Shocking Railway Accident.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 163, 13 February 1884, Page 2

Shocking Railway Accident.

A terrible calamity happened m the neighborhood of Toronto, Canada, on, the Grand Trunk Railway, on the morning of January 2, by the collision of a car attached to a dummy engine, and carrying the employes of the bolt works to their daily labor, with a freight train. Some twenty-five or thirty persons weye killed. The accident occurred at the rounding of a sharp curve, just before reaching the bolt works. The engineer said that the freight train was oominjr thundering down the , track towards him. He reversed his engine, blew his whistle, and, together with his fireman, jumped for- his life. The conductor heard the warning, and shouting, "jump, boys, for your lives!" sprang ' into the sitow. The engine of the freight train knocked the' boiler of the dummy 'engine clear through the first car, crushing the unfortunate passen.-> gers m every direction, and, panning many to the floor, The impetus was

so great that the engine actually mounted the truck of the dummy engine, which kept the rails, and remained on a balance. The engineer of the freight train, whon he saw a collision was inevitable, sprang from his engine, but his fireman was killed almost instantly. To add to the horror of the scene, the boiler of the dummy engine exploded, and the steam s aided and carried death or terrible injuries to the mangled and bleeding men. Then a fi . r | . brokj^ put and^., completed the sickening work ot destruction. No inoie awful scene could be witnessed, the dead were taken io«.the morgue, and the wounded as quickly as possible to the hospital. One man, John ETowJett, died shot tly after he arrived. When found among the debris, he spoke cheerful Jy7.a4d asked to be allowed to walk. On looking down, he cried. "OlVGod, mj/fegslaH '."jig" and bo they were— butfied' 'off. "' Berber, the conductor of -the freight traipj- to whoso ignorance of the time-tabie tnie accident waa. due, was placed ' under arrist. A public subscription nas been started for the! benefit of tßewivdslanil ?f«milies of the survivw?, andanoriey baWflowed m freely; Lord t Lanadbwne, fhe;QbvernorGeneral, hasten 1 2500 dollars.