New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21
THE WRECK ONTHE READING

THE WRECK ONTHE READING
GEORGE r. KAEEcHER, GENERAL COUNSEL OF
THE RAILROAD COMPANY, AMONG The
DrAp-HCSBANDs AND THEIR WIVES
FOUND LIFrLrss SIDE BY SIDE
STORY OF PASSENGER
Reading, Penn. Sept .O.-When daylight
Aawncd on the scene OF last nj. hts wreck on tie
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad near Shoe
makersvic. the horrors Of the night before were
hrst fully revealed, and the sickenlnS spectacle
Of the wrecked train and i,s victims was pre-
sentcd. There lay the engine in four and h'h'
feet Of water while the body Of the engineer.
John White. was still pinned underneath the
heavy ronworli, his arms extended in an appeal
ing manner above the water. The engine Is all
battered out of shape. and It's pondcrous ma
chipcry bent ard twisted like p!aythinC. Next
Jay the tender on its side. and then the baggage
and mail and passenger coaches III the sue
ccssion in which they left the track. tho tlmbcrs
broken and tho cars overturned. pnn'ng the I'M
rescued victims in death embrace at the bottom
OF the river. The speed at which the train was
running can I've imagined when it is said that Tue
distance from the point where the engine left the
tracks. going down the steep twcnty-tivc-foot EN-
bankment and then dashins over the rocky bed
of the river is fully 80 feet.
The work of searching for bodies continued all
night and up to s o'clock this forenoon the num-
bcr taken out made the total recovered about
twenty. There is now no longer any donht as
the fate of George r. Kncrcher. general counsel
of the Reading Railroad His body was taken
ont of he wrecked parlor-car carly this morning
almost unrccoSnHable and badly disgnrcd. The
scene on the banks OF the river WAS n CHASTITY onr
There lay long row OF The dead. which was
increase as one after another of the bodies Was
brought ont Of the water. The force employed by
the railroad company is sufficiently large. but 1t
will I've diNicalt wor; to the pon!crons
cars. Thousands have tlcckcd 10 the scene OF
disaster, and while they are willing 20 assist.
their aid is of little service. where experienced
men required.
The wreck occurred in tlis way: 4 down coal
train separated above Shocn.akcrsviUc. another
coal train following after i; ran into the rear
trction Two loaded coal ,hIown over
on tic other track ris' tho passenger train
cam. dashng pa>t. and, tho engine striking This
obstruction. tho wreck of the passenger
train followed. II is said that the passcn-
ger train followed soon after the
crash Of the two coal trains rha; the
employees had no time TO 80 back 10 warn
the approaching pas>cnI"r train. which crashed
into the wreck - tie rate q! >iNtI-:iVc miles all
hour. Tic coal Ic,oiis were more lcav.l" al.
hictcd than any orl6: section ll"n@ TN. Reaching
Railroad and laI- N; i"r;t, al H." victims, both
Gcad and injured. came from that region. This
forenoon a delegation from Ma':aroN City cane e.
talc chale, of thc: dcai \ nclanc- II "riur,
dcncc is prcsrnc,. in tie fac' th"' IT, i1fat"'l
train tile PotiSvilc cypress. j. ~" >anr which
vas wrecked at Trchcrtpn IN 'he down trp 90
June % las. and Engineer White anl Fireman
Jcmpln who were killed IN Yesterdays disaster.
filed the places Of ;he Heller brothers. Lewis
end George. engineer and fireman. who lost their
lives in the pr''vi,ns accident.
In to 10 O'Clock this forenoon total OF twenty
bodies had Leen taken out. and the list Of injured
is now abou' hftv.
Following is a revised list OF tie dead thus far
taken from the wreck:
T., d. N q ..,, ,s9: i 3 kH':A'F
Jo' Vim n,.,i in" M,. j. j. i,o'erick..
Wiz j. : ono. J. +. tld reh>.
jllsrv Jaro'y. Io'cih pa i,A.,!,
joseph Icck"r. y. ~ vei'"c''
81 N- c"& ,:ar ..?Hj J. rov ;i,r:a
Idv nj J. lI>. ana Has "''i'.
Tho injured axe:
' t,. l% n j. iiIan tr'"S C%in j. ccher.
}};H ' a. ..a. ,| '' T. l,,aouns
TT, a:a,. , '%.r'H' =. j. +. So.ldsy.
10, 1T Canou. iao'' .rri,
S.! ~,.p..n,G-r Sanuei ,"rnb
H. .,,>ri, i:yimf W! ana Stni:"r'.
;;"' .>',,, icv I'D rotar.
j.. " ,,riof S'Hq,c
& l;a" kE .,,.,o, l. jon, n N Hi'5l%
Solomon Hoover. body was taH"n oHt at so
o III. lie j, from ro'',viil" and forty years
old fcuud in The water unGcr the Pullman
cal drowned The lody Of Ms. Edward D. / ON
was taken ON, Al :, 20 this saornirs. III" was ''c
FIRST woman trLrn ont. ana w:!N tom" crowned
un..cr tie Pullman c:r: Sic NVed III f"OS|iH'
a.d We, ,hit. -nI,c Acar> old. Edward y. ron
husband If Ns, FoX. w&> found dead, Nlh1
a,on.sidc of his wife. &c rye l.. kaeirhcr : h"iN
was taken oLt a: i 30 j. n. IL" was ''1r eau
ON the forehead ard ah"l.t tlr eyes. He VIA
drowned in five irri q; water III "a" Pullman car
H., arms and lover hrii'S were drawn up ar
X ,cr~hcr was al .,i,r lawyer and "a" Phhla!eipha
and l,cad.,:. In'apany, General N"h'.'"r
I.a!ry logon. aged dirty five. conductor OF the
c>Mcs, train. was loiid dead ua icf tic f"lhiai
car IN tic v...'ct. las maids w":c ph IL Lace ~
though hc lial anticipated d.u-"i. II" was badly
u,.ngled II. ica\ca e vile and or chilI ~ I"'''
vile Joscph Becker, tlirt iio::css OF Malan"y
(,,;. was found under &c smoker. crushed io
fr,jn lie was fou"i - = hr'p 81 se,cn dead
indies a, dawn. 1nc be-, Il Join O>hnn of
liiL.,!clplia WHO ",~ IN Ia, way 10 Pott,\ilr to
vsi, hi, wife w.o ic\t i'ahd. lie wa, Il fine look
ing ma;, ,i> feet tall aud ab,dt thirty years Of AZ"
lie uas fon II drowned in Inc Pullman car. one
OF the FRENCH wLo W.. taken ont of the wreck
Of midnight, h.,. since b|"" identified as Frank