The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-22
THAT AwFUl HORROR
ON rHs pfaasYLvAalA ROAD.
Caused W. hn Operators Neglect The
Wiidernfts in witch % nnppsnsd
-iitsuuing tho Victims a
GFaphis Account 81 the
Terrible disaster

Nav i0RE, O't. H. Tho ohloi uswa
of tho morning 10 .ho terrible rsilW y
accident GA tho Psnusylymla line,
Although tha collision occurred ao0n
after O'clock iatt avdning, tba mea-
grsnsla Of details u hpafs afrward q
proves tia, NO have q n0wiigg wlidor-
ness In Jersey mssdoEl, only threa
miles nom tha oliy hsl, aa impen atra-
be sad sBdistrntas Tho siOfrRNeVadss.
Though thern ago no i0wog tnsa eight
railway traosH 80 tho point In question,
atill thOra l. not d habiJabia house In
either direction for miles, Tho pTtcigO
spot Of tho collision V5s under the
ohuta beyond tho woss eud ~ Haogon-
snck bridge, An express aiprsG into
IA Immigrant train, Eno ikius tho Ca
bose That was GO the r Rr OF the lattOr
across tha eaat track bO.h Grains were
bound west Be- orc ths track Sould
he ProtacEQd occpss 'vhinh tha caboose
han b@on tnrrwn, . passenger y aiu On
the LlhiGh VAli"y rosa
cAnh rHuSpERiSd VI THE RAHT
TRACK
splintorCd the Rlrordy aiHmqutl6d dE-
bOose, ami yal itsuil dor tltpd, the Gu
IAA' INiNkfNfh AhNNA = rAfNlt NNibhA4NH
menJ Gud lOppling over iltp tho mud
IN which 10 sattion four ioct. The bag.
gng0 ctr followed tho engine away
down the hank, Rnd ,ho smoEing olc
also laft the track. Tho cmigrsnt trsin
was hllod With p.aSgu8ars, many OF
them women, AfJCr the Immediate
shock many OF the passsugers Joined
the rain handle In their search tar the
bur 20 whom tleV Hera guidnd by
iha cries Of tho vir'iUa. Hhe area OF
the disaster Was rot more than she
leng,h o. two cars. T9S dsEd bodies
were ut once pulled OUT from
woman, whose head AVID b3an sut on;
the Other was tho body OF . man,
crashed beyond recognition. A mao
with bic head bleeding wE seen
crawling mp ths hank, over which tho
engine bad tpppled. da WIS
OWEN NALL, TuR ENGISEEI
OF the Lnhigb Valley express. Othars
were found IN tho cara. A Wousp lay
oa the floor near the renr door OF sh'
coz thai, imueditalg pTecoled the Ca
hOcse on the omlgrsnt iralu, Tho car
was tsoscupgd. A \ man raised her,
\ h9r leg SSropped out OF hsr
tho thigh. Word was GENT
10 Jersey City, soon after tho acct
dent, aud 81 $3.50 O'Clock 8 relief train
arIivga AZ the scene Of the wreck, and
win pOl ton Iftbe dead HN1 wound
G % unGa raluruel - Jarsoy City, ana
suo,ker arrived 81 take lis place, which
%, 10 u'clOcg went bsc& with tho rostoi
Tho dead aGd wounded. Tho accident
WIS csusel by
THE DELAY OF THE IMMIGRANT TRAIN
Ia getting Duy az ths T>y. IL had ioft
Jersey Cry 90 S:o3, tho eEpr9ss follow
ing 40 S:l5 RIO emil grNpt trsiu stopped
90 thr chute iIf cOw, bad loaded anu
HHs bscBiLg slowly. when tho express
hv tra Opa tor % the block station az
GaIi0u.
Tnoma5 p. Pratt, she telegraph opor-
a,of, wa HsrdiEuea tOd@y on che
charge OF ms Slaughter. Hu waived a.
examination sad v., Lsra 10 await "a
action 6 t.J coroner iury, Norman
L. l. "y, cuuuaC! Tor Pratt, mpk3J the
1ifIr..- HJatomeut: "Pratt wlJ sta
III. c' lu the Marion signal tnWor, uear
tho 0s.',...- OF BASS "a nc. La controlled
tEs Gagg part OF g geCicu or ta5 road,
known ay % h'ccs, "EtcudiD from Mo,
ri0n 10 the FIRST hon O on EsG- ems SEX
mes oar, about rhrcs miles diHllur.
L. va, his lU5y 20 record gns PISS so
O! trr.us, SAD .aa'g passing sac hrsg
house, coon u tally Ehe3t, HAioh laws
before hiM, Ghs em!grgGt train
haQ passed his station. l3 minutes
before tina Western EXpro-g ap.
prUacHsd; Pra.t wlancaa - ni5 cegJ
aud misioOa smother eutry for thu
record OF tna Cm,ErGat train, having
pGssed tho frat Gnuge, Tno unigrarJ
train had n1an lef6 or tho blOcA,
having b aOi.Fd down 60 pick M Two
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