The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-04-13
The n. Accident at sIntinuton

4 The following particulars of the terribl
railroad accident, at Satington last Frida,
morning, brief mention of which was mad
in our last ISSUE we take from a New Yorl
Herald correspondent, who claims to hav,
been an eye witness of the sad scenes:
Freight train No. 40, that left Packcrtor
about four o'clock bound for Easton, reach
ed here ot thirty Five minutes past four. Il
was discovered that there was hot journal
and the train was stopped to cool it Off
Engine Rockdalc, No. lj4, running irrcgu-
lar leaving Pacltprton four minutes later and
drawing forty-one oil tanks, came speeding
along at the rate of Erom twenty to twenty
five miles an hour, and, according to the
statement of John WatmOre, the engineer
not seeing the rear signal of the preceding
train Until within distance Of 900 yards
on sharp declining grade, although rcvcrs-
ing his lever instantly, was powerless to stop
i'll time to prevent tile collision. Mr.. Wat
more asserts that the signal target was not
turned to signal him back, and as soon as
he saw the red lamp on the rear of train
No. 40, instantly reversed his lever, the
pressure of steam being 50 great as TO blow
out his cylinder head, and notwithstanding
this slackened the speed of his engine. 1t
was impossible to avert the calamity owing
to the sharp grade. AS veriicaton of his
statement the cylinder head can now be
seen over a half a mile distant from the
place of collision. The agent here, |. NJ
Cassell, states that the signal was turned so
as to signal No. l54 back.
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION.
On the arrival Of the railroad officials or
ders were given to open the tanks from be-
low, and, after the oil had been running
about ten minutes, further orders were given
os t dro,,, ", IL ",u"'a o''e ol tle u,nNS rs so
oil r,,,;ir', %" r' e. wy itu''l 'to HePoI. me
n,,,,on,, ~ irU,. De,GW 'ItH'eu II '"eaicy
tbe tont md tho ,or,o,t t,o ao r''u .oP VI
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VNIl,,vIti NIn,.i ieIves " IaiIlIiy:
N I''.l'gM "ohes' Taiki'n, LehiSh county,
IT, ia o o"IlnI I, nehrs, ueI saturday morning;
,,.o rae was D'uly purtIGo i FRIDAY morning ana
ho a,, H. 'ianvu ~ Io"t ltol,it 70 whoth
to u, III H., ''lo.',,'oe .u 'n'S hule eonul
Lo',,. "a ms "S'I'y ai'u ,grror' ne ran iht0
n"uoo "iii V,,e' 9u', won you please let
rotbin, ,,il ,, Wa; Tas M,'iy c'reo lor' ouC
nVTi,iS Thn e'iIn,,; eIniu save ms me-
b,,n,od 'o'io% T ,''S pelsoIa were seriously
Hutchinson, William Zones Aaron Sn,dor i,"L''
William SNYDER The last two or, 'r.n,n
Slatington. Altorether about fiftv naorIn
were Injured, some of whom wore ,yyirls l'0
Eli WLennc,,or T,oL;,,h a,d S,,so'oi,
na Wrecking Master, rns burned L,, tho oH,
he tool, bnld of tLo ronn n ,,i
that eXploded. ''''''>
Charles Bartholomew or Iobiobto,, ,,.o.
seriously burned but il now in a a. ,,,o,, "r
recovery. wy VI
The scene Saturday ,vos suocost;,,o Of tl,,
terrific force thotsbattored tbe fSnys Rrol,ar |,
scrons of blocl,cnod iron ,,.ar l"at.'''I =;
every direction Seventeen oI - c, ~
boy cars aud a coboosa Io,, ,. tL ioEi
battered and crushed All tho ,,anic,,t,i,i'
the conductors CHARGE ,yer, inst ''''''''''' III
The construction Son" of tLe iobiob Vol
lev Railroad worked MI Frdov law LJnn ni,Et , a-
inp AWAY tho dehrs of rho ,"So,I, n'sa,S 3 yieat-
quarter to eleven o'clock Saturday had com
structed temporary bridge over Trout
creek IN place OF the one burned. Late Fri
aay afternoon another oil tank exploded.
Dut no one was burned. In pulling away
portion ot the wreck Friday nighta hawscr
attached to car broke and two men, named
Thomas Barton and Reuben Musselman
were injured.
THE COROSER's INQUEST.
The Coroner of Lehirh county. Tilrbmon
Osman, of Allentown, reached Slntinctom
Sunday morning for the purpose of holding
nquests over the bodies of those who Lni
known citizens of that borough was sworn
N N as jurors, They Immediately repaired to
me eolSe oi Evan Williams, the father of +
Arthur Williams, who died Sunday morn