Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-06
AN 1NExcUsABLE ACCIDENT. /.

AN NExCUsABLE ACCIDENT.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 5.-The inbound
train on the North Pennsylvania branch of
the Philadelphia & Reading railway ran
into street car of the Union line at Sus-
quehanna avenue and American street this
morning. The car was demolished and all
the passengers more or less injured. Ten
persons, who were the most seriously in
jured, were taken to the Episcopal hospi-
tai, and two have since died. The driver
of the street car was iA the car at the time
of the accident. Among the injured was
a woman named Mary Sellers, who was
terribly mangled, Shs was carried to the
hospital in a bag. She and several others
ara expected to die.
The names of the dead are as follows:
John McKeown, g gardner. ged forty years,
leaves wife and seven children; James
Hammii, coal desler, had his leg cut off
and died twenty minutes atier reaching
the hospital. The names of the wounded
are Henry Schultz, aged twenty three, foot
torn off ct the ankle and had to be am
putated; Jacob Iseninger, forty-fve years
old, scalp wound, not serious; Adam
Kramer, forty five years old, scalp wound
and injuries 70 shoulders, back and leg,
not serious; Charles Young, wounds, leg
broken, ankle mashed and amputation
necessary; Henry HASKELL, scalp wound;
Mary Sellers, severe injury to scalp,
both broken. She will probably die; Jas.
MeHenry, light scalp wound; Miss Annie
Shaw, twenty years Of ags, injured inter-
nally, and scalp wound; George Freder1cks,
not serious. There was no con-
ductor On the car, and the drivers
duty required him TO guide his
team, see fares deposited il ne box, and
at the same time watch for trains at the
railroad crossing. The railroad crossing
had no safety gate at the crossing, al
though they had been directed By the city
council to erect one at that place. The
driver had stopped the carwhiie the north
bound train passed, bat had not noticed
the approach OF train on the other track.
He started the horses, and before the pas
ssDgers had moments notice the south
bosnd train. running twenty five miles an
hour, struck the car on the side, tearing it
to splinters and hurling the passengers
into heap. Ambulances arrived quickly
and most of the sufferers were taken to
the Episcopal hospital while others were
taken into neighboring houses. It is said
by man who watched the accident that
he wes acting as driver while the regular
driver was in the car.
Mary Sellers, aged twenty-five, of 2.239
North Second street, and Charles Young,
thirty, of 1861 Mascher street, died at the
Episcopal hospital.
ADDITIONAL WOUNDED.
Godfrey Sproerl, thirty years old, wesv-
er, married. wounded in hip and side.
John Dersheilman, aged twenty, con-
fused wounds of thigh, scalp, aud left
and hand sprained back. he was driving
the car at the time.
ORIGIN OF THE PITrsBURG FIRE.
P1rTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 5.-The theory that
the Exposition fire was started by Prof.
Warmers balloon, was greatly strengthen
ed to-day by the statement of the Exposi-
ton painter. de says that the day before
the fire he saw Prof. Warner and two as
sistants pour boiled lineeed oil on the
balloon by the bucket fulIs. This was in
the boiler room, and he thinks the heat
caused the oil to ignite. The fire marshal
agrees with this theory.
BOTTLE HOAX.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. ga bottle was
picked up On the beach at North Point TO-
day holding paper on which vas written
in plain lead pencil: "Steamer Rice ran
ashore and all hands lost" Il was signed
"P. J. Rice and Charles Grofer'' Thsre
is no steamer Rice known to marine men
here but there is barge Rice of which
nothing is known-not even her approx
mate Whereabouts. The wind has been
blowing all night and day from the south
east, and the schooner G. G. Trowbridge
shifted her cargo of this port, and lost a
deck load of posts. She was not water
logged as reported at first. The storm has
been so severe that vessel men look for
wrecks on this part of Lake Michigan,
though none have been reported as yet.
MINOR RAIL ACCIDENTS.
COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 5.-A section of
freight train ran into a caboose on the
Newark division of the Panhandle
this morning, killing Thos. Cranshaw,
brakeman, and injuring another man. The
Sciotto Valley passenger going out ran
into one of the box cars, damaging the en-
gine but the crew jumped of saving their
lives.