Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-09-24
DISASTER AT A CURVE.
WREC1kpN THE READING ROAD,
PENNSYLVANIA.


Thirty-fivs Dead.
Reading (Pa) dispatch: A fatal and
disastrous wreck occurred on the Read
ing railroad, seventeen miles above this
place. The train which met with dis
aster len this city ten minutes late.
1t was ruhning at the rate OF thirty
eight or fOrty miles an hour, 1t had on
board l2s to $50 passengers, and 1t
conslstedsOf engine, mail and express
cars and 4hree passenger cars.
Above Shoemakersville, about fifteen
miles ab0Fe this city, there is a curve
where ths the railroad is from eighteen
to twenty feet higher than the Schnyl-
kill river Here, shortly after o'clock
frei9htstrain ran into coal train,
throwl94 several cars Of the latter
train ~ he opposite track. Before
the tfSesihAnds had time to 20 back 70
.wAEn AnprQsch hing train p1 tha
danger tho PottsVi1le express came
around the curve and ran into tho
wrecked coal cars on its track.
The engine went down the embank-
ment, followed by the entire train with
its human freight. Some OF the passen-
gers managed to crawl out OF the wreck
and arouse the neighborhood. Word
was telegraphed to this city and help
summoned. Physicians and surgeons
and force OF 400 workmen were taken
to the spot by the company, and the
work OF clearing away the wreck was at
once commenced.
Work vas slow and the dead and dy-
ing were taken out with great difficulty.
Up to- o'clock a. m. fifteen dead and
thirty wounded had been taken out. OF
the latter some were brought to this
city aud others taken to the miners
hospital at Ashland. The dead so far
discovered are still on the ground.
The dead taken out and identified up
to this time are as follows:
WILLIAM d. sHoME, Reading; badly
mangled.
JOHN WHITE. engineer, Pottsville, Pa
JAMES TEMPLlN. fireman, Pottsville, Pa.
HARRY LOGAN, conductor, Pottsvile
Pa.
DAVID AUGUsTADT, Mahony City; died
after being taken from. the wreck.
LOGAN. baggagemaster Shenandoah
MAIL AGENT REENAWALDSBERY.
TWO FIREMEN.
| JOHN l.. MILLER.
The injured so far taken out are:
| HARRISON RILAND. Philadelphia leg brok-
ar and internally injured
JosEfh SOuTHwOoD, Centralia; badly Gu t
and internally injured.
| JAMES +. MERKEL, Bethlehem; badly cut
| about head and internally injured.
| JOHN THonNToN, Leesport; badly cut
about head and body; seriously injured.
| JOSEPH NoLL. Shenandoah; cut about
| head and left shoulder broken.
| FRANK b. HOLL. manager OF Frank Mayos
company; cut about head and body. bruised
| about arms and legs.
JOHN CARROLL, st Clair; back and inter.
nally injured.
! JOSEPH AsFiELp Mahonoy City; bruised
about body and legs.
WILLIAM GLAssMAYER, Port Clinton; badly
| cut about breast.
THOMAS CooSEY. Philadelphia; head and
| legs injured.
RopEar CoLL1Na. Pottstown; injured in
! ternally.
SAMUEL SHoLLENBERaER, Hamburg; leg,
injured.
B. W. CITHLER, Girardville: foot and lie,
| smashed.
JOHN CrLIcK. Mount Carroll; hust intern
| ally and hand smashed.
W. w. JOHNSTON, SHENANDOAH; head badly
cut and leg broken.
GEORGE SAUNDERS, Reading; badly hur
about back and neck.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Shenandoah; lef
hip badly cut and leg hurt
JAMES BERNHART, Shenandoah; left hil
crushed aud leg hurt.
I JOHN Hess, Mahonoy City :leg badly hurt
DAVID G. YOUNG, Mahonoy City head bad
ly cut and legs sprained.
LYMAN DICK. Hamburg; both legs broken
DIR. b. F. sALADE, New Rlnggold; right arm
badl hurt
JAcoB ULMER. Pottsville; both legs broken
SAMUEL CooMR Mahonoy City; badly hur
about body and legs broken.
| WILLIAM SINNERS. Ashland.
The wrecked train is still lying at tn
bottom Of the river. The exact numbe
on the passenger list is not known, bu
conservative people estimate the mum
ber killedat thirty-tive.
At II o'clock Mail Agent Green
awaldsbery was taken out, followed b.
the horribly man2led bodies OF tw
Mahanoy City fireman.
Five bodies are exposed to view Il
the wreck. They are pinned under tn
timbers The wreckers OF Cressoni
and Reading arrived at midnight.
Prot. Mitchell OF Lehigh University
Bethlehem, is among the injured q
the Reading hospital. Lawrence Barne
OF Philadelphia has his arm disloca.ed
The body OF John l.. Miller of Cress
onia was taken out at midnight
George B. kaercher, Esq, tho emil
nent railroad lawyer Of Pottsvilie. VIII
had also law Office In Philadelphia,
among the killed. Persons who wer
we'll acquainted with him have identl
fed the crushed body in the debris Q
the Pullman car. William ID. Shone, on
OF Readings wealthiest citizens, was
passenger on the train and was one Q
the FIRST persons reported killed. II
leaves a widow and two sons.
At 2 o'clock Saturday morning tn
situation WAS as follows: Three hur
dred men were still at work. but the
were making slow progress. Fiftee
bodies had been taken out. None {
the bodies have been taken from th
scene OF the disaster.
John McDonough, Jack Noll, an
J William johnson of Shenandoah, badl
] hurt. and John Strauss, Schuylki
Haven, are among the latest injure
reported. 1t Is still believed that twent
or moro are underneath the wrecl
Who they are IL not known. because
issnOt known who was on the train, an
how many were actually killed will 0nl
!, be disclosed with the removal OF II
engine and cars from the bed Of Il
, river.
A gentleman who escaped from til
wreck sald:
THE train was going at lively rai
!. OF speed. The passengers appeared
happy crowd, manv Of them iadie
chatting and laughing after day
: pleasure NJ the Berkes county fair.
was viewing tho country through whiC
we were passing. when there was
terrible crash. was hurled from m
seat, while the cars rolled down II
twenty-fOot embankment, and / n,
thrown from one side Of the car TO II
| other One end Of the fgr went int