New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-17
ANOTHER RAILWAY HORROR.
LOSS OF LIFE ON THE LEHIGH VALLEY.
SEVEN MEN KILLED AND MANY INJURED IN
COLLISIONS OF THE KILLED HUN
GARIAN LABORERS WHERE

THE BLAME LIES.
wikesbarre, Penn. Oct 16 (SpeciaD. About o
O'Clock this morning another railroad horror occurred
on the Lehgh Valley Railroad, at point near the
Tamanend switch, the branch between Hazletoh
and Pottsville. Seven men were killed on the spot
and about twenty nine were injured, many OF them
fatally. The killed, with exception, arc Hun
garans. The list is follows: l.. W. Guidcr,
Brakeman George Gubanclc Andrew Timis, Paul
Nerbo Michael Haniss, John suckaus, William Petrs
The injured include H. Hawk, conductor OF one OF
the trains; J. NJ. Peck, engineer, and Charles Fry,
fireman All the others injured are Hungarians or
Polish laborers.
Owing to the fact that those who could give the
best account of the In which tho accident oc-
CURED killed injured IT is difficult to learn the
exact facts. fast freight train, drawn by Penn
sylvanla Railroad engine No. 1918 was coming up
the road running about twenty-five miles an hour,
to make the Tamanend siding In time 10 allow tne
regular passenger train TO pass construction train,
composed OF caboose and eight Nat cars, having on
board gang of Hungarian and Polish ioboreis'
running down the lire al slow rate. Just DC
low the siding is sharp curve and in the ccnfre
of the the two trains camc into collision Ihe
morning very foggy, and the engineers were
unable to hear each others trains until the
trains within 100 yards Of each other.
Almost simultaneously the whistles sounded down
brakes and the engineers reversed their engines The
the freight was running nearly twenty miles an hour
when the crash Both engines were totally
wrecked moro than dozen OF the freight cars were
scattered and the caboose of the construction train
was broken to pieces Three Of the hat-cars, each
Of which many laborers, piled on each other
and badly broken. BY some miracle the engineer and
fireman Of the freight train escaped unhurt, but
Engineer Peck of the construction train and his fire
man, Charles Fry were hurried back into the tank
and covered with the fragments Of their cab and
engine. Conductor Hawk, Of the freight train, was
also seriously hurt; and Brakeman GuIder, OF the
construction train, who was in the caboose was In
stantly killed.
On tho fat cars the slaughter was terrible. The
unfortunate Hungarans crushed and mamed
under the splIntered beams in most horrible
Their shreks and groans of anguish described as
most heart rendlng. Hardly one escaped unhurt
The disaster occurred in lonely spot, where neither
medical aid nor assistance Of any kind could be pro-
cured 1t was over hour before any organized
effort could be made to get out the dead and injured,
and up 10 noon no medical aid had arrived, and the
dead and wounded lay around almost uncaredfor. ex-
cept for such slight help as could be given by by
ISLANDERS. One of the men died after he had been
taken out Of the wreck utterly uncared for and with
out friend TO speak to him or do anything for him.
The other six dead when extricated. On The
arrival of medical aid from Pottsyillc about noon, the
Injured were attended TO and taken some to the hos
pital al DrlitOn ana some uO"n I'D lho
dead were taken TO PottsvIlle where inquest will
be held
1t is impossible yet to say on whom the blame will
fall The freight train running on telegraph
ORDERS and the engineer and conductor were Instructed
run Lofty and there to await the passenger train
and allow II 10 pass. They seem not TO have obeyed
these orders else they received others The con-
sruction train working under what IS known as
regular construction train rules These rules are
plain and precise, and require both ends Of the train
10 be tagged half mile ahead. Some one failed to
obey orders It is certain, but who this docs not
yet appear.