Telegram-herald., 1889-07-18
FEARFUL COLLISION
Two Runaway Cars Crash Into .
Passenger Train
TWO PERSONS KILLED. -NlsY HURT
The Accident Near shAmokfn, PA
TeFrfbi. Panic Amoug tie PassSa-
Esrs-fNo More Deaths Likely
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SHAMoKfS, Pa, July IA frightfal
accident occurred on the Lehlgh Val
ley railroad, a mile east OF ths city,
this morning, by two runaway ears col
hding With \ passenger tram. Theears
were loaded with miners, slate-pickers
and women. Al Coal Run switch the
road branches onto the maiE line,
which had heretofore been''hidden
~ chain of mountains. After the
tram gained the mann line miner sit
ting ou tie rear platform saw tWO run
away cars dashing down the track st
hghtnWe speed. With a cry OF warn
lag he jumped OIL and rolled dOwa the
embanA ment N safety. Then the flag
man, john Metz, followed, and placed
a number OF railroad ties on the track,
through which the ears passed Ike y
shot. BY this time the inmates OF the
two passenger ears, winch were
literally packed, beheld the danger
and a wild scene or confusion ensued.
A simultaneous rush for the doors was
made. 4 few succeeded IN gaining the
platforms, and safely jumped oil. Then
4 lam occurred in the doorway. A
number escaped through open windows,
and rolled down the steep embank-
ment. Mrs. John McHugh, about 10
become a mother, leaped from her seat
and shouted 20 the men III the rear OF
the ear: "Clear the way for
me" Instantly the men who
were fighting Ike demons 10 get
out, cleared a passage through which the
woman ran ont 10 the platform and
jumped oil the flying train into the
creek. \ second later the crash CAME
After the runaway cars struck they
passed through the passenger cars like
a bullet, coal flying about Ike battery
OF Gatling guns playing on regiments
of massed troops. Tho scene that fol-
lowed was terrible. All this time
the wrecked Train kept the track and
crushed ON TO Luke Fiddler station
with lightning-likc swiftness, two miles
down the line. Then the engine left
the track, and the cars telescoped.
Here Is where the most damage was
done. After the vast clouds OF dust
cleared away the work of rescue com
menced, and III an hour the dead and
wounded were taken out.
The dead are: Aaron Shlpe, single,
carpenter ut Hickory Swamp colliery,
killed by being crushed between the
tank of the locomotive and the plat
form OF a car; John Roush, married, a
carpenter at Hickory Swamp.
The wounded are: Norton Weaver,
legs and face fearfully laceratcd; Lew
Albright, head cut and leg broken;
IRWIN kashner, both legs broken and
head cut; John Baker, shoulder bro
ken; an unknown Hungarian woman,
leg and wrist broken, and hea,l badly
cut; James Hodge, leg broken, and
face cut; Patrick Brimon. legs fright
fully mangled, will probably die; Mike
Britain, back broken, supposed
10 be fatally injured; vii
liam Lindeman, conductor, bruised
about the body, face cut; Engineer
Albert Seed, legs injured, face and
head badly cut; Michael Fable, head
cut and badly bruised; Mrs. ) Ohm Me
Hugh, serious internal Injuries; John
Miller. POlander, collar-bOne broken;
Joe Fredericks, back broken, Will die;
Jacob Kulp, head, face and legs cut and
bruised; John Dsrott, legs mangled; !;
John Thomas, jaw fractured and face
cut.