Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
BISMARCK WEEKLY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. SEPT. 26, 1890.

ton claim required by law, the commits
sioner of the general land Office is hereby
authorized, and it shall be his duty, to ex-
tend the time for such payment for one
year from the date when the same becomes
due, and failure to pay as aforesaid shall
not work a forfeiture of said settlers land
the general land Office, and NJ penalty
shall be enacted for such extension.
SENATE BILLS PASSED. -.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Among the
bills passed by the senate to-day were the
following: Senate bill appropriating $751;
600 for a public building at Fergus Falls,
Mimi; senate bill to provide additional
lights on the navigable channels of Puget
sound and the rivers tributary thereto, in
the state OF Washington; senate bill ex-
tending the privilege of free delivery of
the mails to towns having a population of
5000, or a gross postal revenue Of 5000;
senate bill to amend section 8S7 of the re-
vised statutes relating to fees and emolu-
ments of district attorneys, marshals and
| clerks in Oregan, Nevada, Idaho, Montana,
North and South Dakota and Wyoming.
TARIFF CONFERENCE. ~ 81
The conferees on the tariff bill had An
other two hours meeting this morning and
made further progress towards agreement.
The paper schedule. was disposed Of, also
the hemp, flax and jute schedule with the
exception Of binding Irvine. The amend
ment relating to fish was modified so
as to limit free impOrtations OF fish
caught by American vessels, equipped
with American nets and other appliances.
A List of the Dead.
READING, Pa, Sept. 2O.-The following
is a revised list of the dead thus far taken
from the wreck: John f. Miller, Cressona;
George Greenwalt, mail agent, Pottsville;
John White, engineer, Pottsville; James
Tomplin, fireman, Pot:sville; William D.
Shows, Reading; Harry Jacoby, stone cut
ter, Pottstown; Joseph Becker and Chief
Burgess, Mohoney City; Solomon Hoover,
aged go, Pottsville; Mrs. Edward j. Fox
aged Al. POttsville: Edward J. Fox, aged
A, PottSvilIe; George r; Kaercher, aged As,
Pottsville: Harry Laughlin, conductor OF
express; John Osborn, Philadelphia; Mrs.
j. E. Fredericks, Pottsville; j. E. Freder-
ickS, husband of the above; Joseph Baus-
man, Philadelphia; N. G. Vandershee,
phGnixville; John Sheedle, Philadelphia;
Philadelphia & Reading engineer; Michael
Summers, Mahoney City; Frank Haasman,
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seriously injured, were taken to the Read
ing hospital and the others transferred to
their homes. Some of the dead were
brought to Reading at noon, prepared for
burial and then sent to their destination.
The body of George B. Maercher was sent
to Pottsville at 8 o'clock this afternoon on
a special train.
HI CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.-According to
advices received at the main office in re-
gard to the cause Of the calamity, it ap-
pears that two coal trains left Perry, fur
Their up the road, twelve minutes apart and
%southbound. After proceeding some dis
lance the first train of Lars parted in the
middle and as the rear half slackened its
speed to a stand still the second train
plunged into it and threw a heap of debris
upon the passenger track. 1t was a min
ute and a half after this collision that the
Inflated express came laundering along.
A BRAKEMAN's STORY.
Brakeman Michael Gill tells this story:
II was sitting in the front end of the first
ladies' car, talking to Judge Stephens of
Pottstown. We had been discussing the
New York Central strike and were argu-
ing the facts Of the trouble when suddenly
l felt a tremendous shock. Before I could
jump to my feet there was another, and
then looking out through the front end of
the car l saw what appeared to be a coal
train running into our train. For a mo-
ment l was too surprised to do anything.
The window beside which l had been sit
ting was open and | might have
jumped out, but something seemed to
Unpld haVa happ HilIQA onI11I coo tho
forward cars Of the train being knocked
into the river and heard the sound of
cracking timbers as they ground together
like kindling wood. saw the entire side
of a smoking car ahead of mine turn over
and then | turned my back, thinking that
passengers IN our car were screaming and
several of them had climbed half way out
OF the windows. l shouted to them to
keep quiet and the next instant our car
was struck and upset down the bank, but
was not overturned. Seeing there was no
immediate danger for those in our car, I
jumped out into the river, which was
about five feet deep there, and worked my
way to the forward part Of the wreck. In
one of the wrecked cars L heard a man
shouting for help. "l'm not caught and
I'm not hurt. but l can't get out" he said.
He was penned in the car like a rat in a
box and the wood was blazing all about
HIAl' L oCCuACu q UuChCU uuu UCSdIl UIlIO"-
ing water on the fire, and l think the man
was saved. l had to work alone
for some time, although there
was a crowd OF people standing
on the bank above the wreck, to whom l
shouted to come and help me. They
refused, however, and it was some time
before other help arrived. l tried to learn
where White. the engineer, was, but he
was pinned down under the engine and
the water was so hot that we could not get
at him. There were seven cars in the train
and five Of them were thrown back. The
mail, express, parlor and smoking cars
were so badly massed together that l could
not tell them apart, except the latter, which
stood with n half in the water and at
right angles with the trucks from which it
had been thrown. Both sides had been
torn away and many Of its occupants were
killed or injured. The two cars behind US,
the day coach and the Pullman car, had
not loft the track, and those occupying
seats in them received nothing more seri-
GUS than a severe shaking up. When I
saw what appeared to be the coal train
running into us, 1t was really our own
train smashing into the coal cars, which
were piled up across the tracks, as I after
wards learned.
h NUMBER OF FATALITIES