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mg engine;. 2^o.: 35,; palling; through^ gliie:■■*•' ‘ *• .*•'•• .»;.w‘- .»-•■ ^••~^'.-l. .'.*’■ ‘‘''»1 • •*.f*Y’IS ' i • - ■ M1 V * I.’ , y ■.••■?B end and Palmer; ? ; CO had beenfOff track;earl£m^the night at TerrdWas;^xtiiining at^luB ^bedide^^the eo^bifrd^^east Enginedy Stantonyand; engm^C^^%est bound, was run by Engiiie^tlHehiT; the former hadforty care and the tatter twenty-eight, all loaded^ : JJWhen ^the; '• t wo ; engin esy . ■' ‘ : **’. ..' ‘ •«.*! •-* '!’«*; * « «“? •*' * . ■• ,-’ :* ** i ■ ' • • - '’-'■came lii contabt, so great was the momentum, the cabooses of the two trains were thrown nearly together. B oth engines were thrown from the track and cars and freight piled on top of* . \ * * • * • i _ %. *- • - ,. * r • * „ • r * -* , v f 4 .' \ • ** • • * , ' * • •them. Engine 109 was clear out of • siglit,the cars being heaped npon it so. that if; could not be seen, and Engineer Henfy was finder the engine. Engine 35 was partly visible, but nearly covered tip; and, to add to the terror of the '.P '*■*' • * • . • «*. * ’ ,*'••.***• *' * • % • * m *. * * . • * *accident,the cars caught fire from the engines, and soon the whole mass was in a ablaze. * Voices of tramps were heard in the _ cars, some groaning and* ; others; calling to be released. . The re-$tJTt ,i^;t|ta^tlien were „ eight tramps aboard; the train, and that only two were know to have escaped. Facts are hard to get concerning this matter, however, as it is not known certainly how many tramps were on the train; but it is reasonably certain that .several were burned to death in the cars Reports are meagre up to this hourabout the whole affair. The railroad^ • * .authorities have not placed the blame at any one’s door as yet. It is a most deplorable accident. Two good engineers are mashed and broken to pieces,and one#Av«i-'-vTiSvJdIsi■V\tlt)aaatlt;tlalt;tltltlo’sibi0CJfi:fie;filu01 al-siLPi\vI]f€r(tlftolisir1(Pwtvwrigiwincliyri
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Elkhart Monitor
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 04, 1882
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