The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-11-08
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Particulars of the Fatality ON the
Delaware, LacKawanna Western.
HOW THE ACCIDENT occuRKEp

HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED
ScRANroS, October 3l.-The fear
full accident on the Delaware, Lscsa-
wanna and Western Railroad, last
night occurred at a smaH station
known as Lshigh Summit, on H.
Paconc mountain, twenty miles froh
Scranton. The regular afternoon
train to New York aud Philadelphia,
consisting Of seventeen passengers
coaches, drawn by three engines, bad
aboottgelve hundred passengers on
board, principally bound for the
Centennial Exhibition. The Train
was. it appears, two hours behind
time, and on reaching the Summit
shortly after eight O'Clock, stopped TO
take water from the tank. While
there a heavy coal train, drawn by
three engines ran into the rear of the
passenger train, ~,elescopiag two Of
ears through and through. aad break
ing five others. The scenes that en-.
sued were heartrendiDg. although ,by
a most miraculous circumstance the
number killed were but two outright
and twenty-five Severely injured. The
wounded were conveyed to the
G0u!dsboro Hotel where . corps of
surgeons from Scranton attended.
Mr.. Seymour, Mr.. Gay, Mrs. Dome.l
and Mrs. Pierce are not expected TO
recover. A passenger car caught fire
10 the wreck and was consumed upon
the track. The dead were conveyed
to Scranton this morning 81 Two
O'Clock. The passengers on the
wrecked train were transferred to q
special train, aud proceeded OF their
Journey at midnight. The scenes
and incidents connected with the
collision are described as heartrend-
ing il the extreme
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE DISASTER
NEW YoRK October 3I-A special
dispatch from Scranton gives the fol-
lowing particulars Of the disaster last
night to a Centennial train on the
Delaware, Lacka Wanna aud West
cru Railroad. At Lehigh Summit
the passenger tain stopped TO take
water. On starting one engine be-
came detached after being again
coupled TO the second engine another
start was made, which resulted 10
breaking of the last two ears. The
two engines aud fifteen cars went
back for the stray cars, but 10 COM
ing up missed the coupling Ia back
ing up for the pu pose Of again at
tempting to couple, and when at
about forty yards from the two de-
tacbed cars, the long heavily laden
coal train of ninety-ihree ears drawn
by three engines, the third n being
10 tie centre Of the train, came driv-
lag up at a speed Of about fifteen
miles an hour, ran into the two de-
,ached ears and shot those forward
into the teal of the fifteen ears, the
balance of the train. The two de-
tached ears standing between the
two trains were, strange to say, but
%iittle damaged, and the rear ears into
which they were Immediately pluag-
ed also suffered little. Bat tie fifth
and sixth ears FROM the real were
literally knocked into kindling wood.
Tue remainder of the passenger train
10 front was not much injured, and
even the engine Of the coal train
which caused the damage was very
little broken up. The passengers
were weiged ia the wreck 10 such d
way that The seats mad 20 be broken
in order 10 rescue many OF the suit
ferers Some ofths passengers had
stepped off the train TO wait for the
watering of the engines, and SO Tor
uunately escaped. These aud the un-
Injured on the train itself immediate
Nv ses u the work of rescue.
Nine dead aud twenty-three gashed
and bruised bodies were taken from
the wreck. The real car of the pas
senger train bad the usual red light
signal, but the tram vas crowded,
aud the crowd on the platform bid
lbe signal from the engineer of the
! front engine Of the coal train, 50 the
|, latter claims the curve hid the passen.
ger train until the coal train was i'm.
mtdiately upon ii, and the steep grade
required all the steam which could
he carried
CoNDITI0NeF THE INJURED-BODIEs
OF THE DEAD SENT HOME.
SCRANTON, October 3l.-Cornelius
Cav. of Preble. New York, one Of
The victims of the Lebigh Summit
, disaster on the Delaware, Lacka.
wanna and Western Railway, died
If his Injuries at Goldsboro this after
noon. His remains were conveyed
10 this city, where the bodies of Dixon
Bragg, Pierce and other victims lay
The bodies were inclGsed 10 Baskets
and consigned this afternoon to their
late homes. Eight of the wounded
|. parties passed through this city from
! Goldsbero to-day en-route for thelr
! homes in Madison county, New York
; aud the others, about twenty-five
: are still cared for at the Simons House
J by a corps of Scranton surgeons
The death of Mrs. Brown, who re
NAMED 10 au unconscious state all OF
to-day, is momentarily expected, as
is also that OF Mrs. futile. The
m~ajority of the injured are in a hope
: ful condition.
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