New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-20
PARTIES AT WORK.
fsY TELEGRAPH TO the rkrBCNE.

Many people were injured and number killed.,
hut owing TO the remote district IL VIII be late
tonight before full particulars will reach this
place. Advices received thus far report that
thirty are known TO have been injured and from
forty to fifty killed Those killed nearly all
railroad hands
Following is list of the killed so far as known
at late hour:
ArGSTADT David. OF M,hsnoy CITY, di"d after oeihs
taken from the wreck.
Logan L.. W., baggage master. Shenandoah, Penn'
LOGAN, Henry. conductor. Pott->iii". Petn.
siIOMO. william D.. Eradng. Penn
TEMrLlN. James. fireman. rott''ii' Pcna'
WHITE John engineer Po;ts:illc. Penn.
GEEENwALD -. mail agent.
Two ar.mcn from Mahanoy CITY, Penn.
The injured arc:
u. Rlland Phladclphs Joseph Sonl liwood Cen:
J",m rhorton. Icc,porl. Fem Jo-eph NoI!, sh.nan.
doah Penn: frank Is. iloil manager 81 irank Mayn
John Carroll It. clair. Penn. Internally Injured
Joseph X,icld M.4noy fity. bruised about body and
s r.a: M' Tn"nas toncy f.iadcphla head and r;s
Injured Robert Cotton, Po,te'ow' inlnIrd lncrnaiv "
hsr HT! ra~ii %.';rsfr o "as "a ier m.ShA G"" coe
). s ,n c's"sl s:IandS s Sc.d %Si"' n2 '" t and ''
hr'hcn: George sanders. l;rading badly o hur.
sS"" scE "a s ncu a %"'m4 rna tnah
M nr, John w., Man%y ", CITY,; ,yd I i,dr n",y C h, n
irs' I~r" ,pr,nc n"r"- lyn nirh IiamIu's both lcs>
hr".on: ~ DR.. H. +. $aad.. Ncw Nns,o.d right arm
bahl: rut coh mnr " hiv 'n, r, 'ITr ano "0h" hhy
and leg hr,kcn; william SINNERS. Ashland. hurt
The ill-intrd train is tho No. 5 express. better
k, own rs III" carnonball train. ii leaves PhliA-
a...ipha at Thirteenth and Cal'ow Hill ST.. III
o'clock in the .irru"on. II LETT ti"T' on time
today, but was ~'veT'l minutes LIT" III r'NlnS
H." outer station here. owing Ia ihe Large 'i"""S
who were returning from tie l|rks 'onn'y E'IF
r., accommodate the crowd several extra ears had
70 lr added to the already well filled coaches,
which in all cau>cd delay Of som" hi'fch
minutes The t.lIn pulled ont with rs human
FRIGHT, and when il was once we'll ont OF the
c,, ,hc engineer began making mp the lost tin''
and on thr train >pcl and IN a few s''"his w''
running al .ichnln: sr"rl Everything
went along all r!sti and "'"iF
ono on board was happy and gad 10 get home
after trcsomr day.
Suddcnl, This s.rnc was changed into ono of
| terrible dtsp,rr. There was crash rnmhling
of tho pns~rnrrr corc,,c, over the tics. and down
,y,n, IL. engine ta L. brgy,cc crprr,, and p1r.'r
q cars. and two passenger "oartrs INTO "" i'N''
! which borders Tie road AZ Sh rmakrrvihc In'
sisht was a hcarrcnirg ono. Thr escaping
steam from the locoTDtive added I" fhr horror
and but for the two cars. tine bagEA@" ana 'N-
press carr wllrh pr'c' lcd 'h" pnN>"nsrr r"'rn"'
hundred, you'd have h'ru literally cooked alive
The crash wis heard tor great distance
. nd hundreds of p'op.' irouI the Niil'-c and 'Ir
surrounding rou.iry were sonn AZ t'' ""hr 81
wreck The acriicni WAS caused. II las l"rh
/ learned hy a pnn,bcr Of wrecked coal ears when
/ Lal ,ren thrown IN the way OF the passenger
Train his first wreck VS. caused by a COLLISION
hc:wrcn "A fci.ht ard a coal train Inc
c,e,l train had p lied on p'si th" station ~ Hh""-
m,hrr>yillr, go.r.: south. .i"i WAS fnhhihH at Il
r..Jc,,,c .w.J Fart of the irain hm been tori.
lo,sr, when Suddenly freight 'raih wa" i''-
lw,I ,,,nr laundering arnu,i! u curve. ani before
tine engineer could stop his tram 1t 'ra>"r" IN"
the rear Of the coal tram and thew nn'nh''
! oi II. drd cn1l cars ncru>' 'lc n"r'h'n"il' ''"H
The Carrorl:.h E>prc-s was tlrn due. A"d h'-
torn. ,hc al..cr-si.na could he displaced. i
! c,uc in ii IT,, and he engineer, JOHN Nid''
did all he coud to avert the "cri'.rni. bh' Will
| out avail. lie crash came. the rn:in" S'f"''
| the wrecked coal rars. left the trar, ana r'r!"'
| the ears down I steep "m'mn!im"n Hnd tire"
| tlCm into the river thity lrr' below.
Thcu came lLc n,u,i awful siIl' ever witnessed
| -, th,, small village Women screamed. chill
,,cu cyiri and men mo,ncd WiIin% hir', ~
| ,"cc -; to WORK and within 4 short time some
forty injured persons haI been removed. ana s'N-
| eral of the killed were also taken ouf Inc r"iI-
rol officials at sent special tram from hc'e
10 the scene oi tie wreck with dozen physicians
and cul,rrs far the relief "l thr inJnieu. INV
,,,i, urr,,cJ =, the wreck about half an hour
after il happrn"d md the injured wSo h'"
| lrcu taken oI; before ia" sp'r'Il train
| arrived wcrc first attended to anh placed
in ti,r laygagc coachcs brought for the pnrp"'''
| Orc after aur;hcr was taken from under the
| rrcclcj ears h!cr ling and man"lrd, until ih"
| sccnc rrsrn,bicl hloodr batil"-f"!d Legs ASri'
| crushed and br""rI, arms torn away. rl"'
| crushed in and ho.iics terribly bruised by the
| broken tiinh"rs Of the wrecked coaches
THE attention If IT," relief party who arrived
! half an hour alitrwari was at'ra"i"h 10 h"is''i@
the wrcckcd cars ont of hc Srhui l'IE Ri\'T iht"
which they lai been thrown. AMI thrn thr "or"
Of rrsring those pnonrd fas' III III" wr''Aase
! was hr,,In. Cries for help came from m'h!
ouartgrs especially from mothers VINO were it'
! and unon;,. 10 cXircatr themselves with the babes
! in their arms.
The su,ral train wEici sent from TIN
city TO Slior'unhrrsvillc with corps "f phy'i-
| c;nns arrived here ut 10 o'clock tn-aight with
tie iniurc,i and killed vino lived hcic and sonii
| NJ Rcadnp phry were taken to the Reading
| lIospi,al in ambulanccs. When word reached
| here of the time Of arrival OF the trAn with the
| in;urcd hundreds rushed Ia the place within
| few surares Of the hospital. 1t was with 'ir
ure,,c,, difficulty that the injured were reino'c"
from tic train Willing hands were ready. how
ever 10 lend every assistance. and in shot'
| time the two dozen coupcs and ambulnnccs hah
safely delivered their manglcd freight IN th"
wards of the hospital. Anxious friends h"cked
| t,crc 10 l,arn whether any Of their number had
been injured, Iu, it. was impossible. under '!e
| e>citcmrnt TO admit ans one, and the correct
result of their injuries will not be Known even I"
| ,ho families Of the injured before Tomorrow
The railroad officials refuse to give any intofma'
tion whatever beyond the fact that there was
had wreck. It Is believed that arrange
| rcnts will he made with the P"nnsSl-
vana Company TO carry the passengers OF !n'
unfortunate company in the morning from po'",s
| ,.l,w and above the wreck, as the wrecKers VIII