New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-10-06

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at various places on shore houses were unro''ed'
t.,ces vvere DESTROYED and trees we're uprooted.
DISASTERS on LAND.
AN EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED.
TWO PASSENGER CARS FALL To D. PrH OF FORTY
rrrr Avp TFLvsCoPED-f1GHT PERSONS KILLED
AND NEARLY FIJI Y INJURED.
PorTsvIILE. Penn, Oct. 5.-Ihe excursion uan
from the Pennyplcker reunion, held near oehWe"As
vile yes, crday, on the Pickering Valley Railroad,
when near Phnnixvile last night, between ana ~
o'clock. WAS b IDLY wrecked by the rams Washing
ont the track for some distance.
The accident occurred about three miles from
p,nnixville An embankment, about forty feet IN
height. was washed away by the enormously heavy
rain fall and the night being pitch dark that iact
did not become apparent TO the engineer until the
engine and two passenger cars had plunged into the
abyss, The first and second cars were ielescopeu'
which accounts for the large number OF injured.
There we're about 200 persons on the train DIS
Watches show twelve persons TO have been Killed
and ahout fifty wounded. The nataes Of the killed.
whose bodis, have been recovered are US follows;
Isaac TUsrIN.
JONAS TU>lIN.
NM. HMIMAN.
Mrs. WV. HALINAN
FRANK KiLNtH
e. .oRGE GRIFFITH.
NATHAN PENNlPNCKrR.
Inc Number of wounded actually fond is forty
t,ree. The following are so ne of the names:
W. 4. MOORE, face and bod cut.
FsA\K MO'rE. cut and bruised
O. lvuR PlIz n. leg broken, aud otherwise injured
JI1U>rIN, thgn fractured.
U,ruo<p ANDERSON, badly bruised about the
head
TIL. Ev,Ns JosFPH ANDERsoN, +. F. PE'RcE and
Nr.P,If't. badly injured about the head and
body.
WV. PrNxYpACKER, jaw broken and otherwise III
lure.
n. and Mrs. M,rHIAs ANDERSON, Mr. a'd Mrs.
is &C HAHTuA>. p, TER DER FIELD, J"HN LAT
III ". aud Mrs. ALB ut PnNNYPA KFR. legs bro
ken, internal injuries, and severe gashes about
the head and face
Me. PrNNYPA, X r. jaw broken.
H. PtNNYrACKEH arm broken.
Mrs H. PsNNYrAC KEB. ribs broken.
Mr. and Ms JACOB MEE'. badly bruised.
T. MCCLELLAN. arm broken.
ABRAHAM PfNNYPACEER. leg broken.
H,s<, Mos and wife, slightly bruised
81 TrsriN and wifi. Mrs. j. f. It's IL, and Miss
M,GGlF PfvNYP,CKER, bruised
Most If the killed and wounded we've residents of
r p ixvlle.
4 coroner's Jury has been impanellel, but up to
tie present time have taken no evidence. The
wounded are being cared Tor, and the dead re-
moved % their homes.
LArEp-lhe body Of the last victim Of the
PhpniAyiile disaster the fireman. George Griffith.
was taken from he debris this afternoon PasSen-
rcr traffic cannot be resumed on the Pickering
Valley Road before next week.
The celebration of the Pennypackers, which
wa, lc.d yesteria,, brought out cmOers OF several
generations Of that family the num'er of neirly
1900 The ca ehIaron took place Scnv enksv Tie, and
owing 10 stormy weather held IN the town nall
at that place The master Of ceremonies Galus a
Pcnuyplck r. OF Fort Riley nsas. and T. jdh f. Peu-
nypacaor Of schuylain Penn. pr,sided The PaUnix-
vile band played the Peunypacker X union
March; number of addresses, manly OF d
historical character, were delivered, relating
the INST ~ OF the family. The raiu put pretty efcc
tua dlmper the festivities, and great number h"d
L. pick way at the close, after psrkng of the din
ncr portion the putty three O'Clock, started for
Pnad .ipLiL II was until five o'clock that tine ex-
clrson train started. There continuous delays,
ard reaching tynnk at nine O'Clock, IL was found
that the train could not pass certain point, account
of the road being washed by the The PEN
nylrckeis transferred through tile storm TO oth
cars on this side Mauuyunk and the tunne, and ar
rived in saty more fortunate those who took the
train for PIGnixville The course OF the Pickering Val
lev Railroad on which tie serious accident reported
rove occurred Is very tortuOus one especially the
port on nearest PhGuXville where the railroad io-
lows French creek AT points the roadway high
alb We tie bottom valley through hich the creek
flows and Ian isde from 70 hills the other side OF
the track prevents an insurmOuntibe obstruction
FATAL ACCIDENT IN NEW-JERSEY.
TRAIN Thrown FROM An EMBANGMEAr on THr
PENNSYLVANIA n, ILROAD-FIVE LIVES BELIEVED