Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-24
[From the Philadelphia Ledger, July Is,
Appalling Accident on the North penu
Sylvania Railroad, GILL

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We are called upon this moruing g
one of the most appalling railroad aoa;g.' avvofd
which has ever occurred in this country ,a'' ''i'5
Dy coiiison between two trains on the NY
pennsylvania Railroad, one being an ey,.n.,. nv. "a
train, with six hundred children attanL} taJ'','oA
the Sunday School of ST. MicbaeIs lC.,p Cn,L 10
Church, kelsington. 0"'noiIc
This train left the Shachamayor d..
five O'Clock yesterday morning wifi - ;'Po' at
freight of happy children, their noraa .,n i'llg
teachers, looking forward in anticna.: ,s,.;s ana
the pleasures and enjoyment Of q Jp'. p~'oo o'
amid the beautiful scenes of Whitema,,IS ISPell
ley The excursion was SO large tLo~' u ,dt dt
twelve hundred tickets sold, we ara i,c pelN5
that 1t was divided into two trains '''.'u. ;,
carrying 600 persons. 1t was uud.r ,loal "'>t
OF Alfred i. Hoppel, one Of the roo',I,- ,Na'Se
ductors on the road Owing to the n,''', 1~,"' con.
persons IN the cars, ,Fthe train was daIo 1-'5eF OF
yond the time appointed for it to STAR, Dc
the speed was Increased on the way - ,,'"ye '
up the time thus lost ~ NI4ke
AT few minutes after six o'cocL >,
curslonlsts reached Camp Hin nnor ,"e = tx
Washington, some thirteen miles from pLg W.
deiPhia, and while passing around the crrr, ,''ia,
this polnt, and the track being also bid
"cep cut, the locomotive, while nuIlin,. ;,
lfalh at the rate OF about thirty miles nor hon., ,'
came IN collision with the Regular nor.a, "o'''
tram which left Gwynedd at six o'cIoaL
winch was under the charge of Mr. Wm VA" -""
Sla'ofeh; Inc engineers on the train did no,
see Tue danger until they were within ioo
yards OF each other the breaks were iro,a, NV
diateiy put down and the engines rovor,a5
put not III time To break the force Of tho no,,
cuSsiOn. '"' CoA'
Inc fireman on the excursion trai, Iol.
Butcher, was thrown about 80 feet in l'" s'i'
and escaped with but slight and NOT at ar9l. ''}'u
gerous wounds. The engineer Mr. III ,'"''
HarFiS, tell between the engine and topJora',
was almost instantly killed. Five of +!,a ''''
curson cars were broken to atom, sco,,c.;, 81,
Their living load upon the ground TooI4.
the confusion and horror of the scaro 60 ~
OF lne cars were set on fire from the frebovnf
the locomotive, and many Of the pas,enro,.
crushed beneath those who were endao,.o-;,.
to ilee from the burning car were sueor,todas
burnt to crisp. Among this pumhor ,ras -,
pastor OF the Church to which tho Snnd",
School was attached, Father Sheridan II,
was so badly diSGgured that his face corI na, W.,
be recognized.
The down train escaped with but ,Iirbt
damage, and no one upon it was seriou,Iv brr,
except Joseph Edwards, tie baggage master
who had one Of his legs broken caplod ~,
understand, by his jumping from the train
The scene at this time is dcscrjbri o., oo.,
TlrrIi,ln 'Ibn cbricl-, e IL
ed, and the lamentations of those who had o..
capped themselves but lost relatives or friend,
by the accident, all combined to render tba
event one OF the most appalling that has eyer
occurred IL our State A. soon as the nous
reached the city terror and alarm seized mn,
those who resided in that portion of the city
where the eXcursioniSts came from Tbousaris
ct persons Hooked to the Shackamayon Dpro,
at Washington and Montgomery streets for
the purpose of aScertaining the extent Of the
accident and the fate Of their friends and ro.
lativcS
At the approach to the Statior-housq Of the
train which had been sent down to the cj,y
the rush of those desiring admission was 50
great that 1t wa. with difficulty that large
police force could keep them out. The build,
ing was then surrounded By weeping friends.
while inside the shrieks Of the wounded made
the scene very appalling. The carpenters in
sde and number Of persons to assist them.
were DuSlly engaged in constructing tcmpma.
ry lItterS, to remove the wounded The dead
were placed side by side, on platform cree,
ted for the purpose
As soon as the wounded and dead were re-
moved from the ears, they were again despatch
ed TO the scene of the accident, for the pur-
pose OF bringing in the bodies that had been
removed from under the ears, at the time Of
the leaving Of the first train.
GENERAL. FACTS AND INCIDENTS.
The ground of the road is made an en-
bankment running along for about 100 or $50
yards. This cmbankment is about 26 feet IN
height.
The track is single. and when the Locomotives
rushed together they reared up upon euddash
ing each other to pieces and becoming amaI-s