The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-09-25
HURLED INTO ETERNITY
THIRTY-FIVE LIVES LOST IN A
WRECK.

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 OF
loard 1875 to $50 passengers, and it
ensisted of engine, mail and express
cars and three passenger cars.
bove ShoemakerSVille, about fifteen
miles above this city, there is a curve
where the the railroad is from eighteen
to twenty feet higher than the Schuyl-
kill river Here, shortly after 6 o'clock
a freight train ran into coal train,
throwing several cars of the latter
train on the opposite track. 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 its track.
The engine went down the embank-
ment, followed by the entire train with
it's 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 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 2 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 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 TEMPLIN. fireman, Pottsville, Pa.
HARRY LOGAN, conductor, POttsvile,
Pa.
DAVID AUGUsTADT. Mahony City; died
after being taken from. the wreck.
LOGAN. baggagemaster. Shenandoah.
MAIL AGENT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
TWO FIREMEN.
JOHN L. MILLER.
The injured so far taken out are:
HARRISON RILAND. Philadelphia, leg brok-
en- and internally injured.
JOSEPH SOUTHWOOD Centralia; badly Gu
and internally injured.
JAMES Il. MERKgL, Bethlehem; badly cut
about head and internally injured.
JOHN THORNTON, LeespOrt; badly cut
about head and body; seriously injured.
JOSEPH NOLL, SHENANDOAH; cut about
AIGaQ ana IofG SlOulO0f broken.
FRANK b. HOLL. manager of Frank Mayo S
company; cut about head and body bruised
about arms and legs.
JOHN CARROLL St 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. C1THLER, 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
LbOut back and neck.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Shenandoah; left
hip badly cut and leg hurt.
JAMES BERNHART, Shenandoah; left hip
crushed and leg hurt.
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.
DR.. b. f. SALADE New Ringgold; right arm
badl hurt.
JACOB UI.MER PottsviIle; 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-fve.
At II o'clock Mail Agent Green
awaldsbery was taken out, followed by
4 bn hi oH Of fNxyO
Mahanoy City fireman.
Prof. Mitchell of Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, is among the injured at
the Reading hospital. Lawrence Barnes
Of Philadelphia has his arm dislocated.
The body of John Z. Miller of Cress-
ona was taken out at midnight
George i. Kaercher, ESQ.,, the emf
nent railroad lawyer of PottSvilIe, who
had also q law Office in Philadelphia, is
among the killed. Persons who were
we'll acquainted with him have identi-
fed the crushed body In the debris Of
the Pullman car William D. Shone, one
of Readings wealthiest citizens, was
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:
1.-The train was going at lively rate
of speed. The passengers appeared q
happy crowd, manv of them ladies,
chatting and laughing after a days
pleasure at the Berbes county fair. 1
was viewing the country through which
we were passing. when there was q
terrible crash. | was hurled from my
seat, while the cars rolled down the
twenty-foot embankmcnt, and l was
thrown from one side of the car to the
other One end of the car went into
water and l was thrown against the
side of the car with force that partial
ly stunned me. l quickly recover
ed myself and managed to
climb upon the seats on
that side of the car which lay against
the EN- bankment. / was Il prisoner in
the car, 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. A few saved themselves
as / did and the remainder struggled in
the water and then quietly sunk out OF
sight"