The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-03
The Lehlsh Valley Railroad Acci-

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SCRANTON, Pa, February 2.-The fol.
lowing are the names OF tho passengers
killed by the accident on the Lehigh Val.
ley railroad: Julius Smith, Mrs. Praeto.
rius, wiie OF Prot. Praetorius, Of Wilkes
barre, Pa; Miss Miller and William
Stills and vile and daughter, OF Reading,
Pa. The following Is list Of the injured:
E. ]. Dana, Sheriff Whitaker, Miss Trex.
ell, Miss Spayd, Of Wilksbarrc, Pa; Geo.
Brader and man named Wolf, of White
haven; conductor Seigfried and q brake.
man, name unknown. Miss TFoxell and
Messrs. Brader, Wolf, Cox and the con.
ductor are considered seriously injured.
NEW YORK, February "A Scranton,
Pennsylvania, special states that shortly
after the removal OF tho bodies to the
the Mansion House, three Others died, one
being female school teacher. .t'l b.
The accident was occasioncd by bro
ken rail, caused by frost. The engine and
two first passenger cars were over 1t
safely, the next car breaking the
coupling, was precipitated down a
steep embankment, ~ dragging the
next car alter it. All the passen.
gers but two were more or less in.
jured. The company did everything for
the comfort of the passengers after the &C.
cident This is the first instance OF life
lost on the Lehigh Valley railroad.
Details OF the accident on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, state that the anguish
and dismay of the passengers who tum-
bled down the embankment, were most
fearful. The engineer, firemen and three
others came to the rescue Of the suffering.
The first body drawn from the Iorepart OF
the car was a colored gentleman, whose
features were almost destroyed, his face
and forehead being crushed up. Though
warm he was dead. The feet Of q color
ed woman were next seen extending from
beneath part Of the car that was still
burning. In few seconds the broken
and charred timber was removed, and the
body Of full grown person was exposed.
Near this body was that OF another color
ed female, daughter of the first mention.
ed, about 13 years Of age. In addition
TO the young girl, the colored woman had
also an infant carrying in her arms when
she entered the train. Search was at
once made for it. 1t was found on the
opposite side of the car, abont eight feet
of. The little creature was found with
its body curled up, crying out Justify for
its dead mother. The child had received
no injuries Of any moment. While several
of the crowd were engaged with the child,
the dead bodies OF two ladies were drawn
but both well dressed and ol apparently
respectable birth. but greatly disfgured
about the neck by wounds causing their
death. Five dead bodies, stretched side
by side on the snow, soaking in the blood
that was flowing from open gashcs and
horrible bruises, presented sickening
and indescribable sight The additional
names Of the persons injured, of whom
four, whose names were not at first
reported, have since died are as follows:
]. II. Mellon, Towande; John Tally, Pitts.
ton; Mrs. Montague, Brooklyn; Luther
Woodward, Wilkesbarre; Kate Neercastc,
Mahoney City; John Kirkpatrick, New
York; II. Revel, Philadelphia; ]. Youker,
brakeman, Philadelphia; Abel Milsy,
Hickory Run; Charles Timmons, engin.
ecr, Pittston; r. II. Gillick, Hickory Run;
Aaron Whitaker, Whitehaven; Noah G.
AIittcman, Bethlehem, and Mr.. Zigiroid, /,
conductor, Easton.