The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-25
FATALCRASH ON ACURVE
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED AND
TwENTY-SIx INJURED.


Mauayunk on the Reading Road the
Scene of the Collision-Disobedien
of Orders Probably the Cause of the
Collsion-Nemes OF the Dead and
Injured.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct 24.-The Sham
ol1in express, on the Philadelphia aud Read
ing railroad, which is due in the city at 30
a. m., colliIed with train of empty coal
cars a short distance north Of the West
Manayuuk tunnel, about eight miles north
Of this city, few minutes past o'clock
this morning. Seven persons were killed
outright and these probably comprise the
full extent Of the fatalities Nineteen per-
sons injured were taken to st. rimotby's
hospital at Roxborough and several others
were treated at other places.
The killed are:
Thomas Welsh Of Auburn, Pa. fireman on
the express train.
James Kilrain, aged s3 years. OF Tam
aqua, for ward brakeman on the coal train
Frank Slief of Reading, newsboy on the
express train, who was killed in the baggage
ca-.
Mrs Margaret Devine. aged 60 years,
killed under a stove on the express train.
David 8. Herr, aged SO, member of the
legislature from Harrisburg.
james Boynton, a mAchinist OF Reading
Annie Atchson, aged 25 years, Of Miners
vile, Pa.
AT THE HOSPITAL.
The injured at the hospital are:
8. d. Rhoades OF PhOenixville, Pa, ex-
press messenger. jaw fractured and suffer
ing from conclusion OF the brain; condition
very serious.
NJ. D. Cowau of Harrisburg oity engineer,
confused leg
Moritz @. Leppert, both legs broken.
Mrs III. g. Leppert, leg broken.
Ella Devine OF Philadelphia, lacerated
wound Of the thigh.
Annie Kemp of Hamburg, Pa, fracture
Of the leg.
Miss Mary Secs of Valley Forge, Pa.
fracture of the leg.
Annie E. Sides of Reading. Pa, leg
broken.
Miss Pretzman of Pottstown, Pa, contu-
sion of the ankle.
William H. Embrsy OF Reading, not
dangerous.
james E. Burheld of Remove, Pa, brake
man on the coal train, scalp lacerated.
Fl. @. Printz Of Reading, conductor of
the passenger train, fractured thigh.
Thomas Fitzpatrick, engineer Of the ex-
press, confusion of the brain and head; very
serious.
Hiram Gottschalk of Reading, compound
fracture of both legs. His legs were ampu-
tated this afternoon, from the shook Of
which he will probably die.
DR.. Joseph E. Wright Of PhUnixville, both
| legs broken.
/ w. Il. Becker OF Pottstown, leg broken.
James n. Chillson Of Reading, plumber
nd hut fhs.s lg.re
| body.
John E. Wyncoop Of Port Kennedy, Pa.
| hand and forearm crushed and afterward
amputsted.
William Hslsey of Allentown, confused
| legs This is total 0f nineteen.
Clayton Eppler, baEgagemaster Of the
| express, suffering from conoussion Of the
| brain, q broken nose and cut head.
Charles Miller, aged "A years, OF Potts
town, confused arm and leg.
Anthony Schwars Of Pottsville. chest and
head cut.
| OTHERS INJURED.
Others injured were:
w. r. GerIaeher of Tamaqua, conductor
Of the coal train, scalp wound and bruised.
Charles Bellig Of Tamaqua, engineer OF
| the coal train, head out.
Bernard Gallagher, fireman of she coal
train, wrist spreined and bruised about the
body.
Rev. J. NJ. Hare OF Pboenixville, right
| ankle sprained.
B. f. Shreck. brakeman on the coal train,
head and ankle injured.
Miss Lizzie Smith OF PhenixvilIe, right
leg broken.
Il. Rosenfeld of New York, two fingers
Of the right hand broken by jumping from
the train
| A number Of other persons who were only
slightly hurt, proceeded 20 Philadelphia
| without having their injuries attended to.
THE ILL-FATED RUN.
| The Shamokin express Is made I'D at Potts
vile and left that city at o'clock. The
train arrived at PhOenixvills on time. At
this place orders dated Reading were re-
ceived TO run on the north-bound track from
| West Conshohocksn to West Falls, q distance
OF only few miles, regardless Of all other
trains. From West Conshohocken, in pursu.
ance of these orders, the ill-fated train took
| the north-bound track 1t was composed
Of five cRrs-a baggage car. smoking car.
| two passenger cars aud the Harrisburg Pull.
man parlor car, CrssBene. The stuth-
| bound track was blocked with freight cars.
and TO this fact is partly due the catas.
| trophe. Trsin No. 53S. Of empty coal
| cars, started north from West Manavunk
on the northern track shortly before 3
| O'Clock. There is a conflict Of opi nion as 70
| the orders given the crew Of this train. The
| crew contend that they had received no
orders TO stop, while railroad officials tell
what may be regarded as the most likelv
story, and that is that positive instructions
had been given that the coal train should
| lie up at West Falls, south of where the col
lision occurred, until the ShRmokin trein
had passed.
THE CRASH.
The two trains came together right on
the curve at 9:02 O'Clock with q terrible
crash. The shrieks Of the dying and
wounded could be heard above the crashing
! of timber and the noise Of escaping steam
| The express was comfortably filed with
| passengers. The engines literally plowed
| their way through each other ard rolled
over on their side in a conglomerase mass
| of shattered machinery. The front of the
| baggage car was crushed completelv
| in and Baggagemaster Epler and the
newsboy we're buried in a mass of broken
timbeFs, from which they were subsequently
| taken out dead. The rear Of the baggage
| cor and the forward end OF the smoker
crashed together. The greatest force OF the
collision occurred with the smoking car
and the passenger coach next to il, and The
scene presented here gives some indication
| of the speed at which the train was moving
and the terrific shock of the collision. The
smoker telescoped it way into the other
coach fully one,half its length, and how
any one who was In either car escaped
death is miracle.
SMASHED TO KINDLIWG WOOn