Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-11-01
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
Full Particulars OF the Catastrophe on
the d., L. snd W. Railway Monday
Nlght-TWO Persons Killed and
Twenty-Five Wounded.
Scenes and Incidents Described as Heart
rcndlRg-A Passenger Car Burned
Names OF The Victims
Several Of the Injured
VIII Die.

| sCRANToN, October 3l.-The fearful
accident on the Delaware, Lackayanns
and Western railroad last night, occur.
red at email station known ss Lebigb
Summit, on the PocOno mounteiu,
twenty miles from ScrantoD. The regu.
lar afternoon train 10 New York and
Philadelphia, consisting Of seventeen
passenger coaches, drawn by three en-
gines, had about twelve hundred psssen-
gers on board, principally bound for the
Centennial exhibition. Ihe train Tas,
It appear, two hours behind time, and
reaching the Summit shortly after eight
o'clock, stopped to take water from the
tank. While there heavy coal train
drawn by three engines, run into the
rear Of the passenger train, telescoping
two OF the cars through and through,
and breaking five Others. The scenes
that ensued were heart-rending, al.
though by q most miraculous circum-
stance the number of killed wss but few.
The Scranton Republican, OF this
morning, gives the following list of
dead and wounded, all Of whom belong
to this State: killed-D2vid r. Pearce,
Hamilton; Jas. Bragg, Utica. Wounded
Freeman Seymour, Rome; Cornelius
Gay, Prebie; Lena Donald, Mrs. Duffy,
e 4 L s.
Abbott, Hamilton; Mrs. A. L. Tuttle,
Columbus; Mrs. w. s. Parker, North
Brook field; Frank Duffy, MoYrisonville;
Edward Brsinsrd, Richfeid Springs;
Albert Thomas, Shelburne; Hugh Rsil.
Iy, Columbus: Euos Parker, Morrison
vile; Mrs. D. l. Horton, Columbus;
Miss Maggie Perry, WatertoD; Mr.. and
Mrs. Armour, Morrisonville; J. r.
Smith, Green county; E. Jackson,
Richfield Springs; Mrs. Latimer, S0ders
making in all two killed outright and
tweL ty-fiVe severely injured. Tee
wound, were conveyed to the Golds.
boro hotel, where corps Of surgeons
from Scranton attended.
Mr.. Seymour, Mr.. Gay, Mrs. Donald
and Mis-. Pierce are not expected to re-
cover. A pRssenger-cRr caught fire in
the wreck, and was consumed upon ths
track. The dead were conveyed to
Scranton this morning at two o'clock.
The passengers on the wrecked train
were transferred to special train, and
proceeded on their journey at midnight.
Che scenes and incidents connected with
the collision are described as heart rend-
ing la the extreme.
ANOTHER REPORT.
New YORK, Ootober 81 "A special
dispatch from Scranton gives the follow.
ing particulars Of the disaster last night
to Centennial train on the Delaware,
and Western rsilr.ad at
Lehigh Summit, The passenger train |
stopped 10 take water, and On starting
one engine became detached. After be- |
ing again coupled to the second engine |
another start was made, which resulted |
in breaking eff the last two cars. Two
engines with fifteen cars then went back |
to the stray cars, but in coming up |
missed the coupling. In backing up for
the purpose of again attem pting to
couple, and when about forty ards from
lhe two detached cars, q long, heavily |
laden coal train OF ninety.three cars,
drawn by three engines, The third one
being in the centre of the train, came
driving up at speed Of about fifteen
miles an hour, ran into the two de-
tsched cars, and shot those forwsrd into
the rear Of the fifteen cars and the bal
ance Of the train. The two detached
ears, standing between the two trains,
wsTe, strange tosay, but little damaged,
and the resr train of fifteen cas-,
into which these were Immediately
also suffered little, but the fifth
and sixth car from the rear were literal
" knocked into kindling wood. The |
ofthe passenger train in front
WIS not much injured, and even the en-
CINE OF the coal train which had caused
the 6smsge was very little broken up.
The passengers were wedged into the
wreck in such way that the bscks Of
the seats had to be broken iuto in order |
to rescue many Of the sufferers. Some !,
Of the passengers had stepped off the
train to wait for the watering Of the en-
CINE, and SO fortunately escaped. These
and the uninjured on the train itsalf, i'm
set to the work of rescue.
Nine dead and twenty-three gashed aud
crushed bodies were taken from the
wreck. The rear car Of the passenger
train had the usual red light signal, but
the train was very crowded and the
crowd on the platform hid the signal
from the engineer o! the front engine Of
the coal train, so the latter claims. The
curve hid the passenger train until the
coal train wEs Immediately upon it, and
the steep grade required all the steam
which could be carried.