St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-27
TWENTY OR THIRTY KILLED.
Triple Collision on the PennsyL
yania Railway at LatrObr.

LATRoBE. Pa, June ga triple col
lision of freight trains occurred near
this city on the Pennsylvania railroad
about 2:30 O'Clock this morning. At the
hour named freight train No. sos, west
bound, left Latrobe. and had just
reached the bridge. about fifty yards
west of that place, when it col
lided with extra freight train No.
1913, coming in the opposite direction.
Another east bound freight was stand
ing on sidetrack on the bridge and the
wrecked trains crashed against it. caus-
ing one locomotive and number of
cars to go over the embankment into the
creek, a distance of fifty feet. Up to 8
O'Clock tonight ten dead bodies have
been recovered. Those of Engineer
Caldwell and George Fraich, the fire.
man, have not yet been found. but it is
expected they will be recovered before
long. The dead recovered up to this
time are as follows:
GEORGE CoRGATE aged twenty FIVE. of Jer.
sey City: on his person was found receipt
for dues to l. o. G. F.. signed Allen Snyder.
HUGH KELLY. Philadelphia; his father is a
puddler at the Lochiel iron works, Harris
burg, Pa.
UNKNOWN MAN. about thirty-fve years. five
feet eleven inches in height, weight about
7Opounds, short black muStache and black
hair
JoEN CRITcHLow. of Homestead. Pa. aged
about thirty-ive years: leg and arm were
burned off.
UNKNOWN MAN; dark hair heavy mustache,
about forty years, five feet four inches.
UNKNOWN MAN: dark brown hair, smooth
face. about twenty-six years old.
UNKNOWN MAN, head almost burned off.
CHARLES S. FERGUSON: on the inside OF
of memorandum was the name Charles E.
Hardenmiller, Northumberland county, Pa
f1-o
years.
BENJAMIN EMERICH, supposed to be the
front brakeman alout twenty-five years old;
had silver watch and revolver.
laborer, from Johnstown, of Braddock, left
arm broken near shoulder; John Cleary,
laborer of Pittsburg, crushed across the hips,
he will recover; Pat Flanagan, cut
fnd rDg5Soas 1sa o4' of MeReespof ss50"ig hs;
a bad scalp wound, not serious;
Peter Mandry. scalp wound and hurt INTERN
ally; lived in Johnstown; the whole side of
his skull is crushed in. John Mullen, of Phil
adelphia, scalp wound and bruised. Lewis
Wibel, of Indiana, Pa, flesh wound above
the left eye James McCurdy, Canadian,
about forty-six years old and married, hurt
on hand and back, but not seriously. John
H. Miller front brakeman of Conductor
Barnhart's train, hurt in back and sprained
wrist. Peter Cavanaugh. of Homestead.
steel worker, was OH freight going west: cut
and bruised all over, but not serious. John
Howard. of PittSburg, was bruised, but is not
in danger.
The dead are being taken to the un-
dertaking establishment of f. J. Stader
as they are recovered, and prepared for
burial. 1t is almost certain that from
twenty-five to thirty people were killed
in the wreck. The water in the creek
at the point where the accident occurred
is about twelve feet deep, and it is ex-
pected that ten or twelve bodies are in
bottom of the creek, held there by the
wreckage. John IL. Miller. flagman
on the freight, states that the proper
signals were given when the position of
the shifter was discovered. and Engineer
Caldwell answered but the speed was
too high. When the ill-fated train left
Bolivar forty men boarded her, but
Conductor BarnlIart put them Off at
Derry. When the train left there a
great many of them boarded her again.
Four of the injured taken from one
car stated that eleven others were in
the car, and in another box car, it is
stated by one OF the rescued that there
were fifteen or twenty men. One or
two of the bodies taken from the wreck
were terribly burned by the lime.