Oakes weekly Republican. (Oakes, Dickey County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1898, 1892-07-01
FRIGH!TFUL WRECK
A TRAIN ON THE PENNSYL WANNA
RAILROAD TELEsCOPED.

Twelve Dead and i,ar.." Number ln-
jured, Several o: Them Fntally--prob-
ably the Result of an Operators Care
lcssncSs.
uARnIsBrRG. Pa, jun. 25.-A fearful
wreck tool: place here during the ,nori.-
ing. The :irst section Of the Western
express, which is due here soon after
midnight. was tagged below the city
because it was late. The sccnnd section
came laundering along ut t:la rate of
fifteen miles n, hour AMI dashed into
the first section. killing nine ana iniur-
ing some seventy.
The following are tile i,;,,u;:ic;l dead;
RICHARD ADAMS. Harrisburg.
KATE GlNGERlCH, No-vistown; Pa.
Mrs. URAH HEEDSER.
DANIEL MASON, Hagr:stpwn, Nd
JOHN RAYMOND, Harrisburg.
r. NJ. WIsLocK, Cleveland.
Il. NJ. WHiTLoC:l, Pist,hurg.
RoDiRTs s. RAYMoNp, Columbus, o.
CHARLES s. LEE, All -!,heny, Pa
NIEs. No@srnoM and her son, ;..s"d II.
F.. g. o. Ely, Buffalo: j. J. Canr,
Jersey City; +. w. Ferthing, Buffalo;
Dan Mason, Clear Spring, Md. will die
Cars We're piled in confusion over all
the tracks and forty feat high. The
Westinghouse car, which was attached
to the first section, was npturncd and
totally demolished. Tho screams of the
wounded could he heard for squares and
one of the most hrartrending scenes
took place. Before the debris could be
moved several more persons died i'll the
wreck.
A deluging rain was pouring down,
causing those who We're injured to suf-
fer intense pain. The cn:,inc of tho
second section telescoped several of the
cars of the first section. \ crowd soon
gathered and aH ambulance carried the
wounded, numbering up to this time
seventy men, wul:ien and children. TO the
city hospital. Several perso,ls wi.o We're
injured left III, wreck aud went 10 v:iri-
ons houses in tha vicinity a,ll II is I'M
possible to ascertain the .ci.nc:: OF all
who are missing. Robert Pitcairn,
of the Pennsylvania real, was o.. the
train but escaped uninjured. The
city hospital is q mnss of lnai,ned.
morning. The city Physicians We're
called Out to assist i'll v.;. ::,:, fol the i'll
jurcd. The c:s,lse of ~ accident is not
definitely known, hut ,:l"l4 :,ae,ls to be
a mistake in rcat.i.,.; OF signals. Several
Hunyarialls. who live III tie vicinity of
the accident, Were busy robbing the
An immense crowd hits gathered at the
scene Of the wreck, and the entire police
force has been cAllc,! out to preserve
order. Several l!!i.iGrtalsers are busy,
and the wreckins crews have been at
work carrying away the debris. Ono
track is now open fer traffic.
Richard Adams, who is among the
killed, is a furniture dcular Of this city
He had gone to Philadelphia with Ills
wife, who remained i'll the city.
The road officials are seemingly par
alyzed by the extent of the disaster,
which is by far tue worst tie road has
known In many years. They decline to
make amy statement whatever. but are
giving tho wounded every attention
possible.
w. H. Wcodard, the porter Of the
Westinghouse car, who was the only
one in the car hurt, said 1--WE hadn't
the slightest warning. We had no idea
but what the track WAS clear. Most
everyone was i'll bed. Mr.. Westing
house had just told HE he was going to
retire when the crash came. How any
one escaped serious injury is a mys-
terry"
The operator at Steelton is alleged to
have been responsible for the accident i'll
having given Engineer Kelly the wrong
signal. The sharp curve at Dock street
also made the disaster more serious.
The mangled bodies were in several i'll
stances unrecognizable. Ono Car had to
be jacked up to recover the body Of a
woman whose head was crushed to y
shapeless mass.