Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1883 — TWENTY-TWO LIVES LOST. [ARTICLE]

TWENTY-TWO LIVES LOST.

Terrible Wreck on a New York Railroad. Pleasure-Seekers Meeting Sudden and Violent Deaths. [Albion (N. Y.) Telegram.] Ex-Mayor Thomas Hoyne, of Chicago, and nineteen other persons were killed in a railway wreck near Carly on station. A freightcar had been blown upon the main track of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg railway by the fierce wind. At 9:40 o’clock the steamboat express, running to the Thousand Isles, dashed at full speed into the freight car. The train was going twenty miles an hour, Tne head engineer saw the obstruction as it passed the station, whistled for brakes, and jumped from the train. The forward engine jumped the track to the south, and the second to tne north. Both turned over on their sides, and were broken to pieces The two baggage cars, day-coaches, and four sleepers were ditched and demolished. Conductor E. Garrison jumped and saved himself The passengers were thrown headlong into a heap of crushed timbers From the wreck moans and groans went up, mingled with cries for help. As soon as lights could be procured, work was begun removing the debris and rescuing the dead and wounded. From the ruins of the cars white hands of ladies and limbs, of children protruded in such a manner as to make the bravest turn pale. Fortunately, none of the cars caught fire. Fireman Frances, of the second engine, was found crushed beneath the heavy iron. His engineer, McCarthy, was horribly scalded, but Uvea until noon yesterday. As fast as the bodies of the dead and the wounded were recovered from the debris, they were taken to the station, from whence ail but eleven dead bodies were taken to their homea It is impossible to determine the number of the wounded, for several who were slightly hurt left for their homes or to continue their journey. Those of the dead who have been identified are: Hon. Thomas Hoyne, of Chicago; Mrs. Jane Carl, of Lansing, Mich.; Prof. C. W. Stone, Battle Creek, Mich.; Lute J. Frances, Oswego, N. Y.; Willie Lefevre, Bay City, Mich.; Ashley Tyler, Camden, N. Y.; Thomas Stalls, Wasertown, N. Y.; Mrs. Lefevre, Bay City, Mich. • J. B. Schenck, Cleveland, Ohio; Thomas Dixon, Cleveland, Ohio; two ladies, one of them thought to be Mrs Booth, of Bay City, Mich.; J. J. Worthey, Saline, Mich.; Henry McCormick, Benton, Mich.; L. J. Booth, Bay City, Mich.; Eizabeth J. Cere. Meriden, Mich.; Mrs. mis J. Boos, Philadelphia; Louis J. Boos, Philadelphia; Mrs. Brooks, Philadelphia; the colored porter, name unknown; Archibald Taylor, baggageman, Watertown, N. Y. Miss Troop said that she was on her way to Montreal with her grandfather, who was killed. They were in a sleeper. She was thrown into the aisle, an,d escaped from the wreck comparatively uninjured. Alexander Tower said that he was sitting in a coach facing his sister, Mrs Elizabeth J. Corl, who was crushed under a seat As soon as he recovered from the shock of the accident he undertook to extricate her, but found her lifeless. . The wife of the Rev. E. S. Gould, of Carthage, Mo., thus describes her impressions of the casualty: “The first I knew I felt a sudden shock that shivered the globes of the lamps. The lights went out, leaving the car in total darkness. J grasped the seat with both hands and lowered my head to avoid flying missiles, some of which had already hit me. I did not lose consciousness, and when the crash ended found myself in the middle of a heap of rubbish. As soon as I could get out J found that my husband had been thrown half through a broken window; He was unconscious. I pulled him out and had him carried to a neighboring house. Four ladies opposite me escaped comparatively unhurt. I Of the others in the coach I know nothing.*