, 1876-11-06
THE D1sAsTER ON THE FENNsYL-
yANIA RATL1sOAD.

rftb lie RbOYt statclllcHi'
ruE D1sAsTER ON THE PENNsYL-
vANIA RAILROAD.
Is.roit FTte prta, Mop. :.
TIA accident un tho North Pennsylvania Rail-
lad On Wednesday night last, was most cx-
t,,o1,[nafy cue in many particulars. Our cor
r,,ondcat, who la,1 tho misfortune to 10 OF.
n. train, gives the following detnils Of the ac-
ddent:
TIA t,sIu left Philadelphia with full load Of
r,.sengers, nearly all of thom bctME, Centennial
teuposcd OF four Pullman Hlcepcf'. four day
feaehe. ,mokloE.ear and a two baggage az
tlst, md the sleeping. cars nearly So, pcfhaps
:xtuIy pertona being IN tho car wrecked. Tho
rain started little latc from Erie ayenno. and at
asksd All upon by tic passcntess, md not mucsl en-.
ard pY those In view Of the rough nnl crooked
I'D. Il! vent we'll caoaeh until ahont half.past
H. a hay baFsy ;1g e GSnI!H Esls IT, c
correspondent, whb wha seated Ia tho second
nel!en from the front ut. tho car, which
directly over thg trucks, observed
n bsluw Tic cat, crcatetl decided uneasinGss iu
II u!ud. Ii inc.cased gradually, and lIc men.
lousdit 10 the porter, who Ind now commenced
III not hesf Or affected not 70 nndcrstand, and
roved Away towards tio fear; Tue attention OF
eow.p,.scnsct was called 10 tho Increasing nottc
Ind noi|oD, md tho Fro frtss correspondent was
!5o[ 10 null tho aEnaf-rnpo TO stop tho traLn,
here being ~ train onlcialln stght. when tho car
fayta dozen fearful JM1nps, and 1ntching to tho
aeht te'fiac crash followed, tln cur having loft
tae ttaek aaa ftsucs lns! lnrce aIa'nst = VII. OF
,cinSa derp cut at ttliH point. Tho car now
:ateen.d 10 the olcr aide, AMI run, or rather waa
isrced, pcrhans dozen rods, when II capsized
Ibc fcorfaI crash wus succcc1cd by d stiffness ~
ne.l r.. .sn1ern2 .hr!cks Hn4 er!es foi help
ron as T0anas S VIZ ~ G weps nsa .sar A.
:o'rs'po1dcnt was thrown with great violence
Esn'l !he sltc nf tho cur enstninlns aoH,oi cuts
M VIII ,hs,e other Gentlemen ho Ts.o
ssy prepared i onco e exttisato A. less fortu
aas 'Estlns wig were bcseecl,ing ai to eaye them.
s,.sfatn,nG . tse Gcfosene an.Rs Wdh WINCH tno
IT,, a. are ilamlnatsa, wa broke the lEhta q giats
n@psd .a 70 'ac onlside; Asawlng them ont one hy
@ ,ns. adgs hEst; MIL no mere inmntes coulu bc
an Ing seats ahu eankets wtee urea inr ten
'g,e, Wntie iIic WoHn1ed wers placed.
=, !lsmoans nhd rtles were hrart-hreaslng. 'Aclpl
nS I'M %t ,aSo sse M 'n ssyS b ny "aSy1 ~ 10 no. oI
itF ~ nsie' or VIC al!aii onfn up! Ihko ttiis Ut
HE'LL; "e k,..i aet mother u Ioaar Drag oa these
.o,i5 S@ sSsf5 u.s. bnt every helper was c9ol and
saessoai'f ,saa 1hn moon ah9ne with much bill
G,'EeJ. WM IL Illuminating tho sad scene ns distinctly AZ
.,d ,sasA Msse hasA NOON It1 baggage was alten out.
tlna Ptodaeed them. and everything That could oo
aes dOne 70 alleviate tho snGotlngs 0f tic wound
H., y; IGe tia! and male pas.eneers from tho
sIau,y Is ssSpera pr1 1oinsa IN presently and te oss
esstas IN sthc rear slccptn:-ca.. A few min
tes further rearch revealed tho bodics
Under Ss eS. asa and AZ 9a,,,v rgsf
see mu ellnss Jumped when tho car lct! tho track,
thsc'. 'ae M aEh bank antl rollcd back nndsI tlc
n, nves, o. were thrbwn there by the shock. What
shsit bodtes were finally duK out and conveyed 10
nTTssl!ago ~ ht Centre Valley.
I'd p.se ,i5cdiately behind the one wrecked
tssseoped one OIt IT, vi %eS ' Moa ayo
nsit aasd to the Victims four moro who wcre III The
,s11i ,sno1is,hg compartment, This car also turned
espsf ws. ,S5nm fst n avanso o. aho
Esaph pole and the rear end wus partially crushed.
ne, .s t1s @ sfa %ss stopnsa for uc at The su-
ut waiting toatecItainh he rea extent Of Inc .isss
=; ~ moving trnss Indifference to tho condition
onasnpnsc hs That vas Justly and cphatea'ly
nS car liz II sIen We ctalioycs OF thu sleep
hhopetiy hp Of tho company than for tho Victims Of
usts s Of .hnse vAosc duty It was To In
IL, asn,1aS s sI tho Cd Cd blankets canning IN for tho
Eas sna sata made their appearance, md ali wore
b.ta bxeh to bethlehem, Pa, tEla next stallion north
Se pts, ss wns s;' t. 'aku e es
r. more humane .sscnger. 'J rcn;ls,aa,, % named M
txss M, ~ no n0,i ieene q tc wreck and a'. the time
M,scnsets We're n, o., IN Inc morning ttat tac
SAcsbarrc teerram wns snsslxnI .ing that
sp.s ,,Ss more hodica had been recovered fra tho
.teta ot ys t,'In nass were not Rnown This mases