The morning call., 1890-09-21
CHASTITY SCENES
At THE WRECK.
Searching for Victims Of the
Railroad Accident.
Incidents Of The Catastrophe Described by
One Of the BFakemen.
Efforts Of Imprisoned Passengers to Escape.
TEenty-One Bodies ReCOYered-LiSt
Of Killed and Injured.


READING, Sept. 20. - When daylight
dawned on the scene of last nights wreck
on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
full realization of the indescribable hor-
rors was first fully revealed. The engine
lay in five feet of water.
The body of Engineer White was pinned
under the heavy iron work. with the arms
extended in appeal above the water.
Next lay the tender on its side; then the
baggage and mail cars and passenger
coaches, and timbers broken and cars over
turned, pinning unrescued victims in deaths
embrace at the bottom of the river.
Searching for boiies continued all night,
and number more were taken out. The
body of George r. Kaersher, general counsel
of the Reading Railroad, was taken out early
this morning, badly disfgured.
The scene on the banks of the river is
ghastly. The long row cf dead increases as
one after another the bodies are brought
out.
1t is difficult to move the ponderous cars.
Thousands have f0cked to the scene, willing
to assist, bat their aid is OF very little ser
vice where expe-ienced men are required.
Unto 10 o'clock this forenoon twenty bodies
have been taken out, and the list OF injured
is now about fifty.
DEAD AND WOUNDED.
Following is list of the dead in addition
to those already published, thus far taken
from the wreck: John F. Miller, Cresson :;
George Greenawale, Nail Agent, Pottsville;
Harry Ja:oby, stoue-cutter, Pottsville;
Joseph Becker, Chief Burgess, Mahanoy
City; Sol. mon Hoover, Mrs. Edward j.
Fox, Edward j. Fox, George r. Kaersher,
Pottsyilie; Harry Loughln, conductor of ex
press; John OsburD, Philadelphia; Mrs. j.
f. Fredericks, Pottsville; G. FredericBS,
husband of above; Joseph Hausman, Phil
adeDhia; y. C. Wanderslice, Ph9nixville;
John Sheedle, Philadelphia; Engineer Mi
chael Summers, Frank Hassmann, Mahanoy
City.
Among the injured are: Frank p. Hall
Of Frank Mayo's Dramatic Company, cut
about the head and Gody and bruised about
the arms ard legs; James Carroll. son of
John Carroll, badly bruised; Robert Cal
ton, Pottsville, injured internally; Samuel
5. HOlIenberger, Hamburg. legs injured;
b. Weithler. Grardville. foot and leg
smashed; John Kulick of Mount Carmel,
hurt internally and hand smashed; W. j.
Johnson, Shenandoah. hand badly cut
and leg broken; George Souders, Reading,
badly hurt about the back and neck; Frank
Conklin of Beecher. Shenandoah, left hip
badly cut and legs hurt; Joseph J. Ddoung,
Mahanoy City, head badly hurt; DR.. ID. +.
Soliday. Newringgold, arm badly hut; Rob
eTt Collin, parlor-car conductor, very badly
"A I ln, rnyaf for
Pottsyille, badly injured in the back and
head S. T. Strouse, Pottsville, badly bruised; ;
G.. +. Markle, CresSOn, Instructor in Civil
Engineering at Lehish University, arm
broken and hurt internally; John Me
DonCugh, Shenandoab badly hurt. and John
Straub, SchuylSill Haven. injured
BRAKEMAN'S STORY.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.-Michael Gil
len tells this story: After the first shock
| looked out of the forward window. and
could see windows being Knocked into the
river, and heard a sound of cracking timber
as they ground together like kindling wood
| saw the entire side OF the smoGIns-car
ahead of mine torn out, and then | turned
| my back, thinking my last moment had
come. Many of the passengers III our car
were screaming, and some of them had
| climbed half way out of the windows,
| shouted to them to keep quiet,
| and the next instant our car was Strucl. and
| upset down the bank, but not overturned.
| Seeing no immediate danger for those IN our
| car, l jumped out into the river, which was
| about five feet deep there, aud worked my
| way to the forward part of the wreck. In
| one Of the wrecked cars | heard man
shouting for help. Pm not caught and Pm
| not hunt, but | can't get ont he said. He
was penned in the car like q rat in a box and
| the wood was blazing all about him. l Sc
| cured bucket and began throwing waite
on the fire, and | think the man was saved.
| | had 10 work alone for some time, although
| there was crowd OF people standing on the
bank above the wreck. to whom | shouted
| to come and help me. They refused. how
ever, and it was some time before other
| help arrived"
The body of an unknown man who was
among the last taken out of the wreck was
identified as George Lambert of Tamaqua,
| This places the number of fatalities at
| tventy-one. All the wrecked cars were
| taken out Of the river TO- night, and it is now
| believed that no more bodies are in the
water and that this ends the death list. The
| Coroner subpenaed jury to-day and will
| hold an inquest early next week