The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-26
ELEVEN WEREKILLED
By Harrisburg Telegraph Oper-
atOr's Confessed Blunder.
One of the Dead Women and Two of tn Q
Injured Were on the Way
to Seattle.

HARRIsBURG, Pa. June 25-The accident
to the Western express on the Pennsyl-
vania road in this city early this morning
was fully as bad as the first dispatches in
dictated. Eleven persons were killed and q
large number injured, though the wounds
of all except about doz en- were slight,
and most of them proceeded on their
journey. The story of the accident is
brief. The first section stopped near Union
station, and was just starting when the
second section, a heavy train made up
OF Pullman sleepers, express and baggage
cars, plunged into the private car OF
Westinghouse, the well-known inventor,
and drove it forward, crushing the three
day coaches ahead of it into kind
ling wood. The strength of the
Westinghouse car saved 1t and
the occupants. Assistance at once
came 10 relieve the injured and remove
the dead from the wreck. The former
were taken to the hospital, where physi-
clans and surgeons labored during the
night to alleviate their suffering. Follow
ing is list of the dead:
z. S. Raymond OF Columbus, O., horse dealer;
F. NJ. Whitlock. of Cleveland, o., chief clerk of
the railroad company; Daniel Mason, OF Hagers-
town, Md, telegrapher OF the Penpsyl-
vania road; Rev. Decosta Romerino.
of Philadelphia; Mrs. Oria Heebner of
Norristown, Pa, and son Winfield, aged
7years; Charles F. Lee, of Allegheny City, tele-
grapher; Richard Adams, of Harrisburg furni-
ture dealer: Miss Lizzie Blair, of Philadelphia,
en- route for Seattle; John Black, Altoona, Pa !;
Professor G. L. smith, of Baltimore.
Miss Lizzie Blair, of Philadelphia, was
accompanying Mrs. Mary ]. Granger to
Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Granger is in the
hospital here. She was on her way from
Philadelphia to Seattle with her daughter
Mamie, aged years, and Lizzie Blair,
to join her husband, who is employed
on the steamship City of Seattle, plying
on Puget sound. Her injuries are about
the head, chest and abdomen; several ribs
are also probably fractured. She will re-
cover. Mamie Changers injuries may
prove serious. Eighteen of the injured
are at hospital. Only one, Frederick
Goldberg, of Brooklyn, will die. Among
the wounded are:
Mrs Granger, of Philadelphia, seriously hurt;
j. Coolidge, of Brooklyn. hurt internally; Dan
Mason, oiiClear springs, Nd, seriously; William
T. Eastwioh, East Liberty, Pa; II. A. King, Phil
adelphia. baggegeman of the second section;
Mary Anderson, of Sap avenue, Jersey City
Heights; George Burnett, of Trenton, N. j.; W.
b. Parsons, of New York; J. A. Fluck, of Pal
myra. N. j.; Miss Alma Carter, of Icksburg,
Pa; Perry Landins, of Philadelphia: II. Wood
yard, OF Philadelphia; porter ON the Westing-
house car.
H. S. Hays, operator at the Steelton
tower, is responsible for the collision. He
permitted the second section to enter the
block before the first had cleared it. He
practically admitted at the coroner's in
quest this afternoon that he was respon-
sible for the wreck. The jury will visit
the scene of the wreck and conclude the
hearing Monday.