Daily Republican., 1888-04-16
wRECKED ON THE RAIL.

A Locomotive crashes into an Expres
Trnin-An Accident in the Psnusyi
vania Yard In Hhlcn ~ People ar.
Irjured.
PHILADELPHIA, April 16-The Now
York and Washington night express on
tho Pannsylvanla Railroad met with a
serions accident at 4 O'Clock yesterday
morning when midwA on the high
embankment between the western end
OF tho Sohuylkill river bridge aud Pow.
elton avenue station. -Four oars were
derailed and badly broken up, nn6
twenty-five persone injured. Fortunate.
~, no one was killed, and none OF the
Injured are expected to die.
HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
Engine No. 922 was standing on q
side track q few hundred feet west of
the bridge waiting for q clear track to
get to the Broad Street Station, where
1t was to attach to q New York train.
Train No. 81 from New York was due,
aud the signals for both trains are on
the came pole. Oue is much lower aud
to the right Of the other. When tho
New YORK train came In view 1t was
signaled clear track, but Engineer
Huber confounded the two signals, aud
mistaking that of the New York train
for his own, drove ahead. The engine
OF the express had Just passed the point
where the sido track met the main
track vixen engine No. 922 crashed into
the side OF the train.
The single engine was very light
one or tho damage would have been
greater. -Four cars OF the New York
train wero turned over. Engine No.
923 was thrown from the track and
over an embsnkment, part of the wreck
fslllnR on the tracks OF the Philadel.
phis, Wilmington and Baltimore
branch leading to the tunnel under
Thirty second street. .".
HEARTRENDING sHRIEKs OF THE IN.
JURED.
An eyewitness says that the ehrieks
OF the frightened people were heart
sendlng. Help wsR quickly hummoned
and the injured persons were Boon re
moved from the wreck. Many of the
men climbed through windows and
holes cruehed IN the cars and helped TO
e1tTioate those who we're penn ed In by
the timbers. In order to rescue aome
of the passengers 1t was necessary to
chop holes In the sides OF tho upturued
cnrG. To add to the alarm lot OF eoen-
cry Ia the baggage car caught tire ard
N sde quito blaz1, and 1t was feared
that the whole wreck would be oes-
tioyed bsfors the passengers could be
exuicatsd. A locsi alarm OF fira was
bounded aud the flames wsrs soon ex-
After the accident the Pennsylvania
Railroad physicians wers summoned
and were eoon on the ground. Engineer
Huber wRs sent 70 the Presbyterian
hospital, md after having hls leg
dressed WIS sent TO his home in Boz
dentown. He refused to stay at the
hospital. aud would give no explsna-
tion of the affair except that he had
mistaken the signal.
None OF the passengers were able 10
give any clear account Of tho accident.
All OF them were either doing In the
coaches or sound asleep in the sleepers.
The GOAL oil lamps were upset by the
oVerturninR OF the sleeper, but were ox-
tinguished by one of the gentlemen bs-
fors any damage waB done.
There was bat very little delay to
travel, for the trains were sent la and
out by the outbound track. Wreckers
were At work before daylight, and by
O'Clock yesterday afternoon the demol-
lshed engine had been taken away and
the tracks entirely cleared and the rails
replaced.