A Fatal Excursion

St. Thomas, Can., July 17.- A terrible accident occurred at the crossing oí the Grand Trunk and Michigan Central xailways in tuis city about seven oclock Friday evening. An excursión train on the Grand Trunk from Port Stanley ran into a passing freight train on the Michigan Central, made up oí a number oí cara laden with oiL The engine crashed :nto one oí these cars, when th il instantly took fire and burned with great flerceness, communicating t the cars on both trains and extending to GriiEn's warehouse, coal and limo-sheds, adjoining the track on the west, and John Campbell' s dweiling on the east, all oí which were burned to the ground with theii contente. Engineer Donnelly of the excursión train was buried in the wreek. His fireman jumped and escaped with slight injuries. The lorward car oí the excursión train was fllled with passengers, who made irantic efforts to escape, but notwithstanding hundreds of brave and will:ng hand were immediately t work to assist in their rescue a number oilives were lost; how many is not yet known. At eight o'clock, when thousands oí people were crowding arouud the burn:ng pile, one of the oil-tanks on the cars saddenly exploded, throwing hundreds to the ground with great force and scattering Lra in all direetions, and severely, perhaps fatUly, injuring many At 8:3J o'clock riaa bodies were taken out. They were burned to -a crisp. It is almost impossible to ascertain with any certainty the names of those lost n the wreek uutil the arrival of the late train from Port Stanley. Thsre are many conflictmg rumors, but it seems almost certain that tiie followinK were burned to death: H. Donnelly, engineer of the excursión train; Mr. Zealand, clerk in Nickelborough's drygoods store, and his child; Mrs. James Smithers nd chüd. Mrs. Zealand was got out badly burned. Among those injured by the explosión are the following: Herman Ponsford, a bricklayer, it is feared, ftally; Nelson Gadsey, olacksmith, burned on the head; V. H. Joyce. engineer Grand Trunk railway, badly burned on arms; W. H. Walixmrne, chiet of the flre department, buraed on the neck; Charles Dake, of the Dake House burned on the hands and back ; Richard Woodruff, back and neck burned; Oliver Norsworthy, back nd neck burned; Arohie Norsworthy, neck and arms burned; Potts, son of tho master mechanic of the Michigan Central railroad, burned on the neck. And scores of others, who were taken to their homes before their names could ba .carned. St. Thomas, Can., July 18.- Fully 150 persons were injured in the collision, and Jit number of persons killed is twelve.