Show THE TORONTO TERROR another appalling account of the th fearful fatality 7 about thirty lives lost b by y a conductors duc tors carelessness B by west western rii asad prem press to the herald CHICAGO jan 2 the autor onto special at seven this mi morning orning a suburban rain train bearin bearing st about fifty men to their work al at humber was run into by a special train corning coming eat east sit ala a frightful speed the dummy engine was driven into the single cur car used for the suburban traffic and the tile escaping strain and hot water scalded the men in the most horrible manner A fare fire also resulted from the collision and several of the loor poor fellows were roasted to death A spenial empei ral car n was as run out to the tho scene siene of the disaster from here as quickly as possible and the unfortunates unfortunate a 11 were ere conveyed to town where am and carriages c larned them t to the tile lw spital there acro twenty seyen seven killed outright and anti twenty beven seven wounded some of them fatally the tile men were packed in the car sitting around the stoic stove c chatting I 1 I 1 acting atting about tho tile new yeara holis holi dv day pleasures ac c llie ie scenes at the accident were most pitiful the men were most horrify mutilated human fluman bodies were mingled with the wreck the buffering Bufler ering ing was terrible and the groans frum the injured were ere heartrending several men nien had their lega legs tangled d in the wreck and while their bodies pare were protruding from the burning pile their 16 lega 8 were being gradually roasted others A ho had been scalded and afterwards extricated implored those n about to throw water on their wounds one man had both eca eyes burned out and all fingers burned off he lie lay d ing in the snow the tile slump of his hand and shouting at the top offis oice voice on rounding a short just be fore are reaching the tile bolt Works the engineer saw a freight train come thundering dering down the grade towards him he lie reversed his engine bl blew ew a warning and his 8 fj fireman jumped ed tor for lil gilr k the conductor heard the warn int and jump j uina boys fur for your 3 our lues lives he lie E sprang into the snow in abec a sec nd more there wasa was a terrific crash the tile engine of the freight trail knocked the boiler of the dinning clear through lir onh the tile first car crushing lie the unfortunate passengers gersitz in every eier and pinning many to the floor boor the impetus was so 89 great that the engine actually the truck of the dummy w inch kept the rails and remained on balance the engineer odthe of the freight train blieu hell husia say tho tile collision was ginev inevitable I 1 sprang frem the engine out dut thomay thomas was killea killed instantly to add to the tile horror of the sene seene the boiler of the dummy ded tied and the steam and water scalded and carried death or terrible injuries to the mangled and bleeding men then fire as if maddened at other agencies clutch clutching 1 n no many victims broke co completed I 1 the sickening t tion ton i and hear trend n g cria cries for heli help from the tile agonized su t crets rent t tiie e air several poor fellows who were suffer ins in untold agonies with their limbs and bodies burned to a crisp piteously implored thoe those near them to pour water w ater upon their scalded limbs or put an all end to their sufferings rings strong men looked on appalled and many an eve was dim w with tit tears every possible phase of disfigurement was to be seen limb were cut bruised mangled liali eaten faten away aw ay by lire tire swollen size or water no possible horror was left to imag gs nation no more awful scene could be witnessed the first passenger car was w as a terr w reck and several leonra passed pa iced before tho the poor fellows buried beneath the debris were ere extricated A relief party of thirty or forty men I 1 were on the tile scene and at once onto set to work blow ly and determinedly to rescue the sufferers and about ten a carload of dead and wounded were on their way to the city on arriving at union station an ambulance U wagon and several cabs and busses were in waiting A large crowd had gathered na aa As one afier after another of the tile dead and wounded was un cart led jed from the car to the conveyance many sick at the sight right the wounded men bore their sufferings with fortitude and patten rea few groans being boin the only indication of the their ir i intense tense agony AL t lle morgue fifteen bodies ware were placed side by bid side ein in rows opi opposite cosite the side rooms M mothers athers s sisters fathers brothers veto to be seen passing frum from body to to body and with trembling hands lifting the coverlet t tu to gaze on oil the faces fa vs of tho the dead lead now ow and theia th n a cry would tell too plainly odthe of the discovery of some dear ono one at tho tile hospital on the arrival of tho tile wounded the tho doctors immediately set rac l to work sewing up tip the wounds and did all in their power to alleviate tile sufferings Buff eringi of ahe unfortunate men one man john iw died shortly after tle the ho 14 pital found among the debris he betke s poke and anda Aked to be allo allowed to walk on loo kici down he lie e cried ried oh mv G d mv leai legs are off and bo they were wt rc burned off landy em ein a jury who V viewed the bod body y and adjourn adour M md till t A 0 cloak when lien they asiain met some evidence was taken and anti a further ada adjournment made Bar bertlie berthe conductor of lie fr freight elight train was immediata lv placed under arrest lie he admitted he lie grave iivo orders at hamilton to run to queens wharf toronto avoiding avoid inz insall all regul ar trains ile he looked at the tuny time table but forgot the suburban train on the aliat liat of the trains hence tience the accident acu dent public interest ia is thoroughly aroused forthe for the unfortunate widows and children already subscription lists have been started a and d offers of entertainment have been n made to provide r ovide funds several farni families lies of pa alm men jen killed aro in poor circum i stances 1 |