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Show A Scene of H'.rror. . ' ;i Ci.kvki.imi, July 8.-A special from! Youngstott-n, Ohio, hits: At K.vm.Dij the worst railroad wreck which cver'j happened on tho western reverie, ex- cepiing the Asli'ahiila horror, occurred' tins uioruiug, re.iiiltiug in thj iloath of twenty-five people lud llie serious, if not fatul, injury of It least six morn, Fire added lis terrors tilths nlirady frightful scenes and thi? bruieed inii charred remaiDS ofihf vie-. -. litt wtrowern badly lui-iied. 'liliw") pnttr ttbiuilf, p'fiiloiiinrifi Uib Vreck:;i was cremated beforo Ihe eye of tlifl speclatoH, who worked to soc'ire her1 reieaH until ilriietl oil by the lluie,. The e.'i't hound Frio vestibule No. S, duo at Youni'siovvn at i.',-ty)'n- in. Was very late bu1 was runiiiug on onlers e In li a stop w ;i mado at liavenua. The etiglneer and lirennin of the pas sender tram went to work to repair Ihe engine, and thetrain was again lie-lained lie-lained scleral uiinulis. A ll.ijziunu .is sect back but went duly few feet; at timst but two car Icngihi. Sud-(ieniy Sud-(ieniy aroiunl tiie cuna west of the city came train No, com pu -.ed of Swift's meat cars. The train vai rimnini; t'.veutv liv e niilcs an hour and coming doe n a heavy uraib-. The engineer supposed lie lift'l a clear track and it j being a t:irou,'li train, ho was not x- peeled to slop at Ravenna. lio called lor brakes and reversed hit I endue, but ail l i no purpose. On crime j tlm ff-ii'lit train ith hut a slightly de-! de-! created hjieed, aud no ord of warning could bo given the people iu the doomed doom-ed train. A few feet w -st of the station tho engineer aiul lireuiun jumped, hiighlii.g safely. A muiiieut later then) w as the Mlence of death, anil theu commenced the most frighiful cries ever hoard; moans of the dying, piteous cries for help frum tue imprisoned and hclpiesi passengers. The mutilated aud bloody remains oi the duad were seen through the fragments frag-ments of debris and formed a scene of horror no pen can picture. The freiirht engine had gmif) elfir through tiie day coach in the rear, through the sleeper and buried itself iu the second sleeper, the third car of the train. 'Them was nothing left of the rei,r of the train but a mass of debris, aud bin sides of tho third cur stood ai'iiul the mou-ler engine ai if to hold it, prisoner aad prevent further damage. This ecenc lasted but a moment, when little tongues of llanie. sprang up her-.1 and therc aud eoou the wipil wreck was burning. It was a sickening light. Two scores of imprisoned pastieugcr iu tlio debris, the llaiuos lighting light-ing up tho surroundings wilh a lurid glare, served -only to intensify tha horror. As soon as the da.ed passengers in the other cars recovered thcmselve., they rushed to rescue tbuir unfortunate companions. The lira department de-partment was immediately telephoned for and every one iu that end of the lit-tie lit-tie city rushed to tho scene of the (lis aster. Hundreds soon surrounded tlio wreck, but to liltlo purpose. Awful ruin has been wrought, and little was left to do but secure and care for the remains of tho dead. The I few pasiengcrs easily reached were! promptly rescued and several bodies of tho dead and dying wore carried to the depot platform. |