Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-30
AN AWFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

Second Section - Ten Persons Killed
and Large Number Injured In the
Terrible Wreck--No Warming Given TO
the coilidins Train.
HARRISBURG. Pa. June 25.-The western
express ON the Pennsylvania railroad,
leaving New York at $50 p. M. and Phia-
delphia at 90, is due in Harrisburg at
l2.l5 o'clock, Il. m. This morning, how
ever, II was several minutes late leaving
Philadelphia and had not made up the
lost time when it reached here. Il was
made mp of one baggage car and one ex-
press car, three day coaches and the private
car Of George Westinghouse of Pitishurg.
Robert Pitcuirn OF Pittsburg was also with
the party.
As the train rolled into Harrisburg it
was stopped few minutes at Dock street
east of the station, to allow some shifting
in the yards, the tiagman being sent back
to signal the second section, which was
following close behind. He was soon
called in and the train had but started
when the second section dashed around
the sharp.curve few yards away. Then
came horrible grinding and crushing
sound, and immediately after
THE ORGANS AND sHRIEKs
of the injured and dying passengers. II
was an awful moment and the only won.
der is that so many escaped from the ter
rible wreck.
1t was but few minutes until the in.
dustrial establishments in South Harris
burg supplied an army of willing men
who did all in their power to release the
imprisoned men, women and children
and alleviate their suffering. The firemen
and police force, under Mayor Fritchie's
direction, did excellent service and assisted
in getting the injured to the city hospital
as soon as possible. The physicians and
surgeons were also summoned and labored
throughout the night to relieve the pain of
the bruised and lacerated passengers.
TEN PERSONS KILLED.
The total number dead at o'clock this
morning was ten, as follows: Robert $.
Raymond, Columbus, o., horse dealer. H.
NJ. Mhitlock No. 1873 Arlington street
Cleveland, o., chief clerk OF a railroad
company; Daniel Malone, Hagerstown,
Md, q telegraph operator on the middle
division, Pennsylvania railroad; the Kew.
Dacosta Pomeron, No. 3,6ll Hamilton
street, st. Paul; Mrs l'riah Heebncr. Nor.
rlstown, Pa, and Winfred Heebner her
son, aged II years; Charles f. Lee, No.
Windsor street, Allegheny CITY supposed
70 be q telegraph operator, Richard Adams,
Harrisburg furniture dealer; two unidenti-
lied bodies--one that OF u young man, sun
posed 70 be telegraph operator named
Clark, of Allentown, and the other that Of
=
ing garnet dress, supposed to have
boarded the train at Lancaster. In her
purse was found card with the name
john Blalr, and on piece Of ribbon
was the word "Alva.n Among her effects
was also perforated leather belt.
SOME OF THE INJURED.
Many of the slightly injured only
stopped at the hospital long enough to
have their injuries dressed, when they left
for hotels or departed on the trains for
their homes. Among the injured are the
following w. II. fluck, No, iii Com.
merce street, Philadelphia scalp wounds
and confusion of the right hand and leg;
i. q. o. Ehley and Thomas w. Farthing
Buffalo, n. y, Commissions of head and
body, able TO be around; Ed limmins
travelling railroad agent; hurt about head
and hand, not dangerously; John Aiken,
Philadelphia, baggage master on second
section, slightly injured; Frederick COL
burg Brooklyn, n. ", terribly injured
and can hardly recover; w. Il. Parsons,
New York, civil engineer, badly cut about
the face and head Urah Heebner, Nor.
ristown, Pa, lacerated wound Of the scnlp
and painful cuts and bruises on the legs
and body; Mrs. Whitman, Pittsburg, ankle
broken; Mary tirunger, cut about the head
bruised but able 10 get about,
1t was stated at the city hospital this
morning that Is of the injured passengers
occupied cots in the institute and that With
probably one or two exceptions all would
survive. The hospital staff has been busy
since an hour after the accident, amputat-
ing limbs, stitching great gashes, and in
every possible way mlnistering to the
comfort OF the patients oil somebody
blunder
THE STORY or THE ACCIDENT Is BRIEF.
fnha trcs
hundred yards of the union station. and
was Just starting when the second section,
a heavy train made upof Pullman sleepers
and one express and baggage cur com
blned plunged into the handsome nriyate
car Of lieorge Westinghouse and drove it
forward, crushing the three day coach
ahead into kindhng wood in the twink.
mug OF N eye. The locomotive ploughed
its way through the rear Of the private c..r
but not a single member of the Westing-
house parry was scratched. The porter,
| however, W. y Woodward of Philadelphia,
was slightly hurt In the day coaches
THE AWFUL CARNAGE
was taking place many passengers were
hall asleep anu We're awakened by the
horrible crashing and grinding Of the
! tiubers the breaking oil glass and the
Kissing OF escaping steam, while Others
never knew the late which overlook them
Engineer Hugh Kelly and Fireman Harry
Neal, both OF Philadelphia, sat in the cab
| OF the locomotive which buried itself iii
! the Westinghouse car. AS their train
rounded the curve at Dock street they
| realized the awful blunder that somebody
\ had committed, but it was too late to avert
| the accident. With piercing shrek the
engine rushed into the first section, and
| the baggage car behind pressed forward
| by the Pullman seepers, covered the loco
| motive with its Spliuiprel fraytnauts I'll.