Connecticut western news., 1890-09-24
!RBADING' WRECK
Erfghtful Loss of Life Upon
 That Railroad.
HURLED INTO THE RIVER.

~~~~s0 Over Score of Persons Met a H0r.
 rible Death. The Pottsville Express Runs Into a
 Wreck and Is Precipitated Into the
 schuylkin River Twenty Feet Below.
 Many of the Large Number of Passen- gers Killed or Mangled in the Debris.
 George B. Kaercher, the Famous Read ing Attorney, One of the Dead-Scenes of Indescribable Horror at the Wreck.
 It Is Said to Be the Worst Calamity
 of the Kind in the Whole History of the Road.
 READING, Pa., Sept 2O-A wreck occur red on the Reading railroad, seventeen miles above this place at about 6:45 last night If everything is borne out by sub sequent developments, it is the worst wreck that has ever occurred in this section in the history of the Reading Railroad com pany. The train which met with disaster left this city at 6:10 o'clock, ten minutes late. It is known as the Pottsville express and was running at the rate of at least forty five miles an hour. It had on board from 125 to 150 passengers, and consisted of engine, mail and express cars and three passenger cars. Above Shoemakerville, about fifteen miles above this city, there is a curve where the railroad is about eighteen to twenty feet higher than the Schuylkill river Here, shortly before 6 o'clock, a freight train ran into coal train, throw ing several cars of the latter on the opposite track, and before the train hands had time to go back to warn any approaching train of the danger, the Pottsville express came around the curve and ran into the wrecked coal cars on it's track.
 Hurled Into the schuylkill.
 The engine went down the embankment, followed by the entire train with it's human freight. The scene was one of great or TOT, and can be better imagined than de- soribed. The cries of the imprisoned pas sengers were heartrending. It was scene never to be forgotten by those who partici- pated and survived. Some otsthe passen- gers managed to crawl out of their prison and aroused the neighborhood. Word was telegraphed to this city and help summon cd, but all information was refused at this point by the railroad officials. Physicians and surgeons and a force of 300 workmen were taken to the spot, and with the aid of @ travelling electric light plant the work of clearing away the wreck was at once pro- ceeded with. Work was slow and the dead and dying were taken out with great diff culty.
 Over a Score Dead.
 The names of twenty-two of those known to have been killed appear below.
 Augstock, David, Mahanoy City.
 Bausman, Joseph. Philadelphia.
 Becker, Joseph, chief burgess, Mahanoy City.
 Fox, Edward J., aged Al, Pottsville.
 Fox, Mrs. Edward J., aged 39, Pottsville.
 Fredericks, J. E., Pottsville
 Fredericks, Mrs. J. E., Pottsville.
 Greenswald, A. A., mail agent, Potts vile.
 Hoffman, Frank, Mahanoy City.
 Hoover, Solomon, aged 60, Pottsville.
 Jacoby, Harry, stone cutter, Pottstown.
 Kaercher, George R., aged 45, Pottsville.
 Lambert, George, Tamaqua.
 Loughin, Harry, conductor of express.
 Miller, John F., Cressona.
 Osburn, John, Philadelphia.
 Sheedle, John, Philadelphia, P. and R. engineer.
 Summers, Michael, Mahanoy City.
 Shomo, William D., Reading.
 Templin, James, fireman, Pottsville.
 Vanderslice, N. O., Phanixville.
 White, John, engineer, Pottsville.
 The Injured.
 Among the most seriously injured are the following:
 Ashfeld, Joseph, Mahanoy City, bruised about body and legs.
 Beacher, B. F., Shenandoah, left ankle sprained, hip bruised and lower limbs lacerated.
 Bernhart. James, Shenandoah, left hil crushed and legs hurt.
 Calton, Robert, Pottstown, injured in ternally.
 Carroll, John, St. Clair, back injured left knee bruised.
 Carroll, James, his son, aged 10, badly bruised about the body.
 Coomb, Samuel, Mahanoy City, badly hurt about body and leg broken. Cooney, Francis, miner, Philadelphia head cut, right hand lacerated and botE legs badly bruised.
 Cotton, B. F., conductor of parior Ger face lacerated, legs bruised and head cut
 Dice, Lyman. Hamburg, both legl broken.
 Eithler, R. w., Girardville, foot and leg mashed.
 Glassmoyer, William, Port Clinton, badly cut about breast. Hall, Frank B., manager of Frank Mayo's Dramatic company, cut about head and body, bruised about arms and legs. ~Hess, John, Mahanoy City, legs badl. hurt.
 fohc,&o, IVY Chorondoob hopd hodl, cut and leg broken. Kulick, John, Mount Carmel, hurt in formally and hand mashed. Logan, Edward, baggage master, Potts vile, badly injured in the back and head McDonough, John, Shenandoah, bad ly hurt internally. Merkel, Professor G. F., instructor in tn, Lehigh university, Bethlehem, jaw broken bad gash over right eye, right arm para lyzed, left arm bruised. Noll, Joseph, Shenandoah, cut abou head and left shoulder broken: :, Riland, Harrison, Philadelphia, botl legs broken and hurt in the chest. Simmers, William, Ashland, hurt abou the body.
 Shollenberger, Samuel, Hamburg, leg
 solliday, Dr. D. F., New Ringgold, righ arm badly hurt.
 sonau, J9hp l., West LeesRogrt, } Penn 6YlVaQla ana fteduIuS udBulau dG OIeSSOHe left cheek bone broken, head cut and lief hand lacerated. Souders, George, Reading, badly hur about back and neck. Southwood, Joseph, Centralia, body GU and internally injured. -
 Straub, John, Schuylkill Haven, botl legs hurt below the knee, left hip. bruised. Strouse, -, Pottsville, badly bruised. Thornton, John, Leesport, badly. GU about head and body: severely injured.
 Ulmer, Jacob. Pottsville, both leg