The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1892-06-30
A PATAL CRASH.
Two Sections of a Train Collide Mt Har-
risbur4, Pa.--Thirteen Persons Killed
and Forty or More Injured.

Two Sections OF a Train Collide mt Har-
risburg, Pa.-Thirteen Persons Killed
and Forty or More Injured.
HARRISBURG, Pa, June 25.-The
most disastrous wreck that has ever oc.
Cured in Harrisburg took place this
morning at 1890 o'clock at Dock street.
The second section of the western
express which left Philadelphia at
9:2O last evening ran into the
first section, completely telescopipg two
cars. Among the killed are: Richard
Adams and wife, a furniture man
of this city: an unknown man from Al
toona; man from New York. A lady
on the train who was uninjured missed
her infant child and it has been found,
dead. Thirteen dead bodies have been
taken to the morgue at the Pennsyl-
vania railroad depot. The number Of
injured is placed at forty, but at this
hour $3.50, it is impossible to authen.
ticate this report.
The first section of the train was
stopped at Dock street tower for orders,
ard ran it was about to start the
second section crushed into it, wreck
ing five cars and the locomotive OF
the second section. One car fell on
it's side and the fire department
was called out, a report being circu-
lated that the wreck was on fire.
This fortunately proved false. Ply
sicians and surgeons of the city were
aroused and all hurried to the hospital,
where the wounded and dying were
taken as fast as recovered. The pas
sengers were hemmed in the broken
cars. and many were assisted to places OF
safety by those who first reached the
scene.
The operation at Steelton is alleged
to have been responsible for the acci.
dent in having given Engineer Kelly,
of Philadelphia, the wrong signal. The
sharp curve at Dock street also Lslde
the disaster more serious than it would
otherwise have been. The baggage car
next to the engine was the only one in
the second section wrecked. None of the
trainmen were hurt. The private cal
of George Westinghouse, OF Pittsburgh,
was the last on the first train, and its
weight crushed the day coaches aheaC
of it into kindling wood. Nobody ir
the Westinghouse car was hurt excep,
the porter and he was but slightly in
jured.
The drenching rain made the work o1
rescue exceedingly difficult, and owing
to the excitement it is almost impossi
bic to obtain names Of the dead and in
jured. The city hospital is full of in
| 4 4 l. h<
heard block away. 1t is said Ray
mond, one of three brothers, horse
dealers of this city, is among the
dead.
At the morgue nobody was admitted
and the names of the dead could no
be ascertained. Hughey Kelly ant
Harry Neill. the engineer and fireman
Philadelphia. They stuck to thei
post, the fireman explaining after thu
accident that they had not even time t.
think or jump. 1t all came suddenly
The mangled bodies were in several in
stances uDrecognizable.
The railroad officials are seemingly
paralyzed by the extent Of the disaster
which is by far the worst the road ha
known in many years. They decline
to make any statement whatever, bu
are giving the wounded ever,
attention possible. 1t is under
stood that among the passenger
on the trains were a numbe
of delegates returning from Chicago
As soon as the news of the disaste
reached Baltimore, Washington AM
elsewhere, kilograms poured in from
friends of the politicians who were eS
pected home from the convention an
were thought to be on the trains. 1t
known that several congressman from
uaStern states were a hoard