The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1892-06-30
FRIGITFUL WRECK
A TRAIN ON THE PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD TEuESCOPED.

Twelve Dead and a Large Number In
jured, Several of Them Fatally-Prob-
ably the Result of an Operators Care
lessncss.
HARRISBURG, Pa, June ga fearful
wreck took place here during the morn
ing. The first section of the Western
express, which is due here soon after
midnight, was tagged below the city
because it was late. The second section
came laundering along at the rate OF
fifteen miles an hour and dashed into
the first section, killing nine and injur
ing some seventy.
The following are the identified dead;
RICHARD ADAMS. Harrisburg.
KATE GINGERICH, Norristown; Pa.
MRS URAH HEEBNER.
DANIEL MASON, Hagerstown, lid.
JOHN RAYMOND, Harrisburg.
f. NJ WIBLoCK, Cleveland.
+. NJ. WHITLoCK, Pittsburg.
ROBERTS S. RAYMOND, Columbus. o.
CHARLES S. LEE, Allegheny, Pa.
MRS NORSTROM and her son, aged II.
F. q. o. Ely, Buffalo; j. J. Cone,
Jersey City; F. w. Ferthing, Buffalo;
Dan Mason, Clear Spring, Md, will die.
Cars We're piled in confusion over all
the tracks and forty feet high. The
Westinghouse car, which was attached
to the first section, was upturned and
totally demolished. The screams Of the
wounded could be heard for squares and
one of the most heartrending 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 engine of the
second section telescoped several of the
cars of the first section. A crowd soon
gathered and an ambulance carried the
wounded, numbering up to this time
seventy men, women and children, to the
city hospital. Several persons who were
injured left the wreck and went to vari-
ons houses in the vicinity and it is inn
possible to ascertain the names of all
who are missing. Robert Pitcairn,
of the Pennsylvania road, was on the
train but escaped uninjured. The
city hospital is mass of manned.
morning. The city physicians were
called out to assist in caring for the in
iured. The cause of the accident is not
definitely known. but there seems to be
a mistake in reading of signals. Several
Hungarians, who live in the vicinity of
the accident, were busy robbing the
dead, but were arrested AMI locked up.
An immense crowd has gathered at the
scene of the wreck, and the entire police
force has been called out to preserve
order. Several undertakers are busy,
and the wrecking crews have been at
work carrying away the debris. One
track is now open for traffic.
Richard Adams, who is among the
killed. is a furniture dealer of this city
He had gone to Philadelphia with his
wife. who remained in the city.
The road officials are seemingly par
alyzed by the extent of the disaster,
which is by far the worst the road has
known in many years. They decline to
make any statement whatever. but are
giving the wounded every attention
possible.
w. H. Woodland, the porter of the
Westinghouse Car, who was the only
one in the car hurt, said: 1--WE hadn't
the slightest warming We had no idea
but what the track was clear. Most
everyone was in bed. Mr.. Westing=
house had just told me he was going to
retire when the crash came. How any
one escaped serious injury is mys-
terry"
The operator at Steelton is alleged to
have been responsible for the accident in
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 in
stances unrecognizable. One car had to
be lacked up to recover the body of a
woman whose head was crushed to
shapeless mass.