The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-02-07
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~ woundedl ns tha hsi etpfaa from
fhlladsiphh WIS approaching niniorlh
asenue iust after crossing The tsmtiofy
bridge Hhet n one IT the forward
coichos broke, causing soyeml oihef ears
g. leave Che lmcs the dcmllcd can
crashed into oacatl train standing On
Siding hpscltiug tha coal csfs AMI plIlng
upon ihem IN q wrecked condition. The
ears of The express were VOL allcd with
pnssonrcf-, A. The cars crashed Into one
another ihl sbrieks Of men aud women
wcre hcartendag.
Assistance was ~ once tclcgfaphcd for,
nnd The various hospitals OF the city
promptly responded with corps Of doc.
tors aud y numper Of ambuances. The
railroad hands soon set TO wotk cxtrltat-
ing The wounded from the wreck, while
doctors handangcd their wounds and sent
tliem 10 the hospitals, AZ eleven O'Clock
twcniy-scycn persons had decn taken
IRON the wrccS, morc or less injured,
some, 1t Is feared, fatally. Others are
stu In the wreck, wcdgcI In among
broken tlmbers, etc.
II Is reported that several corpscs can
be seen amid the debris. The train was
running at q high rate OF speed at the
time, being due at Jersey City at $3.50
u, m,
LATER.
The railroad officials can not account
for the breaking OF the wheel, rs the tn
dcrplnnlng OF the cars, axles, etc, are
carefully examined and sounded at every
stop between Philadelphia and Jersey
City.
Following are the names Of the Injured
as far MS at present learned;
NJ. NJ. Frederlcks, Boundbrook, n. j.,
seriously injured
W Easion, engineer, badly hurt about
the body.
G. j, Durdcll, conductor, painfully
hurt.
NJ. Shadwlck, brakeman, severely In.
jured.
NJ. d. Cornell, Of Philadelphia, scrl.
onsly bruised.
l.. X. Searvlc, c. Reed and II. Bray,
OF Philadelphia, badly injured
B. j, Scattcrgood, OF Scattcrgood 4
c., Phlladelphia, right arm laccratcd
aud almost torn from the socket.
Cha les II. Pray, Of the firm OF Holmes
Pray, Philadelphia, head cut and skull
fractured. Injuries probably fatal.
y. Reed, Philadelphia, nose broken,
face cut and one eye probably dlslodgcd.
Henry Tmcey, Of Compton & Tracey,
Philadelphia, head cut and frontal bone
brok.ni Injuries likely 10 prove fatal.
NJ. y. Conway, OF Philadelphia, arm cut
and ribs broken.
Walter Cbickncr, a brakeman, was
thrown from the platform of the rear car
aud cut and bruised over the face aud
body, and severely Injured Internally.
u. W. Nanline, OF Philadelphia, skull
fractured; probably fatally injured.
II Is now stated that no dead bodies arc
In the wreck. The engineer and conduc.
tor Of the train, previously reported
among the injured, escaped unhurt.
B. Wink, Of Philadelphia, seriously
cut.
J. Kelly, Of Philadelphia, left arm In.
iured
]. T. lIalloway and J. Connolly, Of Phil.
adelplfa, shock and cuts.
u. {. Ncphcws, Of PHILADELPHIA, bruised
and cut.
II. d. corcoran, Of Philadelphia, head
cut.
Charles fralley, Of Doundbrook, cut and
bruised.
II. &. Wade of Boundbrook, cut and
badly Injured.
Several gentlemen who were cut and
bruised refused their names for publlca.
llon for fear Of alarming their friends.
Mr.. Seaman, Of liiyonnc, n. j., who
was ON the accommodation traln which
arrived within i've minutes after the acci.
dent 10 the express train, says IL was oc.
casioned by one wheel OF the tender lcay.
Ing the irnck, which opened The switch 80
that the smoker switched of aud ran Into
the coal train on the siding, dragging the
othcI cars with II. The engine broke
loose and ran quarter Of mile before
II was stopped
The smoker was completely wrecked
A Pullman and three coaches following
were badly smashed, four coal cars
were destroyed, aud the coal scattered
over the ground for flfty yards. The
track is 80 badly torn up that II will
require relaylDg at the place Of the acct
dent aud the trains will consequently be
DELAYED