The true northerner., 1890-09-24
HURLED INTO ETERNITY
THIRTY-FIvE LIVES LOST IN A
WRECK.
An Express Tram Thrown Over an Eni-
banknent While Running at Full Speed
Awful Scenes of Horror as the Debris
l. ClaarcI Away.

Reading (Pa. dispatch: a fatal ana
disastrous wreck occurred on the Read
ing railroad, seventeen miles above this
place. The train which met with dis
aster left this city ten minutes late.
1t was running at the rate Of thirty
eight or forty miles an hour, 1t had on
board l25 10 $50 passengers, and IL
consisted of engine, mail and express
cars and three passenger cars.
A bove Shoemakersville, about fifteen
miles above this city, there is n curve
where the the railroad is from eighteen
10 twenty feet higher than the Schuyl-
kill river Here, shortly after o'clock
a freight train ran into coal train,
throwing several ears OF the latter
train on the opposite track. Before
the train hands had time TO go back 10
warn any approaching train OF the
danger the Pottsville express came
around the curve and ran into the
wrecked coal cars on its track.
The engine went down the embank-
ment, followed by the entire train with
It's human freight. Some OF the passon-
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 800 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 and others taken 10 the miners
hos spital at Ashland. The dead SO far
a Ifea, a lNna nd
The dead taxen out and identified up
to this time are as follows:
WILLIAM -. SHoME Reading; badly
mangled.
JOHN WHITE. engineer, Pottsvillc, Pa.
JAMES TEMPLIN. fireman. Pottsville, Pa.
HARRY LOGAN, conductor Pottsylle,
Pa.
DAVID AUGUSTADT, Mahony City; died
after being taken from the wreck
LOGAN. baggagemaster Shenandoah
MAIL AGENT GREEN
TWO FIREMEN
JOHN l.. MILLER
The injured so far taken out are:
HARRISON RILAND. Philadelphia, leg brok-
EN- and internally injured.
JOSEPH SoUTHwooD. Centrala; badly cu t
and inte rnally injured.
JAMES L. MERKEL, Bethlehem; badly cut
about head and internally injured.
JOHN THoHNT ton. Lccsport; badly cut
about head and body; seriously injured.
JOSEPH NoLL, Shenandoah; cut about
head and left shoulder broken.
FRANK B. HOLI. manager OF Frank Mayo's
company; cut about head and body, bruised
about arms and legs.
john CARROLL, II Clair; back and inter-
nally injured.
JOSEPH AsFIELD. Mahonoy City; bruised
about body and legs.
WILLIAM GLAssMAYER, Port Clinton; badly
cut about breast
THOMAS CooNEY. Philadelphia; head and
legs injured.
ROBERT CoLLING, Pottstown; injured in
ternally.
SAMUEL SHoLLENBERGER, Hamburg; legs
injured.
B. w CITHLER, Girardville; foot and leg
smashed.
JOHN CULICK Mount Carroll; hurt intern
ally and hand smashed.
w. w. JOHNSTON, Shenandoah head badly
cut and leg broken.
GEORGE SAUNDERS. Reading; badly hurt
about back and neck
BENJAMIN FRANKLYN. Shenandoah; left
hip badly cut and leg hurt
JAMES BERNHART, Shenandoah; left hip
crushed aud leg hurt.
JoHN HISS. Mahonoy City:leg badly hurt.
DAVID q. YoUNG. MahonOy City;head bad
ly cut and legs spraincd.
LYMAN DICK. Hamburg; both legs broken.
Dr. B. T. SALADE, New Riuggold; right arm
badl hurt
JACOB UIMER. Pottsville; both legs broken.
SAMUEL CooMB. Mahonoy City; badly hurt
about body and legs broken.
WILLIAM SINNERS, Ashland.
The wrecked train is still lying at the
bottom OF the river. The exact number
on the passenger list is not known, but
conservative people estimate the num-
Der killedat tn rty-tive.
At II o'clock Mail Agent Green
awaldsbery was taken out, followed by
the horribly mangled bodies of two
Mahanoy City fireman.
Prof Mitchell Of Lchigh University,
Bethlehem, is among the injured at
the Reading hospital. Lawrence Barnes
of Philadelphia has his arm diSlocated.
The body Of John l.. Miller of Cress-
onia was taken out at midnight
George B. kaercher, Esq, the emf
nent railroad lawyer of Pottsville. who
had also law Office in Philadelphia, is
among the killed Persons who were
well acquainted with him have identi-
fed the crushed body in the debris of
the Pullman car William ID. Shone. one
Of Readings wealthiest citizens, was n
passenger on the train and was one of
! the first persons reported killed. He
leaves a widow and two sons.
A gentleman who escaped from the
wreck SAID:
THE train was going at lively rate
/ OF speed. The passengers appeared n
! happy crowd, manv Of them ladies,
| chatting and laughing after a days
/ pleasure at the Berkes county fair.
was viewing the country through which
we were passing. when there was a
terrible crash. | was hurled from my
seat. while the cars rolled down the
twenty-foot embankment, and | was
! thrown from one side of the car to the
/ other. One end of the ear went into
water and / was thrown against the
side Of the car with n force that partial
/ ly stunned me. / quickly recover
ed myself and managed TO
! climb upon the seats on
that side OF the car which lay against
the embankment. ! was n prisoner in
the ear, unable to get out. Around me
were human beings struggling in the
water. screaming in their fright. and
some almost dragged me back into the
water again. few saved themselves
as did and the remainder struggled in
the water and then quietly sunk out OF
sight"
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