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Young People’s Society Of Christian Endeavor Monday at 7.30 P. M. Prayer Meeting Wednes- day at- 7.30 P. M.â€"â€"All seats free. ST. ANDREW’s (Presbyterian). VVilliam- Street. Services at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at 3.00 P. M. Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 8.00 P. M. Young People’s Christian Circle Sabbath Morning at 10.15 ST. PAUL’S (Church of England) Russell Streetâ€"Rev. C. H. Marsh, Rector. Ser- vices at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at 2.30. Prayer Meet- ing Wednesday at 7.30 P. M. ST. MARY‘S (Roman Catholic) Russel Street â€"'â€"Rev. Vicar-General Laurent, Pastor, Rev. C. S. Bretherton, Curate. Ser- vices at 8.00 and 10.30 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at 4.00 P. M. Y. M. C. A., Rooms opposite new post office. Open daily from 9.00 A. M. to 10.00 P. M. Religious Meetings for young men Sunday afternoons at 4.15 Short addresses. Good shipping. Young men always welcome. . M. An- derson, President; F. B. Utley. Gen- eral Secretary. Railway Tragedy at Hamilton. There occurred Sunday at the outskirts Of Hamilton one of the most awful railway disasters that has ever been recorded in the pages of history. The story is one that Will blanch every cheek and chill every heart. The engine Of the ill-fated St. Louis express left the track, wrecked the train, the inevitable stove was present scattering live coals, fire burst forth, and eighteen persons pinned down beneath the wreck were burned to a crisp, while two others were killed but not burned. There have been disasters attended by greater loss Of life, but very few where the attendant circumstances were so hor-‘ Awful ‘7'0'l‘ that it is difficult to write calmly con- cerning it. And the transformation of a railway coach into a fiery cauldron in which are seethed the bodies of a score of human beings is too awful to call for much in the way of description. It does not appear that any cause can be assigned for the accident. Reprots conflict very muchâ€"if there is anything in the story of the switch being open, which is improbable, it will come out in the inquest. Whatever the cause, the result will send into mourning many house- holds and entail misery upon many families. Below will be found full particulars : Hardly has the echoes of the terrible catastrophe at St. George died away when the community 13 again aroused by the intelligence of another horror, which in extent eclipses in ghastly detail any- thing recorded in Canada for many years. Early Sunday morning the sad news cir- culated from mouth to mouth in hotels, at police headquarters, fire department, and all places where both rumors and their confirmation are first to reach, th it a dreadful accident had happened on the main line of the Grank Trunk railway, just west of the city. When the story began to take definite form, it was found that the ill-fated train was NO. 52, known as the St Louis express, due to arrive at Hamilton at 6.55 a. m. HELP SENT OUT. As quickly as possible an auxiliary was made up under the direction of Station Master Armstrong, and. ran out with a large staff of medical men, who had been already summoned by telephone, railway officials and workmen. a portion of the fire brigade and as many of the newspaper men as happened to learn of the affair and got there in time to go. Arrived at the scene of the disaster, a fearful spectacle was disclosed. THE ACCIDENT. The express, extra heavily laden with passengers, was composed of ten cars, made up as follows: two baggage cars, one smoker, three first-class coaches and four sleepers. It was swinging along at a com- fortable pace of about twenty-five miles an hour, only five minutes’ late and when amroaching the switch near the water tank, just west of the old wooden bridge spanning the railway a short distance from the Toronto junction, the catastrophe oc- curred. NO one seems to be able to give a satisfactory account of what happened at this particular moment, but the engine seems to have struck a high rail at the switch and was thrown with fearful vio- lence from the track, turning completely over and burying its ponderous bulk in the soft soil at the west side of the track. ‘ Just in the V formed by the main track and the switch, about 100 feet distant, - ' . .stood the water tank. - When the engine d the rails the tender shot from its jum engine, and the first tru clear over the baggage car van did the same. The water Trunks, Valises, Satchels, ‘ AND ALL KINDS OF TRAVELLING MATERIAL _AT___ NEILL’S ONE PRIDE SHOE HQUSE. tank was struck either by the engine or the flying tender and utterly demolished, contributing a. quantity of inflammable material to the general debris. Then the smoker and a first-class coach were tele- scoped by the cars in rear and, smashed into matchwood, were jammed with irres- istible force into the wreck preceding them. The sleeping car remained on the rails, very little the worse for the bump- ing they had received, and the horrors of the catastrophe would have been very much mitigated if matters had remained as they then stood. THE DEADLY STOVE. But no sooner had the smash occurred than the debris took fire from the hot stoves which had been projected with. such violence into the midst of the in- flammable remnants of the forward cars as to scatter the glowing coals in every direction. It took but a moment to con- vert the pile into a flaming furnace, com- municating with lightning rapidity to the cars remaining on the track, from which the just aroused inmates were endeavor- ing to make their escape with all celerity, minus all superfluous clothing. It being seven O’clock, most of the occupants of the sleepers were already up and dressed, and were thus enabled to make their escape without particular difliculty. The last two cars were detached and run back to a safe distance from the fire. Meanwhile the flames had enveloped all the remaining cars, and converted the spot which a short quarter of an hour before lay enwrapped in the peaceful quietude of the Sabbath morn, into an inferno, out of the midst of which seeth- ing sheets of flame leaped forth in every dirglction, consuming everything in their pat . THOSE WHO ESCAPED. The engineer, Joseph Watson, and his fireman, E. \V. Chapman, who both re- side in London, escaped in some miracu- lous manner. They were thrown clear of the engine when it took the fearful leap, and received only some cuts and bruises which are not of a serious char- acter. “In. Poole, conductor Of the train, also escaped with slight scratches, and left for his home at Suspension Bridge before your correspondent had an oppor- tunity to see him. THE BRAKE WAS 0N. There is a slowing order going into that curve and Watson had the air brake partly put on. Before getting there, finding something wrong just bofore his engine jumped, he drew the bar witha quick of the engine this afternoon shows this to be the case. ' HOW TWO ESCAPED. F. W. Dumas, the expressman, and James \Velsh, taggageman, both live at Suspension Bridge. They were in the car which shot over the engine, and owe their lives to the fact that the car took a flying leap instead of remaining to be crushed by the following one. Welsh had his shoulder dislocated and hip hurt. Dumas escaped unhurt, and set resolutely to work to assist those who were. He came into the Hamilton station afterward in his stocking feet and apparently uncon- scious of the loss of his boots. BRINGING IN THE WOUNDID. Trainmen and passengers worked like Trojans to relieve, in so far as possible, the suffering of the wounded and remove them to the auxiliary, which shortly after- ward started for the clty, and was run to the foot Of Victoria avenue, adjacent to the hospital, and those most injured were speedily transferred to cots in that in- stitution, when the large medical staff in attendence immediately set to work, and in a short time all were made as comfort- able as possible. At the time the auxiliary left very little idea existed of the horrible sequel which was to be disclosed later in the day. TWO BODIES FOUND. Immediately after the accident two bodies were found, and almost decapitated with a small portion of the skull attached by teguments to the trunk. No one Identified the bodies at the time, and they were removed to the morgue at the hospi- tal on the same train which conveyed the wounded. THE KILLED. RUDOLPH J. EDERER, Chicago. L. S. GURNEY, New York. EIGHTEEN OTHERS, not identified. THE WOUNDED. HAMILTON CLARK, Chicago. ANTONIO MANTz, Wisconsin. EDWIN CHAPMAN, London. ENOCH KENYON, London, Eng. C. C. AZBEL, Edwardport, Ind. WILLIAM LIPSY, Chicago. A. L. DONEY, Danville, Ill. J. A. PALMER, Ilion, N. 1. GEO. WISE, Union Hill, N. J. ANDREW J. CARPENTER, Yankton. Dak. S. E. YOUNG, Chicago. J OSIPH Momus, Clarke’s Island, Me. Cause of the Accident. Hamilton, April 29. â€"-â€"The Grand Trunk railway workmen. in shifting the remains of the wreck late this afternoon, in order to give the coroner’s jury a distinct idea of the lay out of the tracks at the scene good of Sunday’s terrible tragedy, discovered what "was without doubt the cause of the accident. One of the’ax‘lee of the e ' e was found to be broken. The axle after the disaster been pitched into mud and water, and had also been somewhat 50 Cents per Year in Advance. burned, so that it was impossible to tell by examining the broken ends whether or not the axle had had a. flaw in the steel, but from the position in which the engine lay after the plunge into~ the water tank it is certain that the axle was not broken by being struck by anything, either at the time [of or immediately after the first crash. The tender of the engine was thrown to one side, and it was that which got the full weight Of the ten cars behind and caused them to pitch up into a'heap. The jury seemed to be of the opinion that the broken axle caused the accident; but, in order to get more light upon the subject, Mr. W. A. Robinson, a promin- ent manufacturer of this city, and an ex- pert in iron and steel working, as well as in locomotive engineering, was appointed to make an inspection. In order that he might have time to inspect and report, the inquest Was adjourned until Wednes- day night nextâ€"Empire. Determined Suicide: Austin A. Bell, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Seattle, committed suicide on the morning of the 29th, by shooting himself in the head, at his real estate office in North Seattle. Bell left his home at an early hour, apparently in his usual spirits, and during the morning transacted business in the customary manner. About ten o’clock Mr. Bell’s partner and nephew, Wm. Coffinan, who had been in the office with him, left and went across the street. It appears that Bell then got up from his desk, locked the office door and sat down and wrote a very affectionate letter to his wife, stating that he had determined to end his life because Of his long-continued ill-health. Then arising, he steadied himself against the Office safe with his left hand, and placing a 38-calibre Smith “’esson re- volver against his head, HE PULLED THE TRIGGER. The first Intimation of the act of self- destruction was received by H. C. Tull, an employe of a store adjoining. Mr. Tull was sitting in the store reading a newspaper when he was startled by the report of a pistol. Rushing from the store, he attempted to force an entrance into the real estate office, but found the door locked. With the assistance Of several neighbors, who were attracted to the scene by the shooting, the door was broken open. In the middle Of the room lay the body of the suicide, his head rest- ing against a partition that separates the middle room from a rear compartment, while in his right hand he firmly clutched. a revolver. A large pool of blood that. flowed from an ugly wound on the right side of the; head " had'wformed’ round the ' body, and the walls of the room were beâ€" spattered with the crimson fluid. The bullet had gone clear through the head Of the suicide and struck against the wall on the other side of the room. Bell was not quite dead when the neighbors found him, but was fast expiring, and aftera few intermittent gasps the spirit of life fled. THE STRICKEN WIPE. When Mrs. Bell was notified of the suicide of her husband she fainted. and it was only with the greatest dificulty that she was revived. The remains were re- moved to the house, and there she spent the day :hovering over the body Of her dead husband; sobbing and meaning as if her heart would break. The cause of the suicide was undoubtedly a fit of melancholia induced by illâ€"health. Mr. and Mrs. Bell had but recently returned from the East, whither they had gone for the benefit Of his health, and he was feel- ing so greatly improved when he came back that he at once began extensive im- provements to his property in north Seattle. Last night he appeared in par- ticularly good spirits, and laughingly stated to a companion that he had pur- chosed a pair of boxing-gloves and soon expected to be strong enough to meet any pugilist. PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS. He took great pride in pointing out to his Wife and friends the improvements he intended to make, among them a fine large brick building next to the Bellevuc hotel, A spell of depression to which he was subject appears to have been upon him this morning, and driven him to the fatal deed. Bell was a son of Wm. Bell, one of Seattle’s early pioneers, after whOm Belltown, or North Séattle, was named. He was 35 years old, and was the second male child born in Seattle. His father died about a year and a half ago, and the son inherited a large part Of the estate which is now stated to be worth $1,000,000 dollars. His wife, whom he married six years since, was Miss Eva Davis, of Toronto, Out. There were no children. The wife and two sisters, Mrs. H. W. Hall, Of Los Angeles, and Mrs. J. A. Stewart, of San Francisco, survive him. Young ladies Of London who have artistic tastes are organizing “sketching clubs.” They hire a man for a teacher and meet at the homes Of the mr mbers. Subjects are given out, and at the end of a certain time the work is sent to a pro- fessor, who notes his criticism on the back of each sketch and then sends the whole lot to one Of the club, who adds her criti- cism. In this Way the sketches are passed about to each sketcher. A gentleman somewhat advanced in life, who was never remarkable for his looks, asked his grandchild what he thought of him. The boys ts were present. The youngster memo reply. “Well, Wh won’t you tell me what you think' of me? “'Oauseldon't nut to get licked,” fwas the prompt reply. I ~ in §1‘VÂ¥V«VQI' ”m“ ' .