Evening journal., 1889-07-18
A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT.
Runaway Cars Run Down a
Passenger Train.
MANY ARE KILLED AND INJURED.

A Terrible Panic Among the Passengers
who Saw tho Runaway Cars Coming
Down Upon Them at Lightning Speed.
How the Cara Started.
sHAMoKIN, Pa, July ls--A frfghtful ac-
cident occurred ON the Lehigh Valley rail
road, mile east OF this city, by two run
away cars collNing with passenger train.
The Killed and Injured.
The followed named we're killed:
Aaron Shipe, single, carpenter AZ Hick-
ory Swamp eolliery, crushed between the
tanks Of the locomotive and platform Of the
car.
John Roush, married. carpenter at Hick
ory Swamp.
The wounded are ss follows.
Norton Weaver, legs and face fearfully
lacerated
Levi Albright, head cut and leg broken.
Irwin Kashner, both legs broken and head
cut.
John Baker, slate picker, shoulder broken
Unknown Hungarian woman, leg and
wrist broken and head badly cut
james Hodge, leg broken and face cut
Patrick Britton, legs frightfuily mangled
will probably die
Mike Britton, back broken; supposed fa-
tally.
William Lindeman, conductor. bruised
about body and face cut
Engineer Albert Reed, legs injured, face
and head badly cut.
Michael Gable, head cut md badly bruised
Mrs. John McHugh, serious internal in
juries.
John Miller, Polander, collar bone broken.
Joe Fredericks, back broken; will die.
Jacob Kulp, head, face aud legs cut and
bruised.
John Darott, legs mangled
John Thomas, jaw fractured and face cut
He Saw the Cars Coming and Jumped.
The passenger cars were loaded with min
ers, slate pickers and women. At Coal Run
switch the road branches ON to the main line
which had heretofore been hidden by chain
OF mountains. After the train gained the
main line miner sitting ON the rear plat
form saw the two runaway cars dashing down
the track at lightning speed. With cry o.
warning he jumped of, and rolled down al
emhankment in safety. Then Flagman John
Dietz followed and placed number of rail
road ties on the track, through which tn
cars passed like a shot
A Frightful Panic Among Passengers.
BY this time the inmates Of the two pas
senger cars, which were literally packed, b.
held the danger, and Wild scene Of confu
sion ensued. A simultaneous rush for th
doors was made few succeeded in gainn
the platforms and safely jumped off; then
jam occurred IN the doorway. A number 6
capped through the open windows and role
down a steep embankment. Mrs John Nc
a. IL q.
her seat and shouted 10 the anon in the rea
car; ''Clear the way for me.n Instantly th
men who were fighting like demons TO q
out, cleared a passage way, through whic
the woman ran out 70 the platform AN
jumped OF the flying train into the creek.
second later the crash came After the run
away cars struck they passed through th
passenger cars like bullet, the coal flyin
about like battery of Gatling guns playin
ON regiments Of massed troops
Removing the Dead and wounded.
The scene that followed was terrible Al
this time the wrecked train kept the trach
and rushed on to Luke Fiddler station wit
lightning-like swiftness, two miles down th
line Then the engine left the track and th
cars telescoped. Here Is where the mos
damage was done After the vast clouds O
dust cleared away the work Of rescue CON
menced, and In an hour the dead an
wounded were taken out
How the Runaway Cars Started.
The cars that caused the wreck starte
from the Excelsior coliery, two miles eas
Of Coal Run switch. There were four car
standing on the siding below the colliery
and 1t is supposed that some boys, in orde
to obtain ride, uncoupled the two an
loosened the brakes. When nearing paten
switch leading to the main track the brake
were put ON, but the boys being unable {
tighten them enough became frightened
jumped of and took to the woods
Wrecking crews are now ON the scene Z
the disaster and viii have the road open fo
traffic by morning The railroad win SUI
tain a loss Of $1,000