Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1890-09-26
Thirty or Forty People Perished in
the Water or Were Killed in
the Wreck.
The List Of Injured Is Large, as the
Train Was Heavily Loaded
With People.
A List Of the Dead and Injured
Which Have Been Rec0v-
cred.
Terrible Wreck on the Reading Road.

CuTTeu Ou VIC NcdulnR railway HILoen
miles above this place about 6:45 tonight.
If everything is borne out by subsequent
developments it is the worst wreck that
has ever occurred in this section in the his
tory of the Reading road. The train which
met with disaster left this city at sos
o'clock, ten minutes late. 1t is known as
the "positive express" and was running at
the rate of at least thirty-eight to forty
miles an hour. 1t had IN board possibly
1875 to $50 passengers and consisted of au
engine, mail, express and three passenger
cars. Above Shoemakersville, this county,
about fifteen miles above this city, there is
a place where tho railroad is from eighteen
to twenty feet higher than the Schuylkill
river. Here, shortly before 6 o'clock, a
freight train ran into a coal train, throw
ing several cars from the latter on the OPP
posite track, and before the train hands
had time to go back and warn any ap-
preaching train of danger, the express
came around the bend and ran into the
wrecked coal cars on its track. Thu en-
CINE went down the embankment. followed
by the entire train with its human freight.
The scene was one of great horror. The
cries OF the imprisoned passengers was
heart rending. 1t was a scene never to be
forgotten by those who escaped. Some of
the passengers managed to crawl out of
their prison and arouse the neighborhood.
Word was telegraphed to this city and help
summoned, but all information was re-
fused by the railroad officials of the Read
ing company. Physicians and surgeons
and a force Of 400 Workmen were taken to
the spot by the company. and with the aid
Of a travelling electric light plant the work
of oFo s!eadiaE R aMay The 19s W WopF w Was s,o at o a@9
the dead and dying were taken out with
great difficulty. Up to 10 o'clock tonight
six dead and some thirty wounded had
been taken out. Of the latter some were
brought to this city and others taken to
the Miners hospital at Ashland. The
ground. The dead and wounded taken
out uu to this time are as follows: Killed
William D. Shomo, Reading, badly
mangled; John White, engineer, Pottsville.
Pa; James Tomlin, fireman. POttsville, Pa;
Harry Logan, conductor, Pottsville, Pa;
being taken from the wreck, his head and
body being crushed; E. ". Logan, baggage
master, Shenandoah. Disqualification
Ryland, Philadelphia, leg broken and in
ternally injured; Joseph Southwood. Cen
tralia, badly cut and internally injured;
JduuoS r. MOlkel, DeGHleueul, Dduly CUT
about the head and internally injured;
John Thornton, Leesport. badly cut about
the head and body: Slightly injuied-
Joseph Nell, Shenandoah, cut about the
head and left shoulder broken; Frank b.
Hall, manager of Frank Mayo's Dramatic
company, cut about the head and body INC
i Rl";;5 John c SoHSi of st. St: Clair r'T back and
Internally injured; Joseph Ashfield, Maho-
ney City, bruised about the body and legs;
VIM. Glass, mayor of Port Clinton, badly
cut about the breast; Thomas Cooney,
Philadelphia, head and legs injured; Rob
ert Cotton, Pottsville, injured internally;
jured; B. W. Cithler, Girardsville, foot and
leg mashed; John Goolick, Mt. Carmel, in
ternally injured and hand mashed; w. w.
Johnston, Shenandoah, head badly cut and
leg broken; George Sanders, Reading, bad
ly hurt about the back and neck; Benja-
ly cut and leg hurt; James Beirhart. Shen-
andoah, left hip crushed and legs hurt;
John Hess, Mahoney City, legs badly hurt;
David e. Young, Mahoney City, head bad
ly cut and legs sprained; Lyman Dick,
Hamburg, both legs broken; Dr.. R. T. Sa-
Jacob UImer, Pottsville, both legs broken;
Samuel Combs, Mahoney City, badly hurt
Ashland, hurt. The wrecked train is still
lying at the bottom Of the river tonight.
The exact number on the passenger list is
not known and a reporter who is still on
the ground telephones that he believes
there are still Is or more bodies under
meath the wreck or were carried away by
the current.
1920 p. MAN associated press agent
has just had direct communication with
his representative at the scene of the
wreck to the effect that conservative esti-
| mQtQS n1Qon tho nrmhor IF billed of fnrfv
to fifty. 1t is almost impossible to esti-
mate the exact number and the full horror
of the situation will not be known before
morning. Mail Agent Greenawald's body
was taken out, followed by the horribly
mangled bodies of two Mahoney City fire.
men, on their way home from the Chester
convention. There is q rumor at the scene
of the wreck that Geo. F.. KaerOher Of
POttSville was in the wrecked parlOr car.
Whether this refers to Geo. F. Kaeroher,
the famous lawyer of this place, is not
known, but il this is SO the state loses one
scene in this city is one of great excite
ment. e 49,.
A PASSENGERS STORY.
An associated press representative has
just had an interview with n of the pas
who was but slightly injured. Sixteen Of
the injured were brought On q special
train to the Reading hospital at II o'clock,
This gentleman says that when the pas
senger train left Reading the cars were all
well filled. Among them were many
ladies. He sat in the front part Of the last
car. This is his story:"The train was
going at a lively rate Of speed. The pas
sengers appeared to be q happy crowd,
many Of them ladies, chatting and laugh
ing after the days pleasures at the Berks
county fair. l was viewing the country
through which we were passing, when
suddenly there was q terrible crash. I
was hurled from my seat while the cars
rolled down atwenty foot embankment,
and I was thrown from one side OF the car
to the other like q boy, when, splash, one
end went into the water and I was thrown
against the side Of the car with such force
that 1t partly stunned me. I quickly re-
covered myself and managed to climb up
on the seats, on that side Of the car which
lay against the embankment. was
prisoner In the car unable to get
out, and while ! vas nursing my
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