Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-25
SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED
In a Collision Between a PaSsTfar
and a Coal Train
ON THE READING RAILROAD

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coal cars a short distance north OF wess
Manayunk about eight miles north OF this
city, at u few minutes past so'cloek tius
morning.
Seven persons were killed outright and
these probaly compose the full extent of the
fatalities. Nineteen persons were inlaf@s-
List Of killed and wounded
KILLED.
THOMAS WELSH, Of Auburn, Pa, firenns
of the express train.
JAMES KILRAIN, % years OF age, Of TAM
aqua, forward brakeman on coal train.
FRANK STIFF. Reading, newsboy on ex-
press train.
MRs. MARGAREr DEvIE, aged 90 years,
killed under the stove on the express
DAVID ). HERR, aged 50, member o1 th4
Legislature from Harrisburg.
JAMES BoYNToN, machinest OF Reading.
ANNIE ATCHIsoS, of Phmnixville.
j. CLAYTON EPLER, baggage master, az
Pottsville, nose broken, head cut
ISJUREp-D. Rhodes, OF Ph0nixyille,
Pa, express messenger. jaw fractured aud
suffering from conclusion Of the BRAIN very
serious. NJ. d. Cowden, 40 years old, Her
risbGrg, engineer, confused leg. Morris
G. Leppert, both legs broken. Mrs. Nj. q.
Leppert, leg broken. Ella Devri.-
| Philadelphia. lacerated wound OF thigh.
Annie Kemp. Hamburg, fracture left leg
Miss Mary Tess, OF Valley Forge, frnc.
| ture of leg, Annie f. Sides, 43, Reading
| LEG broken. Mary C.. Protz, 26 Potts.
town, confusion OF ankle, VIM. IL. Emry,
| S3, Reading, not dangerous. James r.
| Burke, 30 Remove, brakeman on coal
| train, scalp lacerated. III. Z. Printxe %,
Reading, conductor Of passenger train,
| fractured thigh. Thomas Fitch, engineer
| OF express, concussion OF brain and mead
fractured; very serious. Hiram Colts
md fIsnla
ture both legs. DR.. Jose wright,
! 30 SsPh9nixville, both legs broken
w. II. Brecker, 80. Pettstown, leg broken.
James III. Chillson, %, Reading, hurt abont
body. John H. Wyncoop, 40, Port Ken
nedy, Pa, hand and forearm crushed and
afterwards amputated. VIM. Halsey, 10,
| Allentown. confused legs. w. II. Geriacb,
Tamaqua, Pa, conductor OF coat train,
scalp wound and bruised. Charles DilliF,
| Tamaqua. engineer OF coal train, head cut
Bernard Gallagher, fireman OF coal train,
! bruised ABOUT the body. Rev. j. M. Hare,
| Phoenixville, right ankle sprained.
A number OF other persons who were
only slightly hurt proceeded 10 Phlladel-
phia without having their injuries attend
| ed 10.
THE sHAMoKIN EXPRESS
| is made up al Pottsville and left that city
| at o'clock The train arrived at PhUnlx-
| vile on time. At this place orders dated
Reading were received 10 run 10 tho north-
bound track from West Conshohockcn 10
| West Falls, distance OF only few miles,
regardless OF all other trains. AEran West
Conshohocken, IN PS'su -
| ders. the ill-fated train 10, gorth-
bound track IL was composed ge ears
The baggage car, a smoking car, two pas
sengers and the Harrisburg Pullman Par
lor car Crestline.
The south bound track was blocked With
freight cars, and to this fact Is primarily
due the catastrophe. Train No 5J5, OK
empty coal cars was started north from
West Manayunk on the northern track
shortly before 0 o'clock. There Is a cou-
nict OF opinion as TO the orders given the
ere " of this train. The crew contend that
they had received no orders 10 stop, while
the officials tell what may be regarded as
the most likely story, and that Is that In
structions had been given that the copL
train should lie up ut West Falls, south OF
wnere the collision occurred, until tho
Shamokin train had passed
| The two trains came together right on
curve at two minutes past nine O'Clock with
terrible crash, aud the shricks OF tie dying
and wounded could be heard above tho
crashing of timber and the noise OF eschp-
ING steam. The express was comfortably
! filled with passengers. The mad engines
literally plowcd their way through each
other and rolled over on their sides Ia ono
conglomerate mass. The front OF
THE BAGGAGE CAR WAS CRUSHED
completely in. and Baggage Master Epler
and John Stiff. the newsbOy, were buried
| In the mass OF broken timbers, from which
they were subsequently taken out dead.
The rear Of the baggage car and the for
ward end Of the smoker were crushed to-
gether The great force OF the collision
| occurred with the smoking car and tho
coach next 20 II, and the scene presented
gives some indication OF the speed at whlch
| the train was moving and the terrific shock
of the collision. The smoker telcsc0ped
| into the other coach fully one-half It's
| length and how anyone who was IN ether
car escaped death, Is mystery.
The baggage car YVES literally smashed
| 10 kipdling wood and thrown over on the
north bound track INA heap Win tno en-
| odnes IL caught fire cod was soon burned
nm The next two cars kept the track
Notwithstanding that tbey telescoped To-
ge,her and were almost completely defDoi.
| ished The next passenger coach and tho
Pullman car were badly damaged. bat not
10 such an extent as 70 prevent their being
drawn away from the rest Of tha train oi-
! rectly after the accident. II eot Tor
scratches and bruises the pass lsrs In
the last two cars all escaped unhui
AS the engines approached each her
Engineer Billing and Conductor Ger fer
OF the coal train both jumped from tho 10
and what injuries they sustained were NJ
ceived in falling.
No one was on the passenger engine Dut
Engineer Fitch ana Fireman Welsh. TbaT
we're given no time 70 think OF their "a =
safety and
WERE BURIED II TnE FUSS
before they knew what had bappenet.
| Whom the collision occurred ConductoE
/ Hamilton was In the third lasseDeep
/ coacb-the Que next 20 the pullmtn. vita
! a remarkable exhibition Of cOoine1s h0
| turned his attention at once 20 TIE def y
and wounded. aDd soon had The dad
vyounded out OF the wreck. The inj'
were quickly taken away and soon
OF seven dead bodies were laid out
side OF the road, battered and tori
beyond the hope Of recognition.
Word was Immediately sent
directions for medical aid, and
tine stan Of physicians
| looking after TIE injured WHO
| Immediately removed 10 "
As soon as the wounded bad
tended TO they were remoT
| Iapces. those who could 60 NJ
70 the city. going 70 trains
10 adjacent hospitals.
taken 70 the city police
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