The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-26
FILLED IN A BIG WRECK.
x,RrBIE sMzsH-UP ON JHE PENN
sYLr.tNIA RArLR0AD.

Wise KILLED ana Sevsnp "ouneee ~ hsr-
,,.surrh-Ths Second section 81 the
Y v..t.rn Express Dssses Into the First
] sou. or the wounded win Die-The. Sig
4 ,,,u.n who Caused the Accident Con.
s..es and 10 Taken 1ato Custody.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Juno 26>-The terrible
,,;lrood wreck which occurred In this city
mile after midnight this morning. q short
distance below tho Union depot. killed. nino
roonIc outright and wounded seventy. some
~ whom will die. The City Hospital is
toll OF wounded.
Tho western express. which leavos Philadel-
phi, ut 900 T. NJ. was late last evening and
i'm In two sections about ten minutes apart.
The first section. composed OF six coaches
and the Westinghouse private car. camo
through to tho Dock street bridge tower.
xhero It was held until It could enter tho
Union Depot.
In the mean time tho second section came
along. and. receiving the signal atthe Steelton
twer to go ahead. the engineer. HuGhey Kelly
o,philadclphia. cndearored to mako up time
and threw tho throttle wide open. The train
came laundering along at the rate o! forty five
miles an hour. aud Just as It came around
me shsrp curve at tho tower the cng.-
nser says q red light was thrown out.
but 100 late to avert the accident which result
ID IN tho fearful loss Of lie. The engine
plouchci half through tho Westinghouse
private car which Ia very heavy and strongly
buit It in turn telescoped two OF the other
cars which wore filed with passengers Tho
| baggage and express car 81 the second section
was completely demolished. having been
crushed through By the tender Of the engine
Of the second section.
IN an 'n..am. ~" " m, ,st, iva shri,t. q, ths
ana the air was hi'eu VIII" 'He s"' IVA ~ .m'
dying and wounded men. women ana chit
rain descended and almost ST. drowned o nose ms
VIII, were injured One o, tho cars o. took n n,e
ana anu, snoso sui "'''o "e'' "''"o'' panic
". In al, ru =, fra wa, sou0aed and IN . ,.v
the whole rhs
am" and en- pioyoe. at the Paxton furnace assisted
in removing the dead and wounded to tho City
Ho-r,si FHs sGaaTe;; M cries q the
tsn:nd was hearir"ndinc one. WV '''
IN E"%ns woman: siSsant!y att It. d.. and
i ns on " her Sody Her head had been " severed
S% her s "ay It was pvs s an hoy hoHr before the
son son; a e Id watch and considerable money.
DGa's 81 Te ws5" to
await identiiinntion. The only on hurt in tho
n.sttpfHoH' wc car wS. TN the coorst
nit"i e, f,.rim, from sut On hIs tsai '. al
"on Of Tie 'rTn w ns On MADE ne Of
s|In'" u. wli,l% Esa alc Vel,
| n. n.,. IL" Tnsta Io,nsrane phiIade,nhi.
Mrs Trinh Ucc ner Nnrristcwn.
Ii hard Arams, WnrrisSurc.
i" or, s. raymond. CS!umCus.
Ohm hIn.E. Altoona.
ba .I Z s " n" T,r si1Stas Mr Md
| 'ar,.w T' inns rH;I,i,iIise ,rr;..a -,
L. and ack; Earri- toden Ihi!adslph H cut ut
Srnnt head: Thomas W. ta,tning. Inffnlo:
I Wun mn co,oreI T, nrt.r cut ahomt 'h.o Il
a, hm,v: g. q. Ellie buf1nin TO-" cnt ON hnaI
i"t khown Mary Aniers"n mJ IesseH n'u titS
"a, Setter. IcEeshurr. Tm. hurt SLs,,t head tn
ics se Hi%'f fiat Lni! hPeaty H.
INJURIES Unknown: Mnry e. unrar ! nrt i H. or.
IN ades un H il. B. scns et"; Nat
4 nr, l.r.ey CITY hands cut: AIrahain Smi.b.
Fniisi urg. slightly cut; Jane. Tim mons.
a lis urs. slightly CUT, triah Heehner.
ii, =, n. slightly hurt: Mrs. Whitman u Pitts.
itrrh ir'krn ankle; her two daughters re-
lynx in CT mt tho City Hoe rital Is Fred
ca " { Of brooklyn. His leg is broken and
| l.. ,rp adi-lc
W. pnrs,n.n civil engineer Of % Viii
Lain street. New York. lie badly cut about the
.ac' aud head
fr"iI :. car window anil fell on ncr head. pro-
Ga Ing A snin wound sho hus njso CON
III. ions II the chest and lin I, g.
Woman on the trim miss ed her infant
c"id, her riteous appeals caused a special
| arch to Q iuade. which resulted in finding
u" la! Us manclr,l imrjv
| Tie ears wers lied in confus sion over all the
trark- and forty il ct high. Tie Wts tinRhouse
'ould / Q moved s,v.rul persons di.,l in the
Nr.rk.
crowd soon CAT hered, and an ambulance
ca ried The wound ed to the City II oe piral mum.
! irrng seventy men. women. an children,
| '",, al persons whn wer, injured left tho
week and went to various hn, se. and |, is inn
| l.,,sl |" to ascertain the names Of all who ure
issng
RrhMrd Adams who Is among the killed ia
| aiu-niture ,Irn ler 81 this civ He had gone
l., ihiindelt,hin v It'll III, vile who remaineI
| in nr city.
| u. II. WEoiar,l. tho porter of the Westine.
| hou,, car whn WIS The only on. in that ca
Iut snid. wa '0 '''' Wv 80 '"' WI
| Va IL ~ po. tJ,e sliohtost warning We had
| NJ ,,ra ~ / tHut Tho frn,.k wns elem Almost
eyer ~, wnu I, Lad Mr. WestinUhous. had
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