The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-15
GENERAL NOTES.
Tho Excursion Season Opens With q
First class Horror.
Campbell, CIncInnatI's "sllck Lawyer"
Gets OF Easily.
The Stock Market SIN Ruled by the
Bnlis.
iowa Is 20 Have a Grand Military El-
campmeni,
Al Which the Blu, and Grey VIII Com,
mlnglc.
A Wee SmR Boom for McDanold-A
Blaine Bolt.
Olher News Notes by Wire
Ekeurslon rrnln Mrecked.

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PHILADELPHIA, June li.-By collision viii
an excursion train on the Camden ralwn,
this morning. Engineers Palmer.and B xior
| Conductor Smith, Bsggagemasttr Vaughan
| Mail Agent Wylie and Fireman g. rheI
were killed. Many persons were injured
| fhe excursion party were Of the Camdcf
| Presbsterian church
PuiLADgLrHtA, Pa, June li-Franl
| Fenton, supervisor Of the railway, aud G
Edwards we're also killed IN tho Atianti,
railway accident. Tbs crash was cauled by
the non reception OF tue sdograph.c dis,
patch, both engines we're smashed. Fji.
| lowing are injured:
! Henry Deeis, scnldod, hip broken.
X l. onard B4nsoh, badly scaldod.
Frank McCofmioE leg broken GnC
scalded.
John MoCa,ky, sishlly Injured.
William McUCsEy, laternallyi cannot
live.
Jameu R'sebaum, express Hgent scaldgd
badly about back and head.
A Glen, conductor, internally.
Cora May LipplucotC and brother, Eu'
gene, slightly.
Th1 Injured wora laced under immed-
ste med col attention. Ona OF the pagsen.
GERS Bayi: "Afer the collision all gcram
bled out OF the car, s1mo by The windows,
Both locomotives were dCmOli hc0 aud be
escaping steam made 10 inlpc ibls for some
TINS for any one 20 approach within fifty
feet OF the wreck. Great exc ltemeui existed
among the people in the two trains, ogpe
cially among the women AMI Children"
When they reached Camden q special
train, de IN OF dozen physicians, de-
parted for Ashlagi. a wrcCkLg train was
also sent TO Ashland. The point whore the
collision occurred, ID considered tho worst
on the line. it is about two miles from
Hodenhsld and one mna from Ashland
with heavy down arHde and curves in
both directions. In The middle Of tho curve
rs "a wooden bridge over O oper's creek
There ig only q single treck il h' 0rlyo,
with light cmbaukment on either sfc
The accommodation was running twenty.
two miles an hour when 10 entered The curve,
end after the two cgmo together She utmos,
confusion prevailed among The
passengers. The FIRST mSn taken
out was tha express agent OF the
accommodation train, terribly cut on the
head face and hands. lie was found with
lot OF debris covering him, and txtr,cated
with difficulty. The body Of Fireman
Nicholas Barber was next discovered under
the wrecked tender terribly mangled. Fire
man l.. McClain was found unconscious,
terribly fcslded and his head swollen twice
i,s normal condition. Bfo6emGn john
Lager was hurled with the Baggage car into
le pool 0I water ana mad NAL
mo debris ind aGid: "ITtrs / am" ="
When taken cut he was found 10 be SHOCK.
irgly laoerated. Death occurred in verp
short time. Among the more seriously ~
iured passengers are John and Willie Gas.
kels, the former aged ? face badly cut, his
young brsther Willie will die. Supervisor #
the road, Frank Fenton, was rescued alter
laborious work of two hours, terribly man.
gled. He did not survive long. At the mo
ment of the collision Conductor Smith was
counting tickets in front oil the first car. At
that instant also Superintendent Dale, in
the third car jun ped to the platform and as.
sisted number OF children and older folks
10 esspe through tho windows. Work Of
clearing road not vet accomplished.