly colder. Pittsbtho, pa., Feb. 21. Late advices tonight from upriver points state that the weather is growing colder and the rains hare ceased with a constant fall of tho rivers. At Johnstown the violent current has bared five victims of the flood ono year ago and others have been partially exposed. The secretary of the committee has offered $20 for each body and it is thought this will stimulate the Endings. The greatest damage dowa the river has Jbeen inflicted oa tha railroads ia th

vicinity of Wheeling, and today the first trains on the Baltimore & Ohio went out on the Grafton branch. The Ohio it MUsissipjd and Cleveland & Pittsburg roads are still demoralized. RESCUED AFTER MANY DAYS.

Five 31 en Sustain Life en the Content of Their Dinner Ilucketa and Oil. IIazelton, Ta., Feb. 23. "Alive, alive," was the joyful tidings tonight at 11:30 from the ill-fated slope No. 1 at Jeanesville. After eighteen days entombed in the darkness ot tho mine, live of the victims of the terrible disaster are found alive. Their names are: John Tomaskusky, Joe Mastuskowich, John Berno, Bosco Frinko and an ur'-nown Hungarian who was visiting John lierno. These, with the thirteen bodies already found, make eighteen men, the exact numbergiven in these dispatches the day of the accident. How they survived is a miracle. Nothing like it has been known or heard of in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania. The searching party, after the experience in finding Bollock, Reed, Ball and Smith yesterday, were more anxious than ever to solve the problem of the fate of tho remaining live. Not a moment's time was lost today in tho search but all in vain. No traces of the unfortunate victims could be found until late tonight when Superintendent McFarlane and Caleb Williams wero making a search in a breast of the east gangway of the north pitch. They were startled and horrified to come a-r's the bodies of the five unfortuna'c and yet withal fortunate men. They were lying in vwrious positions all huddled together in their eilorts to keep warm. Careful exivnina' ion revealed the joyful fact that all wcie alive, weakened, of course, by the awful torture of hunger and thirst, but still alive. They wero so weak that with one exception they could not be moved John Tomaskuslty'a excellent strength left him in better shape than any of the rest and he was able, to be moved to the bottom of the slope of the first lift into the engine house. Dr. Doolittle of the village was summoned at once and entered th j mine. A iarge stock of blankets we;e at once secured, and the men were wrapped in them. Tomiskusky was just strong enouiih to raieo his hea l and able to look around. He was carefully carried to the engine house ft tha bottom of the first lift and medical aid given him there. When spoken to he raised hia eyes mournfully, a look of despair passed over bis face and he muttered, "John much eick." The rest of the men could not be moved but were cared for just where found. The men wiil not be brought to the surface for several day?. Careful nursing will be given them and every effort put forth to save tbfcir lives so that their terrible tale may be heard. Rev. J. J. Cumrainsky of Hazeltoa was summoned and visited the men down the slopo and administered spiritural comfort. Superintendent MacFarlane was so bmy caring for the men that n" story of the finding could be had at the late hour. He said: "Their story will all be gladly given you later if you only give us time now to mako use of the means that a generous providence has placed at our di-posal to brint; the men around again to lite." They hail sutlercd ternblv from the r wings of hunger and nothing but their v.rd constitutions, common to their race, saved them. The contents of their dinner pails kept them alive for s'x days. Then they lived on the oil from thei lamps and bortles. After that was exhausted they drank tha dsrk sulphurous wa'.er. Whatever the temptation may have been to kill aud eat each other it was not strong enough to tempt these sturdy tons of Hungary to become man-eaters. SCATTERED TO THE WINDS. The Deposition to He .Mad of l'nrk Meyer'a iteinalna. New York, Feb. 23. Tomorrow tho Staten Island Sohutzen corns, unless the authotities interfere, will take an urn containing the ashes of Henry Meyer, late proprietor of the Puclc hotel, at Port Richmond, to tho top of the statue of Liberty, w here a portion of the ashes will be scattered to the winds. This will be lone in accordance with the wish of tiie deceased. As the ashes are scattered, the final words of tin conductor of tho ceremony will be: "Hero goes the lax-t of Puck Mever. Happy days!" Myer requested that these words bo pronounced at the closing of the ceremony. The portion of the ashes which aro not thrown from the statue of Liberty will bo delivered to Meyer's widow. GUARDING SHERMAN'S GRAVE. Tuoa.cn.nda VUlt th Spot TVher tbe Old Hern I Hurled. St. Loris, Feb. 23. Tho grave of Gen. Sherman, in Calvary cemetery, was the center of attraction to thousands of visitors yesterday. The graves of the Sherman family were inclosed temporarily by a rope, forming a circle about ninety feet in circumference. Within these metes pfced a solitary sentiuel, charged with the duty of preventing intrusive bands from cutting mementoes Irom floral decorations on the grave. Acting under instructions of the war department, lien. Merritt will have a guard placed at Gen. Sherman's grave, consisting of twelve privates, three non-commissioned officers and an oflicer. How long they will be kept on duty is uncertain, but at least until the grave is inclosed with masonry. LAID AWAY TO REST. Obaaqalaa of the Ltte Supreme Judge lierkhlrttnt 'ortl Vrrnna. North Vernox, Feb. 23 Special. The remains of the Hon. John G. Berkshire were today laid away to rest. The largest concourse of people ever assembled in this city was in attendance Among the prominent persons present wero (lovernor Hovey, tho members of the supreme court," the Hons. A. G. Smith and Claude Mathews, and IT. S. District Attorney Chambers. There were many lawyers, from adjoining counties present to pay their respects to the deBd jurist, TEN DAYS A WIDOWER. Transformation of Fnneral Raked Meats Into a Wedding Feast. Yankton, 8. D., Feb. 23.- Yankton is excited today over the marriage of William Munroe, county audifor, who was married Saturday night to Mrs. C. E. Bartlett, a wealthy widow. Mr. Munroe's first wife died and was buiied less than ten days ago, and his marriage so soon after that event has aroused public opinion against him, and the air Is filled with rumors and threats of mob law. The Broom is fifty years old and the bride is forty-five. He lias one son in Trinidad, Col., and five children here.

J 1 T1TVV1 i nil Frightful Accident on a New York Road. Triple Collision in Smoke and Darkness. Fire Adds Its Horror to a Terrible Disaster. Awful Scenes Attending the Work of Rescue. Six Killed and Many Others Badly Injured. New York, Feb. 20. There was a collison at 7:10 o'clock this morning in the middle railway tunnel through Fourthave. near Kichty-fifth-st. between two trains of the New York, New Haven & Hartford company. One was the New Haven local leaving the Grand Central station at 7:02, and it ran into a train of empty c-us, no one being in them but em j doves on their way to the yard at Mott Haven. Tho wreck soon took fire and burned fiercely, owing to the great draught in the tunnel. Moreover, there was a second collision by a "light" engine going north from the yard, running into the wreck. Six lives were lost through the first collision and several persons injured, all probably employes. The t'rnsh I'ndergronn;!. In the Grand Central yard, which extends from tiie station at Forty-second-st. to Mott Haven all trains pass to the left, and in which ever direction they may be going take the track on the left side ot the tunnel. This arrangement places all signals on the left or fireman's side of the locomotive, the engineer sitting on tho right. The Boston express, with a score or more of car cleaners on board, was on the west track of the middle tunnel going toward the shops at Mott Haven, where it was to bo laid up and cleaned. It left the Grand Central station at 6:49 and had a speed of six mile3 an hour. The heavy atmosphere prevented the tunnel from clearing itself of cteam and smoke, and it was difficult to see the white, ereen and red signal lamps on tho walls. A New Haven accommodation train left the station at 7:02 on the, track occupied by the other, having on board 125 passengers, and when it reached Fifty-fifth-st. was running thirty miles an hour. The fireman was Charles Wellington and the engineer, Louis Fowler, said to him as thev entered the tunnel: "Keep a close lookout for the signals, Charley." Wellington asserts that he leaned out oi the car window and saw the lights one after the other as the engine approached them. At the Fifty-ninth-st. signal station both the "distant" and the "home" lights were white, which signified that the block ahead was clear, so on sped the train. The next signal station is at Seventy-sec-ond-st. The "distant" signal is a square lainp, showing white on one side and green on the other and is 1.000 feet in front of the "home" signal, which is immediately opposite the station and has a white and reu side. These signals are interlocked and one cannot turn without tho other. Both must show white lights at the same time, or when one shows green the other must show red. When the green is dashed upon an approaching train it must slow up, and when it comes to the red it must stop. "How are tho lights, Charley?" said Engineer Fowhrwhen the train was nearing Seventy second-st. "All clear," Wellington shouted back, and the train dashed on. The mist was thick without, and the fog of steam and smoke within the tunnel was almost i npenetrable. At a point about half way between Kikihty-fourth and i'ightyfifth sts. the engine hurled itself against the rear of the. Boston express sleeper, wrecking the smoking car and driving it partly through the palace car, to which it was coupled. The trains came to a standstill within a quarter of a minute. The engineer of ihe express did not know when his train was struck. He felt the cars pulling very hard, while his engine began to stop. The signal man at Eighty-sixth-st. put his bead out of the window of his box and shouted: "All right; go ahead." He thought the engineer was stopping because unable to see the rignals, but the latter shouted back as be pulled open the throttle: "1 can't, my air is on." The sudden destruction of the rear two coaches had put on the automatic brakes. Fowler and Wellington lumped from their oniiina as it crashed into the smoker, the former was slightly injured but was able to take care of hia engine when lie learned that only its frontend was broken. The tunnel was "filled with wreckage by the collision. A moment after it occurred a liht switch engine on the other track ran into it, jumped the treck and turned partly across the tunnel. Six men were on it but none were hurt. Finme Added to Wreckage. The telescoped cars, a mass of broken timbers and splinters, were piled up under one of tha roof openings of the tunnel, aud, taking fire immediately, the smoke attracted the attention of people in the neighborhood. Those that were near heard shrieks and calls for help. Civilians and policemen climbed over tho railing of the small park that surrounds the owning and looked down njon tho wreck. A crowd collected and all possible assistance waa given. Two fire alarms brought six engines, which soon began playing on the flames. Tim ladders were brought and Jet down through the opening, aud descending these the rescuers began to search for the dead and dying. Surgeons and priests joined the firemen down in the dark, smoke-stifled tunnel, where the latter, begrimmed with dirt and panting for breath, struggled bravely against all odds. The lanterns flashed nnd bobbed about in the murky gloom, and it was seen that one car had been shoved completely through the one ahead of it to within six feet of the lorward platform, and this car bad jammed into the one in front of it again and smashed the platforms of both, in fact wrecking the third cor 60 that it is barond renalr. wbil

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the locomotive that had wrought the damage wa? jammed into the telescoped cars and all were in a blaze. The smoke, heat and escaping steam in the dark tenuel wera confusing and appalling. But it was knos n that there were dead or dying men in those telescoped cars amid ti dame, and the firemen worked with vigorAs the water from tbttV hose branches j-ut out the fire and they wt-.-e able to get inside the cars, the picture jrejepted was fearful. Dead and roast?a and broken bodies in all sorts of pitiable attitudes were among the debris of the iuterior. But one was dead. Between the head of the locomotive and end of the car into which it had smashed was suspended by the shoulders the body of a man whoso legs had been torn off. His clothing had been a I burned off and the body party roasted. He was nude and swollen, but lie was still alive. A fireman touched him, and from the head above the end of the car that jammed him against f he locomotive came a mean and the words: ' For God's sake leave me alone and let me die." It took twenty minutes to extricate tho Foor feilow and carry him to the surface, le was slid alive in the progress of tho men who carriod him up to the light, but before he could be examined he was dead. As the men worked further forward toward the ruiddl of the car, aided by policemen and trnin hands, every now and then a Fudden "Hold on, easy," announced that the hook or ax had struck another corpse. Every fresh body brought out steamed as if it had been parboiled in addition to being burned. The dead were finally lifted through the openings in the tunnel and carried away. The injured men were Bent to hospitals ana after ten houra' work the tracks were cleared. The list of the deal is: One man whose body is burned beyond recognition supposed to he a sleeping car porter. A woman, supposed to be Mrs. NELLIE SUPI'LK. a car clesner, forty yean old. Her so a taw hrr body at the station, but it was i) bsJly burned that ideutiiicttion was impossible. HARTSHORN' KILIAN, a train bey, fifteen years old. JOHN IIACKI", cnroleftner, nineteen years old. lie was rescued alive, but was so hndiy crobheil that he stterward died in the hosnitai. JOHN JJUitKA V, a laborer. lorty-nine yean old, burned to death aud body badly charred. Ue leaves a familr. JAMES ii. FLYNN, a machinist, fifty years old. The list of the injured is as follows: Daniel N. Ct i.BHETii, a colored cook, who was iojured internally. William I). Brows, a brakeman, badly crushed. A Hudson Hirer railroad fireman named Rankin, who was also bally crushed. Fngineer Fowler was arrested and committed without bail. He and his fireman each declare the clear sisrvds were out. Neither were seriously injured. The accident happened on what is known as the Harlem line, which is operated and managed by an organization known as "Grand Central Station." It concludes all tragic between Fort v -second-st. and Mott Haven junction, (the junction north of the Harlem river.) The management of this line is entirely separate and distinct from that of New York Centra'. Hariem or tho New Haven roads. There is a general manager of the line selected by the threa roads above named. This general manager has entire control of the operation of tho line between th'3 points nauied. FOUND IN A POND.

The Mystery Surrounding t!ie llnppar. nnce of l'rf. Hanoi-oil Clenied lp. Providence, B. I., Feb. 2?. Th? body of thelmissing Prof. Bancroft wns fund at an early hour this morning in l'yer's pond, Cranston. The remarkable disappearance of the professor occurred on Monday, Iec. S, 1S(.)0. He had not been feeling well fur some time and on arising oa the morning of that day complained to his family of leing very ill and wanting rest. He asked ids daughter to take a walk with him in the suburbs, but on account of other duties the young woman did not go. He was advi-ed by Mrs. Bancroft to go and see a doctor and not to attend to hi classes tiiat day. I la left home about S :10 o'clock, but did not go to the doctors, nor did ho go to the college. The publication of the hivstery brought forth a dozen or more stories, home of w hich were extraordinary, many persons reporting that they h id seen him in different places. Prof. Bmcn.it was about fifty-eight years old. He graduated from Brown university in Is.'.'. For some time he taught school in Massachusetts, but in 1SGS wa called to Brown as professor of rhetoric and Knglish literature. John Quinctte and Beander uin. tte, carpenters who were at work in the vicinity of the pond, discovered the body. John went to th shore to break a hole in the ice to get water. About twenty-live feet out from the shore he saw a li'it above the surface of the ice. The edge of tho pond was covered with ice sufficiently strong to bear a heavy weight. This strip of solid ice extended" about eight yards from the shore, and from there out there .i . r i. . . c ' was a luiu coaiing oi ice io uiv nuauie n the sheet of water, which was open. John called Beander and thev went out to the hat and found it immovably lix'd to the head of the professor and jammed down to the ears. The body was in sin upright position. The town sergeant was notified and he, assisted by the Quinettes, drew the body from the water. The serc-ant at once recognized the countenance, although it waa much swollen and somewhat bruised by contact with the edge cd the ice, against which the body had floated. DANGLING FROM A LIMB A Virginia 31 ob Leaven the Rody t f Mar. derer. rETKR-SBcno, Ya., Feb. 2.1 The negro, Scott Bishop, who a few days ago assaulted and robbed Hugh Hammock near Blackstone, n station on Ihe Norfolk & Western railroad, waa lynched thi morning. Hammock died on "Friday, and Bishop was arrested Saturday night at Bidgeway, N. C, and brought to Blackntone yesterday morning. Every eflort was made by the authorities to pravent violence being done to the prisoner, but to no avail, and this morning about 4 o'clock he was taken from the officers and banged to the limb of a tree about half a mile from Biackstone. The negro begged piteously for his life, but the mob was deaf to h's entreaties. At 12 o'clock today Bishop's body was still dangling from the tree and a coroner's jury waa being sumraoued. THREE KILLED. A Disastrous Wreck on a North Carolina Itond. Salisbury, N. C., Feb. 17. Particulars from a railroad wreck at Smyre'a trestle, two miles from Newton, have been received. The train was a mixed one. Fifteen persons, including the train crew, wero on board. Three were killed on tho spot and three more died today. Three othara aro aunnoafad to ba LlUIIt injured.

C1.1TADCI A GUNNIN In a Crowded Street of the Ohio Capital. A Storm of Bullets Greets the Throng. One Editor and a Poor Bystander Instantly Killed. The Duel the Result of Fierct v Personalities. Stories of the Shooters and Eye-Wit nesses. Colcmbi-s, O., Feb. 23. A horrible frag ed- occurred here ahortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon. Two men were killed ani eeveral wounded in a fusilade of pistol shots. The terrible affair "vras the outgrowth cl a newspaper feud which has been raging for several weeks between the publishers of the Smday Wvrld and Sunday CapUalcl this city. Col. Y. J. Elliott, editor of the Capita shot and instantly killed Albert Osborne, city editor of the World. W. L. Hughes, an old gentleman who was standing neai by, was shot and killed with a bullet from Elliotfa pistol. The tragedy, as before elated, was tha result of a newspaper war. Two weeks ago the TFor'd made charges against Elliott's family, insinuating that a female relative of Elliott waa unchaste. Elliott retaliated cn the following Sunday with four column article, charging F. W. Ler ering, editor of the II orld with being tha joint proprietor of an assignation house, being associated with a woman named Lou Burton in the disreputable enterprise. Levering is an assistant ctate oil inspector and prominent in politics. The charges, therefore, created a profound eensatioa. The charges against Levering also im plicated Claude Meeker. Levering and his city editor, Mr. Osborne, retaliated yesterday with a Bensa. tional artic e charging Lhiott with nearly all the crimes in the calendar. Elliott, with Lis brother Patrick, and Osborne met this afternoon in High-sL near the American hotel. Patrick Elliott opened fire upon Osborne and Osborne returned the fire. A running battle ensued in wh eh 'W. J. Ebiott joined, all three men emptying their revolvers as rapidly as possible. One of the shots from W. J. Lliiott'a gun grazed Osborne's arm and he turned and nred t;t trie former. The shot miss d its mark and Osborne fled into Malcolm McDonald's hat store. As he did so he turned and fired at W. J. Elliott. The latter fired his weapon almost simultaneously and the shot took effect in O.-borne's chin. It went clear through his mouth, upward nnd backward through ihe brain nnd came out at the ba.-e of tha skull, lulli-jtt had followed Osborne into th-j store and hs ho fired the last shot grappl-d with him. In the scufile which ensued both their guna wero discharged and Osborne fell to the tioor dead, although the last shot, it is eaid, did not t ike clTect in either man, the ball which killed Osborne having entered his face as he came through the doorway. Oshorne fell upon a largo p.le of boxeff containing hats and the weight of his body can ing the boxes to codapae, they engulf-d him, completely covering him. Lliiott retreated out the frontdoor and disappeared in the crowd with the revolver in his hands. YV. H. Hughes, r highly respected citizen and formerly steward of tbe imbecile asyium, was standing on the pavement watching the formation of the parade. He was struck during the running battle. The ball entered Hughes' head immediately over tiie left eye nnd be dropped upon the iron grating in front of Ambrose's restaurant, expiring instantly. l'atrick Ell ott was shot in tbe tack and arm ar.d has a frightful wound on the top of the head. The physicians are as yet unable to determine hovr serious bis wounds aro. Two other men are known to have received budet wounds. C. AV. Sullivan, a clerk of C. U. Grisw old's, who, while passsing the scene, was shot in the left arm, v bough not dangerously hurt. Tbe other waa a young student named Gardner, who received a bullet in the left leg. Several other persons are reported as slightly injured, but were hnstily carried away. V. J. 1-Miott wrs at one time state supervisor of printing, and has taken an active part in politics. He is a personal friend d Chanes t-tewart Parnel'. the deposed Iri h leader. Both of the Elliotts are locked up at the police station. The story of the shooting, as related by Gus and Snedan Johns, eye-witnesses, is that A. C. O&borne was standing m front ot Schrader's talking to Frank Clark, an attorney, when the Ediotts appeared walking south on High-sL The two mea walked up close to where Olorne waa fctatuhng, and one of the E liotts remarked : 'Give it to the s of a b ," whereupon one of them fired at Osborne, who s'arted to back toward the north. He pu led a pistol and began firing at the two E liotts, who were following him with revolvers in hand, shooting at him. They were firing to the north, whde Osborne fired south. As the la ter neared McDonald's hat store he opened the door and ran in, Pat Elliott in close pursuit shooting at Lim. Patrolman Pan McManamy caught Col. W. J. Elliott and took the revolver away from him. Vh n the police entered the hat store, thsy found Osborne lying dead on the lloor nnd Pat Lliiott stading over him, with a revolver, sliil smokine in hia hand. Three revolvers have been found, but Osborne's ia not among them. Two of them be'onged to the Elliotts and are nearly empty of loads. The police are anxious to find the owner of the third. Every chamber is loaded and the police believe it was held by some fourth party yet unknown. There were altogether fourteen shot fired. Pat Elliott says Mr. Hughes was killed bv Osborne, while eye witnesses claim W. J." Elliott shot Hughes. W. J. Ellott aaid that he did not regret the death cf Osbornee in the least, but wou'dhave rather eerved twenty years of his life in the penitentiary than to be indirectly the rause of Mr. Hughes' death. Thousands of people have been crowded around tbe front of McDonald's hat store and the Ambrose restaurant, where the tragedy occurred, and these places were forced to lock their dooca.

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