The morning call., 1890-09-20

READING Pa.), Sept 19.-One of the
worst wrecks ever known in this section oc-
CURED tonight on the Reading Railroad.
seventeen miles from here. Near Shoe
makersvile there is a curve where the rail
road is about eighteen or twenty feet higher
than the Schuylkill River. Shortly before
o'clock a freight train ran into coal train,
throwing several cars on to the opposite
track.
RUSHING TO THEIR DEATH.
Before the train-hands had time to warn
any approaching train of danger the Potts
vile express, carrying about one hundred
and fifty passengers came around the curve
at the rate Of forty miles an hour and ran
into the wrecked coal cars. The engine went
down the embankment, followed by the en-
tire train with its human freight. The scene
was one of great horror. The cries Of the
imprisoned passengers were heartrending.
Finally some of the passengers managed to
crawl out of their prison and arouse the
neighborhood.
THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Word was telegraphed to this city, and
surgeons and a force Of 800 workmen were
taken to the spot. Work was slow, and the
dead and dying were taken cut with great
difficulty. Up to 10 o'clock tonight six
dead and thirty wounded had been taken
out. OF the latter some were brought to
this city and others were taken to the Min
ers' Hospital at Ashland.
NAMES OF THE DEAD.
The dead taken out so far are:
WILLIAM d. SHOMO of Reading.
JOHN WHITE engineer, Pottsville.
JAMES TEMPLIN, fireman, Pottsville
HARRY LOGAN, conductor, Pottsville.
DAVID ADJUSTABLE, Mahoney City.
E. W. LOGAN, baggage-master, Shenan-
doah.
The injured are:
HARRISON RILAND. Philadelphia.
JOSEPH SoUTHwooD, Centralia.
JAMES Z. MERKEL. Bethlehem.
john THORNTON, LeesDort.
JOSEPH NoLL, Shenandoah.
FRANK B. HoLI, manager OF Frank May0'S
Dramatic Company.
JONI CARROLL, st. Clair.
JOSEPH AsHFIELD, Mahoney City.
WILLIAM GLAssMAYER, Port Clinton.
THOMAS CooNEY, Philadelphia.
ROBERT COLLINS, Pottstown.
SAMUEL SHELLENBERGER. Hamburg,
B. w. CITHLER, Girardyille.
JOHN CooLICK, Mount Carmel.
w. W. JOHNSTON, Shenandoah.
GEORGE SANDERS, Reading.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Shenandoah.
JAMES BERNHART, Shenandoah.
JONI Hess, Mahoney City.
DAVID q, YoUNG, Mahoney City.
LYMAN DICK, Hamburg.
DIR. b. SALADE. New Ringgold.
JACOB ULMER, Pottsvllle.
SAMUEL CooMB, MahOney City.
WILLIAM SINNERS, Ashland.
IN THE RIVER.
The wrecked train is still lying at the bot
tom of the river. The exact number of the
passenger list is not known, and reporter,
who Is still on the ground, telephones that
lie believes there are still twenty-five or
more bodies underneath the wreck, or who
were carried away by the current.
ESTIMATE OF THE KILLED.
At late hour an Associated Press agent,
who had just had direct communication
with his representative at the wreck, says
that conservative estimates place the num-
ber of killed at forty to fifty. 1t is almost
impossible to estimate the exact number and
the full horror of the situation will not be
known until later hour.
MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
At II o'clock the mail agent of Green
waldsbury was taken out, followed by the
horribly manged bodies of two Mahoney
City fremen, who were on their way home
from Chester.
At midnight thirteen bodies had been re-
covered. The names of those known are
already given, Five bodies are exposed to
view in the wreck, pinned under the tim
bers.
PASSENGERS STATEMENT
One OF the passengers, who escaped with
slight INJURIES said to a reporter: when
the crash came | was hurled from my seat
One end of the car spashd into the river
and l was thrown against the side OF the
car with force that partially stunned me.
recovered myself and managed to climb upon
the seats on that side of the car which lay
against the emDankment. | was prisoner
in the car and while l was nursing my
sprained ankle and wrist, which was out of
joint, | realized that | was in a scene of
veritable horror. Around and about me
were human beings struggling in the water,
screaming with fright. and SCme almost
dragged me back into the water again. A
few saved themselves as | did and the re-
mander struggled in the water and then
quietly sank out of sight"
Professor Mitchell of the Lehigh Univer-
sity Bethlehem. is among the injured at the
Reading Hospital. Lawrence Barnes of
Philadelphia had his ann diSlocated The
body of John l.. Miller of CressOna was
taken out at midnight.
READING, Sept. 20.-At o'clock this
morning 800 men were still at work, bGt
making slow progress. Fifteen bodies have
been taken out, but none OF the bodies have
been taken from the scene OF the disaster.
John McDonough, Jack OIL and William
johnson of Shenandoah and John Strauss of
Schuy kill Haven are among the latest in
jur-d reported. 1t is believed that twenty or
more bodies are still beneath the wreck Moth
ing definite will be known until the wreck is
raised, which will pTol ably be tomorrow.
No more names can De secured, as the tele-
phone Office has closed. That was the only
means of getting the news all night. The
only reporter 10 get to the scene was one Of
the Eagle men and he telephoned down nearly
all that was secured to the Reading papers.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20-A special from
Reading 10 the Enquirer about the wreck
says: George r. Kaercher, an eminent rail
road lawyer of Pottsyille, is among the dead.
WORLDS FAIR,